Downingtown High School - Our Year Cuckoo Yearbook (Downingtown, PA)

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THE CUCKOO 28 SPORTS D. H. S. 49, Columbia H. S. 31 January 17, 1920. The Columbia High School team suffered defeat at the hands of our varsity team on the home floor by the score of 51 to 31. The line-up follows: D. H. S. Positions Columbia H. S Francella.....Forward ........... Lynch Bloom..........Forward .... Morariety Sharp..........Centre ........ Bittner Haines..........Guard ........ Mussor Cain............Guard .... Burkeholder (Captain) Field goals: Francella, 7; Bloom, 3; Sharp, 2; Cain, 6; Lynch. 4; Morariety, Bittner. Mu.sor, 2; Burkeholder, 2. Foul goals: Francella, 13 out of 23; Lyn h, 11 out of 19. Referee—Curry. D. H. S. 39, Phoenixville H. S. 23 January 22, 1920. Our varsity team journeyed to Phoenixville and defeated the high school team by the score of 39 to 28. D. H. S. Positions Phoenixville. Francella.......Forward .. Messinger Bloom...........Forward .... Shaffer

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THE CUCKOO 27 Louis Black: “What kind of a dog’s that?” Floyd Crisman: “That’s a Victory Houud.” Louis: “What’s the big idea?” Floyd: “Notice his bobbed tail?” Louis: “Uh huh.” Floyd: “Well, that dog gave until it Miss Philips: “America was discovered over 400 years ago.” Louis Black: (admiringly) “Gee, but you’ve got a great memory!” “What’s wrong with Ezrah’s head?” !‘Oh, he and Walt Townsley were trying to see who could lean farthest out the window and Ezrah won.” A terrific noise was heard in the library recently, but on investigation no reason for alarm was found, as it was caused by Louis Laird’s falling asleep. A soliloquy by Paul Ezrah: “1 wonder if Rome was burned with fire.” Several of the Freshmen boys treasure a lock of curly hair among their possessions. Probably this accounts for the disappearance of a bit of Helen Love’s tresses. Mrs. Mitchell: “Beauford, if you want to talk, keep quiet!” Miss Lattelle: “It seems as if some of you people can’t read except in a mumble. Natalie, you read, and for goodness sake, open your mouth!” (Does Miss Lattelle think we’re ventriloquists, that we can read with our mouths closed?) Elizabeth Brogan: “Don’t you think soup making is thrilling?” Marian Davison: “Well, it is rather ‘stirring’.” —•-D.H.S.- — •D.H.S.- JIBS Wanted: More truck breakdowns—Base Ball Squad. Some advice—Wesley Schubert. More automobile rides—Pearle Chamberlin. Less conceit—Willard Reindlaub. A trouser-pressing outfit—Carroll McClure. Good positions after graduation— Commercial Seniors. Some originality in hairdressing— Sophomore Girls. A new swagger—Beauford Johnson. To be called angelic—Charles Pollock. A mirror for certain Junior boys. Less “filibustering” in History— Charles Cain. Something to drink—Johnny Fran-cella. Things We’d Like to Know: I f the martyrs in arithmetic class really know what they don’t know. How Beauford manages to meet Sara Baen going home from school. Who Alice Cook’s friend is? Why Myrtle Good took such a sudden interest in the baseball game when Earle Garrison came to the bat. Why Anna Wharry was so anxious for the Seniors of Coatesville High and Downingtown High to go to Washington in one party. Why Emma K. likes to gaze at Louis Knauer. Why Julia Greth groans when she walks (better keep away from the sliding-board, Juila; it’s dangerous). Famous Sayings Heard in French Class on Days Dedicated to Classics: “I forgot we had classics today.” “I thought we had the next page.” “What’s the meaning of that word; I forgot it.” “I studied the same lesson we had yesterday.” “I couldn’t find my book, so I’m not prepared.” “I wasn’t here yesterday, so I didn’t know what to study.” “I couldn’t get any sense out of that lesson,” etc. etc. Things That Will Never Happen: An undignified Senior class (?). Catherine Deets not giggling. Isabelle Hall keeping quiet for five minutes. Mar vena Miller not blushing. Hugh McDevitt not writing poetry. Everyone exempt. John Powell not using puns. John Cahill having all his lessons prepared. Senior English class not being too indefinite. Francis Tweed not in company with the ladies. A short Virgil assignment. Emma Hilton grinning. -------►U.H.S.- ------- -••D.H.S.-

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THE CUCKOO 2!) Sharp.........Centre .......... Williams Haines........Guard ............. Austin Cain..........Guard .............. Gross (Captain) Field goals: Francella, 8; Bloom, Sharp, 4; Haines, Cain. Referee—Rabby. D. H. S. 31, Brown Prep. 23 January 2:5, 1920. The Brown Preparatory team, from Philadelphia, was defeated by our varsity team on the home floor by the score. 31 to 23. The line-up follows: D. H. S. Positions. Brown Prep. Francella.....Forward .......... Wiggins Bloom.........Forward Robinhood Sharp.........Centre ............. Frick Haines........Guard ............ Rocford Cain..........Guard ............ Gilbert (Captain) Field goals: Francella. 6; Bloom, 2; Sharp, Cain, Wiggins, 2; Robinhood. 2: Frick, 2; Rocford. Foul goals: Cain. 9; Wiggins, f . Referee—Rabby. D. H. S. 21, P. Y. C. 18 January 30, 1920. The second game with the P. Y. C. team ended in favor of the high school. This was a hard-fought game and the score was tied several times through the 40 minutes of play. The line-up: D. H. S. Positions P. Y. C. Francella.....Forward ............ Davis (Captain) McClure.......Forward ........R. Davis Sharp...........Centre Remans Haines...........Guard Hughes Cain.............Guard Weiler Substitutions: Hertle. Field goals: Francella. 3; McClure, Sharp, Davis. R. Davis, Hertle, 2. Foul goals: Cain, 11 out of 21; Davis, 10. Referee—Curry. D. H. S. 28, Rothsville H. S. 30 January 31, 1920. Our varsity team traveled to Rothsville. where they left a score of 30 to 28 in Rothsville’s favor. The first half of the game our boys were under a handicap of a small floor and Rothsville walked away with 23 points to our 9. However, in the second half of the game our boys came back strong and showed them first-class basketball. Our team scored 19 points to our opponents’ 7. The line-up follows: D. H. S. Positions Rothsville Francella.....Forward ........... Landis Cain...........Forward Biskerfer (Captain) Sharp.........Centre Stauffer Haines.........Guard Leeking Garrison......Guard ............. Zook Field goals: Francella, 4; Sharp, 2; Garrison, Landis, 4; Biskerfer, 2; Stauffer, 3; Zook. Foul goals: Cain. 14: Biskerfer, 14. D. H. S. 48, Phi Sigma Kappa 28 The Phi Sigma Kappa team from the Franklin and Marshall College, of Lancaster. suffered defeat at the hands of our team by the score of 48 to 28. The line-up: D. H. S. Positions Phi Sigma K. Francella....Forward ........... Weant McClure......Forward ......... Wittier (Raudenbush) Sharp........Centre ........... Snyder Haines.......Guard ........... DeHaven (Garrison) (Carpenter) Caiti .......Guard ............. Kline (Captain) Field goals: Francella, 5; McClure, 3; Sharp, 5; Haines, Garrison. Carpenter. 4; Cain. W eant, 5; Wittier, 2; DeHaven. 2; Kline, 3. Foul goals: Cain, 9 out of 9; Wittier, 4 out of 0. Referee—Moran. D. H. S. 26, Roman Catholic H. 17 February 0, 1920 The Roman Catholic High School team suffered defeat at the hands of our fast varsity team on Friday evening, February 6, on the home floor. The line-up: D. H. S. Positions R. C. H. Francella....Forward ........... Boyle Bloom....... ..Forward ........ Vivial Sharp........Centre .......... McNally (McClure) Haines.......Guard ......... Dougherty Cain.........Guard ............. Gaten (Captain) Field goals’ Francella, 4; Bloom, Haines, 2; Vivial, Dougherty, 3; Gaten. Foul goals: Cain, 12 out of 18; Gaten. 7 out of 15. Referee—Moran, D. H. S. 23, D. A. S. 25 February 9, 1920. A large crowd witnessed the game between Downingtown High School team and the fast Downingtown allscholastics on Tuesday evening, February 9, 1920. At the end of the first half the score was----------High School pulling on the long end. Throughout the second half the score was in favor of the High School. Finally, within about two minutes things