History of Salisbury's Sports
The Salisbury Varsity Five
Front Row: Fay Lichty, Earl Stotler, Karl Swartzwelder, Robert Harding,
Gilbert Thomas and John Thomas.
Back Row: J.H. "Bud" Stotler,
Fred H. Petry, Sr., Robert Wagner, Harry Swartzwelder and Harry McClure.
The boy in the front is Jack Petry.
Salisbury boys began to play basketball some time around 1910. In the
time between 1915 and 1920 a team known as the "Varsity Five" was
entered in league play, winning the 1916 championship. At the same
time, Rev. Ira S. Monn was coaching a group of Boy Scouts who were
to develop into a record breaking team in their high school years from
1919 through 1926.
The Salisbury Cardinals basketball team was established in 1925 under the guidance of
Fred Petry and assistant Tommy Clark. They quickly became one of the best hard-court
players ever to represent the Tri-State area. Organized in Petry's barber shop and under
the expert tutelage of John Dunn, Salisbury High basketball coach, they established an
enviable record in the area and in the P&M League.
The members of the Salisbury Cardinals were: Dave (Pickle) Lichliter, Wib Lichliter, Bob
Cousy, Albert (Babe) Robinson, Charles (Rip) Engle, John Dunn and Karl (Legs)
Swartzwelder.
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