West Philadelphia High School - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Twenty-eight LETTERMEN MILLER PERICLES CURTIS KLEYLA CALLOWHILL SILVERMAN WILTBANK LEVENTON WALDOW BRADFORD LEVICK FAILOR SEIDMAN

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N Tl-lE opening gome of the N38 seoson, West Philly hod but one thought in mind to defeot the defending chompion, Northeost, This we succeeded in doing by o score of 8 to O, The first score of the gome presented itself in the third period, when Neol Hoekstro, hord-running bocla, oided bv John McDowell, scored from the eighteen-yord morkt Loter in the gome, the West Philly line croshed through the defense to block o punt, which wos recovered in the end zone bv North- eost This gove our boys o morgin of eight points over Northeost, The next gome found the Speedboys focing o strong Germontown foe, which held our teom to o scoreless tie, The l-lockmen hod severol scoring opportunities, but were unoble to cross their opponents' gool line, West Philly rose victorious in the next encounter, which wos with o strong Fronk- tord eleven, The Pioneers led West Philly, fourteen first downs to one, but Western led the score ond won the gome, The only score for the Speedboys come in the first ouorter, when Bobe Gekoski returned o punt sixty yords for o touchdown. l-en Zoroff's educoted toe kicked the extro point, which proved the winning one of the gome, The score wos in West PhilIiy's fovorj 7 to 6, The next victim of the l-lockmen wos Southern, bowing by o score of l8 to O. Gekoski to Shirley, ond Burns to l-loekstro proved the winning combinotions for the Speedboys, os most of the offense wos by oir, Western's victory morch wos cut short by o strong Centrol teom Their mighty mochine proved too much for our defense, thus the Speedboys bowed to tho Mirrors, lo to O This defeot shottered the teom's chonces for the Ieogue chompionship. A well-orgonized Uverbrook teom held our worriors to o O to U tie in the trodi- tionol bottle on Armistice Dov Credit is due to Neil l-loekstro for his fine punting, ond to Dove Willioms for his defensive ploy. On Turkey Dov the Speedboys took the field ogoinst the Burrs of West Coth- olic, in the onnuol clossic. After o tzght tussle, the Speedboys emerged victorious, winning by' o score of 3 to O, A field gool from the fifteen-yord mork proved to be the morgin of victory for West Philly The Speedboys hod the boll deep in their opponents territory on severol occosions, but were not oble to push over o touch- down ln the third period Len Zoroff dropped bock ond kicked the pigskin over the crossbor, goining the victory for Western FOOTBALL Q Q ,f Back Row-Coach Hackman, Manager Cohen, Dougherty, Hake, Briner, Hoekstra, Sigholtz, Gekoski, Pinarean, Manager Ricci, Assistant Coach Hoffman. Middle Row-Hunter, Zaroff, Miller, McDowell, Williams, Earley, Davis, Milligan. Front Row-Evans, Scott, Burns, Phayre, Warren, Shirley, Walker, Druse. Twenty-nine