Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
SCHOOLS
IN BIG CONTESTS
coIlingswood. High Looms Up
Strong-PIay Haddon
Heights Friday

Interest in scholastic football in South
Jersey is on the upward trend. par
ticularly since Collingswood High School
Is looming up as likely champions. The
Coliingswood Gloucester game can
hardly be considered seriously, since
Collingswood won by such an over.
whelming score, but when the Ceilings.
wood players line up with Haddon
Heights next Friday they will have a
real test.
Collingswood plays such teams as
tiammonton High. Millville High, Cam.
den High and Haddonfield. Woodbury.
Is not on the Collingswood roster this
season, but the Woodbury. youngsters
play many OF these teams and it will
be an easy matter to decide the favor
ties. Edgar Warren, captain of the
Collingswood eleven. succeeded Robert
rutherford. who failed to return, and
Warren Is handling the reins in fine
shape. Coach Irvine has husky bunch
Of warriors.
Collingswood athletes are elated over
the interest shown by the School Board
In athletics. The grounds in the rear OF
the school have been obtained for the
use of the athletes and the board plans
to have first class athletic field for
the school. The grounds will be inc1osed
football field baseball diamond and
quarter mile track constructed. and
seats provided for spectators.
Interacademic League Meets
The annual meeting of the Interaca
| demic League will be held at the Penn
Charter School on Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. The question OF increasing
the number Of schools in the league will
be discussed. One Of the league official,
stated yesterday that no definite plans
had been made for admitting any othe,
school. 1t had been rumored that Chest
nut Hill Academy or Haverford Schoo
might join the league. There are thre,
schools in the organization at present
Penn Charter. Germantown Academ.
and Episcopal Academy.
Southern High School warriors ar
sore. Not that they have rufled feel
ings, but they are sore in body az well a
soul. For. according to Quarterbac
Belofsky. who was injured and Is nov
out of the regular games with water o.
the knee. Southern has the "real oil
Ware territory" for practice games
Quoting Belofsky:
1t Is wonderful held, probabl
part OF the tract owned by our Senate
Ware. We dodge ash cans, sticks, broke
boxes and run end around few ram
shackle wagons which have spent thei
day. Aside from the hills and stones
1t is some football field. That's tn
reason ! am out with sore knee
Wonder when Southern will get tha
athletic field they promised us as gram
mar school kids many years ago, whe
they used to come up to Southern an
tell stories of what we were going t
get from the city and the Board q
; Education, and then every one woul
clap?'
Belofsky, ask Bob Folwell. He at
tended one Of the meetings. Perhar
Bob or Ellis Gimbel, who was also ther
! with Senator Ware, could enlighten U
: as to developments along this line. ELL
Gimbel helped Central High, and he
: just as anxious to see Southern get n
athletic field. but conditions financial
; seem to be getting worse instead Of bet
ter. Southern, in the meantime, mui
suffer bruises and injuries and max
the best of it..
Wess Philadelphia Highs all sta
soccer team plays the Girard COLES
2 team at Girard tomorrow afternoon
West Philadelphia opened the seaso
with victory over Upper Darby Hizl