Urbana High School - Rosemary Yearbook (Urbana, IL)

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THE ROSEMARY CAMOUFLAGE This literature is really good Although you may deem it poor, But it depends on how you take it, Whether or not it makes you sore. It is really quite a task To make good poetry and prose; If you can’t believe what I say Go and ask some one who knows. If it hits your tender spots As we surely hope it will, Then you are the-ones to cuss it For we only filled the bill. So when you read this section Don’t forget the grain of salt, For we’ve done our best to make it Something fairly far from fault. Pick it apart and tear it up, We’re not worried to be sure, For we who know will e’er remember Those pens were Amateur. | Eighty-nine ]

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N Monday, the first day of school, the first call for gridiron material was issued by Coach Harper. There were not many veterans in the hunch of some thirty odd recruits—V. Green, captain and veterans center, Elmer Green an end, Swartz in the line, and Burke, McCammon, Lewis and Mad- dox, all backfield men, were the only ones who had played last year. There were, however, many of the old second team men, and several new fellows. Pettys, the veteran quarterback, arranged to come out a few days later, and thereby increased the team’s chances. Coach Harper -was drafted, and thus in the second week of the season the team was left without a coach. However, the services of Mr. HutTington, the manual train- ing teacher, were secured, and he proved to be a very competent substitute. Scrimmage was started the second week, and Mr. HutTington was then able to determine in part the respective merits of the different candidates. The practice game with Paxton for the next Saturday was called off by them, and the team was given a vacation. The season started in earnest the following Saturday, when the squad journeded to Tuscola. The Tuscola team had played two games, and was expecting a victory, but the Urbana fellows had a world of pep, and although some of them had never played in a regular game before, every one was determined to do his best. The game was feat- ured by the impregnable defense of the Urbana line, which held the Tuscola backs to three first downs, and by the good all-around playing of the entire Urbana team. Time and again the opponents’ backs were downed for a loss by Captain Green, and their attempts at gains by the aerial route were easily broken up by our backfield men. Touchdowns were made by McCamman (2), Lewis (1), and McCaskcy (1), and when the game ended the Urbana boys held a 20-0 score. The second game of the season was played the following Saturday with Decatur on the local field. Decatur was, as yet, undefeated, and was supposed to have a very strong team. With Pettys and Burke out of the game with injuries, a decided shift in the backfield was necessary. McCammon was placed at quarterback, while Maddox [ Ninety-two 1