Johnstown High School - Spectator Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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This season also saw the appointment of a new assistant coach to take the place of one of the two assistants who were inducted into the Navy last season. He is Mr. Carl Wauga- man hailing from Ligonier, who, after maintaining a successful position there for a time, was appointed here as assistant football and basketball coach in addition to assuming duties as gym instructor and health teacher. A new summer training period was set up for this year's squad. Due to the shortage of gasoline this year, the usual two-week training period at Camp Reynolds had to be abandoned, and instead a new plan was adopted. Almost every day during the remaining two weeks of summer vacation, the players went to the Point Stadium in the morning and practiced. Then in the afternoon, after eating their dinner in the High School cafeteria, they returned to the field and resumed practice. In this manner, many of the things they did at camp were simulated here in the city. FOOTBALL GAMES On Saturday night, September 11, Trojan fans saw a preview of what at least half of the coming games were to be like. The encounter featured a rival squad from away back —Glassport High. Wiih both teams balancing each other, fairly equal in strength, the Tro- jans, working under the nervousness of first game excitement, managed to ring up only one touchdown. Glassport did likewise, making the final score 6 to 6. JOHNSTOWN CRUSHES CONEMAUGH TOWNSHIP The following Saturday night saw a Johnstown team, one hundred per cent better in every way, thoroughly whitewash the Indians of Conemaugh Township to the tune of 66 to 6.

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The cry of the peanut vendor, echo- ing above the anxious and excited voices of the spectators, heralded the opening of Johnstown High School's 1943 football season. The first game, Glassport— September 11, marked the first in a group of encounters which opened the season for the Trojans. This term found Johnstown High School beginning its season with a new head coach, gym instructor and health teacher for some time here at Senior High. Mr. Shaffer was elected head coach upon Mr. Harold Weigle's accept- ing the position of head coach at Mc- Keesport. Johnstown's Own— and I guess we're not proud of every one of 'em!

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The hard fighting team from Davidsville managed to score their lone tally in the second quarter and aside from that, they were completely annihilated. Trojan touchdowns were made by Reynolds, who made five; O'Bara and Stiffler, who made two apiece; and Steve Slobozien and Mandroc, who made one apiece. Mandroc kicked five of the extra points and O'Bara one. TIGERS SUBDUE TROJANS After thoroughly trouncing Conemaugh Township the previous week, the valiant-fight- ing Trojans could not budge the brick wall of McKeesport. Try as they could, they were un- able to prevent the more experienced Tigers of their former coach, Duke'' Weigle, from mak- ing the score 13 to 0. It can be said, however, that the Trojans showed plenty of fighting spirit. SECOND SUCCESS FOR TROJANS Still full of the fighting spirit of the last game and even more determined to win, the Trojans thoroughly blitzed a dazed German Township team. The game featured a great deal of passing, forty passes in fact, and although German Township completed more of these aerials and had more first downs than Johnstown, they, nevertheless, were swamped. The final count was 33 to 7. J. H. S. DEFENSE SHATTERED In the first of two encounters with Windber, the Trojans found themselves lacking the fighting spirit so predominant in the previous two games. With their offensive power blasted in all but on instance, the Trojan's defense was overrun by the iron horse that was Windber. The score was 18 to 0, Windber's favor.