Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-01
NATIVITY wins
CATHOLIC CROWN
Matt ScuIIy's Eleven Cops
Freshman Grid Title of
Broad and Vine
FOUR STARS UNEARTHED

The football team representing Ma
tivity School captured the champion
ship of the Catholic Freshman League
yesterday afternoon Mt Cahill Field by
triumphing over the st. Thomas team.
score 1910.
The winning team. coached by Matt
Scully, former Catholic High star. went
through the entire schedule without a
defeat and deserved the title py out
playing all of its opponents.
The League was started on October II
with eight trams contcstlng. They were
Nativity. st. Thomas. 81. Teresa. st.
Columbia. st. Bonifacc. st. Bonavcn-
turc. st. Gabriel and the Catholic High
School Freshman.
Games were played on an elimination
basis. defeated teams dropping ont Of
the tourney. Therefore. seven games
were played and the victorious r'evrn
won in all three games in which 1t en-
gagged. -.
The object of the League formed by
Jack Greer. Catholic High coach. was
mainly to uncarih material in anncxcS
Of the school. to use tho field more fro.
qucntly and 10 encourage football among
students before they entered the Broad
ana Vine streets institution.
Cup for Winner
In order to make the struggle more
interesting and to have something To
strive for. Father McNallv, r"rtn" o'
Catholic High School, offered a cup to
the victorious school and alsu PROMISED
to give TO each member Of the winning
eleven his class numrral.
On the opening day OF the League, Or-
t~Ia
In the first game Nativity was the win +.
ner over st. Boniface's by a 1910 count
In the other clash the st. Teresa eleven
rolled up the highes, score Of the entire
seven games, defeating Catholic High
Freshman 400.
The next dny st. Thomas and st.
COLUMBIA were the winning elcvens. The
former defeated st. Gabriel's In one of
the best played Of the League games by
60, and the latter Defeated st. Bona :
ventures. $50.
On the following Monday afternoon
st. Teresa S and Nativity came together
When the smoke of battle cleared the
kensingtonians were on the long end OF
a 1910 score.
st. Thomas and st. COLUMBIA were
the next clash. The downtown team
triumphed 20 to O, and this win gave
it the right to play Nativity for the
cup.
Msckell Is Star
Harry Mackell, captain Of the Ken.
sinGton eleven. was the chief factor OF
his teams success. His play was ar
outstanding feature In all the games
he having contributed four touchdown.
in tie three games played.
lie was in the quarterback position
and called all the signals, at which hC
seemed very adept and showed mucl
ability in getting on the right play,
when near the opponents goal line. AL
though small in stature. he was th
fastest man on the team and his open
field running and skirting the ends wcr,
notable.
Mackell scored the first touchdown o
the game yesterday. and this, CominI
right after the kickoff, took the lif
out of the downtown team. The othe
scores were made by Mullen and Don
ofno.
Many promising Players were uncov
cred during the course of the games, ant
four of these already have been askc,
by Coach Greer to come out to practic
for the regular eleven during the mex
fortnight.
The most promising of these candi
dates is Johnny Shober, who, like
Mackel, played quarterback and calle,
the signals for st. Teresa. With sew
eral weeks of coaching he should de
yelop into a star. His play in bot
games in which he engaged was NOR,
than sensational. The other players ar,
Captain Coyle, of St. Thomas, and Muir,
ray, a halfback, of ct. Teresa's.
All the teams In the League wer,
coached by former graduates of tn
school.