Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-19
HERE'S A CHANCE
FOR PASSA|C HIGH
New Jersey Five Can Get Real
Competition in Penn's
Basketball Tourney
TEAM HAS NOT ENTERED
By PAUL PREP

By PAUL PREP
THE public high school of Passaic,
i y. J., has n hard time arranging
basketball games. Anyway, that's what
Ernest A. Blood, the coach. says. and
ne should know.
According to Coach Blood, the team
has NOT been beaten since March, 1919.
, SIXTY five game. have been played, and
each time the opposing team has been
socked for a loop. Over dozen of these
games have ended with Passaic having q
100 point lead.
All of which roe- - show that Pas
soic has wonderful team. In fact,
the team is so good that special prizes
have to be offered before rival quintet
can be induced to play. The lnrgcss
prize is 5000 and the smallest SO: 1t
alI depends on how many points PaS-
sale is in the lead at the end OF the
game.
The teams in Northern New ersey
md vicinity fear Conch Blood quintet,
and are doing some fast side stepping
Thcy do not want TO ruin their records.
, and Passaic has TO remain Idle, SO II
seems.
However. Coach Blood can arrange
1ames for his team. Some time ago the
University of Pennsylvania sent 1nVl-
tntions to all public high ana prep
schools in Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey. Every school was invited 10 enter
the scholastic tournament. which VII
start in Weightman Hall FEBRUARY 10
But nothing was heard from PaSSaic'
II would be a great thing Tor the
Penn tournament and Passaic, too, II
the school would enter the competition
It would promote intcr;clty cohpe'i
tion. and Passaic mig ght be able TO- add
another crown to its already large lIst'
With such teams as Reading High
West Philadelphia High. Central High.
Wilmington High, Catholic High, sale
csianum High, Germantown High,
Crosby High, of Waterbury, Conn. I;
Dmrvel High. champion of Florida, and
n host of others, PassNic could get all
tba competition it wanted, and then
some. .
True. the entries for the tournament
cIosod January 10. but If team such as
Passaic wanted 10 enter 1t IS probable
that tho Tournament Committee would
accent it's entry. Therefore. If Coach
Floods team really is having hard
time getting games, II can get them
With ease. For every team in the tour
nament has to play the quintet picked
by the committee or quit outright.
Here's n Challenge
The Commercial High School. Of New
Haven, Conn, wants 70 enter the Pcnn
tournament. This was the news re-
ceiyed In a letter from !. Alpert, an
ardent follower Of the school. lie also
wants TO correct little mistake. The
letter follows:
TO the Sports Editor EcCn,nO Public Ledger;
Sir would IKE t,1oEoG to GoFrsf' rs.o5ti: HiiS
Iast season the three best basketball
teams In Connecticut were invited TO
boston, Mas';. to p2rt,.C,!p:s,. sd,,n,,l In no
crosby High school, Of Waterbury,
Conn, was not included. .,,. ,,.
Commercial High School,, Crosby High
previously wac defeated by ,.o,,IJ GGIwmeTc'aI
HaGmmiinorc!Ii HGmi neIIiF IiGR the champion OF &o%
h'iS imiKnt say tina, Passa!c High school
Of New Jersc%. would tind real opposi-
ton in ComrnCrct%l High. and; too; t4at
the New EnglBnd cnampion would Ike
sure that Commercial would make
good showing against Passaic and also
In the tournament. p-,r,
Frazler's New Record
The Graduates and Undergrads Of the
West IhlIuutIpnH tllSH SCHOOl Helu u
dual track meet In the SpeCdbOys Gym
nasium yesterday afternoon in order to
establish new track records and to de-
terminc the ability of the team which
will represent the school this year us
compared with the one that wore the
colors Of the school last year.
The Grads overwhelmed their success
sors by the score Of SO to II. In addi-
ton to their easy victory q new mark
was made in the quarter. mile run by
one of their number.
This record breaker was Graham
Frazier, who captuined the track team
Of the school last season. In runnisg
the quarter in 30 90 seconds, Frazier
clipped hfths Of second off the
mark made quite while ago by Dewey
Rogers, the colored fash and one of
the greatest runners that ever sported
the Northeast High School colors.
The Grads won four first places in
the six events. Two of these were cap
tured by Shatz, II member Of the cham
pi0nship relay team Of the school last
season. lie came through a winner in
the eighty yard dash and also in the
220-yard. j.,