Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-05
3 SCHOOLS GET TWO
MEN ON ALL-PHILA.
Penn Charter, St. Joseph'S
and West PhilIy Share
Honors on Mythical
Eleven
STATZELL CAPTAIN
BY PAUL PREP

SCHOLASTIC football teams in
~ Philadelphia. with one or two or.
ceptions. have finished their 1921 sea
sons. Moleskins and cleated shoes have
been tossed into the discard and inter-
est OF the fans IS turning to indoor
sports.
With the end of the season it is GUS
tomary to select the boys who in ones
opinion have proved to be the best play
ers in given district. We have un-
dertaken the rather thankless job of
picking an Philadelphia scholastic
team from among the host of schoolboys
in Philadelphia County. Some of these
selections might be improved upon were
suburban institutions included. But
that Is another story, 10 the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER presents it's All Phila-
delphia team, with no idea that it will
be made unanimous by followers of
school football.
A glance over the field Of wingmen is
sufficient to prove there wasn't any one
who could outplay eitheE Captain
Bobby statzcll. of Penn Charter, or
Raymond C"Hooker"l Walker, Of
West Philadelphia. Statzell always
was dangerous when forward pass was
tossed, and was q wonder at getting
down the field under punts. He carried
the ball also with great success.
Walker, too, was a star. The
youngster from the Orange and Blue in
stitution was the best end in this vi
cinity in getting down under punts, and
was sure tackle. He was crack at
grabbing forward pass and could show
interference as well as any one.
CCOTT, Of Frdnkford, aud Ril1ore, Of
~ Northeast, are picked for the second
team. These youngsters tcere clever
also, but not as good as StdtzeI and
Walker.
NLAUSEE. Frankford Highs bril-
~ liant forward, and Hake, of West
Catholic, were the best tackles in the
city. Both were stars in stopping
plays directed at their section of the
line, and both were clever at blocking
punts. Hake blocked eleven attempted
kicks in nine games, while 1t Will be
remembered that FrankfOrd won the
Interscholastic League title from West
Philadelphia through the medium Of
punt blocked by Clausen.
D. Beard and Poole, Of Germantown
Academy and Southern High, respec-
lively, were the next best tackles. True,
some may not think that Poole was so
good. but it must be remembered that
he was playing with a losing team, and
that he had no support.
Bolsnd and Whitney
At guards, Boland, of Catholic, and
Whitney, Of Germantown. were best.
The boys were stars in holding their
lines, and were clever in opening holes.
Boland, it is true, was a regular tackle,
but he was also q star guard. Then,
again, Medoff. of West Philadelphia,
might be considered by many as the
best guard.
This team is not only taken from
league performance, other games also
are included, and so Medoff Is placed
on the scrub eleven with Gregorski, of
La Sale Prep.
Picking q center was real job. Four
boys, Butler. of st. Joseph 3; SchanChe,
Penn Charter; Bieswanger, West
Philadelphia. and Jameson. of Frank
ford, all looked to be evenly matched.
However, on defensive play and all
around ability, Butler looked to be the
best. He is given the first team job,
with Fred Schanche as the reserv!St.
Now comes the real tough PROPOSE
ton. There was so much quarterback
material that it is hard to tell which
boy was best. Witherow, of West Phil
adelphia, seemed to be the best man
suited for signal caller. He was Il