Tulare Union High School - Argus Yearbook (Tulare, CA)

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Football Lightweight Football Although they did not win the championship the Tulare lightweights were considered the best team in the county this year having but two touchdowns scored against them in league competition, they had fewer points scored against them than any other team in the county. They also scored more points than any other lightweight team. Ten lettermen were back from last year's B class team and with Coach Hexberg introducing the Notre Dame shift Tulare was one of the most formidable and scrappiest teams in the valley. Early season injuries, however, wrecked a champ- ionship when the first league game was lost to Exeter 6-0. Fuller and Twaddle, mainstays on the team, were out of the game. The Papooses also lost the second league game to Hanford 6-0. The two injured players were back, but the team just didn't have the right scoring combination although the locals looked by far the stronger team. The third league game with Lindsay featured the long runs of Twaddle, the blocked kicks of Valenzuela, and the catching of passes by Rhyman. The game proved to be an exciting one, the score being 13-0 with Tulare on the long end of the count. The Delano game was a walk-away. Twaddle, again being the outstanding player, ran wild. The game also featured the hard running of Ragan and Sturgeon. Score: Tulare 20, Delano 0. The battle of the lines of both teams was interest- ing to watch in the Strathmore game. Strathmore put

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if .1 f, .1 'Viv yr M' ' 1 1 lift? , 39, lv l J 6 , 'J Football son. Tulare fought an uphill battle all day but Strath- more scored on a pass, converted, and scored a safety to win by a score of Strathmore 9, Tulare 0. Visalia's game was forfeited to us as some of the Visalia players were ineligible, The score was 2-0. In the game, played Armistice Day, the Visalians won 14-0. The last league game of the season was played in the rain against Porterville. Nevertheless a large crowd turned out to see a very exciting game from start to iinish. The teams were evenly matched and neither team could score, the final score being 0-0. The season saw some good football even though the boys did get a bad start. Due to Coach Bell's hard training, Tulare High saw some good clean playing and some Redskins that deserve a lot of credit for their good work. The first string line-up was as follows: Left End--Ronald Brown, Herman Ruiz Left Tackle-Pat Nowell Left Guard-Don Broome Center-Clair Busby Right Guard--Willard Baxley Right Tackle-Raymond Eggleston, Norman Davis Right End-Clarence Jones Quarterback-Ted Brown, George Turner Right Halfback-Rollis Friend, Bill Farrar Left Halfback--Charles Abbott, Norvin Powell Fullback-Frank Barrier, Robert Asay Post-season honors were bestowed on Clair Busby and Frank Barrier when they were chosen members of the All-County Team. Ted Brown, captain, was given honorable mention. Visalia and Porterville both chose an All-Opponent team and Busby was chosen Center on both teams. Ted Brown was chosen as a member of the Visalia All-Opponent team.

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1' I RY 'J .fy I l' V ,Y ' J 4 Ju 'IJ 7 r .YJ . '1i1'Z1Z.r . 'fix' -5' ,X . J ., . 5 r' 4' flvvj ' J J Football up a stubborn defense that Tulare was able to pene- trate but once. The game ended in Tulare's favor 7-0. The -Papooses were surely glad to hear the final gun in the game with Visalia, which was a grueling battle from start to finish. Hoffman was sterling on defense and Rhyman and Fowler made several sparkling plays. The final score was Tulare 7, Visalia 0. The Porterville game was the battle in the rain. Porterville was nicely lodged in first place until a roaring, fighting, maddened Tulare team, playing as a team, eked out a victory that broke the Porterville jinx of seven long years, and gave Tulare undisputed hold of second place in the league. There was only one touchdown, making the score 6-0. The line-up consisted of : Left End-Carl Henerd Left Tackle-Valenzuela Left Guard-Don Hoffman Center-Elmo Fuller Right Guard-Drexel Stewart, Fred Smith Right Tackle-Ed Rhyman Right End-Bob Gribi Quarterback-George Fowler Right Halfback-John Sturgeon Left Halfback-Sam Ragan Fullback-Allan Twaddle This was one of the most successful seasons for the Tulare lightweights in several years. If Fuller and Twaddle had been in shape to play the first game, Tu- lare might have sailed through to a title. Several of these boys will make excellent material for the varsity next year, but Coach Hexberg is looking forward to a strong lightweight outfit.