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

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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

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68 FOOTBALL TEAM

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4-4.4-,L+ +-L4++, This defeat seemed to inspire the team to heights which they had never known before. They came back with a bang to beat Haverford, 16 to 13, in the best played game of the year. This was.Haverford's first defeat in the league in two years. Masters was indeed Mastered by the tackling of Dud Craig and Paul Hoft. Chick White won the game in the last quarter by a field goal from the 32-yard line. Never has a Germantown team played such great football. Charlie Truitt showed his old time form in this game with beautiful off-tackle thrusts. This made us tie for first. Fate was unkind. St. Luke's beat us 13 to 6, thus ruining our hopes for the championship. Owing to an unlucky break-a fumble in the second or third play of the game-the winning touchdown was scored. Reid and White featured this game with their passes and kicks. The Germantown Friends' game was tied because of two old habits of G. A. teams-not starting off with the opening. whistle, and letting down after obtaining a lead. A beautiful 30-yard pass by Dick Henkels to Bud Stier, who ran about 15 yards after' catching it, resulted in our only score. Chick kicked the all- essential goal. In the final quarter, the Quakers pushed it over for a touchdown with F rick carrying the ball, and Cadbury kicked the goal. The final score was 7 to 7. Those who received their letters were: Captain Achenbach, Henkels, Truitt, Boger, Reid, Cooney, Lynch, O'Neill, Craig, Hoft, Stier, White, Schumann, Lear and Caveny. Craig was elected captain of the 1927 team. A highly successful season with a championship at the end is looked for by everybody next fall. We all wish Captain Craig and Coach Hartley the best of SUCCESS. G. ff. Team Opp. 19 Haddon Heights O 6 Haverford College Freshmen 9 7 Germantown Friends 7 15 Penn Charter 7 14 Chestnut Hill 13 U Episcopal 27 16 Haverford 13 6 St. Lukes 13 70