Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-18
SCHOOL BALL TEAMS
HAVE MANY STARS
Players in Various Leagues
Sho,c Notable 4bility as
Selection Of Stellar Mines
Sho,cs
Joe BOC4RT FL4SHl
Nv PAIL PREP

gs s THE 1929 scholastic baseball s"a'
"A son fast draws to close. prec"'i"nt
suggests that all-star teams. on which
are placed tho stellar nlaycrs IN "a'h
Of the Intersrholastic. Catholic and In
terra ~ demic Leagues. he picked.
team on which nrc placed the star play
ers Of Zach of those leagues. and called
the "All- ch9,nstir" baseball team. &
also in order.
As in former Years the teams SO.
fected by the FvrH1~G PrRlic LEDGER
are chosen only after consulting
coaches. players. spectators and the
Dchoolboys themselves.
There were very few good outfieldors
IN the In'erschoInsttc League thiS sea,
son. However. there were threo young
aters who compare ravorahly With any
In the United States. Wcst rhiladsl-
phia High had tho lnrk Of having two
Of these gardeners on it, team. In
center field Joe BOgart. who last year
was selected aS Au-Pubic High
catcher. was in"omparahl" aud easily
landed tho job. To his right he had
Potter. ne speedy an outfelder and a.
hard a hitter n any scholastic "oarh
could ever hope Of having. He i
placed in loft. IN right Fischer. of
Central High. j. nlacci Fischer made
the team last year. These boys
are picked for 'hp "Al- Scholastic"
team-the highest honor.
Gene Barrett Shines
There wore many infioldeys in the pub
hc high school circuit tha: could have
made most any team. ONLY one of these
however. stood ou+ head and shoulders
over the field He was Gene Barrert.
captain Of Germantown Highs nine,
Gene is probably the best fielder seen in
scholastic circles for n decade While
he played shor'stop all season, 10 is
picked as a second baseman for that is
his regular position. He also is nom!-
mated for the "All Scholastic" aggrega-
ton.
"Si" lmndgren. Of Germantown. and
Captain Pasquorela. of West Philadel
Shia. were tho best first basemen.
Lungren. however was the more vau-
6ble player. and gets III" position. "Si'
could hit and field with the best OF them.
and is placed on both the "All- Public
High and Scholastic teams.
Bobby Wetter is the selection for short
stop. Eohby's great work was over
shadow"d by poor team. nut he came
through in splendid style. ''Pot'
Elliott, of West Philadelphia was his
nearest rival. Carbcrry. Of German
town. is placed al third. Packer. of
West Philadelphia, was the next best,
but he couldn't hit the ball in pinches
like the Cliveden star.
Powers the Class
"Dins' Powers. of Wc>' rhiIade-
- : L.,
Powers was heavy hitter. could throw
and was splendid handler of pitchers.
He Is picked for the All Scholastic
team also. Sion. of Central also played
Q great game. but the Crimson and Gold
backstop wasn't steady IN the pinrhcs.
Whitney. of Germantown. and
j Greitzer, Of Central. We're the out
standing twirlers. Both had everything
necessary for a winning pitcher. and
had no difficulty winning the positions
Austin, OF West Philadelphia. was just
Q little short Of the mark Whitney also
u picked as twirler on the All
Scholastic aggregation.
Now for the outtielders in the Cath
olic League. Leo Breslin, Of 81. Jo-
seph's. was the outstanding star. and
Is picked for the left field position. j.
Quinn and Rogers. Of Nilanova. wcr"
the winners of the center and right
uSI0 pDsl'l'uS, TPSpt''lNcIN, udNIuS WY
little opposition.
sheetey Brilliant
Sheehey. of Salesianum. was A bril-
liant first baseman. He could hi. field.
throw and run with the best Of them,
and easily wins the job. Gillespie, q
teammate, Just shaded the work Of
10 given the shortstop position. Nc
Henry, Of West Catholic, was the best
second baseman By far. while Cofey,
Of Catholic. just managed to win the
third. base job
"Matty" Kane. Of st. Joseph's, one
Of the hardest workers in scholastic
ranks. was The class Of the catchers.
Kane worked faithfully always and
could be depended on 70 come through
in a pinch. He Is the "Au- Scholastic
selection also,
For pitchers the team has Grifiths
and Kerrigan. from Villanova and
Ealesianum. respectively. Griffith needs
no Introduction and is one NJ the best
in scholastic ranks. Kerrtgan, how.
ever, isn't So well known. but. never
theless. had the goods. and has kept his
team in the running, Grtffths is al
1 "All- Scholastic" choice.
Bsndere a Star
In the Intcrarademic League, Mar
ttnez. St. Luke's bowers, Have ford,
and Hardt, Episcopal, were the best
outhelders. Whitney Brill, NJ Penn
Charter. also was good The boys
( named nre placed in left. right and
center field, rcspe' lively.
Bende-e. of Haverford. and Captain
Warren Weiland Of Penn Charter.
easily were among the best t7felders
Of the year. Eondere had no com-
pstitor at third. and IN" same goes for
the Quaker flash ~ short. They are
picked for tho "All. Scholastic" nine,
too. Colesberry and KRAFT, both of
Episcopa, were by far the next hest
tnhelders In tho League. tnesberrv
ests the secordhase job, while Kraft
u put on first.
Sls. Pryor was tn. best catcher, He wns
militant end could handle rho deliv.
cries of any schoohoys in the city.
Il The Episcopal youth is given the hark.
T seop position,
Long, of Episcopal vas the class Of
pitchers. He stood every team in tho
League on It's head and came through
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