West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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H. Lee Reed Griswold Gardner Hondorf Farmer Mackin Sinclair Lincoln Hamily G. Lees Malison THE SECOND TEAM A Championship Team for 1910 EVERY day the football players who played with the 1909 team are asked the question: “Will West High have another championship team in 1910?“ We think so! We think that we arc to have a team which will surpass the team of the season just past. We lose Tumy, our last ycar‘s captain. Hopwood. Austin. Lauritzen. Lewis. Wheaton and others, but we hope for new material and with the material which we already have are sure of a good team. This year we are looking forward to a few out of town games as well as the city games. I would say that West has never had such a good opportunity as she has this year of having a championship team. Parker Tenney. Captain. 1910. Eighteen

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 Don't foul, don’t flinch, but hit the line hard. — T HF.ODORF. Roosf.vf.LT. About Foot Ball in 1910 ONE of ihe things which has compelled Minnesota to recognize West High School, is the football team that represented this institution in the season just passed, that of 1909. West did not lose a game and as this is only the second football team that has represented this school in its existence the fourteen men who won their letters are proud of their work. Football in Minneapolis is conducted in such a competent manner that every year brings out five high school teams which are the equal of any high school team in the country. University coaches claim that it takes two or three years to lay a foundation for a championship team among universities. One would think that this rule would follow in high school, but evidently it does not. for we laid our foundation one year and won the championship the next. This school deserved a champion team, for at each game supporters of West outnumbered and outyelled those of other schools. West has a school spirit seldom seen in a high school and it is to be hoped it will always have it. Looking at the season from a financial point of view nothing but success can be seen. West spent more money in looking after its players and made more above all its expenses than any other high school in the city and by this policy the Athletic Board has done its part in winning the championship. And last, but not least. West had two excellent coaches this season. It is the unanimous opinion among the members of the team that “Lex and Ed. Chestnut are largely responsible for our victories and one of the best things that can happen for football at West is to have these two men coaching its football team next year. Earl Tumy, Captain, ’09. Seventeen

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Review of the Season AS THE 1909 football season approached, the natural question of what kind of a team will we have this year was the conversation of nearly every boy in West High School. All the schools of the city had good material to start the season, but the determination for a championship team among the West boys was not to be equaled. October 15th, West lined up against East for the first game of the season. The game was hard fought from beginning to end. Score: West, 1 I ; East, 0. A week later, the 22nd, was the big game with Central. It was a great game and showed the individual work of the team. Score, 17 to 0-Mechanics Arts was the next on the schedule. Score, 0 to 0. On the 6th of November. West was in the height of training and played their hardest game against North. Score, 0 to 0. On November I 3th South was defeated, on a field of mud and water, by a score of 10 to 6. giving West the title, “State High School Champions.” Vest-wAHO ho'