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Grove City High School
Grove City Football Season
1923-24
1923-24
Football Team - Click to enlarge photo. FOOTBALL
SEASON 1923 The
football team of ‘23 surely was a credit to Grove City High. Much was
expected of the squad because they were practically all experienced men,
having eight letter men back. But to say the least the team came through
in fine style. On the 26th of August, a large squad greeted Coach Filer
ready for work, and most of the squad kept fighting for positions until
the curtain was rung down for the season. The
first game was played on College field at Grove City with New Wilmington
as our opponents. This game was more of a practice than anything else
and many substitutes had a chance to “strut their stuff.” But after
an intercepted forward pass and a short kick by Grove City, Rose
scored a touchdown through a substitute section of our line.
Final score 33-7. The
next game was played at home, with Kittanning. There was a lot of
interest stirred up about this game, on account of their coach being a
former football star of Grove City High. Grove City was victorious.
Score 41-0. The
Sharpsville game played at Sharpsville was the one big black spot on the
entire schedule. Some of the new men on the squad who, heretofore, had
been playing a “bang-up” game, suffered stage fright, from playing
on a foreign field. Score 0-14. On
October 20, we played Oil City. Oil City brought a veteran team,
confident of victory, but Grove City was one better and won in an easy
manner. The high spot of this game came when Gillie
[Howard Gills] intercepted a forward pass and made a 95 yard run
for a touchdown. Score 33-0. The
fifth game of the season was played at Packard Park, Greenville. We
encountered stiffer opposition, than was expected, and the game was
fairly close, until [Haywood] Daugherty was
injected into the fray, during the last quarter. Greenville just simply
could not stop him and in two runs he carried the ball for a touchdown.
Score 13-0. On
November 3rd, we played Farrell High School at Masury. All that we need
to say of this game is that it was——"Ducky". Score 66-0. The
squad played their fourth game abroad on November 10th, at Ellwood City.
In this game, the team showed the kind of football they are capable of
playing. [David] Shelley played the best
game of his football career. Score 6-2. The
last home game of the season was with Sharon and a record breaking crowd
was on hand. Sharon ruled the favorites and held up their reputation by
scoring in the second quarter, but missed the goal after the touchdown.
Grove City kept fighting and during the third quarter, [Haywood]
Daugherty picked up a fumble and ran 70 yards for a touchdown.
When the game ended Grove City had the ball on the 2-yard line, ready to
score again. Score 7-6. The
last and most looked-forward-to game of the season was played at New
Castle. The team put up a good game, but were playing against a better
team and lost, fighting. Score 0-20. The
success of the season was due more to the work of the entire squad. Each
position was well and capably filled and there were no weak nesses in
any one place. The playing of [Robert] Butler,
[Howard] Gills, Pearson, [David] Shelley, and [Joe or Ted] Husband
stood out in all games. With eight letter men graduating this year the Coach will have a tough proposition before him next year. We’re wishing for the team of ‘24 [1924-25 school year] as successful a season as that of the team of ‘23. |
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from 1924 Pine Knot, Grove City High School yearbook, pages 72-73.
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