They Meet Every Half-Century, Like Clockwork . . .

   On Oct. 12, Conwell-Egan is scheduled to host Roxborough, 7 p.m. at Truman, in a non-league football game. The schools (C-E was then known as Bishop Egan; it would combine with Conwell 30 years later) have met just one other time, in 1963, and it was for ALL the marbles . . . the City Title. The result of the game, played at Franklin Field, was a 16-16 tie. Here's the coverage in the next day's Inquirer.