Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-09
THREE GRID Teams
ARE after CROWN
Lower Merton, Norristown and
6srwyn to Battle for
Suburban honors
WINNER MAY PLAY ST. JOE

For the first time In many years mn
untisputed champion among suburban
high school olpvcns looms. In previous
yenrs several teams claimed the lnvth. :.
ical hOnora and only last fall v1,ryn
Athyn Academy and Arlington ~lIiel,
were both in the front rank. while
Swarthmore Prep also put in a claim,
for the honors.
Now with the approach Of Thanks.
giving and the end Of tho gridiron sea.
son the dopesters nre again busy going
oyer the records of the various suburban. n
eIevens. Three teams stand out as con.
annually awarded. Added interest r.
attached to the selection Of tho premier
team this year due to the fact that
the Brown University Alumni has de-
cided to give cup to the champion.
According to the plans Of the Brown
alumni: in case two schools stand out
above the rest. n post. season game will
he played to decide the winner.
iowcr Merton High. Berwyn High
and Norristown High are the only
teams that can claim the title and on
the o',trome of this trio's futureN games
viii rest the decision as to the title
boiler. Lower Merton has been .un-
defeated to date. although tied by Ber-
,wyn. while NOrristown has not even
been held t" n tie and recently defeated
n"ad'ng High. one Of the best teams in
the State.
Berwyn Defeated Once
Berwyn is ranked among those pres.
ent, but close survey of their record
shows thnt in addition to the tie with
Lower Merton. the Berwyn boys hnve
one dcfeat on their record. This set.
back came at the hands Of West Cath.
olic High.
Lower Merton has proved its class by
downing I.nnstlowne High. conquerors
OF lenn Charter. and has also scored
one,sidcd victories over Abingdon and
usheltrnham. two other suburban rivals.
Two games remain OH the Ardmore
teams schedule. one with Hnddon
irighis and the big game with Kndnor
High for the Main Line title. For the
hrst time in several years Lower Merton
Il he favOrite to win this game, since
Kndnor has already bowed to Lans.
downe and Berwyn.
At NOrristown the team under Coach
zimmerman has been bowling over all
opposition. and incidentally rolling up
a record total Of points Mt the same
time. Any team that can take ON Phoe.
nixvillc. High and Reading High on
successive Saturdays and turn in vic.
tories over both deserves some con.
Four more games still re.
main on the Norristown schedule, but
none Of these battles is with teams in
this section. and In comparing local
elevens these coming battles can be dis.
counted. regardless of the result.
The games still on the Blue and
White schedule are IansfOrd High,
Bethelehem High. Allentown High and
the University Of Pennsylvania fresh.
men second team.
NOrristOwn Confident
Incidentally. NOrristown Hieh ia
confident of finishing the year unde-
fcated and plans TO challenge the win.
ncr of the city title with a view to
becoming Eastern champions. Fans
np, the Schuylkill feel that the city
title will go to the winner of the ST.
Joseph Prep Catholic High game on
Day. This view is taken
with the expectation that st. Joseph
will defeat Penn Charter tomorrow In
the big interleague game of the ycor
Providing NOrristown can win the
suburban title, game between Zim-
merlnan's pets and the Catholic
League winners would be great
grid treat.