Alexander Graham High School - Snips and Cuts Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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WILLIAM LASLIE Manager Glibe ,football Season U HE prospects for football did not look very promising at the first of the season, with only five men returning and the rest of the squad having had very little experience in the game. But after a few weeks of hard practice, and the coaching of Murrill, assisted 'Ji l by Smith, the student-body realized that our coach had worked another wonder in the training of a football team. Although our team was not very heavy, the players made up for their lightness by the fight and pep which they put into the game. We were not scored on until the fifth game of the season, when C. M.- N. A. defeated us by the score of 13 to 6. But this did not take any of the fight out of our team, which fact it proved by winning three more straight games from schools which we considered to be the strongest in the western half of the State. On November 19, Greensboro defeated us, in Charlotte, for the western championship of the State, the score being 6 to 21. This game ended our season, with a record of having won seven games out of nine. Coach Murrill's statement after the Greensboro game was as follows: All we asked for was a clear day and a dry field. We had them both, and have no excuses to offer. The mistakes we made in yesterday's game will be beneficial to us, in that we will try not to make them again. I allrii

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HOWDY NORRIS, C, Fullback UHOWDYU came to us from Akron, and if he was as good up there as he is here, we know' they miss him. When We were on the five-yard line, and it was the last down, if HOWDY were called on, we could' count on a touchdown. STEVE PARTRIDGE, Halfbaclc HSTEVIEH is a little light, but that doesn't keep him from being one of Charlotte High School's best football players. He is a hard tackle, and a plucky fellow all the time. DOUGLAS SCHILTZ, C, Qua'rterbaclc DUKE was the lightest quarterback in the high-school circles, but weight made little difference to him. DOUG, as we define it, means nerve, speed, and grit. Take a look at him. Can't you remember seeing him look this way after being chased across the bars to the last white line? We believe he was thinking about a little girl on the sidelines when he was running. MACLEAN SINCLAIR, C, Tackle MAC has shown up well at his tackle position. As everybody re- members, he saved the day for us in the Hamlet game. We hope he will do as well at Davidson next year. RALPH SMITH, C, End SCHMITTY,,' as he is known throughout football circles, is one of the fastest ends in the State, and when it comes to pulling down passes, he is on the job. He will be with us next year, and we knowf he will make a fine record. ROBERT WALKER, C, Guard KID WALKER, playing his first year on the Varsity, did wonderful work during the season both at guard and at tackle. One of the papers said that WALKER was a hard nut for the opponents to crack. He was an exceedingly strong factor on the defense. PAUL WHITLOCK, C, Guard LITTLE WHIT, as he is known throughout High School, played his first year for Charlotte High this season. He was very strong on both defense and offense. Although rather lazy in the classroom, he was very quick on the field. We hope to see WHIT'S name on the all-State team of 1922. EDWARD WILSON, C, Qaafrtcrrbacllz HSHORTYH WILSON ran the team in great style, and the way he out- generaled his opponents was really uncanny. We shall always remember ED for the splendid playing he did in the Winston game.

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