Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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HOCKEY-Feeling the need for more active participation in sports for the girls, Doylestown High School saw the organization of its first varsity hockey team in 1928. Under the guidance of Miss Lillian Kelley, thirty girls came out for the first practice at the Burpee Memorial Playground. It seems from past records that the team always had a difficult time finding a suitable place to practice until the new school site was purchased by the School Board. The first game was played with the Willow Grove Wildcats, which game the Doyles- town eleven won. In 1954, 1959, and 1940 Coach Kelley led the girls to the championship of Bucks County. This year the hockeyites, captained by Ruth Lippincott, placed second in the league. The girls came within two points of the championship. VARSITY SCHEDULE D.H.S. OPP. D.H.S. OPP. Alumnae ..... ..,. 5 1 Springfield ..... . . . 1 1 Sell-Perk ..... . . . . 4 1 Sell-Perk ...... . , . 2 1 Buckingham .... .... 5 2 Quakertown. . . . . 2 0 Quakertown ..., .... 0 1 Souderton ..... . . 5 2 Souderton .... .... 4 0 Bensalem ..... , . . 1 0 Lansdale. . . .... 0 0 Lansdale ..... . . . 0 2 LEAGUE STANDING Quakertown Do lestown Selliiperk Lansdale Souderton GIRLS, BASKETBALL-In 1920 the first girls' varsity basketball team was organized in Doylestown High School by Miss Sara Taylor, who was the Physical Education director until 1929 when Miss Heirich succeeded her. Through the efforts of Miss Taylor, a Bux-Mont League was organized in 1925, and in 1925 her girls won the championship of Bucks County. However, in 1950 the varsity team was discontinued, and in its place intra- mural basketball was organized by Miss Lillian Kelley, now coach of girls' athletics. To create interest and enthusiasm in inter-class basketball Miss Kelley placed a tablet in the study hall on which is printed the name of the class winning the championship. The class of 1952, is the first to have its name inscribed. The class of 1942 is the winner this season. Because of so many girls doing civilian defense work this year, there were not as many girls participated in the class games as in former years. INTRAMURAL SCHEDULE GAME SCORE WON-BY Senior-Iunior ..... .....,...... 5 5-50 ............ ........ S eniors Senior-Sophomore. . . ,... 2- 0 ..... ...... S eniors Senior-Freshman. . .... 12- 5 ..... .... S eniors Iunior-Sophomore . . .... 2 .,,.. ,... I uniors Iunior-Freshmen .... .... 2 2- 6 ..... ..... I uniors Sophomore-Freshmen. . . . ...... ...... 0 - 2 ........... ........,........ F reshmen INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL SQUAD-Rear Raw: M. Buckner, I. Connard, A. Traumuller, B. Wonder, S. Slotter, E. Larzelere, Kolbe, M. Brunner, M. Wodock. Fron1fRow.' E. Duffy, L. Stadler, C. Betz, M. Shealfer, N. Carlen, E. Hill, A. Anderson. Imrerf M. Wodock, Captain. 49

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BASEBALL-Prior to 1925, when Mr. William E. Wolfe organized the first team, the only baseball Doylestown had was Hsandlot baseball , played with a ball the size of a grapefruit and a bat 6 inches wide. In 1928 the coaching job was assigned to Mr. A. A. Beshel and retained by him until 1940 when Mr. Iones took charge. During Mr. Beshel's first season, the team was runner-up and in the following year, 1929, a victorious nine, captained by Allie Rufe, captured Doylestown's first baseball championship. The next great team came in 1954 when a strong nine, under Bricklemeyer, won 8 and lost 4. This was Doylestown's first Bux- Mont championship in baseball since the team had not entered the league in 1929. After that, the closest any other seater nine has come to taking top honors was in 1940 when they took runner-up position. VARSITY SCHEDULE LEAGUE STANDING D.H.s. OPP. D.H.s. OPP. w L T Lansdale ..... 4 5 Sell-Perk ..,.... 4 4 Sell-Perk. . . Sell-Perk ..... 9 Souderton ...... 10 5 Lansdale. . . Souderton .... 6 'Blair Academy. I5 5 Souderton. . Hatboro .... 0 Hatboro ........ 4 5 Doylestown . Quakertown. . . 1 Quakertown .... 2 7 Quakertown Lansdale ..... 5 'George School. . 5 10 Hatboro. , . . 'N on -league games GOLF--a comparatively new sport in D. H. S., was added to the sports schedule in 1957. Some golf-mi nded students tried to organize before that years but failed because they could not secure a place to play. However, in 1957, the Doylestown Country Club graciously offered its course to the high school, and the students immediately took advantage of the opportunity. Mr. William E. Wolfe, first football coach, also assumed the coaching duties of the golf team and is the present sponsor. The first year the team played schools with much more experience 3 thus they won only two matches and lost three. In 1959 the team won four out of nine. Five wins, three losses and two ties was the record for 1940, while in 1941 they won six and lost three. VARSITY SCHEDULE D.H.S. OPP. Cheltenham .... . ...,... IM 15M Abington ..... , . . l 14 Pottstown .... . . . llyg 5M Cheltenham .... , . . SM GVZ Pottstown ...... . . . 7M 7M Blair Academy. . ..., 7M 7M Abington ..,.............. 5M 11 M GOLF-Rear Raw: C. Todd, R. Iodry, R. Levy, H. Rohr, E. Moore, R. Bitzer. Mr. Wolfe, coach: R. Spratt, W. 1V1cKinstry, S. McCormack, Moore, R. Steelman. Fran! Row: Cotton, W. McConnell, K. Hobensack, B. Ingham, Whiting, L. Ambler, F. Kulp, Cotton. Inferf R. Steelman, Captain. 51