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

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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 ,

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