Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

Page 78 text:

Left to Right: F. Eastburn A. Fox, B. Kober, R. Kirk lVl. Landes, G. Fitting, J Holmes, S. Bratsing, R Lear, J. Coulton, B. Power The Tennis Season QHE first girls' tennis varsity team of Doylestown High School took its place upon -II-the sports calendar this year. This sport, not new to the athletically minded girls, occupied their restless spirits during the spring. Originally, a tennis tournament was held each year to enable the girls to find out who was the champion tennis player of the high school. New faces appeared in the locker room, soon to disappear as the elimination gradually took place. This year, the four people who reached the semi-finals were given positions on the tennis varsity team, and the next two most able players were likewise rewarded. The first few days of practice resulted in tired and aching muscles for those who were thought to he athletes in good condition. Tennis is the most strenuous of sports, so it is no wonder that these over-energetic girls could not attain a vertical position for a definite length of time. The semi-finals and the finals were not played during the intermediate tournament, but were reserved and played as an exhibition tennis match during the Doylestown Cen- tennial. Because only one game was scheduled this year, this included a return match, only the girls winning their sets, and the championship of the tournament were awarded letters. Few can imagine the thoughts that passed through the minds of the girls or the feel- ing that held them in its grip, for as they stepped upon the court there came to them the realization, that they were the first tennis varsity team, and that they were setting a pre- cedent for the teams that were to follow them. Although the scores appeared in favor of their opponents, these girls may be proud of their record, because they had to overcome the newness and unfamiliarity of this sport. 'The TORCH 0191938 '76 a m

Page 77 text:

Girls ' I-Ioclcey Sl'Hl'illI'LE n. H. s. ow. lm. 11. s. ore, Alumni .... . 2 0 Jenkintown. . . . . 0 fi Ambler ........ . . . -L 0 Hatboro .... . . 6 0 Quakertown . 0 0 Souderton . . . . 6 U Abington ....,. . , . 2 1 Lansdale. . . . . l 2 Fheltenham ...... , . , 2 3 Springfield. . . . . . 0 1 Buckingham . , . . . . 1 0 Perk-Sell. . . . . . . 4 I A FTER a season of good playing, resulting in '7 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie, the Doyles- !-X town High School hockey team found itself rating fourth in the Bux-Mont League. The opening game of the season was with the Alumni. The varsity came out on top with a 2-0 victory. The Hrst defeat the team tasted was at Cheltenham. After much hard fighting, Chel- tenham was victorious by a 3-2 score. Cheltenham had gained the extra point by a penalty goal called on the Doylestown goalie. K The most outstanding and the final game of the season was with Perk-Sell, the Bux- Mont League Champions, who previous to this game had won all their games. Vvhen they journeyed to Doylestown the story changed. They went down to a great defeat before the fast-moving Doylestown squad by a 4-1 score. This year, a majority of the varsity will be graduated: namely: Gladys Fitting, highest scorer and captain of the teamg Jean Coulton, four-year varsity goalie: Ellen Landis, the swift wing, Jane Anderson, excellent on defense: Betty Power, steady player at inner posi- tion, and Beryl Kober, dependable member of the varsity. Six girls were chosen from the team to represent Doylestown at the All-Suburban tryouts. They were: Gladys Fitting, Ellen Landis, Lois Lukens, Toots Roberts, Janet Holmes, and Alice Fox. Toots made the first team and Janet and Alice the second. The All-Suburban team was, however, defeated by the South Jersey team by a score of 3-0. As coach, Miss Kelley played the main role in the success of her team which went far, under her inspirational and cooperative leadership. qtandmg: B. Schuyler, B. Kalhach, N. Northington, R. Lear, K. Hohensack, M. Perlak, R. Leedom, E. Pitt- ner, G.Fitting, Miss Kelley, J. Holmes, J. Andre, R. Jacobs, R. Kirk, D. Leister, G. Worthington, F. Ker- shaw, A Gerhart, R. Lip- pincott, F. Eastburn. Kneeling: J. Coulton, E. Landis, J. Anderson, B. Kober, A. Fox, R. Helsel, B. Power, B. Linsenmaier, J. Cogan, B. Gilchrist, M. Landes, K. Roberts. 75 ' The TORCH OF 19

Page 79 text:

The Qfflrclzery Season SCHEDVLE D. H. S. OPP. D. H. S. OPP. Cheltenham ..,.. .. 147 97 Sell-Perk .... ...., 2 I2 105 Souderton .... . . 131 14-4 Souderton. . . . . . 264 206 Cheltenham .........,,.,.... .... Vt 'on by default. Sell-Perk ........ ....,.. l 64- 129 ARIETY and originality seemed to be the slogan, this year, of the girls who were Xfardent followers of the varsity sports. Archery made its debut in the girls' sports world, and inspired many aspirants to the team, with visions of becoming a second Robin Hood or perhaps an Indian. At the beginning of the season, Mrs. McKinstry, a prominent archer in the eastern d. . . v . . . . lVlSl0H of the United States, spoke to the girls and gave them many helpful hints. When Mrs. McKinstry gave a demonstration of how to shoot, she made bulls, eyes or golds but h t e safest place to stand when the team practiced during the early part of the season was in front of the target. Throughout the course of the season, many amusing incidents happened, the most amusing being the attempt of assault upon Mr. Byerly's car by Frieda Eastburn. This episode resulted in a punctured radiator by an arrow intended for a target, which must have moved. Archery is truly a sport for the fairer sex, originated for these athletically inclined girls, who hold the more strenuous forms of sports to be over-energetic and lacking in graceful- ness. These girls, who readily enter into this seemingly ideal sport, sadly realized that archery was not what it should bc, because they spent their time taking long walks to retrieve the arrows which missed the target and spent several hours nursing bruised fingers and arms which came in contact with the bow string. Proud were the girls who arched for Doylestown High School's first varsity archery tearn. To Miss Kelley, the coach, goes the credit for this new sport. High scores: Gene Leister, 2591 Grace Worthington, 2373 Janet Holmes, 2263 Gladys Fitting. 167. Back Roux' Miss Kelley, M. Shull, VV. Angeny, J. Co- gan, G. Fitting. Front Roux' B. Kober, F. East- burn, B. Gilchrist, K. Rob- erts B. Power, G. Leister, P. Kratz, G. Worthington, J. Holmes, A. Fox. i 77 'Tl1eT0RCH0F1938