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I just talked with Jack Plymale PHS Trojan 1943 - 1945
Thanks for Jack's Number 1-863-993-9760 in Arcadia Assisted Living near Miami, FL. He may have remembered me after I mentioned a few mutual friends like yourself, Sarah, Jim out, and Doc Yeagle. I also mentioned his football coach of their undefeated fb team in 1944, I believe. Paul Walker met these guys every year after taking the Middletown HS basketball job.
He told those stalwart friends that they got him the best HS basketball job in America because of the 0-0 tie the year before with the Middletown Middies. JackTold me Middletown had the ball, first and goal inside the Trojan ten with not too much time. Dave Spriggs yelled across the line to the Middies;: "I've got a dollar that says you don't score." Several middies took the bet, but they did not score. Dave barged right over to their locker room and collected from them after the game. The Middletown search committee asked Coach Walker two questions. One, "Do you smoke? He replied that he did. Then they just wanted to talk about that 0-0 tie game, forgot the second question, and hired Paul Walker asa their basketball coach.
Jack also remembered Gib Lakeman, Gus Thompson, and Clark Rapalee, each Mound Park friends and tutors of war-life after returning home.
Jack said that he appreciated the call and asked that I call again.
Memories of P'Town sports are tremendously important to us seniors, although I ran across a Portsmouth pipe-fitters team at a motel ;last weekend, and only a Mr. Cole, knew Mick Kornhoff, whose dad coached the Wayne Widdig, Ed Schmidt, combo at Portsmouth Central Catholic and later made the wonderful softball pitcher of Wayne later.
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