Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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Fty Dedication to Doctor Gotwals Doc' What x1x 1d memo 1es th1s xxold br1ngs to the athletes of Phoe nlxvllle hlgh school espeuallx the semor ath etes Who are graduatmg Now that the t1me has come xxe suddenly reahze what 'Doc as he 1S called by the ath etes has meant to us and all that he has done for us Sadness fills ou1 heart because the 1eal11at1on dawns upon us that nex er agam w1ll We as athletes ot the Pu1 ple and the Whlte have the pr1x1 ege of belng attended to by Doc Thmk back to the days xx hen as an athlete on the grldlron basketball court baseball dlamond or lace tlatk for the Purp e and the Whxte you could go lnto the game xx1th the knoxx ledge that there was one falthful loyal and Well o ed person Slttlllg on the s1del1nes at every game who at the tlme of necesslty xxlthout a moment of hesltatxon was wxllmg to be of able asslstance to those xzxho m1ght haxe had the m1sfortune of get tlng mjured Doc IS a faxoute amol g, the athletes and sport lovmg fo lowers of Phoemxvllle hlgh school Due to the falthfulness and loyaltv that he has showed ln treatmg the athletes he has not on y Won the admlratlon of the boys themselves but he has xx on h1gh esteem among the sport lovmg fans of the Purple and the Whlte Doc has contr1buted a great deal of hls time and much of h1S medlcal sk1ll to admlnlster treatment to those m Jured players Doc by thls faithful QIVICQ set up a splendld example not only to the athletes but also to others who haxe gone out 1nto the World to try to achleve success Wlth these thoughts m mmd We dedlcate the sports sectlon of our 1938 year book to J Elmer Gotwals Physlc-lan and Frlend 0 7. 7. I. . Y 1 . - , 1 V' U 1 . l I 'w v 1 v . A ,, I K 9 - 9 A yy . K. . A- . . . w - 1 x . . 'r ' 7 . X . A . I - . v A . v A , -K 4 -4 14 Q l y v ' 1 . '. Y Y . o 9 -A V K . Q c , , - 9 9 1 ' - . cc Jr ' , . .' I . 1 ,. , , , A - ' 1 . . . ' . . . . . . U ,', ,' L ' C - . H . . fc ' . ll 19 ' ' 1 , , ' , ' h . . , l, 9 - 9 K x . or

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Ath letzcs

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Football The Phoenlxvllle hlgh school tor the second stralght year finlshed out the1r season undeteated w1nn1ng the Suburban League champ1onsh1p the Suburban B T1tle and the County Champ1onsh1p The Phantoms gulded by coaches W1eneke and Qumn rolled over seven v1ctor1es and two txes Howex er they were beaten by the stronger and more expenenced Alumnae 19 6 The1r first game was won over North Coventry 12 0 After defeatln West Chester 9 7 and Pottstown 18 6 the Phoenlxflle team held Norustown to a scoreless t1e The followmg week they were held to a t1e by Conshohocken 12 12 The rest of the games were won over Sprlng C1ty 19 2 Berwyn 18 0 Downlngtown 38 0 and Coates 1lle 13 7 The h1g,h scorer for the Phantoms was Joseph Chlef Yednock hard plungmg fu lb lck w 1th 69 polnts The team w1ll lose mam ot 1ts regulars as ten out of the thlrteen et fermen YV11lg'I'3.dlllt9 lhex are Ends Ernest Gere Jack Tompklns and Wa ter Moyer Tackles Cela Szabo Guards Andrew GL1b3l11Ch and Thomas Kassel Center Mxchael Labosh Backheld Joseph Yednock Everett M31t1H and Joseph B1l1nsk1 Other senlor players are John Mas kulak Edward O Donnell Ju IHS Plnter Roy Hem and Norman Jordan Phoen1xv1lle Opponent North Coventry 0 West Chester Pottstown Norrlstown Conshohocken 12 U C1 C 'U U U U CJ U ZCIUECGEEEEE 4'- 'U o El Cf' EA rn ss: U2 o D UQ 5 cn Berwyn DOWH1Hgt0Wn Coatesv11le Alumnae Jumor Varszty Football Under the management of asslstant Coach Joseph Qulnn the JUHIOI varslty football team won one out of four games p ayed durlng the season of 1937 In the openlng game at Washlngton field a strong West Chester team won by the tune of 19 0 Playlng at Pottstown the Jayvees won thelr first game of the season 7 0 Playlng Norrlstown at home the Eagles made a touchdown 1n the sec ond quarter and won 7 0 The final game belng played at Conshohocken P H S was handed a 6 0 setback Cheer Leaders Sewer 11 weeks prev 10115 to the openlng football game the electlon of cheer eaders was held Mr Replogle di-':ClC16Cl to hfue the respectne classes choose three mem bers from each class to the posltlon of cheerleader Thls svstem of elect mg cheerleaders proudes experlence for the comlng years The followlng were e ected as cheerleaders Sophomores Mary Rose Barkasy Albert Valenskx and Vlfglnla Cress JUHIOTS Mlflam Thomas Crace Batteurs and DOFIS Wadsworth Senlors Charles Wlddlcombe Eleanor Monahan and W1ll1am Kel y The Phoenlu 1lle Va1s1tw Club an alded sweatels to the cheerleadmg gloup for SO1lf.1t1Ilf., adx eztlsements tor then annual footba l booklet Fty . l G . I S . Z i ' . . as ra 'A f - as p, P n , q . Q n , Y I , . Y 1 K . - 9 A L' ' W 'r ' 9 r ' a ' .. A' 1 w . I , ' N A 1 4 , - I n q 1 ' r v v a ' 9 1 ' 9 V 7 . 'Y A, , , sa ' In S K 66 ' H , T. A Z .L v. . . V s 1 Y l - 1 Nr 0 1 L C 1 x b., . - . Q 2 . j ': ., , , , . A . I I ' . 2 I .L I Q . . . . , ' . ' .. . . - , . . , -. . . 2 . 2 Q 1 y 9 - . .S. 12 ............ . .S. 9 ........ . . . . . , , 7 . .S. 18. .......... . 6 . .S. 0 ........ .... . .. 0 . .S. 12 ............ .. . .S. 19 ......... ...Sprlng C1ty 2 . .S. 18 ............ .... 0 . .S. 38 ............ .. 0 . .S. 13 ............ .... 7 TP. H. S. 6 ............ ...... 1 9 Q I . ww. . . . . . 'L Y 1 ' 1 A Y L . 7' c , . 1 L' 1 L , . C , Y. . . - Y 1 , . , . . . ' . Y Z .' '. f . . . A ,' 1 . Q T D L C Y - Y xl L. - K i 1. . . - . . . . U . 7. B . i . . . - A C ' .Z I , A .iv .1 I I I 1 V. . . . . - f. r ., ' .l Q , . , ' A . I 'I ' ' ' C Vx 1 1 l ii I ' 4 . t 1 . . . . . . . . ,.. v . ,- 1 - s S - . I D or