El Reno High School - Boomer Yearbook (El Reno, OK)

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FOOTBALL TEAM TOP—Elmer Bannister. Coach Randle. CENTER—Avant Taylor. Virgil Tillinghaat. Archie Barrett. Edgar Pearl. William Alexander. LOWER—Gajr Flanigan. Earl Penwright. Chester Mowre. John Clarke. Francis Irving. (Capt.). Marion Higby. •+

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S E N I 0 R B O O M E R 29

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31 SENIOR BOOMER FOOTBALL After starting off promising, the 1922 football season proved to be the most disastrous that El Reno has had for several years. However, the miserable record of one victory, a tie and four defeats, in the six conference games played, is no index to the strength of the team. The injury jinx robbed us of some of our best men during a large part of the season and this with its demor- alizing influence on the team was no small factor in the loss of many games. In the season opener, El Reno had little diffi- culty in disposing of Kingfisher in a game in which neither team displayed any especially bril- liant football. Showing an astonishing improve- ment, in the following game with Edmond the El Reno offensive ran up a large score while in the meanwhile the defense held Edmond powe r- less. Encouraged by the showing made in the Ed- mond game, El Reno departed to Chickasha with, high hopes only to come out on the short end of a 7-6 score. The team played better in this game than any other of the season. Though greatly outweighed, El Reno repeatedly In Id when Cluck- asha threatened to score, and El Reno’s aerial at- tack had Chickasha worried throughout the game. So far, El Reno’s outlook was still bright but in the following games our hopes of a champion- ship team went glimmering. Seriously crippled by injuries, the team lost in rapid succession to Clinton, Blackwell and Guthrie and forfeited the game with Sapulpa. In tin last case the number on the injured list would have prevented Coach Randle from putting a full team on the field. The tide now turned slightly. The MeAlcster gridsters were battled to a scoreless tie when af- ter they had totally outplayed the MeAlcster boys, El Reno lacked the punch to push the ball over for a touchdown. In the Shawnee game El Reno at last displayed a winning offensive and smashed their way to their one and only Conference vic- tory. The tragic season ended, when, running true to dope, El Reno lost a one-sided contest to Enid, the Conference Champions. As a defensive end Captain Tug Irving had no peer in the state. Because of his hard and sure tackling he was picked as end on the second All- Conference team. Harvey Harrison, at tackle, was usually able to tear holes in the enemy’s defense that a wagon could go through. Boots Pearl’s low structured architecture aid- ed him in playing a good game a guard. When the man with the ball ran into Boots lie usually stop- ped. Virgil Tillinghast’s weight was a great asset to El Reno’s line. He played well at both guard and center. Avant Taylor, though playing in the line, did most of the kicking for El Reno. At Enid he punt- ed 80 yards, a feat worthy of a university player. Elmer Bannister, tackle, usually got the best of his man one way or another. He played his best game against MeAlcster. Earl Penwright’s speed and ability to tackle made him a valuable end. John Clark, at tackle, was a stone wall on the defense. Guy Flanigan showed up very well in both the line and backfield. Bro McDonald, fullback, hit the line hard and passed ami kicked well. Rav Penwright’s speed made him a good bro- ken field runner and a valuable man on the re- ceiving end of passes. Chet Mowre, though originally a line man, showed that lie could play in the backfield as well. He was a hard tackier and a good man at either end of a pass. Fred Hutson was one of the hardest hitting hackfi I«1 men in the State. He was handicapped this year by injuries, otherwise he would surely have made the All-Conference team. The season’s record: El Reno 13 Kingfisher - 0 El Reno 24 Edmond 6 El Reno 6 Chickasha - 7 El Reno 6 Clinton 33 El Reno 6 Blackwell 33 El Reno 0 Sapulpa - - 1 El Reno 0 McAlester 0 El Reno 20 Shawnee 12 El Reno 6 Enid 46 El Reno 81 Opponents 138 Boob: I walked forty miles to bring you this joke. Editor: Well, that’s carrying a joke too far. Don’t slam the door.