Dalton High School - Tiger Yearbook (Dalton, GA)

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Q) 9CJ r n Ac O c c t Q)a . ★The first DHS touchdown was scored by Bill Combee (end) from a pass thrown by Quarterback Kelly McCutchen, Oct. 17, 1924. ★DHS once had a tumbling team di- rected by trainer Mr. John Hanks and consisted of both males and females. ★The DHS Midget football team was a “125 pound limit squad comprised of glory-seeking students who weren't endowed with the football physique.” ★Football programs were printed on construction paper. ★Baseball was played on the Ameri- can Legion field which was rented by the school. ★ Folk-dancing was an important and interesting phase of the P.E. program in 1955. ★Around the 1949 and 1950, one could play a 5th year of athletics. ★Football players had to hike” to the Football field from the Old Gym locker rooms. ★ 1940-Harmon Field had only a one- strand wire fence around it and one section of wooden stands which sea- ted 300 fans. ★In the late thirties, tickets were not sold to football games. A hat was pas- sed among the fans and each gave as much as he wished to give. ★ In 1943 there was no fence around the football field. Money was col- lected at entrances on Crawford Street and Vernon Avenue. Tables were set up at each entrance. Cars were allowed to drive in from Craw- ford Street and circle the field. Some- body had to car-hop to collect.” (MBT) 15 Bo Willis

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(j a zes DHS campus looking from Thornton Building toward the site of the Main Building completed in 17