Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-29
SOCCER TITLE WAS
EARNED BY LEH|GH
Bethlehem Team, Deserves
Great Credit for Coping
State League Crown
League
Soccer Selections
By DOUGLAS STEWART
rcnn Soccer Coari, and President Eastern
District Association

renn Soccer G9a:h gna ,,J rrssiden' Easter"
! A fTEIt many years Of striving and
"A earnest rndcavor, I.chigh has
landed the state intercollegiate soccer
championship and tho team is entitled
| to all the glory and honors to be de-
rived from it.
Lchigh has b"cn in second pluc"
oftcncr than any Other team in tn"
league, Pennsylvania in the carly days
! always beating hcr out for tho cham
pionship and later Swarihmorr doing
! tho same thing. IN tho plny-oT last
/ season between Swarihmnrc and I.chigll
the Garnet won by one goal.
This season SwarthnOrc beat T.chign
. goals to |. white Ichigh beat Iiuvcr-
| ford by three goals. and lIavcrford do
! featcd Swarthmorc 3 goals TO |. while
| Lchigh tro,Inccd Lafayette by the same
| score that Lafayett" beat Swarthmorc.
Swarthmore won from PENNSYLVANIA By
three goals. Pennsylvania beat 1Inver-
| ford by four goals and 1Iavcrford hum
| blcd Swarthmorc by 3 goals 10 |. la
fayettc beat llaverford and Swnrth.
more. and yet was defeated BY Iehigh
| am lfn'!SSlNnlllh.
! ,Swarthmorc started in 10 win this
championship again: the scores against
| PCnnsy ylvania and Lrhigh prove that.
but by reason of injuries and other dis
abilities the team weakened; and this
! is the key to the peculiar scores. Ic-
/ high won and lost her two hardest
games by very narrow margins, winning
the other two by n wider margin. and
has been the most consistent team in
the competition. Lafayette came next
/ in consistency. but was shy on scoring
ability. Pennsylvania, Swarthmorr
and lIaverford were considerably up
and down.
! Many Drawn Games
! Last sapson tho league ives distin-
guishcd by the large number Of drawn
games played by the tcam-morc than
! half the contests resulting in tics. The
, uunlity Of game played by the ma jority
, of the teams this year was much higher
! than last season. more combination
among tn" players and divisions, al
though there is still room for very great
Improvement.
! The PENNSYLVANIA and ITaycrford
teams are largely made up Of freshmen
and sOphnmOrcs Oh their way to the
varsity squads. At L"high and
Swarthm"re the teams playing in the
league are the first teams, and should
! have M advantage over Pennsylvania
and liavcrford teams.
( Tho winning of the champiunship by
Lehigh will give the sport strong
boost there and probably create SO much
more interest that Il larger number oi
candidates will report. resulting in n
stronger team. Tn" Bcthlehcmitcs may
resent this in Wow Of the narrow mar
gin hy which they lost to Princeton. the
intercollos intc champions in the game
played AT Princeton on the I'd Of Do
rcmbcr. but they must NOT forget that
tho Princeton team they played was
without the Soryir"> nf lis center hnlf.
Smart. one "f the best field generals in
that league. The fact. however. thar
thcy could hold Princeton t" Il low score
is II feather in their cap.
Interest at Haverforl
Last s"n~"ll. aitor SwHl,hmorr had
Won this championship for III" S"rund
or third ycar in >I"r">Si"m, there wHs q
good deal of talk nlunt Swarthmurc
brn. strong enough 10 cutter tho Inter-
rnllrgirtc l.cagu" and u Second team
,Ievrlopcd for III" Stat" League.
Tho interest in Oh" Gaino has II deeper
hold AT llnv"rinrd than il has u,
Swarthmore, whcr" not 50 many Candi.
dates appear for tho team. lIaycrfnrd
maintains thrcc teams, but Swarth-
more has not at any tim" had moro than
two. even when winning the rhampion-
ship.
I.afayetIc this. >cason lost aud Won
tho same uuml"r "f gaines ~ Penn.
Syl,anln and SWarthrh"r". and thd
With thcm for second rnc". The ,"f"ni
hy Ichigl, put it "n, "t tho running tor
I'll. championship. i'h" fact however.
that i, played l."hlcL for th" champion.
shin shows Nhcrc tho strong teams of
the lrugu" nr" and that tic other teams
will have, to ;iif1"n ny if they expect +"
get anywh"rr.,
The fact that Lchlgh has only six
noints 10 her credit. while Pcnnsyl-
vonia. Svari hmorc aud Lafayette each
hos four AND IIn,crf"rd has two. shows
how keen the ,uuIr"tl ION is and how
rycnk the teams ar" matched.