Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-06
WEST CATHOLIC FIVE
HAS HARD-LUCK YEAR
-Four Contests, Including
Three League Matches,
Are Lost BY One-Point
Margins in Cage
Bv PAUL PREP

A MOTHER double header is sched-
uled in the Catholic Schools Basket
ball League tonight. Catholic High will
he the opposition with West Philadel-
phia Catholic High at Forty first street
and Mantua avenue. and La Sale Prep
will be the other team in the st. Joseph's
match at Seventeenth and stiles streets.
Following tonight's games. only one
match will remain for the end of the
Catholic League season. that between
Fillanova Prcp and Catholic High next
Saturday night. st. Joe clnchPd the
championship this week by winning
from West Catholic in great battle,
&c TO 23.
The defeat suffered by West Catholic
in this three point game dropped Coach
IOhn Reynolds's aggregation into last
place. tied with La Sale. And, the re-
suit Of the match with st. Joe proved
further the 'hard-l luck season" through
which West Catholic has been travelling.
IT is not unusual for basketball team
to lose game by single point, but
when Il club goes along on the short end
OF one count contests, four different and
distinct times, three being league
matches. it's n Cinch that one of the
nlayers has been forgetting TO bring
along his rabbits foot.
Beginning with the opening Catholic
League match, West Catholic was turned
back by the skin of its teeth. as they say.
when La Sale won out, 1917. Then.
after winning and losing several other
matches. Villanova Prep put over a
800 count, and Frankford High fol-
lowed up in the very next game, 2T26.
After two more games. Nillanova re-
peated. this time winning, 81 %.
Intn Mast lnthn1in TIiub lag
half as many games as it has lost having
been set back dozen times. Still Coach
REYNOLDS says constituents Of the team
are not discouraged with the season 3
showing, and each of the players is
going to be rewarded with miniature gold
basketballs.
Not So Bad
"The record of the team isn't so bad
when it is considered that the team has
been improving in every game" said
Mr.. Reynolds today.
EAT the beginning of the season the
quintet was green one. There was
no one around whom team might be
buiIt, CAPTAIN Dan Linaugh seemed
the best bet, with Jimmy Mullin, the
freshman star, likely prospect. Di
Filippo. ut guard, possessed little
knowledge of the game, while Doyle, ut
center, although u member Of last year 5
team, could not be classed as an cx-
pericnced player.
BLAKE, the running mate of Mullin,
has developed into one of the Cleverest
players on the team. As Il passcr he
is accurate, and on the defense ranks
next to Linaugh. Although he leads his
team in scoring, individual playing is
unknown to him. Although Johnny
Doyle has proved himself hard and
willing worker, this position neverthe
less remains the weakest on the team.
"Of these five regulars, Captain
Danny Iinaugh will be the only one
lost to the team by graduation ID
will form the nucleus Of next years
team. Mullin is a sophomore and viii
represent the school for the next two
seasons.
Captain Linaugh is the real life OI
the team, and it is is his fightinl
spirit, coupled with Blake's speed, thai
has kent the team in the running. From
His nIay in the G. II. S. J.. Danny il
considered the best and fastest guarC
in the circuit. AS floor man and de
fensive player, he has no peer in thu
league.
Only Two Subs
'The team carried only two substi
tutes-McHenry and Woods. McHenry
is a sophomore and tips the beam a
scarcely 10 pounds. Pud is the fast
est man on the team and one of the cool
est players. His coolness accounte,
for both of West Catholics Leagu
victories. From present indications botl
Blake and Mullin will have no easy tasl
in keeping this youngster on the sid
lines next season,
Jimmy Woods, the football star, i
likewise bundle OF speed and seem
to be the one destined to fill CAPTAIN
Linaugh's shoes next season. Wit
this crowd of youngsters back mex
. year, West Catholic ought to make
= strong bid for championship honors.
d Clean play was the feature of all O
. West Catholics encounters this season
Z and not even in the face of defeat di
the team show signs Of Stacking. Th