Central High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Duggan OODS Hughes ' IIUDGfNGS Coach Edward D. Duggan, former Notre Dame star, has as likal)le a personality as any man that ever coached football. Duggan not only teaches his boys good foot¬ ball, hut he teaches them to be good sportsmen as well. It may he said that he is respected and loved by every Sam Houston athlete that he has ever coached. Al¬ though having but one letterman hack in 1933, Coach Duggan developed a splendid team out of very green material. Assistant Coach Hudgings, former athlete from Baylor University, is an able assistant to Coach Duggan. Although Hudgings is not paid a salary for coaching, he coaches because he loves sports. ”Saco” Hudgings is also noted for teaching the football players to he good, clean sportsmen, as well as hard fighting football players. Co-Cajitain Woods was the only letterman to come hack for the 1933 season. Duggan made a convertible end and fullback out of T. J., and he was outstanding at both positions. T. J. was a great help to the Sam Houston team because of his experience and ability. He called the plays from either fullback or end position. Co-Captain Hughes was one of the reasons why Sam Houston did as well as it did in football. Leroy was rated the best center in the city although it was his first year of High School football. Leroy’s defensive playing was outstanding in every game of the year. He is called ’’dimples” because of his backwardness, but when on a football field, the opposing team found that he was anything but backward.

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Chonowski Woods Case Weinberg Watson FACULTY MEMBERS Moyes Benton Standish ATHLETIC COUNCIL Senior T. J. Woods Student Members Sophomore Lee Case Junior Chester Chonowski Grant Yell Leader Preston Grant Varnado PEP LEADERS Song Leader Darrell Varnado Grimes Yell Leader Oscar Grimes

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FOOTBALL SUMMARY On September 1, sixty football players reported at West End Field in answer to Coach Duggan’s call. It was the greenest material that Sam Houston ever had, for there was only one letterman back from the 1932 season. However, Duggan went to work and developed a splendid team out of this green material. The first week was spent in taking exercise and in reviewing the plays. Then the first and second teams scrimmaged every day, Duggan picking out the weak spots and patching them up. On September 22, the Tigers left for San Antonio to take on Brackenridge High. Being the first game, the Tigers were a little ragged, and as a result Brackenridge won 19-6. This did not hurt the Tigers but made them more determined to win the next game. The following week the Tigers pounced on the St. Thomas Toms and beat them to the tune of 12-0. Sam Houston decided that victory tasted better than defeat, so they worked hard preparing for the Corpus Christi game, in which they were rated 3 S underdogs. The Tiger machine worked smoothly against Corpus Christi High, and as a result the Tigers came out of the game on top. The score was 13-6. The green material was beginning to be seasoned. On October 14, the Tigers took to the road again, this time to meet Corpus Christi Academy. The game was played in a sea of mud, and although Sam Houston was beaten 7-6, the Tigers really outplayed the Academy. The following week the Tigers again took the road, this time accompanied by the Black Battalion and most of the student body of Sam Houston. This time the Tigers met the lighter and faster Royal Purple of Beaumont. During the first half of the game, the Tigers were outplayed by the Royal Purple, but they came back in the second half and kept Beaumont on the defense. The final score was 12-6 in favor of Beaumont. October 27, Sam Houston went to Elin Field to play Goose Creek. The Tigers swamped Goose Creek 21-0. The Tigers played their first interscholastic game the following week when they met the Jefferson Davis Panthers. The Tigers took to the air to defeat the Panthers 12 - 6 . After two consecutive victories, the Tigers fell prey to the San Jacinto Bears. The Tigers fought a hard battle, but at the close of the game San Jacinto had scored 12 points while Sam Houston had been shut out for the first time during the season. Smarting from the blow that San Jaeinto dealt, Sam Houston recuperated and smothered the Milby Buffaloes the following week to the tune of 19-0. Then came the immortal ' ’’Heights-Central” game. Sam Houston fought against the Bulldogs as they had never fought, but Reagan heat the Tigers 12-0. The Tigers were in Bulldog territory many times during the game, but they did not seem to he able to push the ball across the goal. Sam Houston ended the season by winning exactly half of its games, although the Tigers had the greenest team of its history.