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Vol. 77 No. 45 November 23, 1977
Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin
MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA.
RALPIL M
R.D. 2
MOUNT
/
JOY '
SNYDER
13OX 10040
PA.
UEHANNA TIMES
FIFTEEN CENTS
Donegal didn’t get its first place trophy in time for the football banquet last week,
but these three young men got big trophies for outstanding individual effort. At left
is Scott Mowrer, who won the Jessie Mooney Award for leadership and spirit. Pete
Splain (center) won both the Most Valuable Player award and the Most Outstanding
Back trophy. Randy Derr (right) won the Most Valuable Lineman award.
Indians get title
L-L football officials check by-laws,
decide best team should win section crown
‘‘1 was the last to find
out,”’ says coach Gayne
Deshler.
The president of the
Lancaster-Lebanon Football
League announced at a
banquet last week that the
Donegal Indians were
going to be proclaimed
Section 3 champions, after
all.
Everyone had assumed
that Lebanon Catholic had
won this year’s section
crown, even though the
Donegal Indians had won
more games. The Indians
had two losses in league
play; Catholic had one loss
and one tie.
Then somebody noticed
that Lebanon Catholic had
played only 10 games to
Donegal’s 11. According to
the league by-laws, a team
which plays fewer games
than its opponents must
have a better ‘‘winning
record’”’ to win sole
possession of the title.
Here's how the two
teams stack up:
League play
Catholic — 6 wins, 1 loss,
1 tie
Donegal — 7 wins, 2 losses
Overall record
Catholic — 6 wins, 3
losses, 1 tie
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Donegal’s ‘‘winning per-
centage in league play is
.777. Catholic’s ‘‘winning
percentage is .750.
Donegal’s losing per-
centage in league play is
.223. Catholic’s ‘‘winning
percentage is only .125,
because of their tie.
Donegal won the wins,
but Catholic ‘‘won the
losses.”’
Under normal circum-
stances, Catholic would
‘have won, but because they
played one less game, their
better ‘‘losing record’
doesn’t count.
If you find all this
confusing, just look at the
overall records, and re-
member that the best team
is supposed to win.
Donegal is the best
team, and they're going to
get a the trophy.
In 11 games, the
Donegal defence gave up
only 60 points. That’s less
than 6 points per opponent.
Only 5S teams managed to
score against DHS, and
only 3 managed to score
more than one touchdown.
The Indians scored 263
points, or 24 points in an
average game.
There were plenty of
outstanding individual per-
formances:
PETE SPLAIN who won
both the MVP and MOB
awards, rushed for 1065
yards in the season on 149
carries. That’s an average
of 7.14 yards per carry.
On defense, Splain contri-
buted 86 tackles and
assists. He punted 28
times, sending the ball an
average of 33 feet per
punt. His 45 kick-offs
sailed an average of 48.4
feet, and he booted 29
extra point kicks and one
field goal.
ARLEN MUMMAU rushed
468 yards on 11 carries. He
was also an outstanding
defensive player with 98
combined tackles and as-
sists.
Mummau and Spain gained
210 and 146 yards respec-
tively on pass receptions
BRIAN NEY rushed 554
yards on 41 carries, and
passed the ball 868 yards
on 89 throws
GARY BYRD hauled in 8
passes for 209 yards
[continued on page 8]
§ Donegal fires Siberski
Teacher who charged Donegal Schools with anti-Catholic,
anti-Polish bias is ousted on technicality
Joe Siberski, the Donegal
High School English teach-
er who last month charged
the school district with dis-
crimination against him, is
being fired. He has been
told not to come to his
classes, and is awaiting a
formal letter of job termin-
ation.
The action was initiated
at last week’s School Board
meeting when Ragnar
Hallgren, school superin-
tendent, recommended that
Siberski be dismissed. The
board told him to go ahead.
The firing will not
change the status of Mr.
Siberski’s complaint: State
Human Relations investi-
gators will begin studying
the situation as soon as
their workload permits
them to take the case.
In his complaint, Siberski
accused high school princi-
pal Donald Drenner of dis-
criminating against him
because he (Siberski) is a
Polish Catholic.
State will investigate
-Siberski’s complaint
The ghost of Joe
Siberski’s anger will linger
in the halls of Donegal
School District for some
time. The reason: Siber-
ski's complaint of unequal
treatment has provoked an
investigation by the state
Human Relations Commis-
sion.
Siberski filed a complaint
charging that he was being
discriminated against be-
cause he is a Polish
Catholic — then the school
fired him.
The state investigators
will look into Siberski’s
complaint, but they will not
stop there. The investiga-
tors will also be looking
for evidence of discrimina-
tion against racial minori-
ties, women and the
handicapped.
If the invest.gators de-
cide that any of these
groups is under-represent-
ed on the school staff, the
state will take action to
change that situation.
According to Patrick
Kenney, Jr., director of the
Lancaster Human Relations
Committee, the state inves-
tigation will be quite
thorough. Anyone who has
accused the school of bias
(by, for example, writing a
letter to a local newspaper
to that effect) is likely to be
interviewed as a witness. A
complete breakdown of the
school staff by race, sex,
religion, etcetera, will be
compiled.
If the teaching and
administrative staffs are
not racially and sexually
balanced, the school may
find its hiring and firing
policies being dictated by
the state.
Siberski bypassed Mr.
Kenney's office when he
filed his complaint.
Instead, he went directly to
state and federal authori-
ties. Mr: Kenney's office is
funded by the county and
city of Lancaster.
Mr. Kenney, who lives in
Donegal School District,
has a reputation for solving
The reason given by the
District for firing Siberski
is that he did not forward
transcripts of college
courses in time. Mr.
Siberski took the legally
required post-graduate
courses and passed them,
but was slow in proving it.
The intricacies of which
courses Siberski took and
just why he didn’t get the
transcripts to the District in
time were examined in
[continued on page 8]
uncqual treatment com-
plaints quickly and quietly,
without going to court.
The fact that a state,
rather than a local agency,
will be investigating Mr.
Siberski's complaint,
means that the investi-
gation will be dragged out
for a long time. State
Human Relations Commis-
sion investigators have a
huge work backload,
[continued on page 8]
Odd vs Even
basketball game will pit
graduates against graduates
—outcome is uncertain
Don’t miss the action
when the Has Beens battle
the Over the Hill boys in
an epic alumni basketball
struggle for supremacy in a
benefit game this Saturday
night in the DHS gym.
The teams have been
picked on the basis of what
years the players graduated
—even or odd. This should
make for a close, exciting
game by evening the odds.
The Has Beens take on
the Over the Hill group at
6:30, and then, at 8:30, the
Now Generation will at-
tempt to smash the Still
Going Strong team.
Former DHS team mem-
bers from the classes of
1955 onward will strut their
stuff for the benefit of the
Basketball Activity Fund.
The games are sponsored
by the Donegal Parents’
Booster Club. Admission is
only $1.50 for adults, $.75
for students. There will be
a bake sale along with the
basketball, and merchan-
dise will be raffled off
during the evening.
Jere Hess and Donald
‘“*Duck’’ Germer are the
coaches. Bob Roaten is the
president of the Booster
Club, and Bill Barto is the
treasurer. Any one who
wants to join one of the
teams can contact Bob or
Bill.