Springfield High School - Gold and White Yearbook (Springfield, TN)

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W,m,, lH,, wQg . III THE RAMBLER 1926 lj . if an ' A vw., .,., N-il -Y p ,gg lyk: F3 - EE 1 1 -1' . Sf . . ..,..,,S..:::. . Ill! ..A, Q, - n --W fei BOYS' BASKET BALL CLINARD, TRUE, MARSHALL, DOWLEN, STARKS, DEBERRY, COLES, Co.-xcn CONN. Springfield High School's basketball team had a very successful season this year. All the team of last year was back, and as they were accustomed to playing together, made an extraordinary good showing. As on football the team was especially noted for its splendid sportsmanship, and probably one reason for its success was due to the fact that it was a praying team. Not once did the boys go on the floor without having silent prayer, not that they might win, but that they might play the game fair, and treat their opponents accordingly. The white and gold Yellow Jackets were one of the fastest teams in Middle Tennessee, and when all the boys were in their natural form they were unconquerable. It was no easy job for Coach Conn to decide a starting five, for between the forwards Dowlen, True, Cole, and DeBerry, it was very hard to say who should sit on the bench. Between the centers Ruffin, and Marshall, it was hard to tell which one to start first. Coles, Starks, and Clinard, guards, let few, if any, shots get by them. Bartyjewlry Co ..... -- 14, S. H. S .... --- 7.8 Goodlettsville ..... -- 13, S. H. S .... -.- 7.4 Lebanon ........ -- zo, S. H. S ..,. --- 7.1 Clarksville ........ -- 7.7, S. H. S.-- --- 35 Barry Jewelry Co .... -- 17.3 S. H. S .... --- 32. Peabody ........ '.-- -- 7.1, S. H. S .... -.- 7.4 Barren Plains ..... -- 7.35 S. H. S .... -.- 7.7 Hopkinsville ..... -- gag S. H. Sn, ,-- I5 Clarksville ..... -- 7.4, S. H. S .... --- 36 Lebanon ..... -- 345 S. H. S .... --- I9 Cross Plains .... ,- 165 S. H. S .... --- 37. Peabody ........... -- 194 S. H. S .... -.- 33 Goodlettsville----- -- 395 S. H. S---- - I9 Lcwisburg ........ -- 18g S. H. S .... -.- 7.6 311 371 Page fezfemgf-two

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WW, .i, . f. III THE RAMBLER 1926 1:1 m x..Yl 1 ra ' '- I , 4 .,, itil: , . ,ig ,J 1 1 of Ca- j faymg mriniiniivr E FOOTBALL Although Springfield High School did not put out a champion team this year, it was one of the best high school teams in Middle Tennessee. Springfield lost only two games, one to Portland, Tenn., and the other to Hopkinsville, Ky. In every game the Springfield boys played, they were congratulated on their fine sense of sportsmanship and the way they always manifested it. Not one time were they criticised on dirty play. An example of how Springfield's opponents felt, was shown by Portland, who said, Springfield's team is the cleanest that ever walked upon a gridiron. The boys also showed their ability to become great athletes, especially Coles, Ruffin, Marshall, Eddy, Dowlen and DeBerry, who stood out in nearly every game as stars. These boys are expected to become athletes of great renown in the course of a few years. Little Horse Eye Coles is considered one of the best quarter- backs ever seen play from a high school in Middle Tennessee. He is a very good leader, and not one time has he ever lost his head and not known what to do in a game. There were very few games in which he played that he did not return every punt from twenty to forty yards. Ruflin and Marshall are very good backs, being able to carry the old pig skin in fine form, and seldom being stopped under a gain of four yards. In the game with Hartsville, Ruffin made a scpectacular play by scooping up a fumbled ball and running sixty yards for a touch own without any interference whatsoever. Shorty Harris was also a very important man. He was the hardest tackler on the team, hitting the opponents like a ton of brick, and was hard to stop when he was carrying the ball. Old skull buster Eddy was always in the game and doing his best. Not one time during the whole season did he, at tackle position, fail to open up a hole in the line, when his number was called. Several times has he been seen to tear through the opponents line and tackle a man behind the line of scrimmage. He is expected to make the college team wherever he might choose to go. Springfield is expecting a great football season next year, as the same boys will be back with the exception of Eddy, Crosswy, and DeBerry. The boys have already begun talking football for next fall, and they are hoping and expecting to put out a championship team, under the leadership of Captain Ruffin. R. A. L's ....,.. -- og S. H. S ...... -- 38 Franklin, Ky ...., - 16, S. H. S ...... -- 10 Hopkinsville ..... - 13, S. H. S ..... -- o Clarksville ...., - 6, S. H. S .,.... -- 7 Portland ..... - 13, S. H. S ..... -- o Hartsville .... - 7Q S. H. S ...... -- 18 Peabody ..... - 16, S. H. S ..... .... 1 6 Wallace .... -- 6, S. H. S ...... .... 1 7. 75 III Page .revemjy-one

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