William A. “Bill” Seitzinger Sr.
William A. “Bill” Seitzinger Sr. was a star football player for Camden Catholic High School in the early 1950s. He was raised in Collingswood, New Jersey, and attended Camden Catholic High School, where he was #22 on the 1950 football team. He went on to attend the University of Georgia on an athletic scholarship.
He retired from GlaxoSmithKline and then worked with his wife Lorraine (Kopesky) Seitzinger at Cherry Lane Flower Shop in Southampton, Pennsylvania, which they owned and operated for 27 years.
William A. Seitzinger died Monday, August 18, 2008, in his home in Warrington, Pennsylvania, surrounded by his loving family, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 72.
Official Program, Mooseheart vs. Camden Catholic
Official Program, Mooseheart vs. Camden Catholic —
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
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MOOSEHEART VS. CAMDEN CATHOLIC
[SHIELDS MEMORIAL FIE[?]] — SEPTEMBER 23, 1950
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM
Mooseheart (Ill.) High School • Camden (N. J.) Catholic High School
SPONSORED BY Camden (111) Lodge of Moose
PLAYED AT COLLINGSWOOD NEW JERSEY
GAME COMMITTEE: DR. ETHAN A. LANG, Chairman; HARRY RASMUSSEN; WILLIAM PALESE; JOSEPH SIMPSON; CHARLES SCHWARZ; LOUIS FEINSTEIN
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MOOSEHEART VARSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD, 1950 [caption in small type: names in three rows, text too small to read in the crop]
FOOTBALL AT MOOSEHEART
[Essay in three columns, text too small to read in the crop.]
This article and that on Camden Catholic (next page) were written by Harry Rasmussen, ex Camden Courier-Post sports writer and game committee member. [partly legible]
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CAMDEN CATHOLIC—(Left to right): Head Coach, Tom Kenney; Captain, Ben Morrell; Athletic Director, John McCarthy; Assistant Coach, Frank Deighan.
RT. REV. JAMES BULFIN, Rector of Camden Catholic High School
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May the Better Team Win! (A Friend)
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CAMDEN CATHOLIC SQUAD—Front (Left to right): Athletic Director McCarthy, Monroe, Herman, Waterson, Maxwell, Grasso, Waslowski, Amato, Brooks, Conner. Head Coach Kenney. Second Row: Raimondo, Ladner, Conley, Marini, DiPilla, Callahan, Devereaux, Seitzinger, Franks. Third Row: Manager Gland, Robb, Mahney, Williams, Scott, Petrozza, Captain Morrell, Strippoli, McComb, Trainer, Wineland, Manager McDonnell.
FOOTBALL AT CAMDEN CATHOLIC
CAMDEN CATHOLIC SQUAD [photograph caption in small type, text too small to read in the crop]
[Essay in two columns, text too small to read in the crop.]
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MOOSEHEART PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP
L.E. HALL 22; L.T. DeWERFF 26; L.G. WEBBER 24; C. LAM 37; R.G. BALL 30; R.T. DeLOACH 42; R.E. CARL 29; Q.B. O’NEIL 55; L.H.B. HARE 88; R.H.B. COHRS 77; F.B. FRIDAY 99
OFFICIALS: E. MYERS, Referee; A. RENNING, Head Linesman; J. FLOWERS, Umpire; W. GRAUPNER, Field Judge
SQUAD LIST
19—Cox, b.
20—Buerges, b.
21—Dempsey, b.
22—Hall, e.
23—Wuchte, b.
24—Webber, g.
25—O’Neil, b.
26—Pelikan, g.
27—Palmer, b.
28—Serig, G. W., g.
29—Carl, e.
30—Ball, g.
31—Paul, t.
32—Lamp, c.
33—Stambaugh, b.
34—McClernon, g.
35—Mellon, c.
36—Serig, J., g.
37—Lam, c.
38—Meade, e.
39—Taylor, c.
40—Jarolimek, g.
41—Pless, N., c.
42—DeLoach, t.
43—Pless, L., e.
44—Potter, t.
45—Morris, t.
46—DeWerff, t.
47—Skrabak, g.
48—Glavin, t.
49—Nicholson, t.
55—O’Neil, b.
66—Johann, b.
77—Cohrs, b.
88—Hare, b.
99—Friday, b.
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CAMDEN CATHOLIC PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP
L.T. ROBB 29; L.G. AMATO 10; C. TRURAN 24; R.G. GRASSO 15; R.T. STRIPPOLI 25; L.E. DEVERE’X 9; R.E. McCOMB 27; Q.B. SCOTT 31; L.H.B. MORRELL 1; R.H.B. CONLEY 7; F.B. CALLAHAN 12
SQUAD LIST
1—Morrell, b.
2—Marini, b.
3—Waterson, g.
4—Brook, b.
5—Conner, b.
6—Franks, t.
7—Conley, b.
8—Waslowski, b.
9—Devereaux, e.
10—Amato, g.
11—Wineland, b.
12—Callahan, Joe, b.
13—Mahney, e.
14—Williams, t.
15—Grasso, g.
16—Petrozza, e.
17—Raimondo, b.
18—Herman, g.
19—O’Keefe, c.
20—Maxwell, g.
21—Callahan, Jim, t.
22—Seitzinger, b.
23—Price, b.
24—Truran, c.
25—Strippoli, t.
26—Bloxsom, e.
27—McComb, e.
28—DiPilla, e.
29—Robb, t.
30—Monroe, b.
31—Scott, b.
32—Ladner, g.
33—Flemming, b.
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OFFICIAL STATISTICS — CAMDEN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (columns: No., Name, Cl., Pos., Wt., Ht.)
1—Morrell, Ben; 2—Marini, John; 3—Waterson, George; 4—Brook, Randy; 5—Conner, Jim; 6—Franks, Bill; 7—Conley, Vince; 8—Waslowski, John; 9—Devereaux, Joe; 10—Amato, Jim; 11—Wineland, Hollis; 12—Callahan, Joe; 13—Mahney, Jim; 14—Williams, Ken; 15—Grasso, Gino; 16—Petrozza, Mike; 17—Raimondo, Phil; 18—Herman, Harry; 19—O’Keefe, Marty; 20—Maxwell, Bob; 21—Callahan, Jim; 22—Seitzinger, Bill; 23—Price, Rich; 24—Truran, Paul; 25—Strippoli, Joe; 26—Bloxsom, John; 27—McComb, Don; 28—DiPilla, Bob; 29—Robb, Dan; 30—Monroe, Bill; 31—Scott, Dick; 32—Ladner, Art; 33—Flemming, Bob. [Class, position, weight and height columns: the type is too small and blurred at 357 px wide to read reliably, so they are not transcribed.]
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COMPLIMENTS OF PAUL REIHMANN
Cape May Lodge No. 1054, Loyal Order of Moose, CAPE MAY, N. J.
Fred W. Schorpp, Inc. — Plumbing & Heating Contractor — 420-424 Van Hook Street, CAMDEN 4, N. J. Phone: WOodlawn 4-3469
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J. JACK STOEHR, Regional Director of Loyal Order of Moose
DR. ETHAN A. LANG, Governor of Camden Moose and Game Chairman
COMPLIMENTS OF Hanover Lodge No. 227, Loyal Order of Moose, HANOVER PENNSYLVANIA
COMPLIMENTS OF Norristown Ritual Staff, Loyal Order of Moose, LODGE NO. 213, NORRISTOWN, PA.
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OUR THANKS
. . . to the Collingswood Board of Education for making this magnificent stadium available to us.
. . . for the support of the advertisers and the lodges whose advertisements and greetings appear in these pages.
. . . for the support of the many Moose lodges who purchased tickets for today’s memorable classic.
. . . to the president of the Collingswood Board of Education, Mr. F. Lester Tompkins, for agreeing to officially start today’s game.
. . . to J. Jack Stoehr, regional director of the Moose, for his unstinted support since the inception of the idea for the game.
. . . to the Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club and the Camden Catholic Fathers Club for the reception tendered the two squads.
. . . to Merle Clark, State Director of the Moose, for his untiring efforts in behalf of today’s game.
. . . to the management of the Savar Theatre for entertaining both squads in their fine theatre.
. . . to Philadelphia Lodge No. 54 for taking our Mooseheart guests on a tour of historic Philadelphia.
. . . to the press, radio and television for the use of their mediums to publicize this intersectional game.
MALCOLM R. GILES, Director General of Loyal Order of Moose
CAMDEN MOOSE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
Name ______, Address ______, applies for membership in the Loyal Order of Moose. Your age ______ Occupation ______ I am enclosing $5.00 application fee (under special dispensation). Your Signature ______ CLIP AND MAIL TO: Secretary, Camden Moose, 315 Cooper St., Camden 1, N. J.
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“If this doesn’t work, then that State bunch can’t be intimidated!” [cartoon caption]
WALT WHITMAN HOTEL — HEADQUARTERS FOR THE MOOSEHEART FOOTBALL TEAM
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Business Directory
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BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE—Bob Dill, 460 Westminster Avenue, Haddonfield, N. J.
PLUMBING AND HEATING—GAS AND OIL BURNERS—Joseph J. LoMarra, Fifth and Pine Streets, Camden, N. J. Phone WOodlawn 3-1821.
DAIRY PRODUCTS—Millside Farms, Riverside, N. J. (Golden Guernsey Milk.)
HEATING ENGINEER—Phillip Emanuel Sbar, Collingswood, N. J.
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Camden Catholic Football Program, Page 4 Detail
RT. REV. JAMES BULFIN, Rector of Camden Catholic High School, from page 4 of the program (a larger crop of the portrait transcribed above).
Broken Neck Kills Gridder
Gettysburg Times —
Camden, N. J., Oct. 18 (AP) — Ben (Sonny) Morrell, 17-year-old captain and star half back of Camden Catholic high school, died late yesterday of a broken neck suffered in a third quarter pile up of a game with Bridgeton high school. Morrell, who scored two touchdowns in leading his team to a 25-7 victory before his fatal injury Saturday, was top scorer in South Jersey with 10 touchdowns in four games.
Following his death, Camden Catholic’s Athletic council went into emergency session then announced Morrell’s death was accidental. The council said the remainder of the 1950 schedule would be played. The only change will be the postponement of a game next week-end with St. Joseph’s Polich high school. The game was moved to Nov. 17.
The council said the school would not abandon football as it did for five years following the death of a player in 1941.
Camden Catholic’s football squad of 60 and senior class of 250 will be released from classes to attend solemn requiem mass for Morrell, Sister Mary Gertrude, school principal, announced. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Several hours before Morrell died, the 1,500 pupils of Bridgeton high school stood in their classrooms and offered a minute’s silent prayer for his recovery. Last Sunday, Morrell’s classmates prayed for his recovery and special prayers were said in the 55 catholic churches in the Camden area.
Catholic High Wins on Rain-Soaked Field
Newspaper photograph caption (masthead not on the crops) —
Bill Seitzinger, Camden Catholic High fullback, 22, is shown scoring in the second quarter of the Fighting Irish’s game against Seton Hall Prep yesterday, at the Camden High School field. Neil Cronin, 29, and Strippoli, 25, opened hole for Seitzinger. Seton Hall’s Stanziale, 22, is trying to bring him down. In background is Rizzo, 15, Seton Hall, and Joe Callahan, 12, Camden Catholic. Catholic won, 13-0.
Catholic Garners Second As Seton Hall Bows, 13-0
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
By HARRY RASMUSSEN
Playing in weather more suited for ducks on a field that was a quagmire, Camden Catholic High’s gridsters racked up their second straight victory of the season yesterday at Farnham Park by defeating a Seton Hall Prep, of South Orange, 13 to 0, before about 2000 spectators.
However, there were only a few scattered hundreds who remained in their seats after the clouds let loose with a torrential outburst as the game got under way, the others scurrying for the safety of their cars or other available spots in an effort to keep out of the rain.
The game was played under conditions that made good football a problem. Yet the “Irish” showed enough power on the ground to break loose with a touchdown in each of the second and fourth periods.
Seitzinger Scores Pair
Major credit for Catholic’s vic- [text not on the crops] other on a 68 yard scamper. In addition he converted for the first extra point on a line plunge.
There were only a few moments during the entire game that it didn’t rain with the result that fumbles were frequent and passing was out of the question. Yet several attempts were made with only two out of 12 tossed hitting their mark.
Seton Hall failed to show anything much on offense. In fact their deepest penetration was Catholic’s 30-yard stripe. In addition to the two scoring opportunities, Catholic had two other chances when it rolled to Seton Hall’s 23 before losing the ball on a fumble on the visitor’s 18.
Catholic completely outplayed the visitors both offensively and defensively. On the ground Catholic rolled to a net gain of 211 yards to 47 for Seton Hall, while yards gained in passing was [text not on the crops]
Travel 65 Yards
The Green and White started their first touchdown march late in the first quarter when it received a Seton Hall punt on its own 35. After Seitzinger had picked up six yards a couple of penalties brought the ball to Seton Hall’s 49.
Then after a pass was incomplete Seitzinger ground out eight more yards and Bill Monroe made it a first down to the 34 through right guard. With Monroe and Joe Callahan toting the pigskin eight yards were made and then Seitzinger made it a first down on the 21 as the period ended.
On the first play of the second quarter, Callahan skirted left end for a first down to the nine and Monroe picked up six more yards through right guard. Seitzinger then bulled his way off tackle for the first TD and converted on [text not on the crops]
“Irish” Tab Again
It wasn’t until the early moments of the final period that Catholic again hit pay dirt. Getting the ball on its own 28 by virtue of a punt, the “Irish” were thrown back to their 21 when Seitzinger lost seven yards attempting to skirt right end.
Monroe, however, picked this up and four additional yards on a plunge through center and then cutting to his left. That set the stage for Seitzinger, who on the next play broke off right tackle, received several good, clean [text not on the crops] blocks and was off to the races for a 68 yard run and the final touchdown of the game.
A poor pass from center that proved hard to handle because of the condition of the pigskin, failed for the extra point.
It was Seton Hall’s first defeat after having conquered Queen of Peace, 20-6 and Red Bank Catholic, 26-0. Previously Catholic had defeated St. Joe’s Prep after los- [text not on the crops]
SETON HALL — CAMDEN CATHOLIC
Rizzo, left end, DiPilla
Beiner, left tackle, Bloxson
Murtha, left guard, Cronin
Landgraf, center, Truran
Kluxen, right guard, Franks
[Z]aiello, right tackle, Strippoli
[B]irch, right end, McComb
[S]uttake, quarterback, Raimondo
[D]eFabio, left halfback, Seitzinger
[?]lly, right halfback, Callahan
[?]fka, fullback, Monroe
Seton Hall 0 0 0 0—0
Camden Catholic 0 7 0 6—13
Touchdowns—Seitzinger 2. Points after touchdowns—Seitzinger. Substitutions—Catholic: Waite, Flemming, Rodriguez, Herman, Worrell, Price, Stefan; Seton Hall: English, Bokowski, Sheppard, Moran, McConnell, McCarthy. Referee—Myers. Umpire—Graymer. Head linesman—Flowers.
Catholic, Seton Hall
Number of first downs, 9, 5
By rushing, 8, 4
By passing, 0, 1
By penalty, 1, 0
Yards gained rushing, 235, 81
Yards lost rushing, 24, 34
Passes attempted, 5, 7
Passes completed, 1, 1
Passes intercepted by, 2, 3
Yards gained, passes, 2, 9
Number of punts, 3, 8
Average distance, punts (from line of scrimmage), 46, 30
Runback of punts, 4, 0
Number of kickoffs, 3, 1
Average distance of kickoffs, 34, 43
Runback of kickoffs, 20, 30
Fumbles, 5, 2
Own fumbles recovered, [?], 0
Number of penalties, 3, [?]
Yards lost, penalties, 25, 25
Seitzinger Scores Twice, Camden Catholic Wins
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
Bill Seitzinger scored all the points to lead Camden Catholic to a 13-0 victory over Seton Hall Prep at Farnham Park yesterday.
Camden drove 63 yards in nine plays for its first TD. Bill Monroe and Joe Callahan aided Seitzinger in carrying the ball to the 10, from which point the latter slashed off tackle into the end zone. He also bucked over tackle for the extra point and in the final period galloped 65, for his second TD.
CAMDEN CATHOLIC
ENDS—Dipilla, McComb, Flemming, Trainor. TACKLES—Bloxson, Strippoli, Stefan. GUARDS—Cronin, Amato, Ladner. CENTER—Truran. BACKS—Price, Callahan, Raimonda, Seitzinger, Monroe, Connor.
SETON HALL PREP
ENDS—Rizzo, Birdh, Knoff. TACKLES—Beinez, Farello, Klurez. GUARDS—Murtha, Kluxen, Staunziale, McConnel. CENTER—Landgraf. BACKS—Suttaks, Defabio, Reilly, Sofka, English, Langass, Moran.
Camden Catholic 0 7 0 6—13
Seton Hall Prep [?] [?] [?] [?]—0
[scoring line (CAMDEN CATHOLIC SCORING—Touchdowns: Seitzinger ...) mostly lost under a dark band; only fragments are legible]
Camden Catholic Wins
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
Camden Catholic continued on its winning rampage and handed Seton Hall Prep a 13-0 setback in the mud and rain at Camden.
It was Camden’s second straight triumph since it dropped a 33-0 [?] decision to North Catholic in the opening game three weeks ago.
Bill Seitzenger scored all the points for Camden with two touchdowns and one extra point.
Halfway through the first period Camden unleashed a drive that wound up with a second period touchdown and covered 65 yards. Bill Monroe, Joe Callaghan and Seitzenger carried the ball most of the way and they ripped big holes in the Seton Hall defense. With the ball on the Seton Hall 10, Seitzenger burst through right tackle and raced over for a touchdown. He also plunged for the extra point.
In the final period, Seitzenger broke away on a 65-yard gallop through the mud and slippery footing for his second touchdown. The Camden back broke into the clear ten yards after denting the Seton Hall line, and not a hand was laid on him in his dash to the goal line.
Camden’s defense thwarted Seton Hall at every turn and the South Orange, N. J., eleven couldn’t get a successful attack under way.
Hitting Pay Dirt
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
HITTING PAY DIRT—Camden Catholic’s Bill Seitzinger sprawls in end zone after being tackled by Woodrow Wilson’s Joe Sheppard. It was the third of Seitzinger’s three touchdowns in Catholic’s 32 to 6 romp over the Presidents in yesterday’s city series clash at Thirty-first and Federal streets. Paul Truran, who was running interference, is the Catholic player making like a gazelle.
Helmet No Obstacle
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
HELMET NO OBSTACLE—Woodrow Wilson’s captain, Bill Luers, with his head gear down over his eyes, makes four yards after catching a pass from Paul Thompson. Action occurred in the second quarter of the President’s city series game with Camden Catholic yesterday which the Irish won, 32-6, at the loser’s field.
Seitzinger Escapes Clutches
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
Although Camden Catholic’s Bill Seitzinger (22) appears to be trapped here he escaped clutches of Woodrow Wilson’s Jim Bruce and went 27 yards for a touchdown in third period of contest yesterday at Wilson Memorial Field. Lending a hand to spring Seitzinger loose is Al Trainer. Camden Catholic won, 32-6.
Wilson Swamped By Catholic High With 32-6 Score
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
Seitzinger Makes Two Touchdowns For Irish Eleven
A crowd of several thousand today saw the pigskin disciples of Camden Catholic and Woodrow Wilson High schools clash on the Wilson field.
Catholic High rolled up a 32-6 victory over the “Presidents.”
FIRST QUARTER
Catholic kicked off and Wilson took over on its own 29. Dickinson fumbled but recovered with a loss of 16 yards. Then Canuso’s kick was blocked by Callahan and the Irish took possession of the ball on Wilson’s 1-yard line. On the first play, Seitzinger lunged over for a touchdown. Callahan kicked the extra point.
Dickinson took the Green and White’s kickoff on his own 8 and returned it to the 43. Thompson passed to Luers for 39 yards and the ball was on Catholic’s 18. Thompson’s pass was intercepted by Callahan on the 14. The Irish then punched through a first down, but Luers recovered a fumble on the Catholic 36.
Thompson passed to Luers on the 30 and he ran to the 16. Another pass, Thompson to Injaian, was good for a touchdown.
A Catholic fumble was recovered by Wilson on the visitors’ 30. A pass, Thompson to Luers, and a line play netted a first down for Wilson as the period ended.
SECOND QUARTER
Thompson’s pass to Luers was good for 17 yards and put the ball on Catholic’s 4. Worrell intercepted a Wilson pass and ran to the 12. A clipping penalty against the Presidents put the ball on the 27. Here Seitzinger’s kick was blocked by Chilbert and Wilson took over on the Catholic 21.
Thompson passed to Injaian for 9 and Luers made it a first down on the Irish 10. Thompson was smeared for a 12-yard loss and Wilson lost the ball on downs.
Catholic took over on its own 23 and went to the 40 for a first down. Callahan passed to Raimondo for 20 yards and a first down. Another drive put the ball on Wilson’s 12, from where Seitzinger went over for a touchdown. DeMarco, on a buck lateral, scored the extra point.
THIRD QUARTER
Luers kicked off for Wilson to the Catholic 15 and the ball was returned to the 34. Flemming gained 7, then 3 for a first down on the 46. DeMarco plunged for 8 and Callahan ripped off 5, but the visitors were penalized 5 yards. Callahan passed to Waite on the 10 and he ran over for a touchdown. The conversion attempt failed.
Strippoli kicked to Luers, who took the ball on the Wilson 15 to the 34. Wilson was forced to kick and Catholic took the ball on its own 40. The Irish chalked up a first down, then Seitzinger clipped off 30 yards to the Wilson 3 from where he went over on the next play. The conversion try failed.
Strippoli kicked to Shepard on the Wilson 18 and the ball was returned to the 39. A first down put the oval on the 49. Thompson, on an attempted pass, was smeared for an 11-yard loss. Canuso kicked to the Catholic 35 and the ball was returned to the 46. Callahan passed to Rodriguez for a first down on the 38.
FOURTH QUARTER
Raimondo scored a first down on the Wilson 26, then tried to pass, but finding no receiver, ran the ball for 24 yards to the Wilson 14. Wilson was penalized 15 yards to its own 1. From there, Monroe went over for a six-pointer. The conversion attempt failed.
The rest of the period was played virtually at midfield, but in the waning minutes of the game, Catholic drove to the Wilson 25. Callahan then fumbled and Wilson recovered as the game ended.
CITY SERIES
W., L., T., Pts.
Camden 2 0 0 4
Catholic 2 1 0 4
Wilson 1 1 0 2
St. Joe’s 0 3 0 0
Catholic, Wilson
Number of first downs, 12, 6
By rushing, 8, 3
By passing, 3, 3
By penalty, 1, 0
Yards gained, rushing, 224, 45
Yards lost, rushing, 1, 67
Passes attempted, 14, 19
Passes completed, 5, 7
Passes intercepted by, 3, 0
Yards gained, passes, 82, 108
Number of punts, 1, 4
Average distance punts (from line of scrimmage), 0, 31
Runback of punts, 30, 0
Number of kickoffs, 6, 2
Average distance of kickoffs, 45, 45
Runback of kickoffs, 34, 122
Fumbles, 3, 0
Own fumbles recovered, 0, 0
Number of penalties, 3, 3
Yards lost, penalties, [?], [?]
Seitzinger’s 3 TD’s Pace Catholic Over Wilson
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
Irish Roll in 2d Half, Win 2d City Tilt; Presidents Break Scoring Jinx
By TOM CROWLEY
Rolling like the Camden Catholic High school teams of old, the Irish broke a tight ball game wide open to trounce Woodrow Wilson High, 32 to 6, yesterday at the Presidents’ Memorial Field in a City Series tussle.
More than 2500 fans saw Wilson wilt during the final 24 minutes of play after giving Catholic a battle the first half. The score read, 14-6, in favor of the Irish at intermission.
But the second half was a different matter. The Irish ground attack amassed 150 yards and [text not on the crops] added 62 yards on aerials, scoring three more times to garner their second city verdict against a single setback.
Seitzinger Scores 3 TDs
Bill Seitzinger registered three times to pace the Irish, while Fred Waite and Joe Callahan also chipped in with six-pointers. By winning, Catholic clinched second place and kept alive its slim chances for tieing for the city crown.
While Wilson went down to defeat it showed a sparkling air attack and gained a little prestige by becoming the first President eleven to score against the central city school since 1947.
Van Injaian accomplished the feat by hauling in a six-yard pass from Paul Thompson on the 10 and breaking away from two tacklers to tally.
Captain Bill Luers set up the score by recovering a Catholic fumble on the Irish 36. A Thompson to Luers pass gained a first down on the 16 and after Luers picked up three more, Thompson heaved the touchdown aerial.
Chilbert Blocks Punt
At the time Catholic was leading 7-0 as a result of a blocked kick, Seitzinger’s plunge for a TD and Joe Callahan’s buck for the extra point.
The Presidents took the opening kickoff and failed to gain. Canuso dropped back to kick from the 20 on fourth down, but Callahan broke through to block the punt and the Irish gained control on the one-yard line. From that point Seitzinger went over. [text not on the crops]
Midway through the second period, Wilson gained possession on the Catholic 21 when Joe Chilbert blocked Seitzinger’s punt, but the Presidents had to give up the ball on the 23 after being thrown back from the nine.
From the 23, Catholic drove to its second TD. Highlighting this 77-yard advance was a Callahan to Phil Raimondo pass good for 20 yards and the running of Ed Demarco, Raimondo, and Callahan. Seitzinger bucked over from the three to end the march and DeMarco circled the left end for the extra point, making it, 14-6.
Presidents Muff Chance
Wilson also had another chance early in the second period when Luers recovered Raimondo’s fumble on the Catholic 31. The President’s went to the four before Phil Worrell intercepted a Thompson pass and returned it to the 12 to avert the threat.
Catholic scored the first time it gained possession in the first quarter and duplicated again in the third period. Seitzinger went 19 yards to the 34 with the opening kickoff. Flemming gained 17 and first down on the Wilson 46. Then a fourth down pass from the Wilson 40 hit pay dirt, Callahan heaving to Waite on the 10. He was behind the defenders and scored without being touched to make it, 20-6.
March for Touchdowns
Wilson had to punt away following the kickoff and the Irish went 60 yards for another tally. Seitzinger touched off the march with a 30-yard scamper to the three and then bulled over from the one, increasing the lead to 26-6.
The next time the Irish gained possession, they drove 54 yards for the final tally. They started the drive in the third quarter and ended it early in the fourth. Catholic picked up four first downs along the way, featuring a Callahan pass to Bob Rodriguez for 16 and two Raimondo runs, one for 10 and the other for 24 yards. Bill Monroe plunged from one yard out for the six-pointer.
Before the game ended Catholic went back to the Wilson 25 but was stalled just as the final whistle blew.
Camden Catholic Pulls Away to 32-6 Triumph
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) —
W. Wilson Fades After Close 1st Period; Seitzinger Scores 3
Camden Catholic High School’s football machine rolled to a 32-6 victory over Woodrow Wilson High in their Camden City series game this afternoon on the loser’s field.
Camden scored in each period to gain the one-sided triumph, while Woodrow Wilson could only muster enough power in the opening quarter to push into paydirt.
Joe Callahan set up the first Catholic score when he blocked a [text lost under a band] Wilson punt on the latter’s 24 and recovered on the two. On the first play from scrimmage, Bill Seitzinger bucked over. Callahan added the extra point on a plunge.
Pass Pays Off
The Presidents came back with a touchdown a few minutes later when Bob Thompson passed 12 yards to Van Ingian in the end zone to climax a 35-yard advance.
The Irish added another in the second quarter when Seitzinger carried over from the three, following a 78-yard march. Ed DeMarco rushed for the point and Catholic left the field with a 14-6 margin at intermission.
Seitzinger and John Waite added a touchdown each in the third period. Waite accounted for his on a 28-yard pass from Callahan and then ran 12 more yards to the end zone. Seitzinger carried over from the one to finish up a 60-yard march.
nI the final period, Bill Monroe crashed over from the two to finish up the scoring for the afternoon.
Morton Increases Lead In S. J. Scoring Race
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Florence Flash Tallied 131 Points; DeMarco, Seitzinger Share City Tops
By CHARLIE SCHUCK
Ulysses Morton, Florence High School backfield flash, held the South Jersey individual scoring lead for the second successive week, but didn’t feel overly happy about it today.
The Florence flash increased his total to 131 points by virtue of 20 touchdowns and 11 points after touchdown, but is getting stiffer competition than he wants from Gloucester High’s amazing Steve Shimkus.
Shimkus is in second place with 16 TDs and 11 PATs for a total of 107 counters in his effort to capture the coveted sectional crown.
Bob Dobzanski, of Paulsboro High, is third with his 96 points, after being being held scoreless in a losing cause against Woodbury last week.
Morton, usually far in front of the field at this stage of the game, unhappily looked at his school’s remaining schedule and wondered just how much scoring he can do the remainder of the season.
While he’s had fairly easy going since the season opened, things are beginning to look rough although Netcong High, Saturday’s foe, isn’t rated a power in the scholastic circle.
Actually, Morton is expected to have another field day in the Netcong tilt while Shimkus is forced to remain idle because Pemberton High called off its schedule.
After Netcong, Morton must face Burlington, a winner Saturday over previously unbeaten Riverside.
Shimkus, on the other hand, has only one more game to play and that will be on Thanksgiving Day against weak Audubon.
Meanwhile, Ed DeMarco went on a three touchdown scoring spree for Camden Catholic last Sunday to share the city lead with Bill Seitzinger. Both runners have scored 36 points.
[text not on the crops] have scored 36 points.
TD, PAT, Pts.
Morton, Florence, 20, 11, 131
Shimkus, Gloucester, 16, 11, 107
Dobzanski, Paulsboro, 14, 12, 96
Chiacchio, Pennsgrove, 12, 4, 76
Talley, Florence, 10, 16, 76
Plum, Woodbury, 10, 8, 68
O’Brien, Haddon Heights, 11, 0, 66
Conoway, Bordentown, 10, 1, 61
Rudzinski, Riverside, 9, 4, 58
L. Erdner, Swedesboro, 9, 0, 54
M. Gasiorowski, Riverside, 8, 5, 53
Hasoda, Bridgeton, 5, 21, 51
Renshaw, Riverside, 8, 2, 50
Garrett, Atlantic City, 7, 1, 43
Esgro, Glassboro, 7, 0, 42
Smithson, Bridgeton, 7, 0, 42
Taylor, Millville, 7, 0, 42
Singleton, Woodbury, 7, 0, 42
Margerum, Atlantic City, 6, 5, 41
Rudman, Palmyra, 6, 1, 37
VonColin, Cape May, 6, 1, 37
Seitzinger, Camden Cath., 5, 6, 36
DeMarco, Camden Catholic, 6, 0, 36
Voughs, Swedesboro, 6, 0, 36
Montegno, Burlington, 6, 0, 36
White, Bridgeton, 6, 0, 36
S. Pratt, Palmyra, 6, 0, 36
Taylor, Cape May, 6, 0, 36
Johnson, Pleasantville, 5, 3, 33
Lacey, Clayton, 5, 3, 33
Galeski, St. Joseph’s, 5, 1, 31
Wagner, Palmyra, 5, 1, 31
Brecht, Millville, 3, 12, 30
G. Davis, Salem, 5, 0, 30
Magann, St. Joseph’s, 5, 0, 30
Youngberg, Haddonfield, 5, 0, 30
Horneff, Collingswood, 5, 0, 30
E. Walker, Paulsboro, 5, 0, 30
Clark, Pleasantville, 5, 0, 30
J. Zayjac, Swedesboro, 3, 10, 28
Salter, Wildwood, 4, 2, 26
Saunders, Gloucester Cath., 4, 0, 24
[?], Bordentown, 4, 0, 24
Camden Catholic Topples Trenton Gridmen, 14 to 0
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) — 1951
Third Period Flareup Gives Locals Revenge; Callahan, Seitzinger Score
By HARRY RASMUSSEN
Showing the offense it is capable of producing, Camden Catholic High’s grid stalwarts racked up their fourth victory of the season when they set down Trenton Catholic High yesterday afternoon at Burlington High’s field by the score of 14 to 0.
It was sweet revenge for Camden Catholic for last year the capital city lads turned back the local Irish by a 19-13 count, the only South Jersey competitor to turn the trick.
In accomplishing the trick, the local ‘Irish’ had to be contented with a safety in the first quarter, but then went out and showed its superiority in the third period when they pushed over a pair of touchdowns.
The score by no means indicates the struggle which Camden Catholic had to go under for the capital city lads pushed the locals throughout the game. However, touchdowns by Joe Callahan and Bill Seitzinger in the third quarter turned the trick.
Score Safety
The Green and White was held on even terms during the first period until the close of the quarter. The break came when Harry Herman recovered a Trenton fumble on the three-yard line. However, on the first play Camden was penalized five yards for offsides. But Seitzinger picked up three through center but then lost a yard through the same spot.
Catholic then fumbled, but Joe Strippoli recovered on the six-yard line. But as it was the fourth down, Trenton took possession of the ball. Iggy McCotter picked up a couple of yards and on the next play, which ended the quarter, Andy Doral was tackled behind the goal line by Waite for a safety.
Neither club could do much during the second period which more or less resulted in a kicking duel. However, in the third quarter, Camden Catholic went to town to sew up the ball game.
Shortly after Trenton kicked off to start the final semester Camden went to work. Taking a punt on its own 36, Seitzinger went off tackle for four yards that started a touchdown march of 64 yards. After being penalized 15 yards, the local Irish saw [text not on the crops] Trenton penalized five yards and then Bob Flemming went around left end for a first down on his own 47.
A pass from Joe Callahan to Waite netted nine yards and Seitzinger made it a first down after a Phil Raimondo pass went astray. With the ball on Trenton’s 33, Seitzinger picked up nine yards on two tries and Callahan made it a first down on the 18.
Camden Goes Over
Callahan then faded back to pass but elected to run to pick up four more yards and Seitzinger duplicated. Callahan then made it a first down on the seven. Raimondo and Flemming picked up three yards between them on two attempts and then Callahan garnered the last four yards for the first touchdown of the game. Strippoli’s placement for the extra point was blocked.
Then after the next kickoff, Camden soon gained possession of the ball on a punt. Trenton stepped back to punt and Raimondo took the sphere in the air, cutting to his left where he handed the pigskin off to Seitzinger. The latter set sail for the sidelines, then cut sharply to elude the baffled Trenton defenders to race 66 yards for the second and final touchdown of the game, giving Camden a 14-0 decision. Strippoli’s attempted conversion was low of the crossbar.
The fourth quarter was played on a par with the exception of early in the quarter when George Woods went 56 yards for an apparent touchdown for Trenton, but the play was recalled when Trenton was penalized five yards for a back illegally in motion.
CAMDEN CATH. — TRENTON CATH.
Waite, left end, Price
Cronin, left tackle, Harbison
Strippoli, left guard, Maloney
Truran, center, Bressman
Amato, right guard, Ryan
Bloxsom, right tackle, Honey
Conner, right end, Price
Price, quarterback, MacCotter
Raimondo, left halfback, Woods
Flemming, right halfback, Dowd
Seitzinger, fullback, McCullough
Camden 2 0 12 0—14
Trenton 0 0 0 0—0
Touchdowns: Callahan, Seitzinger. Safety: Waite. Substitutions—Camden: DiPilla, Trainor, Frank, J. Callahan, Rodriguez, Herman, Worrell, Monroe, DeMarco, Stefan; Trenton: Kelty, McCabe, Klimaszenski, Ledam, Holcombe, O’Brien, Kelly, McCarthy.
Camden, Trenton
Number of first downs, 13, 7
By rushing, 12, 7
By passing, 1, 0
By penalty, 0, 0
Yards gained rushing, 279, 129
Yards lost rushing, 4, 41
Passes attempted, 10, 2
Passes completed, 3, 0
Passes intercepted by, 0, 0
Yards gained, passes, 16, 0
Number of punts, 4, 6
Average distance, punts (from line of scrimmage), 39, 43
Runback of punts, 32, 13
Number of kickoffs, 4, 3
Average distance of kickoffs, 45, 43
Runback of kickoffs, 29, 31
Fumbles, 1, 2
Own fumbles recovered, 1, 0
Number of penalties, 8, 7
Yards lost, penalties, 75, 35
Camden Catholic Whips Wilson High by 33 to 0
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) — 1951
2 Long Sprints By Seitzinger Spark Victors
WILSON — CATHOLIC
Van Injaian, left end, F. Waite
Davis, left tackle, Cronin
Querles, left guard, Worrell
Bruce, center, Schemely
Schreffler, right guard, Hathaway
Chilbert, right tackle, Stefan
Sulzback, right end, Flacco
Thompson, quarterback, Callahan
Dent, left halfback, Devereaux
Oglesby, right halfback, Flemming
Bass, fullback, Seitzinger
The Irish of Camden Catholic, sparked by two long touchdown jaunts by Bill Seitzinger, rolled to a 33 to 0 win over Woodrow Wilson High School this morning to capture the city championship.
More than 2000 fans watched the morning game at Farnham Park as the Irish won their fourth game against two losses. It was the sixth straight loss for the Presidents.
Seitzinger galloped 58 yards in the third quarter for a touchdown and again in the fourth quarter went 42 yards for a score. He also converted three times.
Camden Catholic’s other scores were tallied by Jack Devereaux, Ed DeMarco and Joe Callahan.
FIRST QUARTER
Catholic kicked to the Wilson end zone and Wilson put the ball in play on its own 20-yard line. Failing to gain, Wilson punted to the Catholic 44. Catholic gained 6 yards on a run by Jack Devereaux but was forced to kick after a fumble by Bill Seitzinger cost them five yards. Catholic punted into the Wilson end zone and the Presidents again put the ball in play on their own 20. Wilson was again forced to punt but a bad kick carried only to its own 35, but Paul Thompson intercepted a Catholic pass on his own 15 and returned it to the 28. Neil Cronin recovered a Wilson fumble on the Wilson 25 and the Green and White started to move. Joe Callahan passed to Fred Waite for a first down on the Wilson eight. Devereaux gained four yards and Ed DeMarco, on the inside reverse, scored for Catholic. Bill Seitzinger kicked the extra point.
Catholic kicked off to Wilson. Hugh Gallagher intercepted a Wilson pass on the Catholic 35 and returned it to the Wilson 49. Callahan passed to Embres for nine yards and then carried through the middle for a first down on the Wilson 29. The quarter ended with Catholic in possession on the Wilson 22.
Camden Catholic, 7; Woodrow Wilson, 0.
SECOND QUARTER
DeMarco gained seven yards and Callahan two. Seitzinger got a first down on the Wilson seven and Devereaux scored from the six-yard line after faking a pass. Seitzinger again converted for the extra point.
The remainder of the second quarter found the teams locked in a punting duel with play between the 30-yard stripes. There were no serious scoring threats. Seitzinger and Joe Canuso engaged in the punting duel. The half ended with Catholic in possession on its own 35-yard line after a short punt return.
Camden Catholic, 14; Woodrow Wilson, 0.
THIRD QUARTER
Wilson kicked off but Catholic failed to cover the ball and Wilson took possession on the Catholic 31. Wilson was penalized 15 yards for illegal use of the hands several plays later and Wilson punted into the Catholic end zone. Catholic put the ball in play on its own 20. DeMarco gained 17 yards on two plays. Devereaux gained five and then Seitzinger shook off several tacklers and raced 58 yards for a touchdown. The kick was not good.
Wilson returned the kickoff 12 yards to its own 37. Catholic was penalized 15 yards for roughing the passer on an incompleted pass. Catholic took possession on its one yard line after a punt. Callahan got 16 yards to the 17 and on the last play Devereaux broke loose for 52 yards and was caught from behind by Chilbert on the Wilson 31.
Camden Catholic 20; Woodrow Wilson 0.
FOURTH QUARTER
Play started on the 31 and Catholic was penalized five yards for delaying the game. Callahan passed to Bob Flemming for 26 yards to the Wilson 10. Callahan carried around his own right end for a touchdown. Seitzinger converted.
Catholic’s final scoring opportunity came late in the pe[riod] [text not on the crops]
Walt Sulzback Stopped on End-Around Play
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) — 1951
WALT SULZBACK (24) Woodrow Wilson High School end, is stopped on an end-around play by the Camden Catholic forward wall. The action came in the last quarter in the game between the two city schools. Other players in the picture are Joe Chilbert (34) also of the Wilson team, and Tom Beckett (21) and Jack Devereaux (44) of the Catholic eleven.
Catholic Thumps La Salle, For Sixth Victory, 40-6
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) — 1951
Conner, Monroe, Raimondo, Waite Score One, Flemming Twice
By HARRY RASMUSSEN
With practically every member of the squad having a hand in Camden Catholic High’s sixth victory of the season, the “Irish” rolled over La Salle Prep of Philadelphia with ease yesterday before 3000 “Homecoming Day” spectators at Farnham Park by a 40 to 6 score.
As the score mounted during the game, Coach Tom Kenney inserted nearly every member of the squad in handing the Philadelphia Catholic League representative its tenth straight defeat of the campaign. The visitors garnered their lone touchdown against a group of jayvees and a sprinkling of second-stringers in the final quarter.
Catholic’s scoring was divided among six players with Jim Conner, Bill Monroe, Phil Raimondo, Fred Waite and Bob Flemming accounting for the touchdowns, the later snaring two, and big Joe Strippoli adding four conversions. One of Strippoli’s extra point placements was a boot from the 26-yard line, after the “Irish” was penalized 15 yards following a successful rush by Joe Callahan after the third six-pointer in the second quarter.
No Doubt About Victor
There was no doubt as to the ultimate victor once the game was a few minutes old. Catholic showed far too much both on the [?] ground and in the air for La Salle to cope with. In fact, with the exception of two occasions, the play centered mostly in the visitors’ territory.
Catholic scored in every period, twice in the two middle quarters and outgained La Salle on the ground 164 to 127, and in the air 109 to 20. Most of the La Salle yardage was made in the closing quarter against Catholic’s reserves.
The game was only a few minutes old when the local Irish put over their first TD. Getting a poor punt on the visitors’ 20, Bill Seitzinger picked up a yard but the club was then penalized five yards for offsides. Seitzinger picked up seven more and then Flemming went around left end for a first down on the nine. Joe Callahan then faded back and passed to Conner in the end zone for a TD.
Waite Scores on Pass
Five plays later Catholic started for pay dirt again when it took possession on La Salle’s 43. Callahan made three yards and a pass from Zeitzinger to Callahan made it a first on the 18. After Rodriguez made two yards, the latter then passed for three yards. However, Catholic was penalized 15 yards for holding but Phil Worrell picked up 17 yards on an end run. Rodriguez then passed to Waite for a touchdown with Strippoli converting, making the score 33-0 as the quarter ended.
Midway in the fourth period Catholic racked up its last touchdown when Art Ledner intercepted a pass on La Salle’s 44. Seitzinger and Callahan made seven yards between them and then Flemming went around left end for the final six-pointer with Strippoli converting.
Just before the game ended La Salle scored, taking the kickoff 84 yards. The feature of the drive was the passing and running of Jerry Chesnes who practically alone took the ball to the Catholic nine where Bill Sommers went off left tackle for the TD.
Four Camden Catholic touchdowns came on passes. Joe Callahan pegged for two, Bill Seitzinger and Bob Rodriguez one each. LaSalle’s tally came in the final period on Jerry Chesnes’ eight-yard off-tackle slant. [partly lost under a band]
St. Joe’s Participates
St. Joseph’s parochial grammar school, East Camden, played a prominent part in the homecoming.
The school band under the direction of Joseph Hadfield played during the program.
The touch-footballers of the East Camden school scored a convincing 31 to 0 victory over Cathedral, also of Camden, in an exhibition game preliminary to the Camden Catholic, La Salle game.
Zuccarelli, Wright, Filachek, J. Campbell and Busarella scored touchdowns with R. Wright tallying a point after touchdown on a first quarter placement. [?] It was St. Joe’s second win over Cathedral, the Eastsiders having beaten the midcity club, 2-0, in the league opener.
CAMDEN CATHOLIC — LA SALLE
DiPilla, left end, Sullivan
Bloxson, left tackle, Behner
Cronin, left guard, Bauer
Truran, center, DeLuca
Herman, right guard, Schumacher
Strippoli, right tackle, D’Vecchio
Conner, right end, McWilliams
Raimondo, quarterback, Boyle
Callahan, left halfback, Ferguson
Monroe, right halfback, Chesnes
Seitzinger, fullback, Sommers
La Salle 0 0 0 6—6
Camden Catholic 6 13 14 7—40
Touchdowns—Conner, Monroe, Raimondo, Flemming 2, Waite, Sommers. Points after touchdowns—Strippoli 4 (placements). Substitutions—Catholic: Trainor, Frank, Hurst, Waite, Flemming, Jim Callahan, Rodriguez, Bauman, Herman, Hathway, Worrell, Manning, Price, McComb, Cronin, DeMarco, Ladner, Gibson, Gallagher, Simons, Shemeley, Zeidler, Wilson, Eisner, McDonough, Dawkins; La Salle: Setin, Mages, Byrne, Covar, Gandolfo, Boyl, Lamprecht, Garoppo, McCarthy, Bauer. Referee—Myers. Umpire—Graupner. Head linesman—Rubicam. Field judge—Warwick.
Catholic, La Salle
Number of first downs, 6, 7
By rushing, 6, 6
By passing, 0, 1
By penalty, 0, 0
Yards gained rushing, 164, 127
Yards lost rushing, 3, 48
Passes attempted, 15, 7
Passes completed, 6, 2
Passes intercepted by, 1, 0
Yards gained, passes, 109, 20
Number of punts, 2, 6
Average distance, punts (from line of scrimmage), 27, 24
Runback of punts, 16, 0
Number of kickoffs, 8, 1
Average distance of kickoffs, 44, 30
Runback of kickoffs, 1, 96
Fumbles, [?], 4
Own fumbles recovered, [?], 1
Number of penalties, 7, 2
Yards lost, penalties, 65, 36
Catholic Jars St. Joe’s As Raimondo Sparkles
Newspaper clipping (masthead not on the crops) — 1951
Scores Twice on Long Scampers, Passes for Another in 26-0 Win
By HARRY RASMUSSEN
Sparked by Phil Raimondo’s shifty ball toting in the final half, Camden Catholic High’s eleven romped to a 26 to 0 victory over St. Joseph’s High in a city series championship game yesterday before a crowd of 3000 at Farnham Park.
Held to a single touchdown in the first half by the gritty Whitman Park aggregation, the Green and White opened the throttle in the closing semester in racking up its third triumph against two defeats, while at the same time handing St. Joe’s its fourth straight loss in as many starts.
Showing the necessary requisites of a good back, Raimondo reversed his field twice in scampering to Catholic’s last two touchdowns on runs of 45 and 47 yards, while passing to Bob Flemming for the first TD.
Catholic’s second six-pointer came in the third quarter when Bill Seitzinger zig-zagged his way downfield for 61 yards.
Irish Gain 306 on Ground
In addition to his two touchdown scampers, Raimondo also got off the second longest run of [?] the game in the opening period when he raced 53 yards to St. Joe’s 21 where Catholic’s first threat was stalled.
While he made additional slight gains during the fracas, these three runs accounted for 145 yards of Catholic’s 306 rolled up during the afternoon. Raimondo was just as deadly on the throwing end by hitting his receivers for 101 yards.
Against this yardage, St. Joe’s could only come up with 140 yards from scrimmage and 20 in one completed pass out of 13 attempts.
Yet the majority of Catholic’s gains came in the final half. The first half saw the Bisons giving a fine display of defensive tactics and were it not for a poor punt deep in their own territory, the Whitman Park gridsters might have held the “Irish” scoreless. [partly under a band]
Baker St. Joe Star
Quarterback Matt Baker was St. Joe’s biggest threat whenever he saw action. He picked up most of the Bison’s yardage.
Twice St. Joe’s threatened seriously as a result of intercepted passes that carried it deep into Catholic’s territory, but once a fumble and on another occasion an intercepted pass squashed whatever hope it had of denting Catholic’s end zone.
The first period was played on practically even terms with the exception of Raimondo’s scamper of 53 yards which placed the ball on St. Joe’s 21. Seitzinger picked up a yard at center, but on the next play Lou Galeski intercepted Raimondo’s pass on his 17 to end the threat.
Catholic started another drive on the last play of the first quarter when Bill Monroe recovered Baker’s fumble on St. Joe’s 30. A pass from Raimondo to Fleming made it a first down on the 16 and Seitzinger picked up six more. [text not on the crops]
Poor Punt Costly
Catholic was then penalized 15 yards for clipping and after two line bucks and in incomplete pass netted only nine yards St. Joe’s took over on its 16. Baker made six yards on two tries and then the Bisons were pushed back for a nine yard loss.
Frank Feuda then got off a hurried punt which bounded crazily in the turf before Jim Amato picked it up to return it to the Bison 12. After being penalized five yards for offside, Seitzinger picked up five yards on two line bucks for Catholic. Then Raimondo faded back and tossed a touchdown pass to Fleming in the end zone for the first Irish score. Raimondo’s attempted conversion was blocked.
That was all the scoring in the first half, but near the close of the semester St. Joe threatened when a Raimondo pass was tipped off the fingers of Fleming with Hank Maciejewski intercepting for St. Joe’s on Catholic’s 45 and returned it to the Irish 19.
However, after Dick Topolski was smeared for a five-yard loss in an attempt to pass, he fumbled on the next play and Walt Stefan recovered for Catholic on his own 30. That ended the Bison’s first scoring opportunity.
Miss Another Chance
Then midway in the third period St. Joe’s was offered its second scoring chance when Galeski intercepted a pass on his own 45 and returned it to Catholic’s 27. He then made two yards at right tackle, but on the next play Jim Conner intercepted for Catholic on the 20 and returned it to his own 34.
Raimondo picked up five yards on a straight line buck and on the next play Seitzinger broke loose from a pair of tacklers after crossing the scrimmage line and raced down the sideline for a touchdown, a 61 yard run. Raimondo added the extra point on an end run.
On the next to last play of the third period, Catholic started another touchdown march from its 32 following a punt. After picking up four yards, Fleming added two more around left end. Amato, pulled into the blackfield from the line, made it a first down on St. Joe’s 45 where Raimondo on the next play cut off left guard and then reversed to the right for a 45-yard TD. He passed to Amato for the extra point.
Drive 73 Yards
The final six-pointer came midway in the closing chukker on a 73-yard drive. Taking the ball on down on its own 27, Fleming slashed off tackle for three and Seitzinger added five more. Raimondo made it first down around right end on his 41. Seitzinger added three more than Raimondo passed to Bill for a first down on the St. Joe 47.
Here Raimondo gave as nicest piece of running one has seen this season. Going behind his line to the right behind several blockers, Raimondo saw he couldn’t make it. He paused, shifted completely around and cut to his left, racing for the far corner of the end zone for a TD without a hand being placed upon him. His kick for the extra point was blocked.
CAMDEN CATHOLIC — ST. JOE’S
Waite, left end, Fenda
Cronin, left tackle, Thomas
Herman, left guard, Russick
Truan, center, Szwak
Frank, right guard, Budzynski
Blossom, right tackle, Politowicz
Conner, right end, Kurpiecki
Raimondo, quarterback, Baker
Monroe, left halfback, Urban
Fleming, right halfback, Galeski
Callahan, fullback, Prorok
Camden Catholic 0 6 7 13—26
St. Joe’s 0 0 0 0—0
Touchdowns—Fleming, Seitzinger, Raimondo 2. Points after touchdowns—Raimondo (rush), Amato (pass). Substitutions—Catholic: Trainor, Hurst, Amato, Rodriguez, Hathaway, Worrell, Seitzinger, Price, DeMarco, Ladner, Gibson, Embres, Gallagher, Schemeley, Stefan; St. Joe’s: [Dzie?]ski, E. Vogt, Gallen, Gibbons, Maciejewski, Gerst, Gmerek, Bradley, Terrazzini, Jennetta. Referee—Gooch. Umpire—Johnsen. Head linesman—Vandergrift. Field judge—Jones.
CITY SERIES
W., L., T., Pts.
Camden [?]
Wilson [?]
Catholic [?]
St. Joe’s 0 3 0 0
Catholic, St. Joe’s
Number of first down, 10, 7
By rushing, 4, 6
By passing, 6, 1
Yards gained, rushing, 306, 140
Yards lost, rushing, 20, 26
Passes attempted, 21, 13
Passes completed, 9, 1
Passes intercepted by, 1, 3
Yards gained, passes, 101, 20
Number of punts, 2, 6
Average distance, punts (from line of scrimmage), 37, 23
Runback of punts, 22, 8
Number of kickoffs, 5, 1
Average distance of kickoffs, 35, 35
Runback of kickoffs, 16, 24
Fumbles, 1, [?]
Own fumbles recovered, 0, 0
Number of penalties, 5, 1
Yards lost, penalties, 65, [?]
Raimondo Paces Catholic To Victory Over St. Joe’s
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Runs, Passes ‘Irish’ to First Win; McComb Garners Two Touchdowns
By WALT BURROWS
It was a solemn and revenge-bent group of individuals that boarded the bus at Camden Catholic High school yesterday afternoon bound for Finnessey Field, Fifty-fourth street and City Line, Philadelphia, to meet St. Joseph’s Prep in a grid game.
But it was a loud and happy group that returned after the revenge had been sweetly gained by virtue of a 47 to 6 victory over the Prep. It may be remembered last week another power in the Philadelphia Catholic League administered a sound 33 to 0 beating to the “Irish,” but Coach Tom Kenney more than returned the hospitality yesterday.
Before more than 4500 fans—majority of whom were from Camden, 34 buses and a caravan of cars to be exact—Phil Raimondo put on a brilliant exhibition of running and passing.
RAIMONDO SCORES PAIR
He bucked over from the one and took a 21 yard pass from Joe Callahan for the other, while he twice passed to Captain Don McComb for six-pointers.
Other “Irish” scorers were Callahan on a 21 yard end sweep, Bob Flemming on a buck from the three, and Bill Monroe on another buck from three yards out. [text not on the crops]
In rolling up their one-sided victory the Green and White gridders pushed over a single touchdown in the opening quarter, four more in the second period, and one each of the final two quarters, while holding the home forces to a single touchdown.
The winners were quick to score as soon as they got their hands on the ball. Raimondo returned a punt from the enemy 45 to the 38. He then passed to McComb to the 28. After a five yard penalty in their favor had been stepped off Callahan sprinted around end for the score. Joe Strippoli converted.
Truran Recovers
The next score came after Harry Truran recovered a fum[ble on the 40]. Raimondo sparked this drive with a 26 yard dash after he had faded back to pass only to have his receivers covered.
Perhaps the highlight of the game followed on the ensuing kickoff when St. Joe’s Ed Dougherty raced 88 yards for the loser’s only score.
Shortly after, Art Ladner blocked a Prep punt on the 21 and Harry Herman recovered. Callahan then passed behind key blocks by McComb and Joe DePilla.
Raimondo set up the next touchdown by returning a punt from midfield to the seven yard marker. Bill Seitzinger gained four and Flemming circled the flank for the score. Strippoli added his third point.
Passes to McComb
Catholic moved 42 yards for their next score. Raimondo again back to pass found no receivers, and raced down to the 10 yard line from which he passed to McComb for the score.
The “Irish” took the second half kickoff and marched 90 yards with Callahan featuring with a 43 yard run. Monroe bucked up the middle from the three for the touchdown.
Sub back, Jim Connors set up the final score when he intercepted a pass on his own 45 and returned it to the Prep 32. Seitzinger raced 23, but a penalty set the locals back to the 18. McComb then snagged another Raimondo pass in the end zone for touchdown number seven.
McComb, Joe Amato, Truran, and Strippoli stood out for the locals on defense, while the leather lugging of Callahan, Seitzinger, and Raimondo was hard to stop. A late substitute, Connor looked good during his brief stay in the game.
CAM. CATHOLIC — ST. JOE’S PREP
McComb, left end, Hynes
Blosson, left tackle, Miller
Ladner, left guard, Johnston
Truran, center, Currie
Amato, right guard, Whalen
Cronin, right tackle, Heck
Di Pilla, right end, Spratt
Raimondo, quarterback, Meehan
Callahan, left halfback, Dougherty
Flemming, right halfback, Eustace
Seitzinger, fullback, Breslin
Camden Catholic 7 26 7 7—47
St. Joseph’s Prep 0 6 0 0—6
Touchdowns—Raimondo 2, Callahan, McComb 2, Monroe, Flemming, Dougherty. Points after touchdowns—Strippoli 5 (placements). Substitutions—Catholic: Abate, Baughman, Carty, Connor, DiMarco, Deveraux, Gallagher, Hathaway, Harrison, Hurst, Manning, Monroe, Piccioni, Rodrigue, Shemely, Simon, Waite, Worrell, Wilson; St. Joe’s: Gargan, J. Boyle, [text lost] Kueny, Manlandeo, C. Boyle, Under[text lost] Anderer, Johnston, Doyle, Fin[text lost] [?], R[?] W. J. Rey[text lost] S. Paffe. Head linesman—D. Card[text lost] time of periods—12 minutes.
Camden Catholic, St. Joe’s
Number of first downs, 11, 7
By rushing, 8, 7
By passing, 3, 0
Yards gained rushing, 263, 110
Yards lost rushing, 11, 42
Passes attempted, 15, 14
Passes completed, 9, 2
Passes intercepted by, 1, 0
Yards gained, passes, 101, 9
Number of punts, 1, 3
Average distance, punts (from line of scrimmage), 38, 19
Runback of punts, 18, 6
Number of kickoffs, 7, 2
Average distance of kickoffs, 50.8 [?], 50
Runback of kickoffs, 44, 174 [?]
Fumbles, 1, 1
Number of penalties, 4, 3
Yards lost, penalties, 40, 25
Obituary
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William A. Seitzinger
William A. Seitzinger of Warrington died Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, in his home surrounded by his loving family, after a brief battle with cancer. He was 72. He was the husband of Lorraine (Kopesky) Seitzinger. They were married 52 years.
Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Catherine and Frederick Seitzinger. Bill resided in Collingswood, N.J. and attended Camden Catholic High School. He then attended The University of Georgia on an athletic scholarship.
He retired from Glaxco Smith Kline and then worked with his wife at Cherry Lane Flower Shop, Southampton, which they owned and operated for 27 years.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Linda and her husband, Ken Ferrier, of Perkasie, Lisa and her husband, Bryan Herrmann, of Silverdale, and Diane and her husband, Scott Martin, of Hilltown; and one son, Bill Seitzinger and his wife, Lori, of Doylestown. He also is survived by eight grandchildren, Christopher, Jamie, Ryan, Bill, Kenny, Danny, Kelly and Cory; two brothers, Robert and Fred; and two sisters, Karen Streahle and Letty Mohlberger. He was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Seitzinger.
Bill very much enjoyed spending time at the Jersey Shore, boating and fishing with his family. He was also active at the Doylestown Hospital Wellness Center, Warrington.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, at St. Robert Bellarmine Church, 856 Euclid Ave., Warrington. Friends will be received from 7 to 9 Wednesday evening and from 9:30 to 10:30 Thursday morning at Shelly Funeral Home, 1460 Easton Road, Warrington. Interment will be in St. John Neumann Cemetery, Warrington Township.