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The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Mercersburg Lads Victors
in School Swim at Yale

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 25.-Mercers-
burg Academy won the interscholastic
swimming meet tonight In the Carnegie
pool at Yale by scoring Is points. Law
renceville was next with 18 and the
Huntington School of Boston was third
with points. other point winners were
Poly Prep Of Brooklyn, s; Worcester
Academy, 6: New Haven High, 4;
Erasmus High. 2: Hopkins of New Ha-
ven. /, and Marquand, /.
Two interscholastic records were
broken. Speer. the Mercersburg star.
shattered the mark in the 220 yard swim.
covering the distance in 2 minutes 25 As
seconds The old record was set by
l.. A. Handy of the Brooklyn High
School team in 1916 and was minutes
80 3-5 seconds. Tho other record TO go
was that for the 200 yard relay, the
Lawrenceville team coming home ahead
I'm ] minute and 45 seconds. The old
mark, / minute As 3-5 seconds, was made
by the Andover team In 1920.
Tho summarizes:
20 Yard Dash--won by speer. Mercersburg
Howard. Worcester. second Agar, Hunt
tinEton; third Woods, Huntington, fourth;
Fancy DIve--won by safberg, Mercersberg.
9o0s Steppe. New Haven High, second,
a7.O3 REYNOLDS. Mercersburg, third. ee.0s:
Oster, Hopkins, fourth, ~ 0o.
200 Yard swim-won by speer, Mercersburg;
Hall. Poly Prep. second Hawkins, Law
renceville, third; steppe, New Haven High,
fourth. Time. 2:25 AS. (New interscholas-
tic record)
Plunge for Distance--won by Cowan Mer-
cersburg, 6aiL feet Ludington, Lawrence
Vile, second. so feet; Jones. Huntington,
third, B5h feet: Schuege. Worcester Acad-
emy, fourth, 60 feet
100 Yard Swim--won by Han, Poly Prep
Hawkins. Lawrenceville. second; Lewis.
Erasmus. third; Morrison. Marauand,
fourth Time. 0.5n.
go Yard Reay-won by Lawrenceville
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tho size and shape OF n mans wrist, with
the flEttening from side 10 side and taper
ing AT the tail. Larger specimens can bo
found in deeper water. and some OF the
European near kin may reach a length OF
six or eight feet and weight OF more than
100 pounds The shape OF the head and the
peculiar position OF the little beady eyes, to-
rcther with the open mouth bordered with
needlolike teeth, all combine 20 give an Hp-
uearance OF terrible ferocity, which seems 70
be fully Justified by the activities OF the
animal.
'In Illustration ~ its ferocity stories ara
told of fishermen being driven from their
boat when n large specimen got loose after
being hauled up, and of deep scars being
carried thr- u life by souo who had been
bitten qi been g.' that nothing eau
loose Tho pid Of n sen ccl when once u bites
n man. Release can only be obtained by
cuftirr the head to pieces 20 that the Jaws
cannot hold together. simply cutting the
head from the body does not help any. J
have not been able TO verify these stories,
bnt r can believe them without the slightest
difficuitv."
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
c. c. N. Y. Quintet Scores
Easy Victory Over Trinity

The C. c. N. Y. basketball team won
its eleventh game of the season yester-
day in the uptown gym when it scored
an easy victory over Trinity College by
As to q. Anderson and Raskin, appear
ing on the home court for the last time,
starred for the victors, while the playing
of Conner, bespectacled forward of the
visitors, featured the work of the Con-
necticut aggregation
Trinity gained 5-2 lead in the first
few minutes of play, but the locals soon
caught up and forged ahead. the half
ending In their favor "a to IL. Many
substitutions were made In the second
half, but c. c. ". Y. continued to pile
up the points. Fahrer. star guard OF
the Lavender five, added Is points to his
seasons total, making an aggregate Of
173 points, which places him among the
high scores of the East.
In preliminary game the City Col
lege freshmen beat Concordia Prep by
score of 1S to Is. The yearlings led
for most of the time, but only by "A
narrow margin. the score at half being
IL to s. The lineup:
The sIIfnma ries
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c. c. N. Y. Is No Match for
Stevens at Swimming

Stevens defeated c. C. N. Y. in q
swimming meet last night by a score
OF 10 to 13. Stevens scored firsts In
the plunge. relay. 30 yards and 1Ot
yards Both Josepher of G.. c. N. Y
and Balch of Stevens showed good
form i'm the dives. Josephep winning by
one-fifth of point. The results:
Rolay-Stevens (l1asty. Erbberhart, Skinner
Balch. Time, :26.4
Dives-l'irst. Josepher. c. G. N. Y. o5 .;
feet; second. Balch, Stevens, 04.69 feet
third. lfolgat, Stevens.
Forty Nards-first, Ashworth. G. G. N. V.
second. skinner, Stevens; third, Prindlo
Stevens. Time. :21.d.
go Yards-l'irst, A1cQuan. Stevens; second
Ilalch, Stevens; third, oundes. c. G. N. Y
Time. . :J6.2.
Plungc-First. wyburn, stevens. en- feet
second Lfshey, $500 feet; third. Shapiro
g. G. n. Y.
100 Yards-First Eberhart, stevens; second
Mueller. Stevens; third, Ashworth. G. c
n Y. Time Or
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Navy Swimmers Too Fast
for Princeton Natators

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 25.-The Naval
Academy swimmers won easily from
Princeton this afternoon, the score being
33 to II. Midshpmen took first place in
all events except the plunge, in which
Peugnet, local record holder. was un-
able to enter No records were broken,
but the performances were the best of
the present season.
Sinclair. intercollegiate record holder
for 2eo yards. made that distance In
3:32 is, which was his best performance
Of the season. though not UP to HIS
record.
The real thrill was In the $50 yard re-
lay. The summary:
20 yard swim: Won by Boiling, Navy
Kannakanui, Navy, second; Schrivcr,
Princeton. third. Time, % 1-5 seconds.
800 yard swim. Won by Sinclair, Navy
Davis, Navy, second: Bray, Princeton,
third. Time. 2:32 10
100 yard swim Won by WinkJer, Navy
Montgomery, Princeton, second Stinson.
Princeton. third. Time. SO S-6 seconds.
160,yard relay: Won by Navy Boiling. Kan
nakanui, wnkjer. suciair) Princeton
swimmers (schriver, Bray. Montgomery,
PoleD. Time, 1915 30
Distance plunge. 60 feet: won by Hawley
Princeton; Arrison, Navy, second; No
Candless, Navy, third. Time, % 3-5
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Miss Glenna Collett
PLAYS Brilliant Golf

Special Dispatch to TIE NEw York HERALD.
BELLEAIR HEIGHTS, Fla Feb. 25.-
Miss Glenna Collett of Providence
played sensational golf here to-day,
when she went around the No. 2 course
in seventy-siX strokes, holing out every
putt. This Is six strokes better than
any total ever made on this course and
a record that compares favorably with
that of some Of the leading amateurs
here. This afternoon, on No. /. the
championship course, she got around
in eighty-four.
During the last few days she has
made two rounds of eighty-one each,
which are record figures for the cham
p!onship course. Her golf displayed
hede- in the last week is far better than
any woman golfer in the country is ca
pable of playing, her average for eight
rounds being eighty-two.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Ever Hear OF Hundred Pound Eel?

Some whopping big conger eels come
aboard our local fishing boats at times, and
some OF tho outside grounds are quite noted
for them, but II one came over that even
looked like twenty FOUNDER II would create
a sensation on the boat
Read what w. u. Allen writes in the
Catalina Islander about this monster OF the
deep on our Western coast, and II you go IN
bathing out there be sure and swim on the
surface:
"Of course. there are many different kinds
OF animals In the sea which can tie them
selves into Intricate knots or squirm int1
amazing tangles, but there Is ore which IS
very noticeable for other reasons as well az
these. This Is the sea eel, OF which the Calf
fornia Spotted Moray furnishes an excellent
example This animal Is very common on
the ROCKY shores, where Il hides in the
crevicos OF the rocks and lies in wait for i.s
prey, though u does not scorn 20 use dead
or decaying flesh when II comes readily u
"Specimcns commonly caught az low tide
arc three or four feet long, with bodies nbou'
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Philadelphia Boy Breaks
Record in Swimming Nee,

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
SwARrHMoRE. Pa, Feb. rs. One
record was broken and another equalled
to-day in the annual Swarthmore Col
lege interscholastic swimming meet,
which was won for the third straight
year by Girard College OF Philadelphia.
Hassell of West Philadelphia High
School established n new record for
this meet In the plunge by covering 6S
feet inches. The old mark of 6S feet
had stood for six years. Charles Free
man OF Girard College equalled the
22o yard record being timed in min
utcs i5 2-5 seconds
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Navy Water Polo Players
Beat Princeton, % to 20

Special Dispatch to TIE Nrw York HERALD.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. 25-Naval
Academy water poloists defeated Prince
ton this afternoon by score of 23 to
20 in well contested game The Tigers
have not lost a game in this port for
more than three years. and administered
an overwhelming defeat to the Navy
last season.
Boiling, who starred last year. was
well covered to-day. scoring only one
touch goal. Wilcox made three points on
a thrown goal in the first part of tn,
game, and this was the margin by which
the Navy led at the close of the first
half and at the close of the contest
Benton scored the first thrown goal and
led in the scoring with three during
the game.
Princeton attempted to take the Of
fensive at every stage. but was blocked
by the midshipmen. The swimming and
passing We're on even terms.
The lineup:
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Canadian Skating Title
Is Won by Arthur Staff
Edmund Lamy Runner Up to
Chicagoan.

ST. JOHN, N. b., Feb. 25.-Arthur
Staff of Chicago won the Canadian pro-
fessional ice skating championship here
to-day having captured every event ex-
cept the five mile race in the two day
meet. lie finished second to Edmund
Lamy of Saranac Lake, ". Y. in the
five mile race.
Staff had total of 200 points to 10
for Lamy. Bobby Mclean of Chicago
scored so points and Everett MCGOWAN
of st. Paul had 80. The summary:
44o Yards--Won by Staff; Mclean second,
Lamy third. Time, 3S 1-5 seconds.
One Mile--Won by Staff; Mclean second
Iamy third Time, 2 80 rs.
Half Mie-Won by staff, Lamy second Nc
Lean third. Time, 90.
Five Miles-Won by Lamy, Staff second, Nc
Lean third. Time, 15:4t.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Hamilton Scores at Will.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
HAMILTON, N. Y, Feb. 25.--The
Hamilton College hockey team easily de-
feated r. p. l. here tonight by score
of 12 to o. In the first period the En-
gineers showed a good defense and the
Buff and Blue scored but once.
w. Thompson and his brother, L..
Thompson. were easily the stars, each
scoring at will for r. p. I. Robbins at
goal stopped many hard tries. Hamilton
second team substituted for a share OF
the game. but were unable to score.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
PENN GETS NEARER
BASKETBALL CROWN
Defeats Columbia Five Before
One Of Largest Crowds of
Season 25 to ID.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25.-Penn moved
a step nearer another intercollegiate
basketball crown tonight when Capt.
Bill Graves's team defeated Columbia
in Weghtman Hall before one of the
largest crowds of the season. 25 to IA.
The victory of the Penn team was
due in a large measure to the brilliant
playing of Walt Huntzinger. the lanky
forward. who Gagged six field goals. He
exhibited an uncanny accuracy in
shooting for the net and also in his
short passes UP and down the floor.
Capt. Pulleyn starred for Columbia,
scoring IL out of the Ia points regis
tered by the Morningside Heights team.
Penn led all the way. the first half
score being IL to s.
The lineup:
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Tiger Five Defeats
Penn State on Courts

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
PRINCETON, N. j., Feb. 25.-Prince-
toms basketball team defeated Penn
State here tonight, % to IL. The game
was not a league contest. but was as
close and hard fought as any played
during the season. The Tiger five dis
played better form than I'm the Yale con-
test here Wednesday, but are still below
par, and at times exhibited a decidedly
mediocre bApd of ball.
Only op6Dfield goal was thrown by
the Tigers during the first half. Seiden-
sticker playing in his second game Of the
three baskets.
Jix,a
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
UNION BASKETBALL
TEAM BEATS N. Y. U.
Bronx Five Meets With Big
Surprise at Hands of Up
State Basket Tossers.

The Union College basketball team
came down to New York last night
and gave the N. Y. u. five it's most
unexpected defeat of the reason. The
score was 26 to % in the most exciting
game played on the Bronx floor this
year. The visitors carried the attack
from the start and led the local players
at 12-11 at the end of the first half.
Unions strongest factor in beating
the Violet basketball team for the first
time in four years was an almost inn
penetrable defense. After the game had
been under way for five minutes, dur
ing which time the local team man
aged to cage two field goals, Unions
defense frightened and held the home
team scoreless from the floor until two
minutes from the final whistle. Mean
while Nichtman, q visiting forward,
eluded his guard for six goals from the
floor. which aided by foul throws OF
his teammate, Rinaldi, sent the New
Workers down to their fourth defeat of
tho season.
NY. u. was able to keep within reason
able distance of the Union teams lead
as the result of many fouls. No less
than twenty-four fouls were called
against the visitors. of which thirteen
were turned into points by Red Hatterer,
the Violet foul thrower. Schwartz,
Nichtman~ and Bellinger were all
banished from the contest toward the
end because of excessive fouling.
For the first time this year N. Y. u.
found itself stumped by a strong de-
fensive team. and consequently had to
resort to long distance shooting in an
effort to score The attempts OF the
Heights boys were decidedly ineffective
and Union managed to hold them off
through the accurate shooting of Nicht-
man.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Lehigh Five Victorious.

Special Dispatch TO THE NBw YORK HERALD.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, Feb. 25.-Lehigh
defeated the Swarthmore basketball
team here this afternoon In a hard
fought and close contest by the score of
25 to 10. Close guarding was pro-
nounced throughout the contest and as
a result good mary Of the baskets
were hurled from long range and diff
cult angles. Capt. Lees OF Lehigh put
his team in the front in the opening
minutes of play, when he Gagged two
tries from the foot mark. From then
en- until the very last second of the
opening half Lehigh was in the lead,
but never by more than two points. The
lineup:
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Hagenlacher VS.. Cutler.

A match OF 1900 points has been arranged
between Erich Hageniacher. the champion OF
Germany. who makes his first appearance a,
hatch play, and Albert Cutler, famous pro.
.oesional of this city. They win play six
blocks OF 800 points In five afternoons and
Evenings. commencing tomorrow, ~ Maurice
paiy's parlors. Fiftleth street and Broadway
lragenlacher has made runs Of 3ot, 2i5 and
leo and be should give good account oi
bimseN inl game with such strong op.
bonnrt ~ Albert Cutler
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Columbia Freshman Five
Gains Tenth Straight Victory

The Columbia freshman basketball
team won it's tenth consecutive game
yesterday afternoon by defeating Dean
Academy on the Morningside court.
The score was 81 to II.
The Cubs came from behind in the
second half with q whirlwind attack
that stampeded the visitors, who felt
secure with a five point lead. The first
half ended at Q to IA in favor of the
prep school. but five minutes after the
opening of the second stanza the score
read 20 to IA against them. A field goal
by Van Brocklin, two by Barber and
one by Lipschitz. coupled with three
successful free throws by Wilson. sup
piled the eleven points that turned the
tables on the bewildered visiting quin-
tet. The lineup:
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THEY WERE CHAMPIONS
4---LON MYERS

been doing any work for the half. he
stepped the distance in 1:55 2-5 from
scratch That was versatility!
In the fall of 1886 Myers retired from
the amateur ranks and turned profess
sional. He went to Australia and made
the natives there sit up and take notice
They imposed severe handicaps on him,
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Cheney for San Antonio.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 25.-Larry
Cheney, spitbal pitcher, recently de-
clared free agent after having played
two seasons in the South Atlantic
League, has been signed by the San
Antonio Texas Leaguers, It was an
nounced to-day. Cheney formerly was
with Brooklyn and the Cubs.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

The most deadly execution was per-
formed by Ouimet on the twelfth. thir-
teenth, fourteenth fifteenth and six
teenth holes OF the morning round,
which he took under par. During this
five hole stretch Ouimet sank one is
and one IA foot putt and laid still
longer one on the rim of the cup.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Dartmouth Five Beats
Cornell Team, 27 to %

HANOVER, ". H., Feb. 25.--Dartmouth
defeated Cornell 27 20 90 ia an Inter
collegiate League basketball game to-
night. Cornell led at the end of the first
half. 10 to o. Luther of Cornell and
Millar, tho Dartmouth captain. each
made four goals.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

This is the fourth Of series OF ar
ticles about champions In American
sport--BteR t0bo made their marks IN
professional and amateur endedUor i,t
track and field sport, bortng, tennis,
baseball racing aud other branches.
The nth toill be published nert Sunday.
BY DANIEL.
A record holder at so yards, a worlds
wonder at 44O a marvel at the half and
champion at the mile--all these and
more was the great Lawrence Il. Myers.
whom athletic circles knew as Lon.
Back in the SOS his was a name TO
conjure with in track sport. Myers the
inimitable. the nonpareil of the cinder
path bettered record after record, set
twenty-five amateur marks, some of
them American. some of them world 8
standards. And when his race was run
he left behind him n saga OF athletic
prowess which sang of him as the great
est all around performer in the history
of track athletics.
He weighed only 1T pounds In his
togs-this little running machine who
came up from his native Richmond TO
stir the North with a series of feats
which soon made his fame international.
He was a sprinter. and vet miller.
And not content with record breaking
on the fiat Lon took unto himself the
hurdle marks for one-quarter and one
sixth miles. His was true versatility.
Thrice Myers went over TO England
to show tho Britons how Il was done,
and English athletes prohted no little
by watching the stout hearted star from
old Virginia. His style was the apothe-
osis of grace and beauty. And hc never
really did any training-not ne sied ~
preparation which our Rays rad-
docks undergo these days
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Victory for Crescents.

The Crescent Athletic Club basketball
team last night costinued It's winning
streak when the Brooklynites defeated
the North Eastern Engineering College
quintet from Boston on the local teams
court. The score was a to 81.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Blair Swimmers Lead.

BLArRsrowN, n. J., Feb. 25.--Tn n
swimming match here this afternoon
Blair Academy declsively defeated
Scranton High School by a 33-17 score.
B,mnell OF Scranton and Tender OF
Blair were the stars,
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Hoboken High in Front.

spccio, Dispatch to TIE New York HERALD.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb 25.-H6bolSen
High School gained victory here to-
day when It swamped the Radncr High
School five In the Penn scholastic bas-
ketball tournament. The score was so
to 23. Hoboken took the lead at the
start and there was 10 doubt as 10 the
outcome. the accurate field goal tossing
OF Zatta and O'Brien being too much
for the Radnor. The lineup:
IIobolxen (JOO Radnor loq1
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Frank Rapp for Toronto.

Toronto, Feb. 25.--The Toronto base
ball club to-day signed Frank Rapp. a
left handed pitcher. who lives near Pitts
burgh. lie pitched for the Vancouser
team in 1920
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

going as far as to ask him to do 451a
seconds for the quarter. They were
confident he could do 1t.
Myers was born on February 16, 1888,
and died in 1899. at the age of Al. His
lifes race was not long one. But II
was a thriller.
Copyright 1922, by The New York Herald.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

PIsher, Hawkins, Maxwell. Miner): Sec
ond. Mercersberg Oseroch, Reynolds, Speer.
Lynn third. Huntington (Algar. Richard
son, Simpson, Woods) fourth, Worcester
(Rfvas, Starrett. Barrows. Howard). Time
:45. (New interscholastic record.)
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
St. Peters Prep Players
Swamp Xavier Highs Five

Players Of st. Peters Preparatory
School of Jersey City stopped the win
ming streak of the champion basketball
team of st. Francis Xavier High School
In game on the latter's court yester-
day. The score was 81 TO 81. Until
yesterday the record of the Xavier quin-
tet showed fifteen straight victories. The
success OF the Jersey boys was a sur-
prise to the New Workers because they
had little difficulty in defeating their
conquerors of yesterday in game in
the early part OF the season.
O'Keefe and Mclaughlin played prom
inent parts in the victory of St Pc
ters. The former Gagged eleven field
goals. while the latter scored an equal
number OF times from fouls. The
lineup:
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Victory for Stevens.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK aERALp
Stevens retained its winning form by
defeating Rensselaer, Folly basketball
team by Al to 20 at the Walker gym
nasium, Hoboken, last night. The line
IN.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

bia. s-6-14. Field goals-Huntznger, 6;
Foul goals-Grave, 5 out of TO- Puneyn. 6
out OF II. Substitutions-Sullivan for Des-
sen, Dessen for Sullivan, Sullivan for Des-
sen. Goldblatt for Sullivan, James ior Hunt
Finger, Smith for Puleyn. Referee-A
| Sharpe. Yale. Umpire-Hastinys. Cornell.
Time of halves, 20 minutes.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
The lineup :

Foster. Penn State-McCollum for Reed.
Wilson for Loeffler. Field goals-Seiden-
stclSer go, Loeb CD. Loeffler. Koehler,
Reed and McCollum. Foul goals-Loeb. II
out Of 10, Reed. 6 out of 10. McColum, .
out of Z. Referee-Keiley OF Philadelphia.
JJmpire-Ferguson OF Trenton.
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Goals from f1eId-Stevens, kurtz, 2; Roth,
2; Yavaripe, Q: Hegley, 6: Bettman, 6. Rem
selaer-Howard. 1; Benedict, q Brunyan. .:
Tully. 2. Fouls--Howard. in Z; Tully, in
3; Riddle In I; Kurtz, in 4; Bettman.
in 4. SubstitutSs-Rensselaer- for Ben
edict Are nfor Tully. Tuly for Drew. Stevens
Hum for Kurtz, Kurtz for Hgley, Arm
strong for Lavarie, Lavarie for Armstrong.
Lankron for Kurtz. Referee-Brunn, Pratt
institute. Umpire-Kumey, Yale.
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SoIomon..,... Hight gu,rd -. .hchterfleld
Field goals-Gottlieb. OBrien Cp). Zatta
(s), Schien %. Koons CD. Singer o.. F1em-
ing Cd. Foul goals-GottIieb out Of -,
Rooms out of 0. Referee-Nicholai. um-
pire-Emory.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26
Prin~etnn (2nI

Navy scorlng-Touch goals, Benton Ill,
Wilcox; thrown goal, Wilcox. Princeton
scoring, touch goals. TAFT I2), Donald. Boil
ing. Substitutions-Navy, Peck for Highs
Princeton. Harding for S,hrauff. Schrauff
for Harding. Time of halves-S minutes.
The New York herald., 1922-02-26

SubstitutIons: st. ter's-Delehey Tor Nc
Laughln, eastman for Geraghty, Verdon for
Griffin and Keane for Slane. Navier-Tynan
for Reisinger and Murphy for Gheraini.
Field goals; st. Peter's-O'Keefe OD,
Griffin "a, Geraghty IA, Mclaughlin 90 :,
Kcane and Slane. Xavier-Schnelder 90 4,
Whalen a. Murthy (2). McTarres and
Resingcr. Goals from fouls: st. Peters
Mclaughlin I'D. Xavier-Whalen ID.