Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-14
PENN CHARTERS
DEFEAT SURPRISES
lansdowne High Hands Nor
ritt's Eleven Third Trimming
in Two Years
5000 FANS AT THE GAME
By PAI1, PREP

The defeat of Penn Charter was the
big upset Yesterday in scholastic foot
| ball
Lansdowne High. unhAralded and un.
sung. handed Dick Merritt's eleven its
first walloping of the season and the
third defeat scored against Penn Char
ter in two years. Not only that. it was
the first time that their goal line had
been crossed this year.
Entering the fray Mt Queen Lane with
1000 fans considering them rs the
''undcrdog, Coach Wcrtsch's asgrcga-
! tion went out and wiped up the field
with their famous opponents. Ip> no
angle of the game was Penn Charter
superior. Straight football, forward
passes and end running were all the
same to the winning eleven and were
run off III machine like fashion.
On the defense as we'll as the offense
the suburban team shone. An example
Of the tonc-wall line of the winners
occurred in the third period.
With the pigskin on Lansdowne's 16-
yard mark nenalty for unnecessary
roughness was inflicted by Referee Hart
'''' 'iII ItttlNfu tIp Dbll lOl
a first down on the Lan>downe 1.yard
line.
Lansdowne Holds EN-
A touchdown and tho ultimate point
10 nose them out of u well deserved VIC
tory faced the Iansdowners. The great.
est stand made BY any school team in
many moons was made by I.ansdowne.
At the end of four plays the pigskin
;<>.,tcad Of being over the line and a
score for Penn Charter was back TO
the 5-yard line and in Lansdowne' $
possession. With such backfeld stars
rs Whitney Brill and Martin Brill and
Sitley using all their football knowledge
and speed in an effort TO get the ball
over, Lansdowne's feat was all tho
more remarkable.
Tho score does not represent the diff
! ference in the strength of the two
/ elevens. Larsdowne missed many op-
! rortunities to tally through over
nnxiousncss. Iansdowne marched -
yards in the third period to make the
! score. Palmer carried the ball over.
The failure to kick the goal for the
seventh point' proved costly to two
teams during the afternoon. Brown
/ Prep and Friends Central lost by the
same score, ;, to 6.
Moorestown High was the eleven
which stopped the Brown Prep streak of
two straight victories. With but five
minutes Of the game remaining to be
seymen. threw forward pass which
ore Of his teammates gathered in and
raced for touchdown. This tied the
score, II was great finish to a well
PLAYED game.
Episcopal Academy was the othe,
school benefited by the failure o
Friends Central to score the seventl
point. Coach McCarty's eleven SCORED
n touchdown in the first period after j.,
long forward pass had put the pigskir
in a scoring position. Elwert made th'
touchdown and Knoblach kicked th'
goal.
Marple Sprlnts % Yards
Friends Central started drive il
the third period and scored a touch
down when Marple grabbed forward
pass and snrinted % yards over tn
goal line. Peasants S kick for the extr'
point was blocked by Harte.
; Frankford High showed the wise
acres that 1t will be strong con
tender for the Public High Schoo
League honOrS when 1t humbled Bryl
Athyn Academy for its first victory o
the season.
The Pioneers looked like n new team
with Wcckcs and Clauscn in the back
fold and displayed some of the elias
which it exhibited when it won tn
Public High School crown for the tirs
time in The history of the school.
The Newton team made grea
stand against the winners and out
played them in the third quarter
registering seven consecutive frs
, downs but losing the ball. It wa
. blocked Kick which enabled Frank
! ford 10 win in the tina quarter
O'Brien kick was Knocked down b.
rnmlin ON the Brvn Athyn lO.yar
line and Captain Weekcs skirtcd tn
: left end for Il touchdown on the mex
play. ClauSen added the extra point
, It was the first time in The histor
, Of the Rryn Athyn eleven that II ha
, been beaten by local school team Il
this city.
With the defeat of Penn Charter an
the easy victory Of IIaverford Schor
over St. Luke's in the opening of th
Inter Academic League 1t should b
"aIl roses" for the Little Quakcrs thi
year.
JOhnnv Scott has = 1pAat team n