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1929 clipping from,
A Documentary Scrapbook of Football in Frankford,
original source publication not identified.

Jackets Win Last Game at Lebanon, 26 to 0

Five thousand football fans jammed Pleasant Hill field at Lebanon, Pa., last Sunday afternoon to see the Frankford Yellow Jackets down the local Battery H team, 26 to 0. Interest in the game was centered in "two-bits" Homan, the Jackets' quarterback who is a Lebanon boy, a product of Lebanon High School and Lebanon Valley College. Homan pleased the crowd with his brilliant dashes in returning punts and skirting the Lebanon ends, but failed to score.

Four times the Jackets crossed the Lebanon line, Diehl going over twice and Mercer one in completing uninterrupted progress down the field on crashes through the soldiers' line. In the third quarter Halicki intercepted a forward [pass] and dashed fifty-five yards for a touchdown. Mercer's toe accounted for two added points.

The contest marked the closing game of the Jackets 1929 season and the end of Diehl's career as a professional football player. 

Battery H

Frankford

Summ
Englebach
Henry
Gingrich
Emerich
Peiffer
T. Heath
P. Heath
Hess
R. Heath
Gassert

Left End
Left Tackle
Left Guard
Center
Right Guard
Right Tackle
Right End
Quarterback
Right Halfback
Left Halfback
Fullback

Kostos
Behman
Hanson
Mahoney
Comstock
Malcolm
Elkins
Homan
Mercer
Halicki
Diehl

Touchdowns -- Diehl, 2; Mercer, Halicki. Point after touchdown -- Mercer, 2.

Referee -- Clemens, Albright.  Umpire -- Hoy. Head linesman -- Briody.