Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-29
TECH IN FORM TO BATTLE TODAY WITH ERIE EIEVEN-ARM
CAMP CURTIN WINS FIRST
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GAME;
WILSBA CHI is BIG STA r

In the first annual football contest
played between the Camp Curtin and
the Thomas Edison Junior High
schools at Island Park yesterday. the
Camp Curtin lads won a thrilling
game by score of to 0. Captain
BrIcker, quarterback, scored the
touchdown IN the first quarter
that won the game. The score came
after eight minutes of play and was
the result OF a bad tumble by Edison
l. had all the thrills of former Teen
Central games. Those who moaneo
at the passing of the former Thanks
giving classic, will now have their
desires gratihed in the playing OF the
contest for the city Junior Hlsh
championship.
Camp Curtin with the Municipal
Band occupied the east oleachers-
Leading in the cheering anu songs
to the accompaniment of the Munich
pal Band was Chief Cheer Leader Hell
en- Graeff, assisted by James klpp,
Clair Yingst. Edward Astrich. Donald
McCamant. Arthur Winters, Virginia
wcrtz and Samuel Krebs. The girls
wore blue skirts with white sweaters
and tams. The boys looked like reaI
"gobs." with white trousers, olus
sweaters and white sailor hats.
Edison i'm ENidencs
Edison occupied the west bleach-
ers. and were led in the songs anu
cheers by Chief Cheer Leader Harold
Frank. Lewis Hines. Mary Collins.
Helen Forsythe, Dorothy Long, John
Carl, Ethel Fitch and Jennie Runkle.
They cheered and sang to the music
oc the Commonweal Band. The girl
leaders had white skirts and tams,
with maroon sweaters The boys
wore white trousers and caps, with
Maroon sweaters.
But there were not only the boys
and girls of the two Junior. High
Schools A noticeable feature was
the faculty OF the two schools. They
were flanked in with their pupils, and
cheered with as much vehemenee as
the youngsters of the scholars. Then
too, there were plenty of fond fathers
and mothers who were roofing hard
for their fayorites. Tech and Central
students poured out in large numbers
and sat with their favorites. roofing
foi the uptown or Hill school. Three
thousand people viewed the contest.
Plenty of Pep
Outstanding on every hand was the
Spirit, rivalry, ginger. or call 1t pep,
that made ,he old ones young, and
the Young hilarious. 1t was true
demonstration of the spirit of the
American youth, with both sides haV-
ing their chance to root. Because OF
the sccore made by Bricker in the
fiji st quarter. this period must be Civ
en- to the up-towners. They knocked
Edison of their feet, and won the
game almost before the Killers knew
what had happened.
With score against them, the Edt-
son lads came back strong at Camp
Curtin. and really outplayed Coach
Geisers squad. one feature that kept
Edison from scoring in this period
was a 40-yard run by Williams. This
play counteracted all the good work
that was done by Johnson in this
quarter.
Edison easily had the best of the
third quarter when they worked the
pigskin to the 13-yard line only To
lose it on downs. Nye was the bear
cat who brought the oval from one
end of the field to the other. He was
the star of the period. But at this
juncture Camp Curtin braced, and
fortune came to the uptown students
who advanced the ball to Edison's
eight-yard line when the final whistle