Baltimore City College football

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Since the inception of football at Baltimore City College in the mid 1870s, City's football Knights, also called the Collegians and the Alamedans,^[1] have competed in more than 1000 contests, won more than 20 Maryland Scholastic Association(MSA) and Baltimore City championships, while emphasizing academics and fair play.^[2] In 1889, City's main rivalry started when the first game was played between Baltimore City College and the Baltimore Manual Training School, which was later renamed the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly). ^[3] Over the years, five City College football players have gone on to play in the National Football League: Bob Baldwin, class of 1962 (Baltimore Colts)^[4] , Ara Person, class of 1966 (St. Louis Cardinals)^[5] , John Sykes, class of 1967 (San Diego Chargers)^[6], Tom Gatewood,class of 1968 (New York Giants)^[7] , Bryant Johnson, class of 1999 (Arizona Cardinals). Two City College coaches have gone on to the next levels as well: George Young served in the NFL as the general manager of the New York Giants from 1979 to 1997 and as an assistant coach with the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins and Harry Lawrence established a winning tradition at Bucknell University.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Harry Lawrence era 1.2 The George Young era 1.3 The George Petrides era 2 Varsity head coaches 2.1 2007 season 3 Past seasons results, standings 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

City / Poly

Year	City	Poly
1960	30	26
1961	30	8
1962	6	14
1963	0	28
1964	14	6
1965	52	6
1966	42	6
1967	20	16
1968	26	6
1969	12	6
1970	0	6
1971	14	22
1972	6	32
1973	0	29
1974	0	6
1975	6	20
1976	0	34
1977	0	7
1978	6	30
1979	7	31
1980	0	47
1981	0	32
1982	12	30
1983	0	18
1984	0	48
1985	0	33
1986	21	41
1987	34	22
1988	20	7
1989	36	6
1990	0	27
1991	14	8
1992	20	0
1993	20	21
1994	7	6
1995	14	31
1996	26	20
1997	7	0
1998	13	12
1999	20	38
2000	18	6
2001	2	0
2002	6	7
2003	21	41
2004	6	24
2005	15	12
2006	44	8
2007	26	20

City / Poly

Year	City	Poly
1901	5	0
1902	no	game
1903	10	0
1904	6	0
1905	6	4
1906	5	0
1907	2	2
1908	0	11
1909	0	11
1910	3	0
1911	0	6
1912	13	6
1913	10	20
1914	0	3
1915	0	13
1916	0	13
1917	0	26
1918	3	13
1919	7	19
1920	2	14
1921	0	27
1922	27	0
1923	14	6
1924	13	6
1925	12	0
1926	0	3
1927	11	18
1928	6	33
1929	0	7
1930	0	18
1931	7	7
1932	0	0
1933	6	12
1934	13	0
1935	26	0
1936	20	6
1937	6	6
1938	33	0
1939	12	0
1940	19	0
1941	18	0
1942	19	7
1943	12	19
1944	7	7
1945	6	7
1946	6	0
1947	7	6
1948	13	12
1949	26	6
1950	0	12
1951	7	18
1952	0	21
1953	0	6
1954	0	19
1955	12	12
1956	6	12
1957	0	30
1958	6	12
1959	0	12

In the mid 1870s, the popularity of football led to its expansion to high schools competition. It was in this era that the City College football team was born, with one problem: there were no other area high schools with organized teams. In 1895, therefore, City had to schedule games against college teams like the University of Maryland, the Naval Academy, Mt. St. Mary's College, Western Maryland College and even the Fort Monroe soldiers. The record in 1895: 3 wins 13 losses, including a 42-0 drubbing at the hands of Navy.^[8] In its first game of the 1896 season, Gettysburg college trounced City 50-0, but enthusiasm for the team continued to grow as evidence by the send off given them before they sailed to Hampton, Virginia to play Hampton high school.^[9] By the early 1900s, area high schools had developed football teams and City was able to compete on a more level playing field, beating, for instance, the newly formed Polytechnic team 13-0 in 1903. Little is known about the first time City played Poly, except that the game was played at northeast Baltimore's Clifton Park in 1889 between the City "reserves" team and Poly with City emerging as the victor.^[10] City won all 12 games from 1889 to 1900 when the annual clash was considered a scrub engagement. .^[11] The annual meeting of the two teams has led to one of the longest continuous public high school football rivalries in the nation.^[10] By 1918, Poly and other area schools had surpassed City in their preparation for the games. According to William Tippett, Jr, class of 1919, City's team did not even have a practice field because of its location in down town Baltimore.^[2]

[edit] The Harry Lawrence era

By 1929 the Knights had a new $3 million, 40 acre home in northeast Baltimore. The "Castle on the Hill" had spacious practice fields with a separate "game day field". Under legendary coach Harry Lawrence, the Knights dominated local teams, including Poly whom they beat consecutively from 1934 to 1942; and started playing schools out of state, beating Petersberg high in 1936.^[12] The 1936 team won all nine of its games but was stripped of its MSA title when one of City's running backs, Arthur Deckleman, was ruled to be ineligible. The investigating committee gave the title to the Mcdonough school, a team City had beaten 12-0 during the regular season. ^[13] By 1940, Lawrence's teams were undefeated in 38 consecutive games, won 3 consecutive state titles and retired the trophy presented by the Evening Sun for the winner of the City-Poly game. ^[14] In 1941, an undefeated City College went to Florida, to play Miami High in the Orange Bowl. The Knights, used to playing in cool autumnal or cold winter weather, succumbed to Miami High on a day where the temperature topped 90 degrees.^[15] After the season was over, Lawrence and his long-time assistant, Otts Helms joined the war effort; Helms was a captain in the Army and Lawrence served as a lieutenant in the Navy for the remainder of World War II. In 1947, Lawrence became the head coach at Bucknell University where future City College head football coach, George Young, played for him in the early 1950s. ^[16]
Poly, under its legendary coach Bob Lumsden, dominated City and Maryland football during the 1950s with City unable to win any of the rivalry games during that decade.

[edit] The George Young era

The trend would reverse again as George Young took over the coaching duties in 1959. Young had actually been a history teacher at City, but an assistant coach at rival Calvert Hall College. Young brought discipline back to the practice field and an emphasis on grades. He also brought in young aggressive special teams coaches Joe Brune, Bob Patzwall, Mel Filler, and Ed Novak; all of whom would become head coaches later in their careers with Brune coaching the Loyola Dons for more than 25 years. Young's summer camps were brutal with an emphasis on running and conditioning as opposed to tackling and kicking. Young's teams won 6 of the 8 games he coached against Poly during the 1960s and six MSA championships.^[2] One of the most memorable City–Poly games occurred on Thanksgiving Day 1965, at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, with some 25,000 fans and alumni in attendance. City beat Poly 52–6, and completed a 10–0 season with the team being ranked eighth in the nation by a national sports poll. ^[17] The 52 points scored by City are the most points scored by either team during the rivalry.^[18] Two Knights from that game, Sykes and Person went on to the National Football League; former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke was the quarterback and Maryland Delegate Curt Anderson was the captain of that team. The game is no longer played on Thanksgiving or at Memorial Stadium, but is now located at the home of the Baltimore Ravens, M&T Bank Stadium, in downtown Baltimore.

[edit] The George Petrides era

Coach George Petrides, City College class of '67, has been the head football coach at City since 1975;^[19] a tenure longer than the previous 10 coaches combined. During the 1960s, Petrides played on City College teams that never lost a game, but at the beginning of his coaching career, he was faced with almost impossible circumstances. The City College building was being renovated forcing enrollment to plummet and the student body to take courses at the old Poly building on North Avenue in midtown Baltimore. The athletic practice field was two miles away and in 1979 Petrides was forced to use his junior varsity team to play Poly's varsity because of the dwindling enrollment. ^[20] The Castle on the Hill reopened in 1978 but the Knights did not manage a win against Poly again until 1987. With the coming of the 1990s came a rebirth of City College football dominance. During that time, Petrides and his chief assistant coach Angelo Geppi led the team through a 29 game winning streak—the longest consecutive winning streak in the history of Maryland football. ^[21] Petrides and Geppi also led the team to two consecutive MSA - A Conference championships in 1991 and 1992. ^[21] In 1993, Baltimore City Schools withdrew from the MSA in order to join the other public schools in the state which are under the umbrella of the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA). ^[22] The move meant that City College could compete in a state-wide play-off system and perhaps earn a state championship; but because of when the state play-offs were scheduled, it also meant that City would have to hold its traditional game against Poly three weeks before Thanksgiving. Since then, City has won numerous Baltimore City championships, but never a state championship. On September 11, 2006, Petrides was honored as the Baltimore Ravens High School Coach of the Week for the third time.^[19] Less than a month later, City and Poly clashed in the 118th City–Poly football game.^[18] Petrides' Black Knights beat Poly 44-8, won the Baltimore City championship, finished the 2006 season 11-1, but lost the Maryland state class 3A North championship game, 7-6.^[23]

[edit] Varsity head coaches

The following men served as head coaches during the years specified.^[2]

Hay Eichelberger 1904-1907 Captain Steinbacker 1908-1909 D. Claude Stonecipher 1910-1911 Harry (Dutch) Ruhle 1912-1914 Michael J. Thompson 1915-1916 Ferdinand Bonnette 1917 Herb Armstrong 1918 John Coulbourn 1919-1921 Chester H. Katenkamp 1922 Henry "Pop" Goodard 1923-1928 Vic Schmid 1929-1930 David Kaufman 1931-1933

Harry Lawrence 1934-1941 Charles Hirschauer 1942-1944 Charley Rudo 1945 Harry Lawrence 1946 Otts Helms 1947-1949 Andy Defassio 1950-1951 Otts Helm 1952-1953 Frank Lee 1954-1958 George Young 1959-1967 Robert Patzwall 1968 Robert Terpening 1969-1970 Ron Chartrand 1971-1974 George Petrides 1975–present

[edit] 2007 season

The Knights finished their 2007 regular season with eight wins and three losses. The team began the season with two consecutive wins but that was followed by two consecutive losses including a 56-6 drubbing at the hands of Baltimore's Dunbar High. The Knights won their next six consecutive games including a third consecutive victory over long-time rival Baltimore Polytechnic. The win over Poly qualified the Knights for the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association state 2A playoffs against Edmondson, a team the knights had lost to earlier in the season by two points. Though the Knight's ranks had been depleted by injuries to and the academic ineligibility of several key players, City and Edmondson battled to a tie at the end of regulation with Edmondson winning after two overtimes After the season, 6 foot 7, 330 lb defensive tackle, James "Big June" Carmon was named to the 1A-2A All-State team.^[24]

2007 schedule/results

Date Time Opponent Class W/L Score Site City 09/07/07 3:45pm Forest Park 1-A W 26-20 City College Baltimore 09/15/07 6:00pm Lake Clifton 3-A W 29-0 Poly Complex Baltimore 09/21/07 3450pm Edmondson 2-A L 27-28 City College Baltimore 09/28/07 7:00pm Dunbar 1-A L 6-56 Johns Hopkins Baltimore 10/05/07 3:45pm Carver 1-A W 35-13 Carver Baltimore 10/12/07 7:00pm Patterson 3-A W 39-20 Poly Complex Baltimore 10/18/07 3:45pm Walbrook 4-A W 43-14 Walbrook Baltimore 10/26/07 7:00pm Douglass 2-A W 49-14 Poly Complex Baltimore 11/02/07 2:30pm Mervo 2-A W 21-12 City College Baltimore 11/10/07 12 noon Polytechnic 2-A W 26–20 M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore 11/17/07 6:00pm Edmondson 2-A L 14-20(2OT) Poly Complex Baltimore

2006 schedule/results

Date Time Opponent Class W/L Score Site City 09/08/06 3:45pm Forest Park 1-A W 52-0 City College Baltimore 09/15/06 3:45pm Lake Clifton 3-A W 20-0 City College Baltimore 09/23/06 3:450pm Edmondson 2-A W 16-6 Edmondson Baltimore 09/30/06 7:00pm Dunbar 1-A W 28-12 Johns Hopkins Baltimore 10/06/06 3:45pm Carver 1-A W 14-0 City College Baltimore 10/13/06 7:00pm Patterson 3-A W 36-0 City College Baltimore 10/19/06 3:45pm Walbrook 4-A W 36-0 City College Baltimore 10/27/06 3:45pm Douglass 2-A W 32-0 City College Baltimore 11/03/06 2:30pm Mervo 2-A W 38-0 Mervo Baltimore 11/11/06 12 noon Polytechnic 2-A W 44–8 M&T Bank Stadium Baltimore 11/18/06 6:00pm Mervo 2-A W 34-0 Poly Complex Baltimore 11/18/06 6:00pm Franklin 2-A L 6-7 Poly Complex Baltimore

[edit] Past seasons results, standings

The first 40 years 1895-1934

Year W L T PF PA Comments 1895 3 12 0 50 260 losses included 42-0 (Naval Academy), & 6-0 (University of Md.)[25] 1896 2 5 0 24 116 opponents included a mix of high school and college teams[26] 1897 1 3 1 8 62 uniform colors were gold, black and white[27] 1898 1 2 1 8 62 [28] 1899 1900 1901 beat Poly 5-0[29] 1902 1903 4 1 2 54 11 beat Poly 10-0[30] 1904 2 1 0 35 6 won championship[31][32] 1905 7 1 0 94 33 only loss: 18-0 to Central High of Philadelphia[33] 1906 1907 2 2 3 87 51 beat Loyola College, 53-0[34] 1908 2 2 3 identical record to 1907 but first loss to Poly, 11-0[35] 1909 2 4 1 42 61 loss to Poly, 11-0(again)[36] 1910 4 3 0 38 52 [37] 1911 3 3 1 28 36 [38] 1912 5 3 0 191 101 [39] 1913 1 4 0 [40] 1914 2 2 2 46 46 [41] 1915 2 4 0 96 102 [42] 1916 5 1 1 133 18 only loss was to Poly[43] 1917 1918 0 6 0 15 128 [44] 1919 1920 1921 3 3 0 34 103 [45] 1922 6 1 0 195 41 beat Poly, 27-0, after 8 year drought[46] 1923 5 2 1 118 42 all 5 wins were by shut out, including 14-0 over Poly[47] 1924 beat Poly [48] 1925 5 5 0 71 209 all 5 losses were by shut out, including a 94-0 thumping by Lindbloom[49] 1926 Harry Lawrence kicked winning field goal for Poly[50] 1927 2 5 1 35 70 [51] 1928 3 6 1 70 144 [52] 1929 4 3 0 30 33 [53] 1930 2 4 1 30 71 [54] 1931 1 8 1 52 128 played Poly twice, 7-7 tie and 0-2 loss in charity game[55] 1932 4 4 3 111 63 played Poly twice, 2 ties [56] 1933 0 8 0 12 129 no returning seniors[57] 1934 5 2 1 103 37 Public School champions[58]

The middle 40 years 1935-1974

Year W L T PF PA Comments 1935 4 1 1 109 18 only loss was to Mt. St. Joe who won MSA championship[59] 1936 9 0 0 221 6 MSA champions, 8 wins by shut-out (title later forfeited, ineligible player)[60][61] 1937 7 0 1 155 24 MSA champions [62] 1938 9 0 1 271 12 MSA champions, largest margin of victory to that point over Poly (33-0)[63] 1939 10 0 0 198 30 MSA champions[64] 1940 8 0 1 206 6 MSA champions, all wins by shut-out[65] 1941 8 2 0 230 40 MSA champions, lost last game to Miami Sr. High in Miami, Fl.[66] 1942 6 1 1 139 28 MSA champions[67] 1943 3 3 2 77 98 lost to Navy plebes, 46-0 [68] 1944 4 2 1 61 39 [69] 1945 1 5 1 58 108 only win was over an undefeated Forest Park team[70] 1946 3 5 1 104 149 [71] 1947 1948 1949 5 4 0 125 96 [72] 1950 2 4 1 84 128 [73] 1951 1952 1953 2 4 1 26 64 20,000 in attendance at City-Poly game[74] 1954 2 5 0 71 122 [75] 1955 1956 1957 1958 4 3 1 113 65 [76] 1959 1960 3 3 2 70 98 beat Poly after 11 year drought[77] 1961 8 0 0 258 38 MSA-A conference champions[78] 1962 3 3 2 141 99 4th, MSA-A conference, Tom Duley at QB[79] 1963 6 1 0 166 60 2nd, MSA-A conf., ended Bates of Annapolis 27 game win streak [80] 1964 MSA-A conference champions 1965 9 0 0 331 49 MSA-A conference champions, ranked 7th in U.S., Kurt Schmoke at QB[81] 1966 7 0 2 239 45 MSA-A conference co-champions, Schmoke at QB[82] 1967 7 2 0 266 105 MSA-A conference co-champions[83] 1968 7 2 0 162 82 MSA-A conference champions[84] 1969 5 3 1 162 134 [85] 1970 1971 1972 1973 2 7 0 [86] 1974 2 6 1 [87]

The last 40 years 1975-2014

Year W L T PF PA Comments 1975 3 7 0 110 226 [88] 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 5 5 0 183 138 [89] 1982 1983 7 2 1 172 92 [90] 1984 4 6 0 100 171 lost 48-0 to Poly, largest deficit in series[91] 1985 1986 8 3 0 263 121 MSA B-conference champions[92] 1987 11 0 0 MSA B-conference champions, ended 17 game losing streak to Poly[93] 1988 8 2 0 252 72 MSA-B conference champions[94] 1989 6 2 0 159 88 [95] 1990 6 4 0 171 101 [96] 1991 10 0 0 282 57 MSA-A conference champions[21][97] 1992 10 0 0 268 52 MSA-A conference champions[21][98] 1993 9 1 0 340 97 made state quarterfinals[99][100] 1994 1995 1996 made state semifinals[101] 1997 1998 1999 1 8 0 72 244 [102] 2000 2001 11 1 0 298* 114 made state semifinals but lost to Hereford 9-0 [103] *point totals include a 2-0 win over Poly caused by Poly forfeit 2002 7 4 0 238 95 made state quarterfinals[104] [105] 2003 2004 6 4 0 216 186 finished 5th, Baltimore City, did not make state playoffs [106] 2005 11 2 0 212 136 Baltimore City Champions, lost in state semifinals (class 2-A north) [107] 2006 11 1 0 356 33 Baltimore City Champions, lost 7-6, in 2nd round of state playoffs (3-A) [108] 2007 8 3 0 315 217 moved back to class 2-A[109] lost, first round, state playoffs

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Daneker, David C., editor (1988). 150 Years of the Baltimore City College. Baltimore: Baltimore City College Alumni Association, 58. 
• Leonhart, James Chancellor (1939). One Hundred Years Of Baltimore City College. Baltimore: H.G. Roebuck & Son, 20. 
• Marudas, Kyriakos (1988). The City-Poly Game. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 66. 
• Sirota, Wilbert, editor; Neil Bernstein (1954). The Green Bag 1954. Baltimore: Baltimore City College Class of 1954, 196. 
• Strasburger, Victor, editor (1967). The 1967 Green Bag, 199. 

[edit] External links

• Baltimore City College website
• Baltimore City College Alumni Association (BCCAA)
• City Knights Football schedule - MDVarsity.com

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