Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-08
HAVERFORD WINS
LEAGUE BATTLE
Defeats Episcopal in Opening
"Interac" Cridiron Battle
After Hard Struggle
PENN CHARTER BEATEN
By PAUL PREP

Haverford School won the opening
Interacademic League football game OF
the season from Episcopal Academy
yesterday afternoon on the latter's
grounds, to 2.
With only five minutes to go. Haver-
ford pushed the ball down the field to its
opponents 5-yard line. Episcopal held
like n brick wall, however. for three
downs. On the next play. the. Main
Liners efforts were crowned with sue
cess, for Ben Dere. star left halfback,
took the pigskin and tore through the
Academy team for the winning points.
He landed few inches over the chalk
mark. Ewing, substitute quarterback,
booted the goal.
Episcopal scored its two points in the
first period on n safety. Cook, Hover-
ford fullback. was tackled behind the
goal line. The Churchmen had a
chance to score touchdown in the Sec
ond period. with the ball on it's own
90 yard line. Haverford fumbled and
four Episcopal backs rushed to fall on
It. They nll missed the oval, however,
and Haverford recovered.
Heinie Millcr's st. Joseph's Prer
team, undisputed champions Of the
Catholic School League. turned III q
win over the Germantown High eleven,
The score at the end Of the fourth
period stood 1G to 0.
Captain Leo Bresin, Of the Grim
son and Gray, was the individual sta,
OF the game. lie made ten Of his
schools total points. After Osborne
had caught a forward pass thrown by
Breslin, and made a touchdown. tn'
| little leader kicked the goal. He tai
| lied again in the third period when HI
intercepted n forward pass and dashed
! 20 yards for a touchdown. He failct
in his attempt to kick the goal
His stellar act came in the tina
period. when he stepped back on tho
27-ynrd line, dropped the ball an.
booted 1t over the bar for the first field
goal kicked in scholastic circles thi'
season.
Germantown Friends School con
setback to Ridley Park High, !;
touchdown in the opening period. whel
Zimmerling ran around the end q
yards for touchdown. Nicholas fnilct
to kick the goal. The other score cam
in the last quarter. when Iimmerlinl
threw n forward pass to Goff. whicl
netted Is yards and touchdown
Nisholas succeeded in booting the goa
this time.
A big surprise was pulled In tn
game played at Wayne when Radno
High crossed the dope by beating tn
fast Penn Charter squad, to o. he
fore the game was staged the odds wer
on Penn Charter TO cop, owing to II
recent victory over Central High.
Bryn Athyn furnished little sur
prise also when it held Central Hig
to a scoreless tie. The proteges Of Dr.
O'Brien were favorites on account g
the large number of players the academ
aggregation had lost during the las
week through injuries.
Moorestown High stopped GlouCeste
High in game played on the othe
side OF the Delaware, Ii to 0. All G
the winning teams counters were tallie
in the first quarter, while it was nc
until the last period that the vanquishe
eleven were able to push over n touch
down.
Swarthmore Prep, as was expected
came through with a one-sidcd win owe
Friends Central. The Little Quaker
) have not had team with any weigl
ut all in the Inst couple of years. and
has been one defeat nfter another f'
some time. The score of yesterday wa
!, Al to 0.
Trcdyffrin- Eastown High, OF Ber
wyn. paraded to its third straight vic
tory Of the season when n 81 % defe'
, was passed out to Media High. lsing'
scored two touchdowns. and Lehma
scored one and kicked three goals #
the winners.
!, Cheltenham High stepped into Il
: picture with win and put the ski
+ under Swarthmore High at Elki'
q Park. The team played rings aroui
i the visiting eleven, and when the sco
g was totaled at the end of the gan
q Cheltenham was found to have 81, VIII!
y zero stood on Swarthmore's side of Il
slate.