Germantown Academy - Ye Primer Yearbook (Fort Washington, PA)

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68 FOOTBALL TEAM

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-r4-+4-+aL.4s.e+4+ With three defeats our fellows decided something must be done, so they pulled together and established a new high scoring mark for the team by defeating Penn Charter at the Y. M. C. A., 56 to 25. Chick White with eight field goals and four fouls and Tom Skirm with three field goals and six fouls featured for the Academy quintet. This game .brought us into a tie for second place with Episcopal and ended our season. A brief slump and an unfortunate injury-two things always to be reckoned with-kept our team from a better showing. Coach Hartly is to be congratulated on his work and the team on its co-operation. One thing of interest was the placing of Herb Lawrence and Captain Hoft on the mythical All Inter-Academic team. Captain Hoft was also given the captaincy of the team. Prospects are good for next year, although four of this year's team graduate. Chick White was unanimously elected captain of next year's team at a meeting of the letter men. The letter men for 1927 were: Captain George Hoft, Herb Lawrence, Tom Skirm, Bill Cooney and Chick White. We wish Captain White and Coach Hartley the best of teams next year. I-':1,,-,, 'x J 4 Fai!-1' ln tl Ti:,ZM!f3',n1i ' 42Hi73'f?ff 1 ff? 2, .I A it-..'.5'J:19 . -1' 's .et rf'7'i.-!ff.'5-Teri? fiiu -if 'ji ifffziliav 2 1: 51:1 - li Jslfl 223 v,,llYifm'i3-L : EN gl 'fvltwggff '31, A ,Zigi 3g.il,f.iA:g Q .QA Ml,-nil 1V:,l!lmL,,Ju,..v Ll- A.,,,.-A U., wit... X. ... . .fi .,,. 1, nl ils, A,,1'ggf'li- '1i.::g:' - 'f , Tin-.I.5i,5 OLD MENNONITE CHURCH 67

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? .1 -L.44-4-X4-aL44s.4-+1--f 4- 4- 4' 4- FQGTBALL HIS year's football season resulted in the best record enjoyed by an Academy team for the last twenty-two years. Four glorious victories, three defeats, and one heart-breaking tie. This year's team has victories 0 chalked up against the following: HADDON HEIGHTS, CHEST- H 1 f NUT HILL, HAVERFORD and PENN CHARTER-think of it- 1 lo' 1-Qi 7. ,S R.-S Hi1i5H.,s 3 ' If Haverford and Penn Charter defeated in the same season. Coach Hartley sent letters to the entire squad to come for practice on Septem- ber sixth. By the time school started Mr. Hartley, assisted by Mr. Roberts, had a squad of about thirty on the field. The letter men were: Captain Achenbach, Dick Henkels, uBob Lynch, Archie Reid, Charlie Truitt, and Jerry O'Neill in the back fieldg while on the line we had Dud Craig, Joe Hoover and jack Caveny. The new material was quite brilliant, consisting of Elly Boger, who came from Central High, Lee Berkman, Bill Cooney, in the back- fieldg Chick White, George and Paul Hoft, Bud Stier, Brad Applin, Ross and Charlie Noll, George Lear, 0ts Schumann, Dick', Taussig, Chink', Brush, Snitz Snyder, Sid VVoody, Lou,' Moody and Charlie Schell. The coach in the early practices built up a wonderful morale, which showed all through the season. Our first game was easy, when we defeated Haddon Heights on their field, 19 to 0. Everybody played in this game or the score would have been higher. Reid, Lynch and Boger scored for us, Reid making one point after touchdown. Our next game was not so successful, as we were beaten 9 to 6 by Haver- ford College Freshmen on our field. Their fellows were experienced and by their weight managed to overcome us. Chick VVhite and Capt. Achenbach featured for the Academy in this game with a well executed passing attack. Then came the VICTORY of victories: G. A., 15, P. C., 7. That immortal fourth quarter made history which will live forever in the hearts of all loyal G. A. Alumni. How Craig blocked a kick and Hoft made touchdown-and how Hoft broke through and picked a wild pass from the P. C. center and made I1 second touchdown-and then Chick White's beautiful field goal-is all history now. But what glorious history it is. To say who played the best would be unfair, so we just say that the team was playing as one man, who was doing his best with Z1 spirit of A team that won't be beaten, can't be beaten. The Chestnut Hill game, which came next, was just another show of the G. A. spirit, when in the final quarter she pulled the game out of the fire, 14 to 13. Dud Craig made the tieing touchdown by a 70-yard run after intercepting :1 forward pass. Chick White with his ever deadly toe, made the extra point to bring the bacon to old G. A. Our next game was a set-back, our first in the league, when Episcopal beat us 27 to 0. This was due to over-confidence on the part of our team. Dick Henkels and Ellie Boger put up wonderful defensive games, keeping us from a worse defeat. 69