Scott High School - Talaria Yearbook (Coatesville, PA)

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,..T...., 1815 A3 1 gl F1 Swlmmmq Coach Malcolm Stuber d1rected many capable and exper1enced swxmmers through keen compet1t1on and as we go to press the team had reqrstered four w1ns agamst Allentown Pottstown Upper Darby and W11m1ngton B111 Clmton a sophomore broke the pool score 1n the 100 yard backstroke wtth a tlmlllg of 1 OS 8 Part1C1pants rnclude lack McFarland Captam B111 Scharek B111 Shelton I1m Eppehelmer Dave Barnes Everett Kxmes Laverne Russell Ray Wallace Dxck Weaver Ierry Herman Tony Kopanskr Calvrn Parker Roger Fadchs Arthur Wnght and Bruce Cloud

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1945 946 1947 Basketball Clrftord Hutzley rergned as momtor The team frnrshed rn thrrd place tyrng w1th Down1ngtown rn the Sect1on III league Not to be forgotter are the return txlt w1th Easton m wh1ch SH S was the vlctor and the Lower Mer1on game played to a sudden death pertod Coach Gene Forte rnonrtored our boys aga1nst many of the best teams rn the state Although the Scottmen d1d not fare so well rn county or outsrde competrtron they fought every 1nch of the way agarnst much taller opposrtron Coach Ioe Proksa had returned The Proksamen won therr frrst four Sectron III League games w1th Down1ngtown West Chester Berwyn and the tradrtxonal r1val Pottstown W1th the gymnaslum packed to overflow mg O Leary W1th 17 pomts Gentrle w1th 13 polnts and the entlre team s spmt accounted for the vrctory wh1ch placed Coatesvllle a lap ahead of the other teams 1n the race for the Sectron III champlonshlp As we go to press the S H S qumtet has just taken back the w1n Readmg held over them by defeatmg that team rn an extra per1od game wh1ch ended 1n a 36 34 score The squad Charles Gentxle Dave O Leary Frank Toth Clyde Weller Leonard Slody Lloyd Newhn Vmce Vegara Martm Flynn and Dlck Eby IOSEPH PROKSA Head Coach GENE FORTE Iunror Varsrty Coach P

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Baseball The Baseball Team w1ll start practlce on March 14 at Columbra Avenue baseball dramond Twelve games have been scheduled for thrs season Ten of the games are Suburban League Games The other two games w1ll be played w1th Readrng Central Catholrc Hrgh School The hrst game w1ll be played wrth Eerwyn on Aprrl 14 Our frrst home game w1ll be played wrth Phoenrxvrlle Hrgh School on Aprrl 17 Thrs year the club purchased twenty trve new surts whrch are very colorful Returned players thrs year rnclude Robert Patton Frank Sterdler Ioseph Hess Marrow Mattson Elmer Wmtreld V1ncentVergara Marty Flynn Ralph Fox Gene Rrssell Benlamrn Gomez Wrlmer Egolf and Iames Foulk The baseball team rs coached by Leo Atkrnson As we go to press news rtems read Batsmen One, Lose Two Bow to Readrng Catholrc And Downmgtown Beat Pottstown Readrnq Catholxc 4 Scott 1 Coach Leo Atlansons Red Rarders trav elect to Readrng Central Catholrc hrgh school Aprtl V4 and came home on the short end of a 4 1 score Ackey s boys had a great deal ol trouble rn connectrng vxrth the oftermgs of the Readrng prtcher and also made a poor showrng rn the held The wmners re cerved therr runs as a result ol several trmely luts and cr couple ot bad errors on the part of the Scottmen Marwood Mattson was on duty on the mound tor the locals and Patton was at the recervrng end Scott 9 Pottstown 2 The Red Harder nrne had a real sluggrng spree rn a game played at Pott town Aprrl 26 They tagged the Pottstown prtcher lor a total of ten hrts and counted nrne runs Atkmsons proteges lrmrted the losers to two runs Ioe Hess veteran Coatesvrllc hurler not only prtched a great ball game but made hrs presence well known at bat Vrnce Vergara lard hrttmg Rarder shortstop pounded out several smashrng blows and greatly arded the Rarder scormg cause Thrs was the Rarders second trrumph of the season and was the hrst game played accordrng to regular schedule Dowmngtown 4 Scott 2 Downrngtown hrgh school dramoncl nrne vrsrted Central park Aprrl 28 and carrred home a 4 2 vrctory lt was Coates vtlles second defeat rn tour league starts The Raxders had a rather oft day com mrttrng frve errors and the papertowners took lull advantage of the tact countrng two runs on Coatesvrlle mrsplays Ouarrels and Mattson workec on the hrll tor the locals and Patton recervt d Souder prtched for the v1s1tors and Barrow re cerved - r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I r - , . u In S ' I . . . w - . -. , . I I . . . g A p 5 1 . . , . x V ' s