Spring City High School - Pirate Log Yearbook (Spring City, PA)

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HOCKEY SCHEDULE North Qoxentry Norrlstown Upper MGFIOH Collegevllle North C xentrw Royersfold Berwyn Home Home Home Home Ave av Hom Away Var For the second consecutlve year the varslt h Y ockey squad of Sprlng, C1tV H1g.,h School was undefeated The g1rls who made th1S season poss lble were Shlrlev Gllffltht Mlldred Young' Ruth Rentschleri' Janet Jones Bettv Taschner Joan Brunner Elsle Hlpple Martha Klrchhof Dorls Um stead Ethel Moy er Greta Bauer and Carol1ne Kern The g1rls on the 1un1or vars1ty squad who kept the sp1r1ts of the varslty squad hlgh were Ann Ne borak Nancy Fry Phyllls Rosen Nancy Wltt Bar bara Wltt Nancy Pruyn Betsy Godshall Bermce Grubb Patsy OConnor Marguer1te Bowmen Jan 1ce Place MRFIC Bauer Dorm A nn Edwards Faye Rudy Florence Good Eleanor Setzler and Barbara Hetrlck The co captams of the warslty squad were Shlr ley Grllflth and Ruth Rentschl er The three mana gers were Anna F1 d n elsen Joan Slemmer and Edlth Young T e O1 our nevs coach Mlss llldftlll She was on the slde hnes f1ht1ng, r1ght mth the play ers and urglng the team on to uctorx he squads shovung, certalnly speaks w ll f L Ixfty tlu L1 I I Y 5 I I I . 1 Aw 4 ' f 'U 'r N 1 l . 1 'w 1 I1 11 0 L A L - 1 . ll 1 1 . , 1 .- A 7 7 5, Y 1 l 1 1 ' N , v I 1 1 1 - . Y . . . v . . I 1. . - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ,.' 1 V ' 1 ' 1 1 1 ' . Y S 5 1 ' . JV,S. 4 f . 9 1 7 1 ' 1 4-0 3-2 '- u 2-1 2-0 . l -ol J. K1 v 1. 1 . - ' 5-2 1-0 . ' M ' 1 1 1, 1 v. . v v 5' J ', 1-0 U-2 -' ' - - ' - ' K 1 . I s , 'K-A, 4 ' I 1, - -' . . 3 1-1 1-0 . S . . I . Y. Y I . . - v , 1 - 2 - 1' J. at S1-nilvl' 73 'V ' 'L'C

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FOOTBALL Whlte by slx pomts at the end of the flrst perlod Then the Plrate grldders started their undefeated machlne rollmg The Neborak Frederxck combmatlon cllcked for two touchdowns whlle Barclay plunged two over and Bull Hakun one Isett burly tackle for the Plrates set up one touchdown by a 44 yard run and McK1ss1c tallled the final score on a pass McK1ss1c and Barc ay made the extra po1nt by takmg the ball on pas ses from N eborak Next ln llne for the tlrates was Marple Newtown whlch held the Blue and Whlte to a nlne po1nt halt mme advantage but flnally weakened and went down Z6 0 After the Plrates went moo the lead by a safety on a blocked KILK .John Neborak dusted on hls lhrowmg arm and passed tor three A hard flghtlng North Coventry eleven was next to fall on the llne of Sprlng City vlctorles After a slow flrst perlod tne Plrates came to 1116 and scored a 19 0 victory Barclay opened the scorlng Wllh an eleven yard dash on the rlght slde ot the lme and before the half ended Neborak unleashed a 30 yard pass to blg Ug NICKISSIC tor another touchdown In the second half the team scoreda qulck slx pomts when Hakun plough ed over from the two N eborak klcked the extra po1nt and from here the Plrates coast ed to vlctory On the next Saturday Boyertown mvaded the home fleld of the Buccaneers The Dutch team was the best that the Plrates had met all season and put up a tremendous flght for vlctory After a scoreless flrst quarter Sprlng Llty marched 76 yards for the flrst score wlth Barclay golng over from the two In the second half the Bears scored on a hne buck but mlssed the extra po1nt maklng the score 7 6 Late 1n the thlrd perlod Dlck Frederlck vaunted Sprlng Clty s end blocked a Boyertown punt and recov ered lt on the opponents 27 yard llne Wlth Hakun DeWalt and Barclay lugglng the ball the home team scored agam wlth Barclay tallymg from the three Neborak made both extra polnts to make the fmal score read 14 6 and now everyone began to talk about Thanksglvmg Turkey Day rolled around and brought together two undefeated and untled foot ball teams Sprmg Clty and Royersford The flrst half was mostly a klckmg battle be tween the two teams wlth the score bemg 0 0 at the end of the second perlod It was ln the thlrd perlod that the Plrates rose to thelr full mlght and exploded a powerful ground attack by pushmg over the wmnlng touchdown It was late ln the thlrd perlod when the Pnates started thelr touchdown march After Neborak Hakun and Barclax tore off several flrst downs Dead Eye Ne borak rlpped off 36 yards on a double reverse Barclay made 15 yards and Hakun 5 yards to put the ball m scorlng posltlon when the perlod ended It was early ln the fourth perlod when Barclay scored from the one the try for the po1nt was wxde After Art Stauffer mtercepted a pass from Royersford terrltory Bull Hakun began to tear the opposlng lme apart carrymg the ball down to the one yard lme when Father Tlme brought to a close the 1946 football season All of our team s vlctorles were made poss lble by the boys ln the l1ne who were seldom mentloned but deserve as much credlt as the backs These llnesmen are Isett Kurtas Peterman Tax lor Noel Deevy, Rexmuth Stauffer and Hulvey They are the boys who opened the holes Page Flfty two ' an 11 1 - 1 , - . . l 1 . . . A ' . . . n . I 1 I - ' ' 1 . . .- . . I , . 1 ' ' . Y . 0 n 1 1 I I ' . . - . , ' 1 ' ' on I, ' ' ' . A . . . . . . . - 1 . ' 0 as 11 ' 1 . . . . ,. , 7 - 1 ' ' - 1. 11 . . . . . , . . , ' - . . . . . , 1 1 ' ' 1 1 ' . . . . , . ' 1 1 - ' ., . . . 1 . . . . . 'A . I . . I . ' u 11 1 1 . ' 1 ' . - , ' ' u 77 , . ' ' u 11 1 . . . . . 1 , . . . - 1 - 1 1 1 .' 1 1 1 , . .

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BASKETBALL The 1947 basketball seaetn tulned out to be a IAIFIX even one fo1 the Sprlng Lltx P1rates Under the coathmg of M1 G1 off the team spl1t games vslth m t of ltS oppon ents and fxnlshed IH thlrd place III the Sectlon QIX standlnge In the Annual Sprlng Clty LIONS Club tournament the Pnates vlon the champlon shlp In the openmg round thex ucn ox er West Pottsgrove 111 the sem1 fxnale they came out ahead of Am1tV l 1st 1 efu s LhdI'l1plOIlS and 1n the flnals the Pnates, edged out Rox ersford 39 38 at the Pottstou n Hlgh School gs mnaslum PIIOQYIIXXIIIQ opened the season mth the Plrates and handed them then flrst defeat 47 30 West Conshohocken vx 1s the f1rst league vlctory fo1 the Blue and Whlte The Conshx team fell 41 26 The Pnates we1e st1ll undefeated Ill league competltlon after meetmg North Coventxy and Vkllllllflg 35 32 Stlll rldlng hlgh the team captured 1tS thlrd mg back Brldge SUCCQSSIVG sett1on blX game by turn port 36 1 Followmg Budgeport the P11 t to meet Royersford Th1s a es vsent out of lea u I game tunnel out to be nlng 1n the Wannln r prlng Clty Wln er1on set the team back for ltS flrst a by the score of '4 26 Boyertown kept the Puates m thexrloslng streak by handlng them a 47 42 setbxtk Stlll unable to f1nd the wmnmg slde the team dropped a xery close 37 35 game to the Con shohocken Bears A flghtlng West Con shohocken fue nea1ly beat the P11ates as the team started the second half of 1tS echedule but comlng through Ill the last qua1ter thev managed to eke out a 48 47 VIC tory The next three gzmes the Pnates lost to North Coxentrv 26 25 R01 ersford IH an extra peuod 33 27 md oth leagu leadlng Brldgepolt team 51 40 Followlng these three losses the te am lmillx found ltself and dealt Uppe1 Me11on a 38 '30 defeat to drop them from top 1 znks m th league Pox eltom n vsas next 111 l1ne for the Plrates and agaln the Iflx Ing Dut h won out 48 27 In the last g ime of the regulally echeduled season Spllng Cltx met the Conshohocken BBd1S md Ill 1 game that changed lead sex eral tlmes the Btu xx on out 41 4 Ia c F1fty foul 5 , K Ls as w - ' . '. ' ty ' s ' Iv ' . ' ' ' ' f '. ' . S ' ' s 5:3 ' - I L L' ug 7' ' K ' ' y ' K' ' - ks ' . ' , ,I v 1 , L-, ks 7- g ' L- ' - ' s if I ' 4 1 v ', 1 A 4 I 1- 1 . . 1 v .ws 1 .I 'T I 1 I C n n , l sr Y L ' -' ' L' ' I r 1 - L . ' 7' ks Lv v' ' L1 . . ' - ' s . -4 ' ns vi K. ' L- ' 1 v ' . u H , - J an ' ,, su , , , ' . ' T ' ' . T Q . V. . - U . ' ' . I I . . kv kwtvl tv 4 . 1. fl - ' ' . 57 v' .' U ' 1 '77 -.1 . Y f , ' . ' g e p ay s . s ' ' 1 Very thrllllng wlth S - . . . Q ,, 0 , . Y . . ' g seconds .18-ob. Upper M . ' ' ' . , s s cc ' . n ' ' ' league defe t s .1 - . I ' s S ' A C . s. , . , K. . -2 ,.. A H si!! ' ' - - ' y Q it I 14 VY, I 1 I H . . r . Y' Q - . - Y ' 7 1 t , 44 ' 1 ,va 4 , ' '. 2 . 1 ' .1 . Y, 1 U , - , t 1- ' I 1 4 L 1 I . 4 7 , .,-.. , 1 , e ' 3 J , ' - . .: . , ' U , ,. J . . , ,, L, ' ' U ' . K, n . ,l 1 . U , I ' u 1 ,' T C 9' v - . A - is 7-2 . s L L. . L. j' y . 1 I. A H . .syn 2 - 2 r. . . . , . 1 ' s U s -V37 'J 1 7 ' t 2 A I -0 . J. U , ' - Q D