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

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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

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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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:0 THE CUCKOO went bad for us, and the final score was 25 to 23, with Downingtown A. S. on the top. D. H. S. Positions D. A. S. Francella......Forward ....... Yeager Bloom..........Forward ... Raudenbush Sharp..........Centre Frain Haines..........Guard Myers Cain............Guard Charles (Captain) Field goals: Sharp. 2; Cain. Raudenbush, 4; Frain, 3 ; Myers. Foul goals : Cain. 16 out of 23; Charles, 9 out of 21. Referee—Moran. D. H. S. 40 Narberth H. S. 25 February 12, 1920. On February 12, 1920, our varsity basketball team defeated the strong Narberth High School team, at the Fire House, by the score of 40 to 25. The line-up: D. H. S. Positions. Narberth H. S. Francella......Forward......... Dickie Bloom..........Forward Jenkins (McClure) Sharp..........Centre Ward Haines..........Guard Harsch Cain............Guard Cooke (Captain) Field goals: Francella. 11; Bloom. McClure, Sharp, 2; Haines, Cain, Dickie, 2; Jenkins, 2; Ward, 2. Foul goals: Cain, 7 out of 14; Dickie, 13 out of 18. Referee—Curry. D. H. S. 22, Parkesburg H. S. 26 February 13, 1920. Our varsity team visited Parkesburg. leaving a score of 22 to 26 in favor of Parkesburg. Our team received such a “bad” deal at the hands of the referee that they were compelled to leave the floor before the game was finished. The line-up : D. H. S. Positions Parkesburg Francella.....Forward ......... Paxson McClure.......Forward .......... Glick Sharp.........Centre ........... Boyce Haines........Guard........ McFarland Cain..........Guard ............. Hogg (Captain) Field goals: Haines, Paxson, 2: Glick. Boyce. Foul goals: Cain, 20 out of 34: McFarland, 18 out of 36. D. H. S. 28, Coatesville H. S. 22 February 18, 1920. We had one of the best games of this season with Coatesville, on our own floor on the above date. Francella and Eastburn were the high scorers. D. H. S. Positions Coatesville Francella....Forward ........... Eastburn McClure.... ..Forward .......... Robinson Sharp........Centre ............ Shaneman Haines.......Guard ................ Jones Cain.........Guard ................ Moore (Captain) Field goals: Francella, 6; McClure, Sharp, 2; Eastburn, 5; Robinson, Moore. Foul goals: Cain, 10 out of 22; Shaneman, 7 out of 16. Referee—Curry. D, H. S. 86 Oxford H. S. 15 February 21, 1920. Oxford was completely lost on our large floor as the score shows. D. H. S. Positions Oxford H. S. Francella....Forward ... McCormick Cain.........Forward .. Griffiths (Captain) Sharp........Centre ........... Snodgress Haines.......Guard .............. Hoffman i Garrison.....Guard ........... McCullough Field goals: Francella, 19; Cain, 7; Sharp, 9; Haines, 3; Garrison, 2; McCormick, Griffiths, Snodgrass. 4. Foul goals: Cain, 1 out of 5; Francella, 5 1 out of 10; Griffiths, 3 out of 17. Ref-j eree—Curry. D. FL S. 32, Coatesville H. S. 33 February 25, 1920. A huge crowd accompanied the team to Coatesville on Wednesday, February 25, 1920, to see the two rivals, Downingtown and Coatesville meet. A very lively game was played by the players of both teams. D. H. S. Positions Coatesville Francella....Forward ........... Eastburn McClure......Forward ........... Robinson Sharp.........Centre Shaneman Haines.........Guard Jones Cain...........Guard Moore (Captain) Field goals: Francella, 3; McClure, 2; Sharp, 2; Eastburn, 3; Robinson. 6; Shaneman. Foul goals: Cain, 18 out of 26: Shaneman, 13 out of 24. Referee— Miller. D. H. S. 28, Phoenixville H. S. 16 February 27, 1920. Our varsity team journeyed to Phoenixville, and won a victory over the Phoenixville High School team by the score of 28 to 16. The line-up: D. H. S. Positions Phoenixville Francella....Forward .......... Nissinger McClure......Forward ............ Shaffer Sharp........Centre .......... Casselbury Haines.......Guard ................ Sabol Cam..........Cu-H ............... WilFarm