Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-04
HOT school, GAME
IS IN PROSPECT
When Germantown and West
Philadelphia High Meet Hard
Battle Will Occur
FRANKFORT WINS on TRACK
By PAUL PREP


GERMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
NJ has a chance to clinch the Inter-
scholastic League baseball championship
again this year.
Friday afternoon. at Pencoyd. the
Clivedens will oppose West Philadelphia
High. -a.
This game probably will decide the
league title. -
| At the present, time the Green and
! league or outside contests. The team is
out to establish a record similar to that
| of. last year, when it went through the
entire season without a blemish.
West Philadelphia High, on the other
hand, has been defeated. In league
game the Speedboys met their waterloo
| while playing Northeast. At that time
| the Archfve nine was considered the
dark horse Of the League. Since
then, however. the Red and Black has
been eliminated.
game Friday. Right now 1t is setting
dizzy pace. seemingly without a possi-
BILE chance Of being, stopped. The Green
and White has the I'VE can't be licked"
spirit, and SO far has made the other
teams believe it. -
No matter what happens. It promises
to be the most exciting and hotly con-
tested game Of the scholastic season, and
large crowd will be on hand when the
first ball is thrown out. XIV
Big Meet At State '
Elaborate preparations are being
made for a big athletic program in con-
nection with the thirteenth annual in,
! terscholastic track and field meet which
will be held at State College May 49,. 2
In addition to the big meet. fresh
man track meet with the University Of
Pittsburgh yearlings, n freshman base.
ball game with Shadyside Academy and
varsity lacrosse contest with Syra-
cuse arc on the program. i'"5 Z
! Entries for the scholastic meet are
being received every day. and quite a
number of Philadelphia schOolbOys will
take part
Frankford Best on Track
FrankfOrd High School came off
with flying colors in the triangular
track meet with Southern and Central
yesterday afternoon. The Pioneers
won the meet with total Of 031a
points. Southern finished second with
36h points and Central brought UP the
rear with IS. IL
| AuuuuSu uO ucw TCSOEub were CO.
tablished. every event on the program
was keenly contested and the students
Of the three schools who attended the
competition were rewarded by numer.
Gus thrills.
Frankford is very proud of Summers,
and not without reason. This youth
scored u points for his alma mater
and took three first places. He won
the broad jump and both hurdle events,
tied in the high jump and finished third
in the shot put.
| Southern's freshmen proved the class
in the competition between the first
year boys, winning the meet with SO
points. Central was second, so points,
and FrankfOrd last, 80 points. Hamp-
ton was the star performer In this
struggle. He triumphed in four con-
tests. winning the 100 and POO yard
dashes, the shot put and the broad
jump.
Two Other Meets
Two uthcr meets also were on the
program. Germantown High beat North
east High and Penn Charter beat
Germantown Academy in dual meets.
The Clivedens Outclassed their rivals
| in the intcrschoastic meet. The final
score was 82l2 to 361a. Matthias was
the star OF this meet, scoring in the
100 and 220-yard dashes and the broad
jump.
Penn Charter had 1t easy with G. A.
The final count was 72h to 28h.
Smith and Howell, Of +. c., were the
stars of this meet.