Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-07
HIGH SCHOOL BOW
IN ATHLETIC MEET.
Track and Field Championship
Will Be Held This Afternoon
on Northeast Field
W. PHILADELPHIA FAvORI1E
BY PAUL PREP

TI1E fourteenth annual track and
L field championships Of the Philada.
phia public high schools will be held on
Northeast Field. Twenty ninth and
Clearfeld streets. this afternoon. Tie
meet will start at 3 80 o'clock.
West Philadelphia High School, at
first picked II finish second to Germaa.
town High School, has been fmprovins
steadily. and now rules favorits b
win the title. Germantown IL bein9
chosen for second place. with Frankfckd
finishing third.
In former years the title always was
won by either Central or Northssue
High. but this season neither team has
chance Of winning. .,4s
West Philadelphia should capture
four first places, with chance of win.
ming five. Germantown Is good for Two
tirsts with possibility OF third.
Frankford looks good for four hFsts.
Northeast has a great chance for one
first. as has Central, but each might b
beaten out.
Chance for Matthias
Matthias, of Germantown High. 10 the
only favorite to win two first plao1D.
The Cliveden flyer is picked to win tAo
century dash and the broad jump. GoulA,
of Central, has a chance Of winning tho
100 yard dash. and Summers, Of
Frankford, might come through In TIE
broad jump, but this is not probable.
Summers has been the favOrite to win
the 22O yard dash for some time, bat
Gould, Central's Negro speedster, ID
dangerous. Gould Is improving steadily.
and at the present time he looks better
than Summers. He may win the race.
Captain Norman Dutton, Of West
Philadelphia, is one of the few "surss'
winners of the day. Dutton should
come through in the quarter mile run
with ease. Jackson and Offenhauser, bf
the same school, should follow him N
the order named.
ofenhauser is the selection for the
half-mile run. The Orange and Blus
runner should beat out Dutton for the
honors. Oldfeld. another West Phiia.
delphia athlete. should place.
The mile run probably will be the
closest race Of the afternoon. Anythlne
Is likely to happen and any one mag
come through with a victory. Jackeoo.
Of West Philadelphia. is the choices Hor
first place. Giles. of the same ych6ol.
and McCurdy. of Northeast. howsvss.
have been showing great form lately,
and may finish first. S
May Spring Surprise
| Summers, of Frankford, may III
through to victory in the 12O.yaFa
low hurdles. He has been topping, the
timbers in great style. and looms ~
as winner. But Franks, Of Central,
or koontz. of West Philadelphia, NAY
spring Il surprise and win. $&4s
Another Frankford athlete-Jones--
is the favorite to win the 22O.yard low
hurdles. koontz. of West Philadelphia,
again may prove to be dangerous %.
ponent. and may come through.
| The shot put event will be won By
McClan. of West Philadelphia, unless
he breaks his arm. The big speedbo1
holds the Interscholastic League chap-
pionshin and is in class by himsslf.
Bates, of Northeast. Is the probable
winner of the high jump. However,
both Hubbard and Winters. Of Ger.
mantown. are classy performers. and
both have excellent chances Of winning.
Stewart, of Frankford. seems 10 b
the best pole vaulter. Cliff. of Northest,
II he is in form, will give the Pioneer
athlete some real rompetition, but he
doesn't seem to be in shape.