From the "SPORTS-MISCELLANEOUS" folder in the Local History Collection, this article give a play by play of football game between Broad Street Park and the Cadwalader Deacons.
HI TOM...I NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL IN MY YOUNGER DAYS AND LATTER WISHED I HAD. FOOTBALL WAS A BODY CONTACT SPORT AND I NEVER HAD THE EQUIPMENT OR DESIRE TO PLAY. NOW, WITH MY BROTHER CHUCK WHO PLAYED FOOTBALL WITH TRENTON HIGH, IT GAVE HIM THE GUTS FOR BODY CONTACT. THAT HAPPENED WHEN HE STOLE HOME IN THE AMERICAN LEGION FINAL AT INDIANAPOLIS IN 1948 WITH THE SCHROTHS, BEST REGARDS.
HI TOM...I NEVER PLAYED FOOTBALL IN MY YOUNGER DAYS AND LATTER WISHED I HAD. FOOTBALL WAS A BODY CONTACT SPORT AND I NEVER HAD THE EQUIPMENT OR DESIRE TO PLAY. NOW, WITH MY BROTHER CHUCK WHO PLAYED FOOTBALL WITH TRENTON HIGH, IT GAVE HIM THE GUTS FOR BODY CONTACT. THAT HAPPENED WHEN HE STOLE HOME IN THE AMERICAN LEGION FINAL AT INDIANAPOLIS IN 1948 WITH THE SCHROTHS, BEST REGARDS.
Saturday, October 15, 2011