Name/Title
Germantown High School Football Victory 1925Entry/Object ID
2021.8.1Description
Series of six newspaper clippings associated with Germantown High School, December 1925. These include the following:
Headline, newspaper clipping 1: "Germantown High Wins Public School Title In Fine Fight: Fred Benner Swings Clivedens to Victory." Subjects mentioned include: Fred Benner, W. G. Crowell, Charles J. McCarthy, H. A. Davidson, W. S. Newell. Also others, last names only provided: Hagy, Sokolis, Zink, Keyser, Johnston, Haines, Otter, Tompkins, Tegan, Bennett, Remmy, Carponetti, Hatton, Schaffer, Smaller, Holden, Gardner, Butler, Snyder, Wynkoop.
Headline, newspaper clipping 2, The Evening Bulletin, December 2, 1925: "Germantown Keeps Public High School Foot Ball Championship, Beating Frankford." Subjects mentioned include: "Bobs" and "Teddy" Barthold, "Dot" Cooper, Pearl Odolf, Stella Weitzenhofer. Only last name appears: Wynkoop.
Headline, newspaper clipping 3, from Public Ledger, "Public High League: Germantown's Last-Ditch Comeback Snatches Grid Supremacy From Pioneers." Subjects mentioned include: Fred Benner, W. G. Crowell-Swarthmore, Charles J. McCarthy-Germantown Academy, H. A. Davidson-Pennsylvania, W. S. Newell-Chestnut Hill. Also others, last names only provided: Hagy, Sokolis, Zink, Keyser, Johnston, Haines, Otter, Tompkins, Tegan, Bennett, Remmy, Carponetti, Hatton, Schaffer, Smaller, Holden, Gardner, Butler, Snyder, Wynkoop.
Newspaper clipping 4, two photographs, crowd shots: Caption reads: "When Germantown High Scored Against Northeast. A shot at the stands of the Germantown rooters just after the team scored a touchdown in the game played yesterday on the Northeast field at 29th and Cambria streets. The picture on the right, above, shows Mackoff, fullback of the Northeast eleven, carrying the ball."
Newspaper clipping 5, Headline reads: "Action Play and Stars in Germanton High's Title Victory." Three photographs: one crowd shot reads "Oller of Germantown Going Through Frankford's Line," and two portraits read: "Gillespie Scored Tying Touchdown," and "Benner Kicked Field Goal."
Newspaper clipping 6, The Evening Bulletin, December 2, 1925. Headline reads: "Benner, a Sub, Saves Title for Germantown High Eleven. Forward Pass and Two Drop Kicks in Final Minutes of Play Defeat Frankford in Championship Game-Pioneers Had Battle Apparently Won." Subjects mentioned include: Johnny Gillespie, Fred Benner, Harry Davison, Tom Holden, Joe Gardner. Subjects mentioned by last name only include: Tegan, McAlpine, Wynkoop.