Central High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Central vs. Port Arthur The Central Tigers scored a clean-cut. well earned victory over the Port Arthur Yellow Jackets on Saturday, November 1 st, 1924 , at West End Park. The game was a distinct upset to the hopes of the Yellow Jackets, it was a distinct asset to the Tigers to defeat such a strong team so easily. The Tigers’ defense against the visitors aerial attack was an important point in the victory, as well as the Central team’s strength of the offence. Long and consistent gains by every member of the Tiger backfield, and beauti¬ ful coordination in the line were also two important factors in the victory. Bruce Kattman had his punting down to a fine point, and with Sawyer and Blakely making beautiful long gains, and the line plunging of the rest of the backfield in good shape, the Tigers advanced a step nearer to the state champion¬ ship by the score of 17—o. Central vs. Orange The Central Tigers galloped to a 35 to 6 victory over the Orange High team at West End Park, Saturday, October 25 th, and advanced that much more toward the state meet. The game served as a fine practice with all of the team partaking with interest. That is, the Tigers were in a class above the Orange team and although the visitors put up the expected amount of competition, the Tigers were not extended at all to win the game. Except for an excep¬ tionally good run made by an Orange player after intercepting a Central pass, the visitors played a defensive game, and the Tigers took advantage of their own strong team and the opponents’ poor line to sweep to an easy victory. The team played well, individually and collectively, as it should, and the substitutes, sent in in the last half, also played a fine game. The general team¬ work which was so splendid made it hard to determine or name the real star of the game. So let it suffice that the team won the honors of the day by the splendid cooperation of its members.

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Central vs. Goose Creek The Central Tigers started the season off in fine style with a decisive victory over the Goose Creek team. The fighting Tigers outclassed their op¬ ponents in every department of the game and there was no question as to its outcome after the first few minutes of play. It was beautiful coordination of the line and backfield and the long periods of training and practice showed up to the best advantage in the manner in which the Tigers carried the ball at all times. Bruce Kattman scored two touchdowns during the game and Sawyer, Hoover and Jimmy Boyles contributed one apiece to the total which, at the end of the game, stood. Central 32, Goose Creek 3. This clean-cut victory showed to the Tiger fans that they were support¬ ing a fighting team, and one that was sure to go a long way toward the state championship. Central vs. Livingston The Central Tigers made the trip to Livingston and defeated the Liv¬ ingston High team by a score of 26 to 0 . 1 he Livingston team put up opposi¬ tion but the stronger team from Central had little trouble in winning. Andy Sawyer, J. B. Blakely, Marion Mobley, Jimmy Boyles and Hoover , m fact the whole team played a game that showed the fighting spirit of the 1 igers. 1 here were no especially outstanding feature plays in the game, but mainly that beautiful cooperation of line and backfield that gives as a result, good football. I he entire team is to be commended on that showing Central vs. Bay City The Central Tigers went to Bay City and defeated the Bay City team bv the fine score of 38—o. The game was a fine one from start to finish but was marred by a painful injury to our stellar quarterback and captain-elect. Andrew Sawyer. Andy was too zealous in his attempts to gain ground at every attempt and one of his famous “line hurdles ended very disastrously for both himself and the liger team, as was proven in the Shreveport game. I he game, however, was a good one and the Tigers overcame their lapse in the first few minutes of play and defeated the Bay City team with heady, sensible football. Several shifts in the line-up were made by Coach Simons with varying success. The substitutes, also, piayed a very creditable game.

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Central vs. Heights The annual gridiron classic between the Tigers and the Heights “Bull- dogs pi o ed to be one of the hardest fought games of the entire schedule with probable exception of that very disastrous struggle with the Purple and bite eleven at Beaumont for the district championship in which the fighting Tigers came out second best. In the game with Heights, the two teams played and fought cleanly for three periods without either team making a score. I he last quarter found the Black and Gold warriors starting a march down the field that ended in a touchdown, the toe of Bruce Kattman addins ' . . o a point to it. 1 he I igers again launched an offensive that carried them to the 25-yard line, but the I iger offence could not continue through the Heights’ une that stiffened when they saw the shadow of their goal posts lengthening on then backs. Kattman then dropped back and kicked a field goal from there. Heights seemed to throw caution to the wind and opened up an aerial attack with abandon, Stampp staking everything on getting a touchdown for Heights. The Tigers immediately adapted themselves to this type of play and succeeded in grounding- most of the passes. In the last minute or so of play. Wolf, Tiger center, intercepted one of these passes, and raced the necessary 28 yards for a touchdown and Kattman again added the point. 1 he entire Central team played its usual splendid game, the line being in the thick of the fighting all the time and the baekfield starring on the defense as well as the offence. Baxter Moody headed the substitutes in his fine running, interference, and punting, while the rest of the gang fought as hard in their respective positions. The prevailing sportsmanship was of the highest caliber and brought credit to both schools in the eyes of the public.