Central High School - Cosmos Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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FOOTBALL SUMMARY The season of 1931 will go down in the annals of Sam Houston as one of the most successful ever experienced in the Tiger den. A squad of about thirty-five players, including six letter-men, reported to Coach Duggan to prepare for a schedule of games that was one of Ihe hardest that a team from Sam Houston has ever faced. Out of this group a team emerged which proved to be a hard-fighting one. The Tigers opened the season on September 21 against the St. Thomas Toms, taking them into camp by a 37-0 score. Nearly every member of the Tiger squad got into the fray and most of them showed to great advantage. It was evident after this game that Sam Houston had a formidable team which had to be reckoned with before the District 13 title was settled. The following week the Tigers worked hard in preparation for Brackenridge High of San Antonio, intent upon getting revenge for the defeat handed to them by the Eagles last year. The Tigers were greatly outweighed and were up agai nst a veteran team, but when the final whistle had blown the Eagles found themselves on Ihe short end of a 26-0 score. The Tigers again proved that they had a running attack that was pointed toward many yards in gain and many touchdowns before the close of the season. With these two wins under their belts the snarling Tigers set out for Corpus Christi the next week to engage the Corpus Christi High School Buccaneers. The Tigers did not play the brand of football which they were capable of playing, displayed a ragged defense that never got to clicking well, and they tasted defeat to the tune of 21-0. This was the first time that the Tigers’ goal line had been crossed, and the defeat made them more determined to win the next week. On October 13, North Dallas High School invaded Houston. The Tigers displayed the smooth attack that had carried them to victory in the first two games and swamped the Dallasites 20-0. On October 19 the Tigers packed up and moved over to Beaumont to take on the Beaumont Royal Purple. The Tiger team traveled in a bus, but a special train carried several hundred rooters, including the famed Black Battalion, to Beaumont for the game. Many hundreds more followed in automobiles to give the Tigers the support which they so richly deserved. The Tigers quickly opened up on the Purple, and when the smoke of the Battle cleared away, Sam Houston had really made up for the defeat handed them by the Purple a year before. They won, 25-0. Spurred on by these victories, the Tigers met Conroe as their first district opponents and swamped them 93-0. Before the first quarter had ended, it was evident that Conroe was really in for a bad after¬ noon even though every Tiger substitute present was being used, some of them in positions they had never before played. The next week-end the Tigers met the Jeff Davis Panthers in what proved to be the deciding game in the District Race. It was raining before the game started and continued to rain all during the con¬ test. The Tigers took an early lead by scoring in the first few minutes of play and then gave Davis four points on two safeties. At the half the score was 10-6 in the Panthers’ favor. Sam Houston made a valiant effort to come back in the last half but did not succeed in making more than two points which were made when the Panthers gave them an intentional safety. The final score was 10-8 in favor of Davis. Angered by this defeat, the next week the Tigers regained their winning stride and won over the San Jacinto Bears by a score of 12-6. The Bears started out quickly and scored within the first few minutes of play. The Tigers scored in the second quarter to make the score even, and then in the third period, pushed over another touchdown that made them a winning team again. The Milby Buffaloes were the next to fall before the Tiger paw. After holding the Tigers scoreless in the first half, the Buffs weakened and as a result came out holding the zero of a 12-0 score. On November 23 the Tigers played their last game by resuming their rivalry against the John Reagan Bulldogs. It was another one of those famous battles between two schools that would rather win over each other than win all their other games. The Tigers started out well by scoring in the first, quarter. Reagan came back in the third to even things up, and then Sam Houston pushed over another touch¬ down to win the game 13-7. Even though the Tigers did not win the district championship, the season of 1934 will be remembered as one in which a fighting Tiger team gave every one of its opponents a real battle.

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H owell Rawlings, Guard As a tackier and blocker, Howell had few peers among the high school guards. He will return to the Tigers next year. Eo Shelton, End Ed’s ability to stop plays directed around his end and to block the opposing tackle made him a valuable man. Jack Heard, Tackle Jack broke up nearly every play that was headed in his direction during the season, proving that he was a handy man to have around. Kermit Beaiian, Tackle Walter Rector, Manager Playing in his junior year, Kermit’s blocking and tackling made the Tigers a tackle who was very dependable. Walter was as able a manager as a team could want. He not only looked after the equipment of the football team but “doubled” in this capacity, being manager of the basketball team also.

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BASKETBALL SQUAD From left to right, bottom row: B. R. Reynolds, Sterling Vermillion, Leonard Coleman, Lawrence Schulte, Emil Colmenares. Top row: Chester Chonowski, Billy Byrns, Hal Weidemeyer, George Munger, Ed Willy, Walter Rector. January 4. . January 9 . . January 16. January 23 . January 30. February 8. February 15 Davis. San Jacinto Milby. Reagan San Jacinto Milby. Reagan.... 20-30 23-20 16-29 34-19 23-31 30-15 32-26 February 19 Davis 26-34