
The Lansdale High School football
team rallied through another successful grid season and although no
Championship was acquired, in the words of Coach Cowan, "the team
was anything but mediocre." When the whistle blew for the finish
of the final game and the din of cheering died away, Lansdale's accomplishment
of a big nine game season proved five wins, two ties and two defeats.
The season started with a bang by
the Maroon grid men defeating Quakertown 19-6. The following game with
Souderton also proved a win by 20-0. Ambler turned the tables for a
win for them, leaving the score 0-19. Not to be discouraged by an upset
like this Maroon came back with a 26-0 victory over Sell-Perk. A loss
to Springfield of 6-26 couldn't stop the Maroon against Hatboro 20-0
and Jenkintown 15-0. The season ended with two tie games with Nazareth
12-12 and 0-0 with Doylestown.
Coach Cowan commended his team by
naming them the best balanced, in all departments, he had tutored at
Lansdale.
Sixteen members of the team received letters. They are as follow: Moyer,
Mininger, Barboni, Keyser, Cash, Hunter, Dysart, Margerum, Reimers,
KuIp, Starrett, Edwards, Trump, O'Hara, Curley and Shrader. Letters
were also awarded to co-managers Arthur King and Carl Rhoads. Of these
sixteen lettermen, twelve are Seniors and four will return for another
campaign. The team chose Bob Dysart and Bob Mininger to lead the Maroon
next season and we wish them lots 0f success.
The two Coaches awarded the "Most
Valuable Player" trophy to Bob Margerum and the "Most Improved"
to William Starrett. The players were treated at their annual banquet
by the presence of Alonzo Stagg, Jr.
Bob Mininger was placed on the all
Bux Mont team and Bob Margerum and Captain Floyd Cash were placed on
the second team.
- Taken from the 1941 Lansdale High
School Yearbook.
