Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

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16 Association has been reorganized, and. though there are not quite so many members enrolled as in previous years, the school spirit behind the Athletic seems to be as strong as ever. A large pro portion of those who make up the teams represented the school in the past year. The basket-ball and base ball squads will, with the exception of one or two members, contain the same men as last year. As both teams were very successful in the past year, this years team will undoubtedly carry off honors. Mr Burkhold er. who so ably assists the athletic organiz itions of tne sch ol, is in charge of that phase of sch ol life again, and if the right kind of support is given him in his work, will no doubt make a success of athletics this year. Football has been reinstated and thus far, c insidering the dis- advantages under which the team has worked, the showing made has been exceptionally go d. Tn addition to the I ick of experience among the players, due to the fact that football has had no part in the H. H. S. work for some time, there is the lack of material with which to make a second team anb strengthen the first team.Consid ering these disadvantages and trouble oyer the religibility of sotne- of the players, the team, has done well to be as successful as it has been. Three out of five games have been won thus far. and the prospects for one or two more victories are bright. The following- are the principal facts in the games already played this season: On Sept. 28, the team played the first game of the season at Cumberland,defeating Cumberland High by a score of 27 to 2. Cum berland started the game with the idea hat she was to have easy work winning the game, but changed her mind within a few min utes after play started. Hudson made her p lints by four touch- downs and three goal kicks, Cumberland’s score resulting from a safety. Only at one other time was Huds in’s g al line in danger, and there the team held the opponents at a critical moment and sav- ed a touchdown. Hudson’s )lay was fast and snappy at nil periods of the game. The reception given the members of the team and those who accompauied thorn was exceptionally good, and Cumber and deserves praise for the royal treatment we received at her hands. None of the crabbed attitude which the Menomonie sup-

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15 Miss. Server has been seriously ill for a few weeks, but al though con lined to the house, she did not loose faith in the foot- ball team, for she watched from her window the boys “put it over.” During Miss Server’s absence Miss Sowles has been substitute. The girls are showing better school spirit this year than has been shown at any previous time. That’s right, girls, keep up the good work. The boys appreciate it more than you think. Miss S. — “Man was made for women and not for himself.” We notice that some of the armor used by the foot-ball knights has been willed to them by persons in '05 and ’06 Don’t disgrace it fellows. Edwin Leo made an attempt to return to school this year but could not stand climbing the stairs, so fie was compelled to with- draw. Yon have the sympathies of the High School, Edwin, and we miss you a great deal. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller pleasantly entertained the High School faculty at a six o’clock dinner Thursday evening, Oct 30. On Oct. 5, the student body was very delightfully entertained bv Mr Fuller who rendered a few vocal selections. It’s not every school that has a ‘ Prof” like ours. The Hudson High School has prospects of the ensuing year be- ing very successful so far as athletics is concerned. The Athletic

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17 porters exhibited - was in evidence, Upon the return of the team from Cumberland, a band of loyal Hudsonites met them at the train aad celebrated the first victory The second game was played m the home field against the fast team from Stillwater High. Handicapped as the Hudson team was by the oarring of three of the first team men, they put up a good tight and, though defeated 12 to 0, were not in the least discredited by losing to a team of thatcalibre. Stillwater had to work through every nvnuteof play, and Hudson High kept them guessing as to what to expect next. No one was disheartened by the defeat and the team went to work with vigor to patch up the weak points. Hudson was victorious over Galahad on Oct 12, bv a score of 18to(», the game being played at the Athletic field. Though Hud- son High was victorious, the general opinion was that they did not play the game they were capable of playing until the last quarter. No points were made by eitherteam until the last quarter, but Hud- son carried the ball close to her opponents line several times in the early stages of the game: she lost the ball by unlucky fumbles. In the last quarter, however, she redeemed herself, putting the pig's skin over the line for three touch-downs in twelve minutes. Then it was that Hudson showed the kind of ball she was capable of play- ing and, by forward passes and trick plays, gained ground on Gal- ahad almost at will. A few slight injuries were received in this game but no one was hurt badlv enough to be kept out of later games. On Oct. 17, River Falls saw her team go down to defeat on her own field, Hudson High winning the game by a score of 21 to 13. This was one of the besr of the season and the play was fast and furious from start to finish. River Falls scored on a touchdown, a goal kick and two field goals; Hudson’s score resulted from three touchdowns and three goal kicks. The forward passes were again the means of Hudson High's best gains and one of them re- sluted in a touchdown. The referee was slightly in favor of the River Falls team but, in spite of that, Hudson won by a good mar- gin. At Menomome on Oct. 26, Hudson High School met the high- school team from that city in a rather one sided game. Hudson High played a team entirely out of her class, her opponents out-