Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-14
LOCAL HIGH F|VES
IN PENN TOURNEY
West Phila., Germantown, Gen.
tral and Frankford Enter
Basketball Competition
SOUTHERN CLINCHES TITLE
by PAUL PREP

LOIR of the six schools in the In
L tcrscholastic League will he repre-
sentcd In the second annual lntCrscho-
last'c basketball tournament to be helr
under the auspices of the University OF
Pennsylvania at Weishtman Hail start =
ing February Is and lasting about three
weeks therefrom. West Philad 'InhiI
High. Germantown High. C,ntrul High
and Frankford High are the institutions
that will participate In the tourney,
Frankford High and West Philndel- =
phia High We're the first two institu
tions to enter. Frankford sent in its
entry several weeks ago. while the
SpcedbOdys entered only recently.
frankfOrd was in last years tourna-
ment.
DR.. Matthew G. O'Bricn announced
this morning that his Central High
team had entered. otto Faltcrmayer. of
Germantown, said that while the Green
and White had not entered MS yet, its
name VII be on the list before to-
morrow, which Is the closing date for
entries.
Southern High, and Northeast High
are the only two schools in the league
which will not enter. Our boys get
enough work during the regular sea =
son, said Mr.. MOrtensCn this morn =
ing in giving the reason South Phila-
delphia will not enter the tourney. "A
tournament like that taxes the strength
of the boys too much and burns them
out. 1t is not favorable to the stu
dents Of Southern"
1--WE have poor team this year
and we have everything to lose and
nothing 10 gain" DR.. Gerney replied
after being asked Northeast's reasons
for not entering the tournament.
"Thcn, too, n physical instructor is
paid by the Board of Education to
teach $50 boys or more and not to take
charge of only five"
"a tournament like the one the
University of Pennsylvania is holding
IL what scholastic sports has needed
for some time. | approve of it very
much and am glad to say we had n team
in the one held last year" This was
DR.. O'Rrlen's view on the tournament.
West PhilIy FiOps
Germantown High upset West Phil
adclphin Highs hopes for the Inter-
scholastic Basketball League cham
pionNhip yesterday afternoon in the
Speedboys' gymnasium. The final score
was 32-3O.
"Si' IMngren was the star of the
game. The Clivcden center, who now
is playing guard because of an injury
to his ankle. dropped eight field goals
into the net, lie also scored pair
of foul tOsscs.
The failure Of Captain Howard Ste
vpnSOn to make his free shots count
lost the game for the Orange and Blue.
The Wcsterners' captain had his worst
luck of the year at the 15-foot mark.
getting only 10 points out of 20 tries.
POT" Elliott, the lanky Spccdboy
center tried his hardest to win the
game. netting the ball four times from
the field. but his efforts were in vain.
The Spcedboys' second team tied the
Cllvedcns' Reserves for the Reserve
League championship by winning, 2G
to n. Killinger and Burroughs starred
for the West Philadelphia second
string team.
Southern High, hy winning from
Central High, II to 81, clinched the
Intcrscholastr League championship.
This was made possible by the defeat
of West Philadelphia.
Germantown Friends beat St.
Lukc's school. 3S-24; Friends Cen.
tral wallopcd Chestnut Iilll Academy,
1910: Upper Darby High socked Rad
nor High, 20-21. and Brown Prep
was mobbcd by Temple Prep. 20.3, in
the other important games Of the day.