Central High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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AfxllllllIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIllhlllllllllllllllllllll llllllllli.. 'Z sziecvigyayl .,111111111111111111111111in1111111111111111111111111111u1111111111mwJl A It is seldom that a basketball team is an expert on Latin, and Central's is no ex- ception. Quo Vadis stumped the boys and before they realized its meaning-whither goest thou-the others were on their way. The lead was too much and the game ended I5 to 37 with Central on the little end and the Hwentersl' on the big. Main Avenue of San Antonio journeyed here to see a city and to play basketball. Whether or not they saw the city we do not know, but they did play basketball. When the last whistle blew our boys were in the background and the Santone Wolves left with a 24 to 23 victory in their jaws. Ihe next week saw the beginning of the race for district honors. Central met the Bears of Qouth Fnd at the City Auditorium and reminded them that the Tiger is the king of the forests. 'I he Bears seemed unwilling to realize this until itwas pounded in by a score of 22 to 18. After having broken their losing spell the Iigers journeyed to San Antonio with revenge in their minds. Main Avenue did her best to see that no revenge was had but she was powerless and had finally to submit to a 55 to 31 score. Ia rom there the quintet migrated to .Austin with the same purpose in mind-rex enge. lt was a good intention but that was all, and even that was soon lost in the battle that took place. go the Fl igers had to be content with a 32 to -8 score in favor of the home team. 'lhe next game or light will probably be one of the longest remembered of any in Central s history. With all odds in favor of Heights Central went in to do or die and they did. The Bulldogs did not expect the terrific onslaught and they quickly went under--only to come up lighting. I'he lead was too much and the game turned into a hand-to-hand fight when the score was announced as I7 to 20 in favor ofQentral. Ihere were three more teams in the way of the district championship. The first, Vi est Columbia, was soon laid aside and salted down to the tune of26 to 16. l he second Palacios was set aside even more unceremoniously by a 49 to I5 score. I -, ,- A xi ' - . kfillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllll' is 5, yffgtgz 11IIllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllB ,OTZW NZM!