Jenkintown High School - Jenkintonian Yearbook (Jenkintown, PA)

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FUUTBHLL H TH HEN Coach Dougherty called the first practice for the football season of 1938, he anticipated a very successful season with many of his veteran stars to bulwark the line and perform in the backfield. The newly christened Drakes in their first two games defeated Souderton, 13 to 7, and rode rough-shod over Quakertown 26 to O, with Gleason scoring two touchdowns. Prospects of a championship were ruined when the team, weakened by illness, lost the Little Brown Jug game to Lansdale, and the following week, lost to Ambler. On the evening of October 21, 1938, Jenkintown made local football history by playing Sell-Perk in one of the first interscholastic night games in the vicinity of Philadelphia. The stadium was packed to capacity with several thousand cheering fans. With the aid of the uniformed cheer-leaders and an inspiring band, the football season was colorfully and successfully closed. SHETBHLL OACH Dougherty started the 1938-39 basketball season with what Bux-Maint coaches styled a third rate team, and promptly proved those prognosticators wrong by coaching it to three championships and the distinction of being the only team in Bux-Mont history to complete two consecutive undefeated league seasons. The Drakes' first victory of the season over the favored Souderton team foretold the tremendous scoring power, the cool decisive brainwork, and the conquering strategy which enabled the team to win the coveted York Road Championship, their second consecutive Bux-Mont crown, undefeated, and the Brown Prep Foul Shooting championship. The fine foul shooting, which won many of Jenkin- town's games, was shown by Getchell, Comly, and Wambold in the Brown Prep Contest. Wambold took top honors by sinking 46 out of 50 tries, with Getchell and Comly placing third and fourth with 42 and 41 fouls respectively. VVe con- gratulate a most remarkable teaml HBH HEN the coming of Spring heralded the track season of 1939, Coach Dougherty was greeted by an excellent turnout. However, he was doomed to early disappointment as his team lost the first meet with Lansdale. In the next meet, a triangular contest between Ambler, Hatboro, and Jenkintown, the Drakes finished second to Ambler. At the Mont- gomery County Championships, Gorham Getchell won the pole vault and high jump, Alex Barret took third place in the discus. I Early in May at George School the team garnered 11 points against a field of twelve schools. A week later the Drakes nosed out Germantown Academy in the triangular meet at Cheltenham. Getchell brought four first places home. With May 20 came the District P. I. A. A. Championships at Franklin Field. Here Gorham Getchell broke the district Class B pole vault record by vaulting 12 feet, and took a second in the high jump, going 6 feet, being beaten by a scant inch. This gives Getch,' a chance for another State Championship in either event. xu.. Thirly'th1ee

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GIRLS' HUCHEU N SEPTEMBER the hockey field echoed with such familiar cries as sticks, free shot, offsides, and blowing the whistle, glenkintownis new coach, Miss Edwards ushered in the 1938 hocke' season. The team soon iicked included i i lf i stick-wielders as uittner Young Basset Scroffffins Helveston Coml f under- 1 by a 5.5 i 1 i classmen, and Chapman, Davis, Crosson, Newton, and Captain Batchelor, seniors. VVith early success, the Jenkintown eleven toppled Hatboro, Olney, Abington, and Ambler in succession before bowing in its only defeat to Cheltenham. As the 7 C1 . season drew to a close, they once more carried the Red and Blue colors to victory over Upper Moreland. During the season the virls iarticiiated in several ire-'fame meetings and C 7 U i i I D U serious candlelight services introduced by their coach which ins wired such good team L- 2 . 1 l t spirit and such fine fellowship that they were truly sorry to see the season end. May next year's team and its captain, Mary Ann Comly, be as successful! GIRLS' BHSHETBHLL I-QCAUSE of a shortened playing schedule, the 1939 girls' basketball team played only three games and entertained at two play days this season. The team lost its first two games with Lansdale and Springfield, but ended the season with a one-point victory over Abington. On play days,', which were introduced this year by Miss Edwards, four or five school teams participated in a tournament of short games. The team winning the most games received special awards. The varsity team consisted of veterans, Mildred Davis, Rachel Helveston, and Barbara Chapman, captain, and newcomers, Margaret Nyce, VVanda Lee Griesinger, and Betty Oliver. W N THIS, the first year for glenkintownis gym team, the recently formed Drake aggregation, under Coach Dougherty's tutelage, joined the Surburban One gym with Upper Darby, Cheltenham, Bristol, and West Chester. The team was organized for both boys and girls, with about 38 members. The first meet with West Chester, the Drakes won by a lop-sided score, 48 to 15, and then whipped Cheltenham, 47M to l4f6. A few days later the team defeated Upper Darby, 35 to 28, but in the deciding meet for the league crown, they lost to Bristol's experienced team, 35 to 28. This record of 3 wins and l loss earned Jenkintown second place in the league in their first year of competition. In the District meet at West Chester, McCowie won the rope climbing champion- ship and Synder won the mat championship. Miller placed 4th in the State champion- ship on the horizontal bar and McCowie placed Sth on the rings. Thirtyffivg