Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-18
FIVE SCHOOLS PLACED ON 8
ALL-STAR BASEBALL NINE
Germantown High, League
Champion, Earns Three Po-
sitions-Bogart, West Phil
lie, Best Catcher--Kaufman
and Cransbach Leading
HurLers

With the Interscholastic League
championship decided in favor of Ger
mantown High School. schoolboy fans
are figuring on tho best players in the
various nine positions. All Of which
means an oil. scholastic team IS in
order.
or course. the selection Of such an
aggregation is only n matter of opinion.
and in the choices Of the EVENING PUB.
Lie LEDGER five Of the seven schools in
the league are represented. The cham
West Philly. Central and Frankford are
awarded two positions each. while
Catholic High Is given one. Southern
and Northeast arc unplaCed.
Joseph Bogart. West Philadelphia
Highs catcher and captain. is un-
doubtedly king of the league backstops.
His Judgment and ability to handle
players alone stands out prominently.
so he Is honored with the all scholastic
captaincy as well. Kennedy. of Catho-
lie High. and Sion. of Central, were
about evenly matched for the second
team. but the latter was declared in
eligible in the early part Of the season.
and that gives the place to Kennedy.
Two Outstanding Pitchers
Two pitchers stood out as tho best
in the circuit. These boys had all kinds
of stuff on the ball. and it was through
their ability that the mines they repre-
sented won most Of their games. K8uf-
man. Of Germantown, and Gransbach,
of 'Frankford. are selected ms the best
twirlers. Celia. of Catholic High,
Stoole. of Southern, and Musso. of Cen
tral were the next best.
Celia twirled wonderful ball for Cath :
olic High, and the same thing goes for
the other two: but Musso didn't have
the poor support the others had. and the
fact that they were mainly instrumental
in their teams victories gives them the
edge.
The hardest job Of all was the scIcc-
ton Of the infeld, especially tho first
baseman. Several players stood out az
coming great initial sackers. hut
O'Bricn. Of Catholic High, was the
most polished fielder. True, O'Brien
wasn't star at bat, still his all around
value 10 his team was thing that could
not be overlooked.
Murphy at Hot Corner"
Lungren. of the CIivcdens. gets the
second call. Barrett, of the same team.
was closely matched with Sperling. OF
the Mirrors. but his work in plotting
the Green and White team To victory
gave him the decision. On third. Muir
ply. Of the Crimson and Gold, played
errorless ball and hit exceptionally well
He easily was the best guardian of the
hot corner" with Quinn, of German
town, second. Lightfoot, of Frank
ford, Is a classy shortstop. and he get.
the call over Butler. Of the Clivedens.
/ Another Central High player lookNo
10 be the class of the outfielders. IL
covered more ground than any ono elst
and his hitting was notable featurr
of his game. Fisher is placed in lef
field. with Butler. of Frankford, heI'
in reserve. ,Carberry, of German
town. Is another crack gardener, an
he is placed in center fold Wells. .
Central. would probably have bee
picked for the first team. but in IN
! early part Of the season was transferre,
10 first. However. the fine work b.
did while in the outer gardens. earn
, him the same position on the reserv
team. Powers. of West Philadelphia