Central High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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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.

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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. Shreveport The Central Tigers journeyed to Shreveport and played a fine game of football except for the fumbles at critical moments. This was the main trouble with the team on that occasion and cost us a victory, Shreveport winning bv a T4—5 score. The Tigers started fine, but the Shreveport forward passes soon be¬ came effective and they scored a touchdown in the first half in this manner. The Tigers gained their points by a field goal and a safety in the first half. The Shreveport team scored again in the last half when one of their players recovered a Tiger fumble on Central’s thirty yard line and ran for a touchdown. The game was hard fought and the Tigers made a wonderful attempt to come back after trailing on the score end for three periods. Central vs. Beaumont The Central Tigers went down to their defeat on Monday, November 17 , at Beaumont. The Tigers were ordered to play Beaumont on the latter’s gridiron, by the head of the Interscholastic league after the Beaumont- Heights game at Houston had been postponed. The Tigers, accompanied by about 500 rooters on a special train, went to Beaumont and marched to the local ball park. The Tigers scored a touchdown immediately after the opening whistle had blown, on the recovery of a fumble of a Beau¬ mont back by Boyles, Central fullback. The Tigers led by Sawyer. Kattman, and Boyles, plunged across for a touchdown and Kattman added the point. From then until the beginning of the last quarter both teams fought fiercely and neither side was able to push over any score. Immediately after the opening whistle in this period. Beular, Beaumont’s star quarterback, opened up a series of forward passes that seemed to overcome the Tigers. That com¬ bination, Beular and Balliew, seemed to work havoc with the ordinary defense put up by the Tigers, and Beaumont made a touchdown after recovering a fumble in Central’s territory, made by Moody. Central took heart when Beau¬ mont failed to make the point after the touchdown, and it seemed for a while that Central might win, 7 to 6. But Beular had other plans for the outcome of the game, for after a skillful mixture of passes and sweeping end runs by him, Beaumont brought the ball to Central’s 9 -yard line, and on a fake pass to the right, Balliew dashed 9 yards down the sidelines for the touchdown, 1 his time, Beaumont added the point, making the score 13 to 7. The Tigers fought fiercely to overcome this lead, but they could not complete any of their belated attacks by the aerial route. The game ended, Beaumont 13 , Central 7. Summary of the Football Season SCORES Central. . 38 Bay City. . 0 Central . 32 Goose Creek .. . 3 Central. . 26 Livingston . . 0 Central. . 35 Orange . . 0 Central. ... 17 Port Arthur .... . 0 Central. .. 17 Heights . . 0 Central. . 7 Beaumont . . 13 Central. . 5 Shreveport . . 14 Central. .177 Opponents . . 30 Percentage Played Won Lost Perct. Central 8 6 2 .750