Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-20
WEST PHILA. HIGHSCHOOLWON
THREE SPORT TITLES IN 1921
Speedboys Finished Second in
Fiue Of the Eight Branches
of athletics, Winning High
HOnors
TWO CROWNS FOR ". E..
By PAUL PREP
IA1EsT PHILADELPHIA H1GI

by PAUL PREP
MEST PHILADELPHIA HIGH
w SCHOOL is entitled to the highest
lonors in intcrscholnstic athletic COM
petition for the year Of 1921. Par
ticipnting IN eight different sports. the
Spcedboys won three championships
nnd finished second in five Of the COM
petitions.
In doping out the relative positions Of
the various schools, VIC can think Of no
better method than the point system.
In the Intcrscholastic Athletic League
there are six schools. Five points.
then, would be given ~" winner of
each particular championship. Four
would bc given the runner-up. three to
the next and 50 on. In this manner the
team finishing last would not get q
point.
The sports in which the public high
school teams CONNECTED against each
other during tho 1927 season were foot
ball. basketball. baseball. soccer. swim
ming, cross country, outdoor track and
| indoor track.
The basketball season. of course,
opened n few weeks ago. However, the
last season closed in 1921. 20 We will
use this for our table. as this seasons
title has not yet been won.
West Philadelphia High. after one OF
the closest races in the history OF
the scholastic court game. won the title
from Southern High. The Speedboys
got away to n flying start, and were
not beaten until the downtownrrs were
met for the second time. Previous 20
this game the Red and Black had been
going ut n great speed, and wallopcd the
Orange and Blue. However. West
Philadelphia won the final game from
Frankford, and with it the champion
ship.
Won Swim Title
In swimming West Philadelphia won
the city scholastic championship. Ihs
team wadcd through every meet. No
team in the city was able to give 1t any
sort of competition. True. there were
only three other teams in the Inter,
scholastic League FrnnkfOrd ana
Southern are not in this Circuit-hut.
lust the same, the Wcstcrncrs must be
given credit for the wonderful showing
| they made. -
Is was the case in swimming, the
Forty seventh and Walnut streets III.
stitution ran away from the other school
in cross country. The hnrriers made
clean sweep and beat Central. the rum
ner up, by large margin.
In soccer, indoor truck. outdoor
track baseball and football, the Orange
and Blue finished second. 1t was neces-
sary to play three games before North
east finally won the soccer title, while
n blocked kick lost til" football cham
pionship for the school.
After giving five Joints for each
championship. and four for each run
ncr.up position. West Philadelphia
finishes the season with grand total
of 35 points.
Central In Second Plaos
Central High was the next on the
LIST. The school won only one cham
nionshin this season, and finished in
thc runncr-up position in swimming.
Th, Mirrors total of points was ten
loss than that Of the Wcstcrncrs.
The broad ami Green streets Schoo!
usunlly produces good football teams.
This year, however. the team did not
fare 80 we'll, and the best 1t could do
was to finish in third place. After
moor start the eleven improved, but WAS
not able 70 overcome the large handi-
cap. ..,
was the only title won by Central this
ycar. This was Coppcd on Wanna
mixers roof in the early part of what
looked to hc banner year for the
Crimson and Gold. But. after winning
the indoor title, the school stepped out
Of the picture az q probable champion.
Two Titles FOR n. f.
Northeast High finished third. ac-
cordlng to the dope. The school despite
the fact that it won two championships.
placed three points below Central. Its
showing in football, basketball and
baseball account for this, however, Gs
in these three major competitions only
two points we're garnered.
Soccer and outdoor truCG were the
sDorts in which Northeast gained the
peak, while the school finished second
in crosS-cnuntry and third In both
swimming and indoor trnrk.
Gcrmantown, Frankford and South
crn finished In the order named. Each
of these schools, with the exception Of
Southern, won title. Germantown
captured the baseball crown, and
Frnnkford the football title.
class by itself No other tcar' IN this
section could come up to It's standard,
and everything In sight was beaten.
Th, team finished an undCfcated sea
son.
FrankfOrd Grid Class
FraukfordS football eleven also was
classy. True, the team did not over
shadow the other teams a. did Ger
mnntown's nine, but just the Same It
went through an Undcfcatcd season.
The team was well drilled, and eleven
men were in every play.
The closest Southern came to win
nine IL championship was in basket
bail, However. as was said before. the
team did not get away to an early start.
and West Philadelphia coppcd the
} Catholic High School also was in
the IntcrscholaStir League. l However.
, thc SCHOOL wu4 entered only in the base
ban circuit. where 1t finished in third
, place. Therefore the team cannot be
; ; ranked.
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