Chestnut Hill Academy - Caerulean Yearbook (Chestnut Hill, PA)

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96 THE CAEHILEAN iKPuir1n nf itlnnthall, 1923 Football practice commenced several days before the opening of school with a squad of thirty-eight players. includ- ing four lettermen. With exceedingly dark prospects for success. Coach Shuttleworth began whipping the squad into condition with the usual fundamental training. Chestnut Hill was expected to play a small part in the lnteracademic League this season. ln the first game of the season the eleven rolled up a 26-U score on the Germantown Friends' School team. which visited St. lVlartins on October 5. By showing an aggressive aerial attack we were able to oyerconie many misplays in our run- ning attack. The following week our combination put up a stiff tight but was forced to defeat before the powerful Germantown Academy aggregation. Each team scored a single touchdown. but the victors managed to kick a goal in their point-after- touchdown try. and to block a kick to score two points on a safety. Chestnut Hill scored in the second half and held the opposition scoreless. but as the final horn blew we had been defeated by a 9 to 6 score. The eleven experienced a praotice game and hard work- outs the next week. As a result our old foes from Penn Char- ter were smothered under a 25-0 count. Before the game was ten minutes old the Hillers had chalked up thirteen points. The team displayed its most aggressive form during this game. November 2 presented the champion Episcopal Academy outfit on the St. Martins green. After an extremely hard- fought contest the Churchmen claimed xictory by one point. 13 to 12. ln this game the sturdy wearers of the dark and light blue had repulsed the onslaught of ll team of veterans who had swept all before them. After matching the invading host, touchdown for touchdown, we were forced to surrender due to a blocked kick in our point-after-touchdown try. For the second straight year the Academy completely out- played Haverford to win l5-ll. Ex en though the team experi- enced a slight relapse after Episcopal. the winner was new-r in doubt. ll The football curtain for l92o was rung down at the Friends' Central School with a fitting climax for a great season, when Chestnut Hill triumphed 25-U. and by subduing the TVIUIIIZYIOIIICFY School I8-ti on Noyeniber I6 on the homo- field. The season closed with a record of fixe wins and two defeats. One hundred and twenty-seven points were rolled up by the Academy compared to twenty-two for our rivals for the best defensive record in the league. ln the games won we held the opposition scoreless. while in those lost we scored as many touchdowns as the victors. In closing we take our hats off to Mr. Shuttleworth and Mr. Kneeland for their great work as coaches. From green material they brought Chestnut Hill Academy to third place in the league, and lost the championship by a total of four points. What was accomplished should be an inspiration to future teams. The team was fortunate in having an inspiring leader in Henry Syle, and the school in having such a fine group of players to uphold its name on the gridiron.