Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-28

| |nR. MATTHEW G. o,bhiEN' mead
liz ~ the physical training department
:, Central High School Is the miracle
u.n and the master mind ct Philadel-
W. scholastic football. DIR. OBrien
Pn coaching the Crimson and Gold
.,sven in 1917 and has been on the job
oiI his first three years he developcd
...ms that twice won the Ellis a. Gin
III &c cum, and unless his boys meet with
.,ries of upsets. they will capture the
s,onby this season. Thereby winning
armament possession Of 1t.
The hardest test for the Central High
,oys will come tomorrow afternoon when
NV meet Germantown at Houston
T;sid This game will be Az good as any
,ebolas.ic tilt in Philadelphia this sea.
an and It Is expected that q record
.,owd will attend the contest.
Thus far Central High has not b.en
.cored upon and has won four victories
s,ainst a quartet Of the best school
stevens in the city. In their opening
.,me DR.. O'Brien's charges clashed
sith the strong Penn Charter team and
ron g to 0. In their next battle the
Crimson and Gold came oil the field
,irtorious over Lower Merton High,
os 10 0. Against. Catholic High the
sollowing week, the Central boys scored
Oh noints to their opponents nothing.
and last week they overcame Frankford
High, IL to D. .... ...
Have Fine Record .-.'
This is one of, the best records that
.nr team has made in its early season
ssmes and it is hard to see how Cen
trai can be kept from winning the
f;mbel trophy although West Phila
Selphia High and Northeast always
NAV their best games against the youths
from Broad and Brandywine streets.
Yesterday the Central High boys
worked out in u long signal drill, theil
last big practice before the game with
Cermantown. DR.. O'Brien Is wei
nleased with his team because all of his
regulars will be in the game. Thi'
eleven n about on par with last year ',
souad and that is saying q lot for Il
was generally admitted that DR.
O'Brien's team in 1919 was one of tn,
hest that ever donned the Crimson anc
Gold uniform. With team that is ap'
parent'y just as good as last years ant
most of the other elevens somewha
weaker than they were in 1919. 1t J!
mot hard to see how Central will wall
away with the honors this season.
DR.. O'Brien knows how to build ,
football team. He begins by developing
q set of backfie'd men that are versatile
He realizes that the success of an.
team playing under the present rule
depends on their having a real threat
This Is what he has this year and th
men who hold the threat are just abou
the best trio that could be found II
scholastic ranks.
Backs Are Fast
The backfeld that will lineup agains
Germantown consists Of Pavitt. full
back; Alloway and Trachtenburg, half
backs. and Wells, Quarterback. An,
one Of the three men in the backfie'd ca'
kick, pass and run. And they can d.
II well. All Of these boys learned Il
punt when they were young and the.
can boot the oval now as well as |
number of college punters that have t
do the kicking for their teams.
With combination of this calibcr
DR.. O'Brien has a team that is Ger
tain to do well in all its games. A col
lege eleven is lucky to have one com
bination man that can do anythini
well, but for team to have three i
remarkable and shows that the coacl
knows how to pick them.