Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-16
H|GH-SCHOOL TENNIS
OPENS NEXT WEEK
Second Year of Competition Will
Be lnaugurated With Six
Club Circuit
WEST PHILA. LOSES STARS

The Public High School Tennis
League. the latest addition to the major
sports of the Philadelphia high schools
will open its second year OF its his
tory with all six schools represented.
The opening date is set for next
Tuesday afternoon. West Philadclphii
High. champions last year. will play
Frankford at the Pioneer Field: Gen.
tral High. the runncrs-up. will oppose
Northeast High, and Southern Higl
will take trip to Germantown High
The schedule consists of iiftccr
games, each team playing the other
once. The contests will be played OF
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
The Spcedboys are without court
for their matches and will play all thcil
This was the case last year. but il
did not seem to hurt their play ing,
With all the members of the titulnl
team back this year the West Phila
delphians feel confident that they will
retain their honors.
Central Strong
However, Central High. with Milton
Hofkin, the Pennsylvania State cham
pion, and Milford Myers, the runners
up, IN the same tournament, included
~'io''6 40 PClcoDHti, Will PloNc
mighty obstacle in their path. and al,
should not be roses for the team from
across the Schuylkill.
The Tennis League will practically
finish its schedule before the Football
League gets under full sway. The final
game on the list Is scheduled for Octo =
Der 3.
The majority of the players ont for
the Central High team have been prac-
ucing all summer on the Woodfourd
courts at Strawberry Mansion and are
In splendid shape. Hofkin and Myers
were among the finalists in the State
Championship.
Successful Last Year
Las tyear the league was more or
less an experiment, but the object for
which the league was organized was
reached, and the season was considered
successful one
This season things will be worked on
larger scale. and by the end of the
season the officials Of the league be-
ileve that it will be on a par with the
leading sports of the Public High School
League.
The schedule follows:
Esia at Frankford Central at Northeast;
eoTTt,ncrn at Germantown.
,A AiHutsdaN September 2l--West Phia DEL
Una a. Central: southern High at Frank
iorSi Germantown at Northeast,
tuesday, September 26-West Phila delphia
g. 81 germantown; Central High al Frankford
southern At Northeast.
-, Thursdav September 2s--West Phnadel.
EEa EEma At southern: Central at Germantown:
F'TrnKford AT Northeast.
yIIesday, October 3.Wrst Philadelphia at
~, ortneast; Central at Southern frankfort
at Germantown.
W. II. :. Loses Two Stars
,,,Iwo stars of the West Philadelphia
iiigh School football team of last year
WI VIII enter Perkiomcn School this month.
bon pom AlcElwee. brilliant fullback, and
th pm Niann, halfback extraordinary, are
the players.
McElwee, while he didn't gain as
huCh .h prominence as some of the other
.SipnckS in scholastic circles, was.
nevertheless, crackeriack player. He
was thoroughly acquainted with the
sime and played hard from the opening
whistle to the end of the game. IIc
oattied with all his might, and was
capable performer.
mann first came into prominence last
STSar as member of the Orange and
nnlue grid aggregation. Riff was n noted
.ne plungcr, and was also good ut
satching and throwing forward passrs