Danville High School - Log Yearbook (Danville, KY)

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'f:l'H'EV' aftfwmt ware one-f 7 Football The 1924 football season opened when Mr. Cray Borders took charge of the thirty-three candidates whom he found eagerly awaiting him on the grass-covered field which was to be, so to speak, his athletic workshop. Mr. Borders, a new member of the faculty, is a graduate and former football star of Transylvania, having received honorable mention by Walter Camp while holding this position of tackle in the Crimson line. He had not been in his new position as coachlong before he was aware that he was not the only new member present. Almost the entire heavy line and backfield of the previous year had been lost by graduation, and in the places of the graduates he found a group of young men, the majority of whom had never been in a scrimmage. The average coach would have been completely discouraged at such an outlook, but not Coach Borders. Instead he set himself to work on the difficult task before him, and very shortly found that although his squad lacked experience, they possessed fighting spirit, courage, and speed, and it was upon these three qualities that he relied for a successful season. After only a few days of steady grilling, the grassy spots began to disappear on the field, and encouraging results were evident in the team. A I . . . . . . ,. .H t ength came their Erst test, their irst game being at Nicholasville with the lX1cholasv1 e eleven. ' Lack of experience and the absence of two regulars from the lineup cost them the game, and their first contest ended in a 19-6 lose. In this game VanArsdale suffered a broken collar bone, and was unable to appear in the Blue Admirals lineup the rest of the season. - Again Coach Borders showed no signs of discouragement. He at once completely revolution- ized his team by placing each man at the position at which he had displayed the greatest ability in the first game. Thus he turned a defeat to his advantage. This new arrangement proved to be more than a success. In the next game with the heavy Model High team, of Lexington, the Admirals ' completely outclassed their visitors in every way, and were easy victors by a 33-0 count. The following Ifriday they again showed their mettle, meeting the strong Lancaster Green Devils and surprising fans and foes by ending the contest in a 13-13 tie. Every man was in the game from start to finish. They showed that they were not yellow, even if they were small. The next game was another win for the Admirals ' over the Springfield eleven by a 21-0 score. This team had tied Lancaster in a game about three weeks before, and everybody was prepared to see the tussle of their lives. The contest was a well-earned victory. The next four games proved to be disastrous to the locals, the first being lost after a hard- fought play in a drizzling rain and on a muddy field. The Admirals' lost to the Somerset grids by a 31-0 score, after holding the Georgetown Buffaloes to a 0-0 tie for the Erst half. They were defeated by a 27-0 count. The third game went to Stanford with a 13-5 count, and the fourth to Harlan byi35-12. Yet, though the season of 1924 came to a close with a record of two wins,.one tie, and four defeats, it can be said to have been a very successful one, considering the material Coach Borders had with which to make his team. The future looks bright and favorable for a 'lcrack team. Only four regulars will be lost by graduat1on, these being: Lester and Ervin, tackles, and Goggin and Delong, half backs. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Danville ........ 6 Nicholasville .,....... 19 Danville .......,. 33 Model High ....... 0 Danville ..,.,... 13 Lancaster .... .... 1 3 Danville ......... 21 Springfield .... . . . 0 Danville ........ 0 Somerset. . . Danville ......... 0 Georgetown .....,. .27 Danville. , ..... 5 Stanford. . . Danville Harlan ....... . . .35 Thirty-five