Technical High School - Tech Tatler Yearbook (Harrisburg, PA)

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Q''lvl''O l1'l B Q l l1.OUIUC...Ol..ll.'....llllI0.10. lllflll.lCO.lI..ll.......l . Eaakethallf 1 0 Q The ,varsity team which represented Tech on the basketball floor during the past sea- I son, closed a successful season considering that over seventy-one per cent. of the games were played on foreign floors. The team faced the hardest basketball schedule ever arranged for g a Nfaroon and Gray team. Steelton gave the Tech five the only defeat they received in the Tech gymnasium. The team enjoyed a two-day trip to VVilliamsport, and a three-day trip to South Bethlehem, where they were given an opportunity of seeing a wrestling bout be- L tween State and Lehigh, and also a basketball game between Swarthmore and the Lehigh Z 'Varsity. : The team started out and finished the first half of the schedule in championship order, I but later in the season, injuries, sickness, and foreign Hoors caused them to lose several im- I portant contests. I The season was opened by defeating the Alumni team by a score of 35 to 18. Capt. ' Schelfer succeeded in caging the foul goal of the season. - O On the following Saturday the team journeyed to Shippensburg, where they were 1 trounced by the Normal School five, score 38 to 22. - Q Tech won their first Scholastic game from Lebanon. It was a hard fought game, and when the hnal whistle was blown, the score stood 35 to 31. - . Lebanon handed Tech another victory on the Lebanon floor by a score of 25 to 20. : This was the first time in the history of the school that the llaroon team defeated Capt. o Light on his floor. : . l .'. . .lDl..l..lUi..C.lI...llll.. . .'llll.....'..f'.lC'.'.lIl0..lIOUGCF: 35 A..

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000000000osllooooll0000000Usole!!ooosolicoloosoosocssou 000 sooo ilinnthall The football season of 1914, was without a doubt the most successful season in the his- tory of the school. ln the past years our team has been successful, but never before 1914 did a hlaroon and Gray player cross the Blue and Gray goal. NVQ will take a glance back over one of the hardest schedules ever arranged for a Tech aggregation. VVhen Captain Beck gave the call for football candidates, in the early fall, it was answered with a great response. Coach Dunkle soon had his squad working in perfect harmony and when they returned from Pottsville it was evident that a successful season would follow. The opening game was played at Pottsville with 'Pottsville High. Both teams played good ball, but timely fumbles kept the score from going higher than IQ to O. The week following was spent in hard practice, and when Tech lined up against the Bucknell scrub team they showed ability by bringing home a victory. Score 6 to O. Tech gained its seasonls third victory by defeating Sunbury High on the lsland, by a score of 33 to O. This was the first home game of the season. lt was attended by a loyal bunch of enthusiastic rooters, who supported Tech throughout the season. The next game was played at Steelton when the Blue and VVhite teams bowed to Coach Dunklels machine by a score of IQ to 6. The following week Tech went to Greensburg where they received their first defeat in two years to the VVestern Pennsylvania champs by the score of 38 to o. Un the Island gridiron, Tech easily ran away with Captain Lightls team by a score of .po to O. The following Saturday they also took the Allentown team into camp in the same manner, score 4.8 to O. XfVilliamsport succeeded in holding Tech to a scoreless tie at VVilliamsport. It was a clean game, neither team receiving a penalty. ln the final meeting between the Steelton High eleven and the Klaroon and Gray team, the largest score our boys ran up during the season, score 54 to o. The longest run ever wit- nessed on the Island was made by Capt. Beck, who ran a distance of IOI yards. The final game of the season was the annual Thanksgiving Day struggle, when the hlaroon and Gray succeeded in gaining their first real victory over the Blue and Gray 'var- the largest crowds of enthusiastic football fans showed her superiority in all points of the game. IQ to 12. due largely to the co-operation of the coach and the students and the alumni. The ,varsity was full back position. Beach, Harris, and liritsch sity. The game was witnessed by one of ever assembled at the annual game. Tech The score does not tell everything as it was The success of the football season was the players, and the loyal support given by captained by Clarence Beck. who played the played the other backfield positions. N. Stiteler and lfimanuel played the end positions, while Kutz and Miller held down the tackle positions. Phillipelli, XVier, Klcliay, and Fitz- patrick held down the guard positions. Raymond Xvartie Cless played centre. Substitutes: Phillips, Snyder, and hlelville. George Kliller was the teamls worthy manager. The scrubs deserve much credit for thc splendid showing which the ,varsity made. only showing the first team their weak places, but defeat- the vicinity, and helping to develope players for the fol They came out and worked, not ing the small high school teams in lowing year. Tech, Io, 'Pottsville H S., O Tech, Og Bucknell Scrubs, O Tech, 335 Sunbury H. S., O Tech, iog Steelton H. S., 6 Tech, Og Greensburg H. S., 38 Tech, ao, Lebanon H. S., 0 Tech, 48, Allentown H. S., O Tech, og VVilliamsport H. S., o Steelton H. S., O Central H. S., I2 Tech, 54, Tech, 19, Tech, 238g Opponents, 56 34

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.4 grabs, he Qout00s0suaQAnnotInsoooccocoa0intoastooouooloocosaoouunocoaaaooo Tech was handed her first Scholastic defeat at York, when the High School five of that place defeated them, score 51 to Ifl. Revenge was taken on Shippenshurg, when the Tech lvarsity easily defeated the Cum- bei-land Valley Normal five on the Tech floor, score .33 to 11. Lancaster was downed hy Tech at Lancaster. At the end of the first half the score stood I8 to 18. But Tech took the lead in the latter part of the game and held it till the finish, when the score was 33 to 20. Kliddletown was easily defeated on the Tech floor hy the score of .to to 28. Not heing satisfied with this victory the Klaroon team went to Kliddletown, where the Lower Town school was again defeated hy the score of ,tl to 21. ' Steelton took their first game from Tech after a hard fought game in Felton Hall. Tech was leading by one point when the first half ended. But they went to pieces in the lat- ter period and when the game ended the score stood 67 to 36 in Steeltonls favor. The team then took a two-day trip to VVilliamsport, where they were defeated hy the XVilliams wort High five hy the score of ' 3 to 2' :and the Dickinson Seminary of the same l 1- . -l. -l . place, score 31 to 19. The following Friday they went on a three-day trip where they were defeated at Reade ing hy the score of 53 to 3o. The team took a hrace and succeeded in walloping Lehigh Scruhs hy a score of 34. to 23. This game was played in the Lehigh gymnasium. The next game was played at home, where hlillersyille Normal five went down to score of 35 to lo. hlillersville Normal teamevened things up when Tech went to hlillers ville. Score 43 to 19. Central had a game scheduled at Danville, hut the death of Prof. Steele caused it to he canceled. This game was arranged with Tech. The team went up hut lost out after a hard fought game. Score 4.5 to 31. Steelton took the second, and the only game Tech lost on the Tech floor, hy the score of 31 to 24. The next game was with Central in the Chestnut Street Hall, where Tech out scored Central in field goals, hut Central won the contest on her ahility to cage fouls. The Blaroon team took revenge on York in the Chestnut Street Hall when she def feated that team in an extra five minute period. The score at the end of the game was 20 to 20, hut in the final period Tech succeeded .t points to Yorkys two points. making the final score 30 to 28. Tech lost her last game to Central on the Chestnut Street Hall floor. The game hee came rough at times. The final score stood 34 to 23. The successful season was due to Coach Gruhh. Klanager Stiteler, and the support re- ceived hy the student hody. The team was Captained hy VVillie Scheffer, who won his haskethall letter in his junior year. He played a guard position. Beck and Harris were the other guards. Vic lfmanuel played the center position with llelville, Yoder and KIcCurdy filling the forward positions on the team. The scrubs must also he rememhered for their good work done against second strong teams in the vicinity and the practice which it gave the lvarsity. The interclass league was won by the juniors who played the tie-off with the Soph- omores. lluch interest was shown in these games. OOUOOIOOI'..f.'f.IllllllllliIl'. l U OlOlICllO'OO'OlllOl l . Q l D lClilll 36