Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-05
WILMINGTON GETS
START ON .GR|D|RON
Delaware High School Has Its
First Practice on Bayard
Field Today
HARRY ASHTON IS COACH
BY PAUL PREP

THE football season got under way
L at Wilmington (Del.) High School
this afternoon.
Captain Stout probably will switch
from his guard position to the backneld
before the opening game is played with
Newark, Del, High School on Septem-
Der 30.
With the return of ex-Captain N.
White to the fullback position. Stout
will try to fill the vacancy left open by
kid" Donaldson: While he is not
the fastest man on the squad, Stout has
the ability to develop into speedy
halfback. Mulliken will play the guar
terback, with II. Bowe at right half.
Dawson looms rs the probapIe center,
with MacDonough and Il. White a.
les. Coke, Shaeffer, Alexander and H.
Bowe will battle for the wing positions.
Rob Foulk, former star, will assist
Coach Harry Ashton with the gridders,
while several other cx-players Will be
out to give help If necessary.
Salesianum Gets
Ready for Season
so,esianum High School, Of the same
city, is preparing for the football sea-
son.
time that Salesianum will be repre-
sented on the gridiron, the eleven will
make its debut in the Catholic Schools
League. =. 49,.
Virtually every member Of last
years eleven will report to Coach Nal
10y for the initial practice.
George Dolan will captain the Yell
low and White. Fahey, Cullinane,
Lemon, Grant, Sheehey. Burke. Micha.
Kcarns, Reardon, Kerrigan and Giles
pie are the other veterans who Will
return.
True to tradition, all of these boys
are juniors. 1t seems strange, but each
year the teams are composed Mostly OF
boys from the third year class.
Father Fournier, athletic director,
,s rapidly completing the schedule. To
date he has arranged seven games, and
probably will book contests for three
other dates. The uncompleted schedule
follows:
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League Rames.
Father Fournier announced home
games would be played on FNnnsy
Field, Wilmington.
Lou Kelly Lost
to West Philadelphia
Lou Kelly will enter Phillips.An-
dover Academy this fall.
Kelly, had he returned to West Phil
adelphia High would have captained
the Orange and Blue Ice hockey team,
which finished second to Bryn Athyn
Academy in the lnterscholastic League
last winter.
West Philadelphia two years ago, when
he organized the "All Scholastic
Eight - crew. lie started sub
scription fund and raised enough money
to buy shell.
With Kelly as coxswain. the crew
participated in one scholastic race. In
which 1t was defeated by Central High.
1t also rowed in several regattas, gain
ing more or less success.
When the Eight" disbanded Kelly
went over to the Malta Boat Club,
Then Lou took up Ice hockey, play
ing on the first team ever to represent
West Philadelphia. He played on the
team two years. and this would have
started his third.
Lou probably will make the team at
Andover, where Ice hockey is major
sport. He Is a good player, and Is
aggressive.
Kelly was very popular at West
Philadelphia. He was member Of
several clubs, among them Gamma
Eta Kappa, n national Greek. letter
fraternity.