Doylestown High School - Torch Yearbook (Doylestown, PA)

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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

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ARCHERY-Since 1957, Doylestown High School has maintained an excellent Archery Team, coached by Miss Lillian V. Kelley. During these five years' the team has been a championship team, although they belonged to no league till 1940. In 1940 at a meeting of the Bux-Mont sports coaches it was decided that an archery league should be formed with Lansdale, Souderton, Sellersville-Perkasie, Quakertown, and Doylestown, the regular league members. Since that time the tive teams meet each other for two matches with each 5 one home and one away. For the last two years, Doylestown has emerged the champion. One of the most outstanding shooters in the history of Doylestown High School's Archery is Gene Liester, a graduate of 1940. She holds one of the highest averages on the school record. This year D. H. S. was victorious in all but one match, that with a superior George School team in a regulation Iunior Columbia round. p VARSITY SCHEDULE D.H-S. OPP. Cheltenham ............ 571 548 Ambler ....... .,.. 4 41 589 Abington ....... .... 4 07 566 George School ..,.. .... 1 580 1742 Boys vs. Girls ..,.. .... 4 24 541 TENNIS-has been a girls' sport in Doylestown High School for the past six years. Miss Lillian Kelley coached the team for three years after which Mrs. Mabel Elliott became coach. This year she completed her third season. Two years ago the Bux-Mont League was formed. Members included Springfield, Sell-Perk, Lansdale, and Doylestown. The championship cup for these years was captured by Doylestown. The captain of both these championship teams was Ruth Lear. This year the co-captains were lane Connard and Doris lane Hobensack, who was not able to play because of illness. Betty Domm and Iosephine Connard were Mrs. Elliott's outstanding players, having won eleven straight matches the first year of the league. This year Springfield and Sell-Perk dropped out of the league because of transportation, but Doylestown and Lansdale played two matches to determine the championship team, the latter winning 5-2. VARSITY SCHEDULE D.H.s. OPP. D.H.S. OPP. Alumnae .... . . 2 5 Lansdale. . . . , . 1 4 Abington .... . . 1 4 Lansdale. . . . , . 2 5 Ienkintown. . . . , 4 1 Abington ..... . , . 0 5 Quakertown ................ 5 0 Quakertown ..,.. . .,..... 5 O E. Childs, Archery Mgr., Mr. Clyde Klinger, Mrs. Mabel Elliott, Tennis Coaches 5 P. Redfield, Tennis Mgr. ARCHERY-Rear Row: M. Trauger, K. Soast, A. Mulhall, L. Roth, D. Selner, M. Gunagan, L. Olmstead, I. Corson, B. Ellis, D. N eamand, M. Maguire. Fran! Row: A. Pidcock, A. Baumaster, P. Allen, M. Kennedy, Y. Howe, V. Hendricks, H. Belli, E. Childs. Inxerlu' Miss Lillian Kelley, Coach, H. Belli, Captain. 52