Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-20
DARK OUTLOOK FOR
PIONEERS ON GRID
Captain Weekes' Injury Leaves
Champions With Only Two
Regulars to Start Season
NAus ENTERS WENoNAH
By PAUL PREP

AS A brilliant day comes to close.
n night, without. fail. envelopes the
.un with its black robes and covers the
world with darkness
Then, again, a champion. sitting on
the highest pedestal possible. is bound,
sooner or later, 70 tumble of into OBJ
scurity.
For instance, take Frankford Highs
football team. Last year tho cham.
pion OF the Iuterscholastic League, the
rionaers have little chance to win the
same title again this fall.
When Charlie Weekes, captain and
brilliant fullback, broke his ankle In .
recent practice he probably put the last
straw on the load that broke the
TnhsraIdcd in 1921. F'rankford pa
,aded through an undefeated season.
Teams we're mopped up right and left
and the team was proclaimed the best
In this vicinity.
with clarIons striking a high note,
.cholastic fans everywhere hailed
Frankfo-d as the possible champion
again this year. But since that time
the outlook has taken a decided change.
six boys were to return to the school
again this fall. Two--Clausen, tackle,
and Bennett, end-decided to give all
~ their time to studies and forget the
grid game for a season. Then one quit
The school altogether and Wcekes was
hurt.
With only two boys as the nucleus
for team and game with Penn Char
Ter. the Inter Academic League cham =
zion, only two days off, everything
ooks as dark as night for Frankford.
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grld wonders crop up. the Pioneers
-ecm doomed to 20 through a season in
which Aurora rarely will pull open
The curtains and let the sunshine break
through with victory.
Ted Naus
Enters WenOnalh
Ted Naus, who for the last two years
has been starring on the Sunbury High
School team over IN New Jersey, has
entered Wcnonsh Military Academy.
Naus was one of the most dreaded
backs on the other side Of the Della
ware in 1921. Weighing 1e5 pounds
no was wonderful line plunger, ant
his great speed also enabled him to ru1
throw and catch forward passes.
Ted should be a great help to tb.
Little Soldiers " eleven. He played
quarterback at Sunbury and has a won
derful chance to win the signal calling
post at Wenonsh.
Prospects look bright for Central High
School in the Interscholastlc Socce,
League. Seventy five candidates hav'
hcen drilling every day on Houston
Field aud, according to all reports
Central is going TO make drive for tn,
championship now held by Northeas
High.
The Mirrors will be led by Gillespie
one Of the best backs in scholastic cir
rles In 1921. Three other veterans ART
back. They ore Bonnet, HeGs ant
Finkel, all Of whom made impression
during the campaign last season.
Several games have been arranged
ty the Crimson md Gold. including ,
contest with Girard College, the cit.
champion last season. The complet
schedule follows:
october II. Westtown, away; :sth. Georg
school away: 31st. Southern High. away.
November Q. Catholic. home: 7th. Frank
,ord, home, 7th, Upper parhy. home; 14th
N"st Philadelphia away 18th. Grard Col
'"xe. Away; oIst. Northeast, home; 24th
Philadelphia %orIual School, home: "St
'i0rnantoWn, away.