Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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l WI LLIA M E. WULFE We Interview Head Goaclz PVOUe That is what one would hear upon entering the local armory, the practice boards of the Doylestown High basketball team. However, everything is done or said in the interest of the boys, for Head Coach Wolfe, now rounding out his thirteenth year of coaching at Doylestown High School, is a real pain to everyone. ICOME on there, pass that ball! Where's that twenty-twenty vision of yours, Jack? Instead of passing a basketball to the Coach, we hurled questions in voluminous rapidity. The Coach stated, after pondering about five minutes, that he was a five-letter man at Lebanon Valley College, which he attended from 1920 to 1923. Upon being asked, Whatever brought you here?', he replied, A train. That was back in 1925. He smiled at the mere mention of 1926, 1927, and 1934, for they were championship football years at Doylestown High School, and undefeated ones too! The years of 1927, 1932, and 1933 brought just as broad a smile from his usually stern face, for Doylestowu led the Bux-Mont League in basketball those years. His physical condition has not been rusted by past years, for he trains with his swim- ming proteges at the Fanny Chapman Swimming Pool, where he is director during the summer months. On being asked his opinion of the main reason for the success of his teams, he attributed it mainly to the support and loyalty of the student body and to the generosity of the various service clubs in town. U5 ' The T 0 R C' II 0 F 1 9 3 5

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x X . i 23 r r f - S' W tw X es 'it 2 1 A h I ,-,' E Q ' 1. T f ? 5 ,L' . 7 gel P tr - ,.-..... xr r ,W fl 4 ,ffl 4 ,Q I A'-Y' 3-at-' 2 . -. , -, I 3 , Uflfter Which We Watch the Athletic Events the quarterback, as he smashes through center of the second team's line-up. We are watching Doylestown High's battling pigskin carriers, practicing at the Com- munity Field. The coach, looking very dejected but hopeful, is whipping his recruits into what he hopes will be a championship team. SIGNALS, one, two, three, four, hip! is the familiar phrase issuing from the lips of The practice over, the busy managers gather up the equipment, get their orders for the next day, and leave for the locker room. Here, they patch up bruises, apply liniment, lock up, and leave for home. Meanwhile, the girls at the Burpee playground have been having a stirring hockey practice. Although the hockey games are not attended as well as the football games, they mean much to the girls, and the competition is keen. The girls practice as diligently as the boys, and they skirmish like soldiers in this, the sport of queens. The varsity girls have three major sports in which they may participate. They are hockey, tennis, and archery. They also play intramural basketball. Their athletic teams, including the girls' apparatus club, are coached by Miss Kelley. The boys of the senior high school have a, wider field in which to show their athletic prowess. They choose from the list of football, basketball, baseball, track, golf, and tennis. There is an intramural basketball league and an optional tennis tournament every year. There is also an apparatus club. These are under the supervision of Mr. Wolfe and the other coaches, Mr. Jones, Mr. Beshel, and Mr. Zahniser. The junior high boys have football, basketball, and baseball. These are under the sponsorship of Mr. George, Mr. Zahniser, and Mr. Sowers. They also have an intramural basketball league. A manager is selected for each sport. Each has an assistant who helps him or her and who is really serving an apprenticeship in hopes of becoming a manager the following year. Efficient managers are awarded a letter along with the qualifying players at the end of the season. The managers keep the playing grounds in condition, take care of the equipment, and help the coaches. The estimated annual expense of athletics in Doylestown High School is 332250. The annual receipts are about the same, and there is seldom a great profit or loss. Almost half of these expenditures and receipts are due to football, the greatest single contribution being the traditional Lansdale-Doylestown football game. It brings in almost one-half the total proceeds each year. Those wanting to see a quiet informal game which is uncoached, but none-the-less interesting, merely have to stop at the boys' entrance on any warm, bright day. On close examination, one will find it to be the fascinating game of marbles. 'The TORCH OF 1938 64

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SPORTS MANAGERS CLARENCE LoUX This year's football team had as its manager Clarence Loux. He deserves much credit, because the position re- quired much work and patience. Clar- ence, a senior, has made for himself a record as one of the best football man- agers in Doylestownis gridiron history. DONALD MYERS About two nights of every week at the armory, one saw at the scoring table the able basketball manager, Donald Myers. This efficient senior never failed to do his duties, and the quintet owes much to him. CHARLES MCKINSTRY The golf team's manager was Charles McKinstr5f, a senior, who lives right in the fifth green of the course, where the golf team plays. The team will lose, in Charles, a dependable person, who guided the team in its first year of organization. ROBERT CORBIN The baseball team's manager this year had a bit of hard luck because of an operation, but he came back to finish up the season with an excellent record. Robert Corbin, a senior, is known well by all the students and is recognized for his efficient manage- ment of the team. FRIEDA' EASTBURN Our petite junior, Frieda Eastburn, was very valuable to the hockey team nl' 1938. Industrious and friendly, she will always be remembered by the members of the team. Frieda is also an able member of the archery and tennis teams. GLADYS FITTING Our well known athlete, Gladys Fitting, who has been recognized in all sports, not only plays tennis but man- ages the team. This senior has proved herself to be a willing worker and an able leader, who will be missed by all. JANE ANDERSON This senior girl was one of the mem- bers of the 1938 basketball team as well as the manager. She is also well known around school as one of the star hockey players and one of the out- standing students, scholastically, in the senior class. GRACE WORTHINGTON Gracie, a senior, was the able man- ager of the archery team, which was organized this year. She is also one of the members of the newly organized Girls' Rifle Club. She is well known around school for her cooperation in all school activities. The TORCH OF 1938 66