Pittsfield High School - Saukee Yearbook (Pittsfield, IL)

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H S H a HH o 03 Bentley H. Johnston Elledge M. Johnston Kerr Doocy Hooper Walsh Plattner Cawthon Davis King Claus Armentrout McConnell Coley Harlow Koepping Williams

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P. H. S. ANNUAL 19 20 Foot Ball. The foot ball season of ’19 in P. H. S. was far from being an unsuccessful one. Although the team won only 33 1-3 per cent of their games; they obtained a priceless lot of knowledge of the gridiron game. Foot ball is a game that requires a great amount of expeiience and coaching before a team can be brought to any sort of standard. In the few weeks of this season Coach Foltz certainly put the P. H. S. squad up several notches on this standard. Foltz faced about as discouraging a situation as can confront a coach. The boys were standing there, that was about all. They knew pracically nothing of the game. There were not suits enough to go around to all competing. In the course of eight or ten weeks this same squad was found on the line of scrimmage stubbornly contesting every foot of ground, wi‘h such teams as Waverly, Hannibal and Jacksonville. No opposing teams had anything soft to encounter when they squared away for a kick off with P. H. S. When one stops to consider the change wrought in the squad from the beginning of the season until the end. it will certainly appear clear that the foot ball squad was a success. Furthermore. P. H. S. will have a brighter prospect to start the 1920 season with. A great deal of new equipment has been bought and only two letter men were Seniors. Hence. P. H. S. will be able to start next season where she left off this season.

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P. H. S. ANNUAL 1920 Captain Doocy, the fast lefthalf played a brilliant game until he received a broken collar bone in the second Waverly game. Somebody had to do some fast moving when Doocy skirted the ends with the pig skin. John Walsh, the Goliath of the team, played a wonderful game at fullback. Walsh was the foundation of the team. John played the full time in every game. He was also the kicking and passing man for the team. As soon as the dust cleared away from one of John’s line plunges the opponents might be seen rising slowly from various directions hunting up their headgears and making their way back to the line of scrimmage. Clark King, the midget quarter-back made up in brains what he lacked in aviordupois. Plattner played a good game at right half back. Walter could look foolish, side step somebody and make a good game. Hooper, the captain-elect played a steady game at center. He was shifter to Doocy’s half when he was disabled. Elledge, Armentrout, McConnell, Koepping, Dolbow, Cawthon. Claus, Harlo,v and Coley played an equally essential game on the line. Loyd Davis, the sturdy little left end, gained many yards for his team by his ability to get away quick and dodge his adversaries. Poof Hall. 6 Waverly 7 20 Quincy 13 75 Beardstown 0 11 Jacksonville 12 0 Hannibal 21 27 Carrollton 0 33 Waverly (5 0 Hannibal 21 0 Quincy 16 Track. At the time of this publishment the track squad is barely under headway. However, a large bunch of fellows are out each evening, among these candidates various prospects have begun to appear. P. H. S. has a good weight man and a sprinter who have made previous records. it is a safe bet to say that the old scarlet and black will make a good showing when they compete at Macomb and Jacksonville.