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Top Row: Bill Burns, Bernard Fischer,
Jack Renner, Frank Albertson, Robert Keyser, Norman Nelson, Harry Long,
Maynard Rothenberger. Third Row: Mr. Poust, Bill Smith, Robert Curly,
Richard Englert, Walter Rhue, Kenneth Meyers, Thurlow Mininger, Walter
Vilsmire, Mr. Fisher. Second Row: Richard Heckler, Gene Young, Frank Foglio,
Clement Polidoro, Edward Smith, Henry Ryzner, Charles Johnson, Eugene
Saylor, Richard Quade, Luther Lightcap. First Row: Jim Bunting, Louis
Reimers, Chester Alderfer, Anthony Carcausa, Carl Polidoro, Jim Wambold,
Ned Kulp, Hobart Moyer, Bill Swartley.
Cheers roar across the field to break
the momentary silence which follows the familiar strains of the “Star
Spangled Banner.” As the cheering section jumps to its feet, a whistle
sounds and the familiar hollow kick of the ball tells us the game is under
way.
This is a typical football game of
the Husky Football Squad which has completed another season. The team
numbered SO, but only 34 players finished with the squad. In the win and
loss column the Huskies placed second in the league, winning 7 games and
losing 2.
The most depressing day of the year
was the afternoon we journeyed to Jenkintown and returned without the
little brown jug. It was snatched from us in a 13-12 game. Since the contest
between the two schools was initiated, this was the first time the jug
has not come to Lansdale.
1944 will long be remembered as a
year in which Doylestown made a fruitless trip to Lansdale. The Huskies
emerged victorious but muddy with a score of 6-20. This win alone made
the team feel as if its season was a complete success.
Lansdale ran into reverses in the
first game when Springfield defeated the Huskies 26-13. The next week
the team redeemed itself by rolling up a 6-32 score against Hatboro. Again
the Huskies made a quick comeback by defeating Upper Moreland 7-26 and
Quakertown 0-46.
The remainder of the season was victorious.
We defeated Souderton 0-40, Ambler 6-21 and Sell-Perk 6-25.
The squad this year was peppy and
scrappy, always having that extra something to come from behind and win.
Assisted by Mr. Fisher, Coach Kenneth Poust, more than anyone else, has
acquainted himself with the boys and their peppy enthusiasm and co-operative
nature. Capt. Carl Polidaro, James Bunting, George Cooper, Ches. Alderfer
Hobart Moyer, Jim Wamold, Thurlow Mininger and Tony Caracausa filled the
senior ranks of graduating lettermen. Next year's co-captains, Ed SMith
and Lou Rheimers, have a promising squad to back them up. Players like
Eugene Saylor, Frank Albertson, Charles Johnson, and Frank Foglio will
be back again next year.
Information posted by Eric Zebluim
from the 1945 Lansdale High School Yearbook.
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