Phoenixville High School - Phoenix Yearbook (Phoenixville, PA)

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September 25 1. FOOTBALL - 1943 1 Sealez' I Svmmwo Iwcxmx IouvsoN Ltshoxxsm KASANDA A GAv1N I Snosmrxsn A lNOV1LKI XX Vmwomw lxneeimy Uumch I Inu-ns C Hops:-nom-u I' SLIIPNR D Hfumov C Iowa ALRF I UIOBAI Pmuxrn P Duxs E K11 xcuo mimy lu cxmz TPIIH-NS W1 iss IARNES Ano Auou L Lt sms flOXKALhI XI Whsslmrlz S 711-I1-xsxl NIR BARN!-S CoAcu RAIIIS Sept Oct ct ct ct 'Now 'Nos 'Nox POOTB XI L SCHEDULE St oseph s NX est Chester Pottstow n 'Norrlstow n Lower TTCFIOH Conshohocken Berwyn Coatesx xllp At Home W THEY The Phantoms opened thexr season at home wlth St Ioseph s Prep of Phxladelphxa fhe opemng game was held for the benefit of the Fxeld House Fund The powerful St oseph s elex en rolled up a 26 0 score on Phoemxs llle Hxgh After McHugh took bt oseph s opemng knckoff to the 55 yard lme the Phantoms trxed sex eral off tackle plays whxch were unsuccessful Hutfy McHugh then punted xnto St oseph s terrltory where Doyle fumbled and Bnll Vernon recon. ered for Phoemxx 1lle The last St oseph s touchdown was scored m the thxrd quarter In the last quarter the Phantoms trymg desperately to score threw away all caut1on and started throwmg passes all over the field None of the passes proved worth whxle October 2 Away Led by Ioe Gmas and Huffy llflcflugh Phoenlx Hlgh scored a 15 7 vxctory ox er W est Chester Phoenxxulle scored flrst when McHugh caught Cvmas s pass m the end zone near the end of the first quarter The try for the extra poxnt was not a success ust before the first half was oxer Phoennivllle made a magmtlcent goal hne stand W est Chester had the ball on the Phoenn: 4 yard lxne with four downs to take xt ox er but the Phantoms held gnmg them one yard on the tour downs 10 Y. ,Y HL.. L, -L A, L, , .. -. , , LL., .,,...1.-,Ah.?.i..,,-w, ..,--,,,. I E I 1 I Q .' 4: . N, Us A, . , .' ,. , . A ' , . ' ' , '. . '. ' '-4: A , . . ':' , I. ' : ', . , . ..:' ,, . , SA 1 ' ,f N . Fha' , R. S :P M. Ht 1 R. 3 .' , W. Sz , R. L '. , T. M11 7 zu, I. GJ L. E. ' .. '11, ..:.:.':.,. , .':, ' I 4 YE ' .25 .I 'f .... .............................. 0 26 . 2 ' .........,.................,..., 13 7 Oct. 9 Downingtown. ...,...,..,....,............... 0 0 O . I6 ' ...,................,..,........... 19 18 O . 25 X ' ' ....,,.,................,.....,,.. 13 15 O . 30 ' . ' ...... ..,....,......,.,...,..... l 4 54 I Y. 6 ...,........,,,......,....,.... 21 I2 I '. 15 ..................,.,......,......... 0 15 l' '. 25 - V . . ,,,. ................,......, 0 26 ' . J ' - ll , if . 1 ' ' ' ' . v Y I -

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On the thlrd play after 11 est Chester kxcked off 1n the second half Gmas heaw ed a pass from the Phoemx 40 to Alcflugbh on the W est Chester 40 1V1cHugh caught xt and was m the clear for Phoemxs 1l1e s last score The trv for the extra pomt was successful October 9 Away Dowmngtown lllgh and P1'1OCl'llYNl11C Hlgh battled to '1 0 0 tle 'lt Downing town before x great number ot fans from both towns In the first quarter the Phantoms blocked a Dowmngtown punt and re coxered on the Z5 yard lme where they folded because of grounded passes Near the end of the half they blocked another punt and recox ered on the Down 1ntown 15 yard lme but two ground plays lost them 15 vards and Andy lppohto 1ntercepted a 5rd down pass and raced to the mldfleld strrpe 1n the fourth quarter Phoemxulle moxed from 1ts own 15 vard lme to DOWDlDgt0WD s 50 on 1 -10 v 1rd p'1ss from McHu h to Szabo md 1 1 1 vxrd run by oe GDIBS October 16 At Home Approxlmately 1 500 lootb all fxns w ltnessed the 19 18 t11I'l11LI' between the Phantoms and the lrogans Pottstown started out strong when on the flrst play of the g une X1 nlev ran 58 yards for a touchdown The Phantoms came back puttm the ball on Pottstown s 21 ward lme where W xlev mtercepted a pass from Gmas and ran 81 w ards for another Pottstow n score In the second quarter Gmas scored from the one vard lxne md W1cHu h kxcked the extra pomt Near the end of the quarter bm IS threw 1 lon pass to Mcllugh xn the end zone for another Phantom score 1he rlrojan s mtercepted 1 pass on the Ph xntom s -ll for another seore Thxs tlme lt was Al Det lr Pottstown s quarterback who crossed drlve of 90 y irds wxth Gm is agam scormg from the one lhe Ph lntoms made '1 wonderful go 11 lme stand m the last mmute and s ned the g mme tor themselx es October 25 Away YV1th the score 15 0 at the half Nornstown Hlgh came back IH the second half to score twxce md gam a txe wrth Phoemxx 1lle before 'xpprownmately 4 000 fans at the Roosexelt 1'1eld ack lell on a quarterback sneak raced for Norrlstown s first touchdown 1n the thlrd quarter Durmg the final perlod the hagles second touchdown was made by Tony Arena on an end run from the 5 yard 11ne whxle the extra pomt was pl tcekxcked by Al Caperral McHugh and Gmas starred for Phoemxx 1lle After recox ermg '1 fumble on Norrxstown s 20 yard 11ne Gmas threw a pass to V1cHugh on the one and on the next play McHugh plunged through center for the score lhe second score for the Phantom s came when Gmas threw a 20 yard pass to Mcllugh who ran the remammg Q yards to the goal untouched October 50 At Home Completely outclassed m the first half by a powerful Lower Merlon Hlgh School elexen Phoemxulle Hlgh fell before the unbeaten Ardmore Aces 5-1 1-1 m thelr Suburban Conference meetmg D1Sp1ay1Hg plenty of power Lower Menon scored four touchdowns m the first half and added one more 1n the second Fumbles by Phoemxulle pay ed the way for the three Lower Merlmmn touch downs m the first qu xrter lhe Phantoms showm plenty of spxrlt come fightmg back when Mcllugh mtercepeted one of Cralg s passes andg 111oped8o yards for a touchdown B111 Szabo set up Phoemxx 1lle s other touchdown when he stole the ball from Scott Lower Merxon s sub halfback oe Gmas on the t1rst play p tssed to We Hugh who took 1t on the four and sprmted across Lower Merlon scored xts last pomts when Hepke went oxer trom the one follow mg a drne ot 77 vards ul . , . . . C p S , ' ' 1 1 . . . . , . . 1 T A ' K - C ff- li 10 5 5 n A - 1 1 . - v ' . K T 3 , . V I . A, V U . . '. ' ' f L 4 ' - . . . ' . t 1 . . g '. z z Q L 1 . . . , , 1 Z , , , , - 1 , , rf s 1' I c , V 1 ' gr v ' vf 1 1 3 1 7. I ' v ' f A v . . , . '. -. ' z z g z 7 I' . 2 ' I- , . 1 . , . , . . i k Z Z . L . .i '1 ralhng 18 to 15, P11OCD1XN'l1lC, m the last two m1nutes ot the game, put on a z z ' ' ' U 2 ' 1 - 1 ' C z - . . ' ' ' z ' ' fa L ' ' ' . . . - C , ' ' V. Z V . I .L . .A V. 2 C A . l ' 1 Y P. l T ' D n p Q P Y u 1 I - s - q 1 , V f ' I , ' V 4 ' . Z - . , , . . 7 r A 1 ,. . I 1 X - l 1 , l ' f' , , T , s . . . Y - Y. . A - I I I . ' ,, . N . . - c A . , g ' , . I ' ' 5 I A ' - , ' 5' ' TE - l - ' V' 1' s f f . ' . N - 4 1 s N I - 1 . f 1 '