Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-22
'|NTERAC" RACE
SHOULD Be CLOSE
St. Luke's and Haverford
School Newcomers in Foot
ball League This Season
PENN CHARTER is STRONG
BY PAUL PREP

There promises TO be a hard battle
for the Interacademic League football
championship this season.
The title has been Won for the last
eight years by Penn Charter, and while
the team looks ms strong as in former
years, other schools will put excellent
aggregntions on the gridiron. Also
there are two newcomers in Havcrford
School and st. Luke's. and their ap-
pcarance will add to the interest in
the race
The season will open on October IA
when the hardy perennial Penn Char
ter will have Haverford as its first op-
ponent. This game should give the
football fans a good limo on the possi-
bilities of the Main Liners and Coach
Morritt's pupils.
The Interacademic League has been
in existence since 1887. and IL the old
est scholastic league in the United
States.
According to Mr.. Smith, assistant
head master of Penn Charter, the first
meeting was held in the Penn Charter
assembly hall on February II. 1887.
Representatives of seven schools attended
that meeting; only FIVE of these, how
ever. decided to advise their institutions
to enter the circuit.
Germantown Academy, Episcopal
Academy, Penn Charter, Rugby Acnd-
emy and Browns Academy. were the
first members of the league, which de-
Cided to call itself the InteracadcmiC
Athletic Association of the Private
Schools Of the State of Pennsylvania.
ter; c. r. Loebenthal, Germantown
J. NJ. McGann, Episcopal, and y. r.
Davidson, Rugby, were the first officers
of the organization. They held the Of
fees Of president, vice president, Sec
retary and treasurer, respectively.
The first league contest Of the In
tCracs' was held about b month later
in the Penn Charter gymnasium; Penn
Charter, Episcopal. Germantown and
Rugby holding a quadrangle tug-o'-war
meet.
Charter Beat Penn
Penn Charter was booked to meet
the Episcopal FOUR. B. Thomas, an
chor; j. N. McGann, H: Terry and A.
Hi in the opening heat. The Yellow
and Blue quartet, which was composed
Of S. Robinson, anchor; j. 8. Feni-
more, J. A. Tracy and II. Brown. was
victorious after Ave minutes of strenu-
Gus pulling by two and one-quartcr
inches.
Germantown Academys team, T..
Church, anchor A. Patterson, 9. Loeb
onrhal and G. Pardee, then stacked up
against the Rugby Academy aggregation,
X. Wurts. anchor; Il, Stevenson, y,
Evans aud J. Jaffa The former quar-
tet won by the large majority OF eight
cen inches.
In the final heat Penn Charter was
victorious over the Germantown team
by four and one half inches. The win,
nGrs later went out to Franklin Field
and pulled against the University oi
Pennsylvania four for the championship
Of Philadelphia and vicinity, and camC
home with tho title.
In the opening year Browns Acad-
envy changed its name TO De Lancey
! School, and as such 1t was for twenty =
| three years q member of the league.
| The football championship OF tho
circuit was won for the first time By
! Germantown Academy. The followin!
season Penn Charter and HaYertord
| School, which were admitted in that
| wear, finished the season with a percen
/ tage exactly the same as Germantown s
and so the second year wound up in
| three cornered tie.
Penn Charter captured the bunting II
| 80 and W, IN Ino LutlcT JeoA' 'H'
Cheltcnham Military Academy entered
the circuit, but failed to come to th'
ton OF the ladder in the gridiron game
Haverford was proclaimed champion II
'0l, Penn Charter in 'O2 and in r4'
YEAR Rugby dropped out Of the league
'93, Germantown Academy was one
more the titlehOlder.
Adelphi Academy came into TIT
league in '05 for one-year stand, atte
penn Charter had cOpped the bunting
in '94 Germantown finished on tol
the year that Adelphi was seen In tn
circuit. The next season the hopes o
the Cheltenham Acadmy were realized
when its eleven came homo with the cup
Many Championships
Another tie resulted In '97, Peni
Charter and Germantown being tn
combinations evenly matched, German
town captured the crown in the follow
ing wear, but Penn Charter came bacl
strong, and for the next three season
the title was carried by the Twelftl
Street Institution,
Haverford captured the bunting Il
1902, and after Germantown cam
through with a victory in '03. followe'
the next year with another win. TIL
school dropped from the circuit In 'O5
after q dispute.
penn Charter was the winner Of th