Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-06
SOUTHERN HIGH
CAGE FIVE FAST
swamps Frankford in Opening
Game Of lnterscholas.
tic League
CENTRAL on SHORT END
by PAUL PREP


L basketball season got under way
yesterday afternoon with two games
being contested. The opening day win.
ncrs were Southern High and German.
town High, while the vanquished quin.
tets were Frankford and Central.
No formal ceremonies marked the
starting Of activities, but one thing stood
| that made Its way into the gymnasiums
vi the teams to see the uggregations III
action.
| Both r,nynasiums, Germantown and
Frankford, where the games were
played. were crowded to tho doors. and
ut the latter place many were unable to
gain ndmittance to the hail.
| Three Of the four teams figuring in
the opening day battles displayed new
| uniforms.
The Southern team: commenced the
season where it left off last year. IT
displayed the same amount Of team.
work. the same un,anny eye for the
basket and the same floor work which
team in 1921.
Frankford High looked weak beside
! This kind Of playing. The Southern
team this year is without a doubt su-
perior to the one that went through
the. season to the crown. And this is
saying a n.outhful, for. last yenr's
quintet was considered the second best
In the entire city, being outranked only
by Catholic High.
Four faces are familiar to the school
boy fans. The only new countennnce
is that Of Hoffman, the guard. With
the graduation Of "Red" Sherr, the
star rivot man. Foley was moved "a
center and in his place Hoffman was
given his chance.
Frankford really looked .pitiless
against the winners. The teamwork
Of the Red and Black swept the home
team off its feet, and field goal after
field goal was sent spinning through
the net by the entire team.
And while the ofense was doing &C
! nicely the defensive works were no,
idle at all. Here's the evidence. Dur
:, ing the first half Frankford failed te
tally field goal.
r Eranl.ford Braces
In the second half Frankford looked
much better, when it managed to snar,
five field goals, but four of this mum
her were the result Of long stabs from
', the middle Of the floor. real honest
! to. goodness goal not being scored unit
. the latter part of the half By Hal
loran on brilliant cut for the basket
The game went alory nicely fo'
about ten minutes. when suddenly Wal
Butler, the star goal keeper Of tn
/. Pioneers, who was playing guard, wa
| removed from the game, due to per
sonal fouls. His departure seemed Il
take NIL the life out Of the team, ant
the score, which stood ut 0.S, wa
changed to 34-G ten minutes later.
With the instructions to 'stick then
up." Frankford started to do this yer!
thing, and two minutes after the fina
half started Stratton Tailed the frs
, Pioneer goal Of the game.
, Koch and Lieberman shared field
. goal honors for the winners, each get
, ting n half dozen. This brings tn
, formers total to twenty-three TO
. three games.
The win also was the third straigh
victory for Southern. 1t was the thir
consecutive also that the team ha
scored more than fifty points. Its tota
for three games Is 159, against G6 TO
n the opposition.
Central High RAatsn
n Starting a rally which surprised eve
b us own IOliOWerb eudOleu HeTHuutO"
High to nose out DR.. O'Brien's Cen
a tral team in the other league game
!, The final count was 80 to e.
The Mirrors started out to make
. runaway Of the game, and fairly sue
Is ceeded in the first half, which endet
y lS to II, in their favor. The playin
- Of "Bill" Fischer. the football lu
= = minary, and "Chick" Edwards, th
Negro player, especially stood out dur
~ ing this half.
= However, the Civedens came out o
|" the floor with fight written all ovs
:. their faces for tho second half. Hardl
i three minutes was played before th
- - score was knotted. and from then on I
y y the end Of the fray 1t was a toss u
e as to the ultimate victor. Hagy wo
the game for the home team with hi
fifth field goal. about ono minute froi
the end Of the game.
In tie Reserve League Southern Hig
, and Central were the victors. The Re
and Black dcwned The Frankford Re
serves and Central took the measuI
i. Of tho Germantown youngsters.