Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-03
.MORRELL MILLS IS
NEW SOCCER ENTRY
West Philadelphia Eleven Has
Team That Should Be In
Running for Title
TO OPEN WITH FLElSHER
px WILLIAM $. DALLAS

~ A few weeks the game OF soccer
r;ll be I'm full blast. The Allieu
.or,.,on Football Association is IN ior
,,ho % host season in its history. ACCORDING
,n tho newly elected president, A,per.
e. ,,roodor. The Cricket Club Leagues
and the Industrial will be ba"k stIomtes ,;ts
tban ever, and numerous other clrcu',s 70
.fs"n minor character will be seen III
action all over the city, A., s,ort
"'t nat In West Philadelphia the spor,
.o0ms 70 have taken n big boom ana
sovaraI new teams, which include many
.,.rs have been Organized In TINT ter,
,;tnr, One of these Is The Morreil
Mills This organization is new
Gamer in the field Of sport and during
.Io present baseball season had team
uood o"o enough to get into the plnyof for
Tho Industrial League championship
onIv TO lose out in stirring hnish.
But in soccer Morrell apparently mas
|. toam that will make the grade from
The getaway. A glance at thcc list OF
olovers signed shows some OF the pest
md when the West Philadeipma sea
son in the Allied League Is over tnere
will hardly be much dust IN front WIFI
a whole lot in back Of Morreli. >,
The team Is backed BY kichnrd ID.
Morrell. who insists that the motto.
"Play Clean" must be more than mere
words and insists that the players carry
II out to the letter. The home GROUNDS
nf tbe teom are ut sixty third street
and Cedar avenue, and the season will
bo usbcrcd in next Sunday with the
Tleisber Yarners, regarded by many as
the best team in the city.
In First Division
Morre,l will be represented in the
first division Of the West Philndelph,a
Iearue of the Allied Assoc alton. a..
though the team Is new. the players
have won many laurc's In hard -fouEht
games. The !ine-up will include: Eddie
Thomas, frankie Thomas, Dick Farley,
Charles Clark. Eddie IyonI; Dan
Hook Flynn. WILLIAM !Mlmp'
Flynn. Ellis Jackson. IL. Jackson.
George Worthine, Tussert and Few
more. .,
Eddie Thomas MS outside left played
for Wolfenden Shore last year and was
one of the bright lights of the team. II
wos n big factor in winning the cup in
the Allied first division and his brother
frankie is not far behind as a soccer
PLAYER. =,
Farley has proved himself an all
round man and SHOULD have big year.
while Eddie Lyons made quite repu-
tation as center forward on Victrix last
year. Hook" Flynn needs no intro
duction. being one of Philadc'phia. =
topmost players. His brother "Wimp,
hears the same reputation and. although
he was injured in the semi final Of the
Allied Crp the injury has not slowed
him up II bit.
jackson Still There
Ellis Jackson is one of the real vet
Grams of the game, having been mem
ber of the old Cardington team when
they vanquishcd everything in the SOC
Ger world. He says II may be getting
old but not old enough to hang up my
Shoes
Rhur Jackson Is another of the ia
nous brothers of thnt name. There Is
no backh Id man harder to pass than
Rhue, although he weighs about as
huch as Il fly. George Worthine, who
will be found in the fullback position.
has the strongest kick of any of the
players in the city.
He never hacks away from a play.
but dives right in and kicks. 1t does
not matter what position the ball is
in, he seems to..get it and give this for
wards plenty of chance to run it down
the field. Taggert played for King
sessing last year and made quite Il rep
utation, which he expects to uphold
with his new tcam