Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-31
WEST PH|LA. WILL
LOSE 16ATHLETES
Track Team Hit Hard by Grad
uation of Three Stars
Tonight
by PAUL PREF


WEST PHILADELPHIA HIGH
w SCHOOL will lose sixteen star
athletes when the mid year graduation
takes place in the auditorium at Forty
eighth and Walnut streets topight.
Virtually every team in the institution
will lose the services of Mt least ono
star,
Tho trnck team probably will be hit
harder than any other by the gradu-
alton. Three youths will be graduated.
Graham Frazier, captain Of last years
team. is, of course. the best known OF
the trio. Frazier is the '44O' indoor
and outdoor scholastic champion. lie
is one of the best runners ever devel-
oned in Philadelphia public high
schools.
David D. shaH, star sprinter and
member of the relay team, also IS we'll
known. ShutZ will enter n prep school
and then go to Syracuse next fall.
Klain, n distance runner who per-
formed for the cross country team also,
will be lost.
Two Swimmers Lost "a
Shaplcy Iighey. captain. and M
Lame will not be among those present
on tho swimming team next year.
llighley is one of the fastest sprinters
in scholastic circles and also performed
on the relay team. Lame also was a
member Of the relay team.
Ovar Bcrgholm and Wainnr are tho
only two TO be taken from the football
team. Bergholm was a star and played
Mt tackle and center. llc was the hard
est tacklor on Coach Wcillcr's eleven
this season. Waincr played a backfcld
position.
Cross country loses three barriers.
two of whom were regulars: Joe Roc
buck, member of the championship
team. and Klein, who was mentioned
in connection with tho track team, werc
the regulars. Maxwell. who ran for
three years without making the varsity
squad. is the other youth.
Eisenhuth Graduates
Baseball and soccer are hit lighter
than any other teams. The total loss
of both aggrrgatiOns can be summed up
in one athlete. JAY Eisenhuth. JAY
played center forward on the soccer
team and was the regular shortstop on
the nine.
George Broadhead and Jack Russ will
be lost TO the tennis team. Both
youths were stars and helped their team
vim the championship. They will be
missed next year, when the racquet
wicldors take the courts against other
| schools.
The basketball squad will be minus
one youngstcr tomorrow morning. Pat
| llalpCrn, who has played on the second
team for the last two seasons. will be
graduated. lie was n good floor worker,
| but was little off in his shooting.
| This was the main reason for his fail
| urc to make the varsity team.
No Wire Backboards
The reports being circulated in Phila =
delphia to the effect that wire back =
boards are used on the basketball court
at PasSaic. \. j., are untrue, accord =
ing to Il member of last years team.
'passac's court is regulation in every
way" the former PaSSaic basketball
star said this morning. 1.-The back
boards are made of hard wood and are
highly polished. SO far as | know, Pas
SaiC'S court never was equipped with
wire backboards. and Iicvcr VIII be.
The court is. approximately speak
ing, eighty mine feet long by twenty
| five feet wide. True, inc court may be
a little long, but they are mostly all tina:
way in North Jersey, 50 none of the
teams we have played this year have
felt lost"
"Passalc will plHv anywhere" he re-
piled. I'VE have nothing TO be afraid
of and will play anywhere. But. OF
course. we can't play when We have
other games arranged. That is the main
reason why we haven t come out OF PAS
sale. The guarantees are pretty big at
| PaSSaiC. and most of the teams wOuId
rather come to Pussair than have Pas
sale go to their courts.