Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01
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". PH|LlY SPORTS
Physical Director Of Speedboys
Expects Good Teams In
Spring Competition
BATTERY CANDIDATES WORK
By PAUL PREP

0CPRING sports at the West Phila.
- delphia High School should enjoy
q good season."
This statement was made by Roy ".
Delaplaine, physical director at the
Forty eighth and Walnut streets insti.
tuition.
plaine continued. II mean good. don't
expect the teams to come through with
championships; / Just expect good aver
age seasons for ali Of the spring teams.
Baseball practice got under. way a
month ago, and last week we had the
battery candidates outdoors. However,
n cold spell forced us to 80 back to the
air stunt again till next week.
'I have had the track candidates
cut, and the boys seem enthused. The
sprinters have been working in the halls
up on the fourth floor. where We have
been teaching them the proper starting
methods and other little tricks that will
be useful.
"Mr. Vail, coach of the soccer team.
has been holding spring practice, and Is
building his team for next year. lie has
an Inter Glass League. ! think. and 1t
is going along fine. The boys out here
like soccer, and they have capable
coach in Vail.
Basketball Games
EVERY Tuesday. Wednesday and
Friday morning we have basketball u
games in the Kingsessing Recreation
Center gymnasium. In this manner
the students who do not start school
until noon are enabled to play. They
haven't time when school let's out at .
o'clock, and so we are taking this
means to help them learn the game. :.
Hereafter, every Thursday we will
have the use of the swimming pool at
swim. If they don't want to be taught,
that's up to them. But we're going to
teach ], I,,I them and not coach the finished
1--WE haven't any place to practice
outdoors. The Donovan Armstrong
Baseball Club offered us the use of 1t:
new field at Forty ninth and Spruce
streets in return for locker space, bu
under the present ruling Of the Super.
visory Committee on Athletics we were
unable to accept.
However, despite the fact W,
haven't any place to practice, lool
forward to a good year in sprint
sports"
Sop1s Win Out
For the first time in the history o
the Central High School the sophomor
class was able to win the interclas
championship. The second-year mel
had little trouble gaining first honors, a
can be shown by the fact that the!
gathered G01a points. The seniors
their nearest rivals. accumulated 35 !:
points. while the juniors. last year
champions, could only get % SO points
The freshmen brought up the rear will
10 10 points.
Frank. star end Oh the football team
was high scorer Of the afternoon Will
I. twelve points. He scored first by win
ming the high hurdles and then takin,
second in the standing broad and thirt
in the quarter mile. Smith, Of tn
sophomore team. proved to be a find, in
somuch as he had taken first honors II
the high jump, with a leap of 5 fee
2 inches, and took second in the quarter
which was won by Belamy, a freshman
The champions for this year are q
follows:
sS;ysrd dashIs.Hsmptssn. h-s Freshmen, .
4io-yard dash--Rellamy. Freshmen.
Sso-ysrd run-Hovard. Sophomore.
One-mile run-Gazier. Sophomore.
aS-yard high ,,,l,,r hurdls.TErank ,,rr,s.; Seniors.
shsspSamaas; HSs sumpMsmith. sopsomors. SeaSss
| Standing broad iump-(3Ouid. Sonhonors