Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-21
CATHOLICLEAGUE WILL
GET START TOMORROW
La Sale to Meet Vest
Catholic High at CahiH
Field-St. Joseph's viii
Play VilIdnoUa
BY SPICK HALL

TOMORROW afternoon the opening
i football games Of the Catholic
School League season will be played
The contest of greatest interest will be
the tilt between the West Philadelphia
Catholic High School eleven and the
sduad from La Sale Prep. This bat
tle will begin at 3 80 o'clock and will
be staged on Cahill Field. Twenty
ninth and Clcarfield streets. In the
other league game villanova Prep will
meet st. Joseph's. The fifth team in
the league, Catholic High School. will
bc idle until next Friday.
Aside from the natural rivalry exist
ing among the teams Of the league. the
West Catholic Ia Sale game IL of more
than nassng interest because both have
very strong teams. and tomorrow clash
will produce a far better brand Of foot
hall than usually is seen when the av.
cragc scholastic teams meet. Both clcv-
ems are confident of victory. although
toch realizes that to defeat the oppos-
Inc team rca! fight will have to b.
made.
La Sale Heavier
In Sale has q heavier eleven than
West Catholic. the former averaging
15G mounds. and the latter 145. How
ever sWT the West Philadelphia boys are
lust about the speediest bunch of young
athletes that has been banded together
on one school football team in years.
and this speed should offset the advnn-
taCc that La Sale has in weight. West
Catholic will be somewhat handicapped
by the absence Of their star quarterback.
Jimmie Woods. Captain Jim Cunning
ham, fullback. also may not play.
Woc,ls has developed this season into
one of the best quarterbacks in high
school ranks lie has always been a
fine mechanical Mayer. He runs well
with the ball either from scrimmage or
In returning kicks in the defensive back
fcld. and to these assets he has added
rrncralship. In the games against
Chestnut Hill Academy and st. Luke :
this season Woods displayed rare
brand Of Judgment. proving conclusively
that he knows how to run team and
take advantage of any wea k spot that
appears in the opposing eleven: His
loss tomorrow will be keenly felt by
West Catholic Still Mark Cunningham,
who will direct the teams movements
on the field at quarterback, is a capable
player. and while he has not had a.
much experience rs Woods at the pilot
station. he should be able to get the
best out of his team.
Mark Cunningham regular job Is
halfback. When he goes in at quarter
tomorrow his place will be taken by
Jimmy Mullin. the crack basketball
player. The other ha 'fback position will
be filled by Bill Blake. He weighs only
40 pounds. but is one of the fastest
men on the team and is sure to do good
work
Line up Undecided
Coach Lou Little. of the La Salle
team. had not decided definitely this
morning whom he would select to Opep
against West Catholic. but it is likely
that he will use the same eleven tina,
aged Have"ford Prep last Friday to n
deadlock. If this is the case George
Crandal will run the team ut quarter.
In the backfcld George Brennan will
take care of the central positions with
Jim Sullivan and Walter Higgins at the
halves. Jimmy Haney and Jim Carr
will take one of the end positions. and
II they do as we'll as they did against
Havprford Prep even the fast West
Catholic backs will have trouble in
making ground around them. La Salle's
line will average 155 pounds and will be
a strong one. with James Lehman at
center. Johnny McGovern and Francis
Barrett at guards, and John Carr and
Lawrence Larkin playing the tackles:
Besides these men La Sale is well
heced in second string material. For
alternate linemen they have Edleman,