Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-05
ny PAUL PREP

N L AhT 'ioSc VI e"e"
"A son II has been customary to picl'
all l.star clcvens, not only In each
league but an all.city aggregation
from all the circuits.
Very few times in the past has the
picking Of On all.stnr soccer team been
attempted. So that 1t was with fcaf
that we undertook the position.
Soccer is n growing sport. The last
year displayed a decided Improvement
in the play Of the teams; much larger
attendance Mt the games and last, but
most important OF all. interest and
spirit was maintained throughout thc
season BY nil the schools.
This was auc to the closeness o, y,,,. tne n.
struggle for the championsh,p... y ~. .So
It came down 10 the final aaE, ua O., o.,
..hn,iuIo thrcc teams were In line Iot
,h" titIc rrnnkford High. the uit'm%'
wipnar. West Philadelphia !!ign' tne
rmmmernns and Northeast High, the
moi winners. all had chance.
with the championship going to
Frank ford. the days Of the reign OF the
Pioneer dribblers were freshened IN tne
memory NJ the association football foi'
lowers. For three successive years
iIi7.1s.1O - Frankford marched
through ali kinds Of oppositions 10 IL
ties. 49,. .,.,., ronro .
sent FIVE Of the six schools. n, SoItne.n :"
Is the only entry which was uh"o'e "
Sns!e Ncrtheppst p,aetHi Hish copied the highest
nH%oer nii~h' q west e.aee phiiadelrhia Hish;
Frsnkford and Central High are oil
represented by two players. ,,.--
Starting at the top our dimcultie,
commenced, There were numerous goOd
eoal. keepers in the league, and there
Were three that stood out. These were
Gerson. of Northeast High; Butler. o.
Fro nkford High, and Matthews, OF
West philadelphia High.
(;erson gets the call for the hrst team
through his experience and his ability
NJ Getting the pigskin away from the
not. Three goals from the field were all
that were scored against the Arcnive
tender during the schedule.
Butler is given a place on the sec;
ond tenn, while Muphy, Of Central
Hish. ia given honorable mention.
For fuilbacks the following men were
eligible: Dieterle. OF Gerinant0wn
Hieh; Mechanic, Northeast High Wal
bridge, of FrnnkfOrd High, and Beidler,
another Archive. The former pair are
given places on the first team, and tine
latter on the second eleven.
Mechanic is the best OF the quartet
He is a wonderful kicker and his de-
fansive work nil season marked the plny
~ the Northeast team. Captain GIL
iesnie. Of Central High. played splen- +
,lidiy while in the game, but broken
nose shortened his career us soccer
player. c,..,
For halfbacks. Carson. OF FIankford
Hieh: Wood. Of Germantown High, and
Hess, of Central High. We're the best.
These men fought hard and with their
experience outplayed all their oppun-
ents. Beidler. Northeast High; Silver.
West Philadelphia High. aud Candy. Of
Frankford High. are placed on the Sec
ond team.
The outside positions are given to
Schueffer. Of Frnnkford High. and
Weeks. West Philadelphia High. Schaef.
fer tailed the goal which gave the Pho:
ncers u victory over Northeast and
practically won for them the champion:
ship Of the league. 1t was the only goal
in the game.
Weeks starred In most every game for
the Speedboys. In only ono league game
he was scoreless. Trumbower. Of Ger.
mantown High. and Speiser. of
Southern High, arc placed on the re.
serve team.
The center forward berth IL the easi.
est position 10 fill. johnny Gnllen. the
diminutivc star Of the Northeast team,
stood hend and shoulders over the rest
of the forwards, mot physically).
lie is n fast dribblcr. and has lit.
tie trouble taking the ball down the
field and evading the opposing full.
hacks in hooting the pigskin into the net
for the score. He was the best scorer
In the league.
The left forwards are taken care of