Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-13
SOUTHERN LEADS
IN CAGE CIRCUIT
Red and Black Quintet Wins
Third Straight League
Victory
By PAUL PREP

SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL has
hnally assumed the lead In the Pub
nc iligh School basketball League race.
ana from the brilliant showing made
~ the downtowners it intends to stay
there. "''
10 reach the top pedestal tho Red
ana Black quintet had to overcome n
| Ihlghty tough opponent in the German
toWn High School. which Ind n record
| OF two games won and none lost prior
ia. Yesterdays fray.
Inc finnl count. which WINS "a TO o.
indicates the superiority Of Coach Mucl-
Ter 8 warriors over their opponents.
This count WINS swellrd by the many
| louls called against Germantown, but
nj that Southern outsrored the home
team from the field by eleven two
pointers to six.
1t was the third straight league VIC
tory and the fifth win Of the season for
| the Red and Black. who has vet to be
| defeated. Il is out to better the rec
ord of the 1921 90 team and it has made
sDlendid start.
One thing bothers' Coach Mueller. He
loses four of his five regulars after the
February graduation. All but Licber-
man depart from the school. The sec
ond team Is fair squad to pick from.
the experienced mems places that grad
uate.
The Interscholastic League race, how
ever. will close before these men depart.
so that this will not hinder their chances
for second straight title in the league
competition.
Yesterday the same Cd story was told.
/ The Civedens were beaten before five
minutes of play had elapsed. The win
Isers started out with their usual whirl-
wind attnck, and although not dropping
the ball into the basket. started passing
all around the home team.
Hoffman Put Out
At half time Southern High was on
the long end Of a 26-1G score. Hoff-
man was removed ffom the pnstime
| about three minutes before its end via
the personal foul route. This epidemic
hit the Germantown bunch in the Sec
end half Three OF the regulars were
removed. which helped Southern con-
siderably in running up the large score.
Hagy. Harris and Dieterle were the
players removed from the game.
lIagy and D!eterle started their first
game for tho vanQuished. The former
played exccllcntly. getting four field
goals ard playing fast floor game.
Godblatt added twenty eight points
to his already long list and now has a
safe lead for the individual scoring
honors OF the league. He SHARED five
! field goals and made eighteen fouls out
uf twenty six.
With Germantown's defeat and VIC
tories for West Philadelphia High and
Central High, there is n triple dead
lock for scconl place. The specdboys
| humhlrJ Fronkforl IIirh nt thn loser G
! gym. 81 70 %. and Central nosed out
Northeast High in an extra period
| game.
Walker and Matthews were the high
scorers in the West phi!ly victory. The
while the latter came through with Il
half dozen and made eleven fouls.
Central Wins Thriller
1t was the second straight time that
! Northeast High has been nOsed out.
! Friday afternoon Germantown High
scored on>-point win over the Arch {.
ives in the final minute Of play. Central
High, after trailing the major part Of
the fray, tied the score in the regular
forty minutes and won out in the extra
period.
One minute before The close Of the
fray, with Northeast In front. "A to II
! Edwards, the Central colored player,
dropped in II field goal. aud he added
the foul try which made necessary tn.
cX,ra tive-minute period. In the mid :
: ,ile of this session, Sohelmar, who had
substituted for Bill Fischer earlier in
the game. broke away from Mrcurdy,
drihbled the entire length Of the floor
and sent the ball spinning through the
cords for the winning points.