8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 2, 1994 Old Shoe ; ( i df 1 EE EE (continued from page 1 continued from page by “We have had many friendships ships to Duke, Dartmouth, Brown x CHRISTMAS PARTIES tball,” id Bob and the University of Pennsylva- thionzh fontbn sa 0 The annual Old Shoe Game is team, which kept it until the end pia. y y 1 0 1 “I wish football could go on all part of a 45-year-old traditional of the next season. Jeff wishes that more impor- FOUR SEASONS GOLF CLUB pi 3 “year,” said Chuck Kindler. football rivalry between area high Kingston TownshipwontheOld tance were still attached to the Exeter ¢ 655-8869 Eine “Football is the hardest thing . to say good-bye to,” said Dave Thomas. “We may never be to- « gether again as a team.” . Jamie Patton recalled that the Old Shoe hasn't graced Lake- "Lehman's trophy case since he : moved up to the high school. Like * his friends, he's looking forward « to the game. + Calling the Mounts “a good . challenge,” Jason Stockage de- . scribed how hard the Knights have « worked for the game. “We worked . out all winter in the weight room . and practiced all summer,” he « said. “We deserve the Shoe.” “Yeah, the Shoe shows that ‘ we're the best,” Thomas added. The Dallas Mountaineers are . defending state champions as well « as winners of the Old Shoe in the « last three meetings. . “It's our last time on our home « field,” said Dave Townsend, a . senior and the second generation of his family to defend the Old « Shoe. “I'm happy that the regular season is finished, but I know I'll miss it.” “We grew up with the kids from Lehman,” said Adam Hoover and Rob Kohli, who have known and played against some Knights ~ members since their days in mini- football. Co-captain Marty Straigis said he wanted to get as much as possible out of the game. “It’s very special, our last Lehman game,” he said. Looking forward to post-sea- son playoffs, Matt Williams de- scribed his team's cameraderie. “It's a great bond,” he said. “We're “all friends, good friends.” “We're more like brothers,” said co-captain Rich Butcofski. “Foot- ball is the only reason I come to school.” Although he says Dallas is a stronger team than Lake-Lehman, Kohli said the Mounts will still “have to play well. It's still a chal- lenge.” “It's more than just football,” said Jeremiah Jancik. “We'll still see one another, but it won't be the same.” Steve Button has two friends on the Knights’ squad, but that won't stop him from playing as well as he can. “It's a serious rivalry,” he said. Pat O'Neill, co-captain Ed Lang- don and Mike Viglone also have mixed feelings - they don't want the season to end but are looking forward to a good, challenging game. “The Old Shoe is a neat tradi- tion,” O'Neill added. “I hope we'll get to keep it here.” A brief Old Shoe history schools. In 1949, Dallas Rotary presi- dent Francis “Red “ Ambrose first suggested promoting the friendly rivalries by presenting a special trophy to the best team in the Back Mountain. At that time there was intense gridiron competition between the Kingston Township, Dallas Town- ship, Westmoreland and Lehman- Jackson-Ross high schools. The Rotary donated a special trophy, a bronzed football cleat worn by Kingston Township cap- tain Bill Griffith, who played in the first Old Shoe Game. Since the idea had been con- ceived of so late in the season, it was decided to award the first Old Shoe trophy to the winner of the 1949 Thanksgiving game between Kingston and Dallas townships. Each year thereafter it went to the Back Mountain's outstanding Shoe in 1949; Lehman-Township took it for the next two years. , The Old Shoe took the scenic route around the Back Mountain, travelling to Westmoreland in 1952, to Lehman-Jackson-Ross in 1953 and '54, then back to Westmoreland in 1955. In 1956 there was a three-way tie between Lehman-Jackson- Ross, Dallas-Franklin and Westmoreland high schools. Lehman-Jackson-Ross was the Old Shoe’s home from 1957 until 1960, when it returned to Westmoreland. As the Back Mountain grew and small local school districts consolidated, only two remaining Old Shoe contenders have re- mained: Dallas and Lake-Lehman. For many years, the Old Shoe game has been the last regular season game and the host team’s last home game. Townsend Old Shoe Game, a hotly contested but fun local rivalry when he played for the Mounts. “Back in those days the Rotary invited the winner of the trophy to dinner, when they formally pre- sented the trophy in a ceremony,” Jeff Townsend said. “I'd really like to see some type of presentation ceremony revived, even if the tro- phy was staying at the same school. I think it makes it more meaningful.” [Ak kk kA Knights (continued from page 1) find out the identity of the cheer- leader who has been decorating his locker and leaving him en- couraging notes and munchies all season. Bridge (continued from page 1) has 4,200 affiliated bridge clubs in 25 districts and there are over 1,000 tournaments each year. (ACBL is one of the largest users of hotel space in the country.) Locally there are six tables playing each week, by invitation only, at the Westmoreland Club in Wilkes-Barre. On Wednesdays, Irem Temple Country Club holds five to 12 tables which are “open” - you can just walk in and play. Further details can be had by calling either of the two ACBL field directors in our area...Rev. Kenneth McCrea at 823-5957 or Ray Harris at 675-0087. Melanie Harris would never have predicted her presence in the upcoming Minneapolis tour- ney when she first started at bridge. 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