Alexis High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Alexis, IL)

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4 ALEXIS fi5 — ABINGDON 0. Playing the greatest game of the season we walloped the heavy Abingdon team again to the tune of 65 to 0. To try to pick stars for Alexis would be to slight the rest of the team for every player played a real game. Abingdon missed her only chance to score when she fum- bled near her goal. During the game Algren made three touchdowns, thi.s was duo to the good interference and invincible holding of the line. Alexis won a hard fought game when we went up against Aledo for a second time. Over confidence nearly lost this game for us. Likely made our lone touchdown and Mathers kicked goal. We received the finest of treatment and a square deal all through. The score even does not show how close this game was. The boys from Galva have always been a hard playing and well coached team. They were speedy and had lots of punch but we were out for their scalp and we got it. This, our first defeat of the season, was a severe jolt, but it brought us back to earth for our Thanksgiving game. The Toulon elev- en were some huskies and used their weight to advantage while we played the poorest game of the season. We could only smile and take our medicine, The Thanksgiving game was a real game with some real thrillers. It was a br lliant ending for such a successful season. Alexis played a mn-r-h better game than the one with Toulon. Lafayette went through cur line time after time for thair downs. They were near their goal and tried a pass which was intercepted by young Algren who ran 96 yds. for a touchdown. Edgar also pulled a thriller for the spectators when he picked fumble, tore through the entire Lafayette team without a man for in- terference and placed the pigskin behind the bars. After this game we were invited to ' the Masonic Hall where we .sure made up for our previous fasting . ALEXIS 7 — ALEDO 0. ALEXIS 7 — GALVA 0. ALEXIS 7 — TOULON U. ALEXIS 32 — LAFAYETTE 7.

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» A A ALEXIS 27 — STRONGHUKST 0. The Noonan field was the scene of action when the Stronghurst team invaded our territory. The purple and white team matched us m weight and also in confidence. Stronghurst won the toss and chose the north goal. After receiving they went South with ever increasmg speed until Likely intercepted a forward pass which proved to be the turning tide of the game. Because Stronghurst failed to get close enough to the goal to cause any anxiety until the last few minutes Alexis fumbled. Stronghirst recovered the ball but could not pierce the remodeled steel line of Alexis in four smashing plunges. The game ended with Alexis ball on Stronghurst ' s 9 yard line, that team being penalized in her last effort to snuck one over. ALEXIS 53 — KNOXVILLE 0. The A. C. H. S. mainta ned their record of not having been scored on so in the season. Our team outweighed that of Knoxville yet they had a lot of fight and speed. The Knoxville team was crippled twice during the game. In the beginning their quarter-back was laid out and soon after on the kick- off the ball hit their center in the face, laying him out. Captain Edgar took advantage of the soft picking and gave the subs a chance of showing their ability. Dale Laughead showed up in fine form for a sub and promises to be a leader in the coming year. ALEXIS 14 — ABINGDON 13. We invaded Abingdon (much in distress) for Abingdon had gain, ed the name of The Giants. They were giants in size but not in grit. We fought an up-hill battle the whole game but joyously came out on top. We were handicapped by crippled members — Purlee was sick along with Capt. Edgar, who had in the previous game injured the muscles in his leg. Both boys were impatient to get into the game when they saw the rest of the boys fighting, not only against a bunch that outweighed us 15 lbs to the man, but the officials too. We suc- ceeded in snucking one over in the first three minutes of the game. The first quarter being entirely ours while the second quarter was in Abingdon ' s favor, and she secured her f rst touchdown, although she missed kicking goal. In the third they got another one over, this time kicking goal, giving her the lead 13 to 7. This put the old fight to win spirit in the boys and we smashed through the heavy opposing line repeatedly. Then Mathers went through the line for 10 yd. and a touchdown. This was the best record of the season despite the fact iliai it was the first time we were scored on. ALEXIS 24 — ALEDO 0. Playing ten minute quarters on a wet field made fast foot ball treacherous. The ball was hard to hold our fourth shut out game of the season. A record breaking crowd stood in the drizzling rain, urg- ing us on with their repeated calls to make it peppy. Moorehead and Terry starred for Aledo while the whole Alexis team played at par. Aledo ' went steadily down the field, to within four yards of their goal. Here we held them for their four downs, after that we were never in danger of being scored on. Likely made the best play of the game running 46 yds. for a touchdown.

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HAROLD GATES Coach With considerable raw ma- terial he worked out a machine before which the victims fell one after an- other. It is generally ad- mitted ' that he developed the best football team ever turned out under Alexis colors. We are hoping that we will be able to secure his services next year. ROY EDGAR Captain With two years ' experience and a level head, he was as good a leader any team could desire. With quick thinking wonderful passing and hard playing he instilled into ev- ery man on the team to play their position with the same grit and never give up feel- ing with which he played quarterback. His services ■will certainly be missed next year.