Higginsville High School - Blue Bird Yearbook (Higginsville, MO)

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The Football Season Nlo SOONEP had Sehoor gotten , under w ay than the old football players and others wrth ambr trons met and began to organ rze a squad Parson Holloway was asked to coach the squad and he en thusrfrstrcallv consented Professor Bran'1111 consented to manage the bus mess frffarrs of the prospectrve team and Buddre Morgan w as elected C'1pt'1rn On Monday September 8 twelve COACH E D HOLLOW AY men reported for practrce Among these there were only four experrenced players but rn the followrng weeks our ranks were swelled to a total of seventeen rncludrng Chamblrn Ander son who belonged to a class of football players rarely seen on Hrgh School teams Strengthcned and encouraged by these addrtrons the team was put thru hard pr actrce rn preparatro 1 for the fu st game of the season Odessa vs Hrggrnsvrlle at Hrggrnsvrlle Odessa had defeated us rn the games the two precedrng years and the team and Hrgh School w ere determrned to even up the score agarnst them hard fought battle By our abrlrty to hrt the lrne harder than our' oppon ents and by our superror team work we defeated them by a score of 6 0 The next Frrday October 3 accompanred by thrrty seven automobrles filled vvrth rooters we arrrved at Odessa to w rn another vrctory The Week s practrce h rd done wonder s w rtlr th Odessa team and vs e faced a more deter rnrned and better org 1nr7ed t am than that of the pr ecedrng week The day was Kerr hot and much credrt belongs to the rooters w l1rch put the pep rnto us whrch enabled us to w rn by a score of 7 to 0 On October 10 flushed wrth our vrctorres we rourneyed to Slater to add to them But alas because of a muddy field the Slater team s super 101 vs erght and our rnabrlrtv to get star ted on end runs we vs ere defeated by a score of 12 0 Thrs defeat drd not dampen the sprrrts of the team as we realrzed we had played a hard game On the other hand rt made us realrze that we would go up agarnst teams of superror' vs erght all thru the season The next game w as played at Oak Grove October 17 A home comrng prcnrc w as berng grven for the returned soldrers and the game was a part I :- l , 1 N 4 . - a o ' ' I u , rv . .C . K . 1 1 A D C - C s 1 ' , 5 Ki ' 77 , c c l . 7 7 . 7 Y Y . 7 . Y i . Both teams being determined to win and start the season right, it was a I. 1 7 i , . . v . . V- . 7 ' 7 . T, V A 4. v. 1 . D , ' 2 . ' ' 1' 1 e - , ' , '- ' ' z ' , c ' ' ' . J . Q .' 1 ' .' , V J 1 . , 'Q n - ' ,n 1, a , - , - . . 7 I - V I 1 . , . ' I u Q , n u Y I . . I ' . . 7 'n 'e 72

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MISTLER Rlght end Captam elect good tack ler good on recelvmg passes and always 1n the play Hls first year on team MOTSINGER Rlght tackle a splendld llne man d1d exceptlonally good work throughout the season Second year on team Left end always down on the punt good tackler good ln lnterceptlng passes Flrst year of football KAPPELMAN Rlght guard played a hard con s1stent game a good tackler F1rst year of football WIEGERS- I l I l z 1

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of the entertarnment The large cr oxxd xx hrch xx atched the game xx as an rn centrxe to both teams to play then best In the first fexx mrnutes of the plavrng xxe advanced steadrly doxxn the field and after a fifteen yard garn the ball xx as carrred over but the breaks xxere agarnst Us the ball berng re called and a penaltv berng admrnrstered for off srde After thrs the game xx as plaved mostly rn the mrddle of the field The xx rnnrng pornt xx as made by Oak Groxe rn the last half xx hrch gave them 6 pornts to our 0 XX e noxx stood fifty fifty and xx hen on October 24 xxe agarn faced Oak Groxe xxe xx ere determrned to xx rn Thrs xxas probably the hardest fought game of the season The feature of the game xx as the lrne plungrng on both srdes We c urred the ball over rn the last hfrlf grvrng us 7 pornts to then 0 Then folloxx ed 1 serres of defe rts On October 31 xxe met the Mar shall elcven on our oxxn field The Marshall team xxas an undefeated one and xxe faced thrs xx hrch xx ould probably be the hardest game of the season xx rth txxo of our best men out because of rniurres recerved rn the Oak Grove g me Smrth quarterback had a broken collar bone and Anderson full back lrmped thru three quarters of the game xx rth a badly brursed knee At the end of the first half each team had scored a touchdown In the last half Marshall s super ror puntrng and our rnabrlrty to fill the rngured men s places enabled them to defeat us by a score of 31 0 On November 14 xve xxere agarn defeated by the Wentxx orth Mrlrtary Academy s second team Outxx erghed and handrcapped by the lack of sub strtutes xxe lost by a score of 7 0 All of our men xx ere rn the lrneup and the mor ale of the team xx as fine The slogan xx as beat Sedalm There were several reasons xx hy xxe must beat Sedalra first to pav up for the txxo prevrous unavordable defeats second xve had xx on three games and lost four and thrrd because the school toxvn coach and Professor expected us to xx rn At the end of the fir st half the score stood rn Sedalras favor 7 0 Durrng the trme betxx een halves we changed our defensrve lrneup rn order to break up our opponents specralty forxx ard passes Durrng the last half xxe xx ere successful both rn breakrng up our opponents passes and rn gettrng axxay on ours Our team made touchdoxxn after touchdown and when the final xxhrstle blew xxe had 32 pornts to then 14 The feature of the game xx as the good feelrng and good sportsmanshrp xx hrch evrsted betxveen the txxo teams That ex enrng the Hrggrnsvrlle team gave the Sedalrfr team a turkey dm ner and celebrated the endrng of a hard fought season rn a fittrng xx ay The xx hole team feels that they have done then best to xx rn vrctory for and to uphold the honor of our school A xx ord of ffratrtude and appre cratron for the loyal support of the student bodx and to those xx ho by then attendance and rootrng made possrble our xx rnnrngs Also to the Booster Club for then help and loyal support To our Parson for hrs hard xxork and rnterest and last but not least to our lox ed Professor and rnstructors xx ho made rt possrble for us to be members of the H H S team of 1919 I g, 5 v u ul my v 1 I -sy . u - f, . c ' . l ' r. f' z ' . , ' . v Z x' L X2 . 1 , v l C , . , . . C Y 3 C , , ' Y I C u - .' Q - , 7 . .l , V . . 2' i. , . . . , . l. , ' , , , . . - v I Q , an ' o 1 Q u Q . . , A 7 C i n , Y ' . Y .. , 7 . . - . , V - . November 27-Thanksgiving day, and we had a lot to be thankful for. v . ' ' Q x v v U ' 7' . V . . v v . U C u ' ' U . 1 . , . ' ' . 1 1 . l C 1 :- v 1 'i' 7 . 7 9 ' . . , I i ' . . 7 - 1 1, . u , , ' ' H ' , 1.7 , 7 . Y . . . .C i Y . - . . ' . . . . . U . , - . . , . ' , v 3 ii i ' 57 ' I 7' ' - ' - - . U . . 77 . ' . v 1 ' . . L . , , 1 7 1 . ' . 1 ,