Staunton Military Academy - Shrapnel Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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wer e CN' J Eb 'Gris ibm had little or no their ability, for The season 'X i .l. 'l :Football TATE CHAMPIONS AGAIN! A crowd of huskies full of pep who never stopped fighting. It was truly the most aggres- sive team that S. M. A. has ever turned out. VVhen the candidates reported, it was found that only four letter men had returned, Captain McMahon, Townsend, Malone, and Bentz. And most of the material the coaches had to work on experience on the gridiron. That is where they turned out a great team, the Champions opened with the strong VVashington and Lee nents. l'The Generals fought hard, but the charging of the and the plunging of the backneld coufdn't be stopped. S. M the coaches showed of the State. scrubs as our oppo- Blue and Gold line, A. won to the tune of 21 to 2. On the following Saturday, S. M. A. played Vlfashington Tech High School, who later won the High School Championship of YVashington, D. C. It was a hard- iought game, but the 'Washington lads couldnot stand up under the attack of the strong Staunton team. The final score was 7 to O. . Our next game was played at Annapolis, Md., against the strong Navy Plebe team. The sailors didn't have a chance. S. M. A. left the held with another victory packed away. The score stood S. M. A., 213 Plebes, O. The next game was played at Philadelphia against the strong Pennsylvania Fresh team. Conditions were such that made it impossible for S. M. A. to win. The team put up a great fight and in a most spectacular game were defated 6 to O. , On Saturday, November 6th, S. M. A. Hto-ok on the Virginia Freshmen at home. It was the same old story: The Blue and Gold eleven playing A No l ball, were triumphant again. In a one-sided game, they smothered the HF1'CSl'lH 26 to 0. The long-looked-for day arrived, November 20th. The old bitter rivals met- S. M. A. and A. M. A. It was, without a doubt, the easiest game of the season for S. M. A.. The boys from down the' pike were just outclassecl. Touchdown after touchdown was scored by the Blue and Gold. Rollers was out-played in every angle of the game, seven touchdowns were made, bringing the nnal score to 49 to 7. The Thanksgiving day game, the last of the season, was just like the others, a complete walkaway for the Kable boys, the final score being S. M. A., 495 Fish- burne O. But then, all the credit cannot be given to the team, for the Faithful Scrubs