Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-20
C[NTRAt SURPRISE
school. LEAGUE
Crimson ana' Gold Rallies to
Victory over Wsstsrnsrs
0. u. in Final Minutes
falaNkFoRO3 IS HuMsllEO go

The first big and only surprise OF
4. n,..ent Intefscholastic League Bas-
s.thsu race was staged In one Of three
s,,l battles of. the first half yesterday
! -, wos Central Highs victory over
Wat philadelphia High in the latter's
.yn court. The Mirrors triumph vir.
,r,lly gives the championship to South.
.,n High for tho second straight yeur,
s,,oite the fact that the teams still
hss. FIVE games to play in the second
nan' " also placed the second position In
~ rrce In n triple deadlock among
Csrtral High. West Philadelphia and
S.rmsntown. The latter broke into the
AZ hy running IN record score for
~ H. =, season against Frankford High.
Southern won: as usual and ended
~ bnlf with a Ielean slate Of five vic
sories, The Red and tBlnck nggrcya.
t;on humbled every member Of the
i.svne In its triumphant march. -
THE Central High victory was the
,e.nlt Of strategic move on the part Of
fr O'Brien. The grayt haired leader
= me winners inserted Greitxer, a
ro.hit pitcher Of prominence, ut the
suard position, qnd "Chicky" Edwards
vas moved to the. forward berth. This
rombinotion proved extremely capable.
II took them about five minutes 70 get
soing PROPERLY, but thereafter the
speedboys realized that they were In h
Consistent foul goal shooting gave
West Philly n change to lead Mt half
fine, Matthews made nine out OF
twelve tries, and this, combined with a
Geld goal by himself and one by Walk
q, kept the Westernefs ahead.
A Real Battle -'.-' .
Central made, twice as many two
POINTERS in the opening half and but
sne tally from the 15-foot mark.
The final twenty minutes Of pay
we're replete with action. The home
team held the lead until about minute
and a half before, the close Of the fray.
At this juncttire the Mirrors dead
locked the score;' and when Captain
Iazar was fouled in trying for field
goal Edwards. was given two shots.
The dusky player converted both into
sdarkers and gave Central 2S!to-2o
lead. x -
"A half u minute later IIazeldine got
y the tap from WALKER. grabbed the ball. |.
made Il beautiful cut for the basket and
sent the. pigskin skimniirig through the
cords with the two -pQinter that as.
fourth field goal of the afternoon.
Greitzer played a wonderful game at
guard. With instructions to watch
Potter, the baseball star. he stuck 70
close to this young gentleman that he
failed to make a. field goal, while Greit.
sef went up the floor o half dozen
times and registered two pointers,
Koch was the, star Of the Southern
victory. The curly haired forward
tossed In eleven field goals, the highest
humber made this year to date in the
league. Goldblatt also contributed Inn
nensely by adding % points TO his
scoring record. He made six field goals
and sixteen out, of twenty tries from
the 15.foOt mark. ~
Easy for Germantown .. ,.....
The Clivedens, went wild in the final
nihg up record score. Thirty five
points were totaled In this session,
which brought the Green and White
tscore to 81. The previous high mark
was So, by Southern HiSh.
st: Joseph Prep turned back q Jersey
Invader by defeating MoOrestown High
et Seventeenth and Stiles Streets, 30 to
~. 1t was the, first victory Of the
season for the Crimson and Gray, and n
whirlwind scoring attack in the second
halt made the large score. ~.
McNicholas, Collins and Kane shared
the scoring hcnpts Of the winners. The
former Tailed six field goals: the next
mentioned player five and Kane a quar-
tet Of two pointers.
Brodie's foul goal shooting was =.
feature Of the game. The Moorestown
forward made eleven out Of thirteen
tries count from. the 15.foot mark.
West Catholic High. had rough
dmc In scoring Its second straight VIC
tory. Philadelphia: Normal School was
!he Burr opposition yesterday at the
X. Of c. Hall. Thirty eighth and Mar.
het streets, and, two points separated
the teams at the finish.
Dever was the star for the winners,
getting five field goals and nine fouls,
thus accounting. for nineteen of the
winners twenty-three points.
I Girard Colleke surprised the coachless
west fhiladelphla High School swim
ming squad yesterday afternoon In the
coilegians' tank. All they did was. to
defeat the schoolboy swimmers in n
dua! meet to the tune of 32 to 81
However, the Speedboys have one
One Of their members broke record.
In the plunge for distance Hassell. the
Eiant SpeedbOy. covered "a feet q inches
In one minute,a The nreyiaiis record