Coplay High School - Coplayite Yearbook (Coplay, PA)

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FRONT ROW—Coach Struble, Groller, Bicber, Capt. Hirschman, Masenheimer, Bair, L. Salter, (Student Manascer). SECOND ROW—Reinhard, Rinker, Santee, Farney, N. Salter. Basketball Immediately after the football season closed, Coach R. C. Struble called for basketball candidates. A squad of 40 green raw men responded. All the members of last season’s Varsity had been lost either through graduation or had not returned to school so that an entirely new team had to be built up. For the first time in its history, Coplay High School was represented in a basketball league, being a member of the newly formed Lehigh-Northampton circuit. Despite the fact that our boys were green and inexperienced the end of the season found us in a third place tie with Bangor. During the league season five games were lost and five won for a percentage of .500. A total of 227 points were scored against 236 for the opponents. Groller led the scoring with 58 points, Bieber accounted for 56, Capt. Hirschman for 52, Masenheimer for 10, Bair for 40, while the subs were responsible for 11 others. A few independent games were played, most of which were lost. At the close of the season the coveted C’s were received by Hirschman, Bieber, Groller, Bair, Rinker, and Masenheimer. With only Hirschman to be lost thru graduation, it would not be surprising to see C. H. S. sitting on top of the “pile” next season.

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FRONT ROW—Rinker. Groller Capt. Hirschman Fisher. Peters. SECOND ROW Shoemaker, Kluckaritz, Santee, Masenheimer, Bair, R. C. Struble, Coach. Football Football team? Yes and no doubt about it. This is Coplay High’s 1930 football squad or rather part of it, as six members of the squad, all lettermen, are not on the picture. They are Windish, Spaits, Droxler, Toth, Lewis, and Marcks. This game band of Warriors carried the Maroon and Gray colors into seven games this season, losing all except one. Much credit is due Coach Struble, for from a squad of 25, three of them Varsity members of the 1929 squad, he developed a team which rose from early season defeats to hold a highly tauted and undefeated Northampton High team to a 7-6 score, and humble Whitehall with a 7-0 victory in the first of an annual Thanksgiving Day game, which will soon take its place among the leaders of Turkey Day classics. The score does not indicate the superiority of the Coplay team, for after 40 minutes of “Bang-up” football, Coplay had scored 21 first downs while Whitehall was unable to tally more than three. Other lettermen besides those mentioned before are: Hirschman, Masenheimer, Santee, Groller, and Bair. As only Hirschman and Fisher will be lost through graduation, a good 1931 football season ought to be in store for C. H. S.

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FRONT ROW—Spaits, Rein hard. Morgan, McGinley, Johnston. BACK ROW—A. Morgan. Masenheimer, Rinker, Rogers, Nemeth, R. C. Struble, Coach. Baseball The above picture is that of the 1930 Baseball squad, since the 1931 team had not yet been formed at the time these photographs were taken. These boys carried the Coplay colors bravely and nobly thru the spring of 1930, and although overwhelmed by heavy odds, they fought gamely in a way that brought credit to Coplay High. Even though they did play the strong teams of the Lehigh-Northamp-ton League, they were able to win three out of the ten games played. So far the 1931 season’s team, seems to be a repetition of the 1930 season. The team was considerably weakened by the loss of eight of last year’s varsity players, but despite this, Coach Struble and the boys are fighting to roll up a string of victories before the end of the season comes around. The 1931 Baseball squad is composed of: Robert Masenheimer. George Spaits, Joe Podorski, Carl Beiber, John Windish, Joseph Drox-ler, William Marcks, George Knerr, Simoch, and Aral Moser.