Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-23
GREAT RECORD OF TECH ATHLET SOL DIEl
Techs Splendid Record
in Athlete-SOLdierS

The statement has been made that
the American soldier proved so
adaptable to the war game, because
of the spirit that he has imbibed in
participating in athletics. Every
school in the country boasts of its
honor roll and a glance at the list
of any school or college Will con-
vince the skeptical that the athlete
was the first to answer his country
call.
While the Technical High school
;s inst n trifle over decade old,
the Maroon institution has an honor
roll that is we'll over the 100 mark.
a plance at the names indicates the
fact that each class has q good rep
resentation, and many of them help-
cd to bring fame to themselves ana
Tech while enrolled at that lnstltu-
ton. o.o .,,.
bill" Wilson, of the 1910 class, @
was among the first OF the Zen ~
athletes to make a record III toPpi
the timbers over on the lsilhI; H ~
was in the early days wheh 80 80
yos lucly to score several points
Tbe following year Tech made
better showing in athletics, pecauset
of ~. fact that the class Oh lSlI
contained such men as NonBereShy,
Iybo developed into one OF the pSSS
weight men in the country, "
who made the supreme sacritIce W
tba finid of France; Loomis MattSl'
Cough and the two Schener . prUCil
ers most of whom mace lut ninoa 80
records for themselves III cTirS9 Gro7Y1
after graduating from Iecn' tha
fine time of the graduation % - I'd
class of 1911, athletlcs Goiioi1 oI,ay,-
to grow better until nnally a.
" So. 4o..,,,s were developed III
football. basketball and track' ,,-,,,
The class of 1912 boatsted OF I'M M
cerman. who was one OF the IecL,
mainstays in football. lVlS hlu
ananng others, bill" Anderson, an
aIl-around athlete, and 'Scow Gar
ner. who made a record in the case
= In the service for 1914 are John
Flscheid, who could hit the oppos-
ing line with much the same force as
'"Tony" Wisbach; Red" Lloyd
Ross Willis and L. Scheifer' the
third of the family of athletes.
Athletes who entered the service
from the 1915 class included
"Steve" Anderson, who is an in5truc-
tor at Cornell, teaching aerial photo
"Vic" Emanuel, an elder brother
of Snaps" Norm" Stetler, Dave
Heffelfnger. Johnny" -/-Morgan,
willie" Scheffer, last of the fam
lily and the incomparable Car
ence Beck. 1t was with this class
that Tech first won state track
championship.
Glass of 1916 sent half a score
more into the service of their coun-
try and those athletically inclined
were Moltz and Ralph Evans, both
good track men. Evans ran on three
aanfI1rpH hnnnrG down
at the Penn carnivals.
No less than IL athletes from the
class of 1917 answered their coun-
try's summons. Tech students still
recall "Hetz" Davies, "Muzz" Miller,
Joe Todd, "Dinty'' Wear, Manager
George Stark, "Gawge" Fitzpatrick,
"Snitz" Snyder, Pete" Such, zip"
Gipple, Hank" Mcfarland and
'Peepie" Nell.
Last years graduating class sent
into the service almost score of its
members and many of these did not
wait to graduate, leaving the school
at the declaration of war. "Alf" Os-
man, a member of the wrestling
team, "Hennie" Cocklin, Pete"
Moore, Manager Patterson, Ramey,
Nell and Hempt, are among those
who helped to put Tech on the
athletic map.
From this years graduating class
up until the armistice, eleven lads
had left school to join the colors,
and many more were preparing to
go at the middle of the year. These
fellows themselves give athletics the
credit for making them fit for army
life. Fortunately all have escaped
death but five of the number. Among
the first to be killed was Lieutenant
Won Bereghy, who died of wounds.
Gene" Davis was also killed in ac-
ton. Ray Johnson, Earl Martin and
Herman Rhoads were victims of