Houston Heights High School - Pennant Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Coach 20 21 H1ckory IS the best frlend that Il91ghtS has ever had or wxll ex er have He has tr ned and coached us for several years h1S wonder ful pelsonallty and good xalued sportsmanshlp were ever felt by all the boys Due to h1s football tactlcs and h1s knowledge he has called forth the real Iightlng Splrlt of the team ECKHART ABERCROMBIE Eck Left Half 21 Captam Elect 22 Eck IS a 150 pounder IS very speedy and has a cool head Con trary to custom he starred 1n h1s first year of H91ghtS Semor football Ile demonstrated very much cleverness 1n sldesteppmg It has been Sald that Eck lm one of the hardest men ln the State to down because of h1s pecullar style of runnlng He IS a clever passer and has an un canny ab1l1ty at rece1v1ng the ball When HIHCS was out we were not forced to worry Wlth thls capable boy to fill h1S shoes He IS hked very much and w1ll make an excellent leader for the Maroon and Whlte fol he IS a fighter We Wlsh h1m all the best results as captam JIM DAIN Tn1sty Coach, '21 Josh lndeed was the mlracle man of coaches He was glven charge of the squad 1mmed1ately after the Beaumont game He came lnto the mldst of a group of broken hearted, dlscouraged football play ers. He, w1th the Splrlt of the student body, bu1lt up a morale that Won every remalnlng game Much credlt IS due Josh for the system and theory whlch he gave the squad ROBERT D. COUNTRYMAN-'fHick01'y

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J B MARMION all Rlght End 21 t the Jxx had '1 xx onclelful se non and xx fu of the ffleategt help 0 t6 ll'Il thls x eal Hls dflsh and pluck xx ele fldrnnable llelghts excpectn h fist 'md has qu1nt1t1es ot pep blg thmgs fl om hlm next xea1 fre e ls LLOXD BLACKSTONE Bnifci Fmqcz -. Lloxd IH the posltlon of fullback pmxed moxe thfln once th xt he l xx 'ms poxxel ful lle xx is a nexx man not powessed fm goxl duxe anc only on the tefxm but fxlso IH the xchool L-XNIAR NILRRX lx t ln lT1'lIlX folm of flthletlcs In footb 111 he XX ls Lxm ll too pfu l ood DOSSlbllltl9S fox next season fist xxax Xlllllllg 'incl possewec 3,

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HEIGHTS 3a EL CAMPO 0 Our supelb football squad defeated the llghter El Campo eley en ln the first game of the season at Rice Instltute field by the score of 30 to 0 The backfieldmen ga1ned conslstently through the El Campo l1ne Two of the fiye touchdowns were made after TGCONQTICS from blocked kicks 'l wo of the rem unmg three touchdowns were made by Green Heights fullback Hmes was lesponslble for the fifth score Shown Ilelghts 220 pound tackle and captaln klckd goal each of the fiye tlmes As the first one of the seison the game was counted '1 blg success HEIGHTS bl IIUMBLE 0 W1thOUt ha mg the ball adyanced 1n the1r territory once our husky team defeated Humble Hlgh by the score of 61 to 0 The gen eral team play of the eleven featured Only once durlng the entlre game d1d our team have to kick Hines and Green featured m the backneld wh1l Parmalee showed excellent generalshlp at quarter back On the line Wlmberley and Shown played best Only once during the game d1d Humble make a first down on us Th1s occurred on a fumble The feature run of the game was a 65 yard run by Stampp Hines tore off a 45 yard run both runs belng made on a forward pass and both resultlng 1n a touchdown Captaln Shown kicked sex en goals for touchdowns out of seven attempts HEIGHTS 9 PORT ARTHUR 3 After a defeat at the hands of Beaumont our team 1ourney ed to Port Arthur Wllh blood in their eyes determlned never to exper1ence defeat again Mr J1m Da1n made his appearance as head coach of our team and from iust a few days practlce 1IlStlg2lt6d a system whlch was superior to that of the opposmg team The game was hard fought throughout 1tb61I1g any body s game unt1l the final whlstle blew Parmalee s deadly toe proyed again its accuracy by booting a perfect 30 yard field goal across the bars Green was responslble for the lone touchdown of the game also the last of the scoring Hines played 1 wonderful defenslye game maklng the ma1or1tV of the tackles also play 1ng a bang up defensxye g xme maklng first dow ns repeatedly w hen called upon for a galn The playmg of the entlre squad was the fcatule w 1th playmg of this kind our squad found 1ts champlonshlp form and could not hfue been beaten by any one I ' T . ' , . c 7 . K . . V . L c v , ,' ' ' 1 ' v . v 1 y y ' I ' 1 Y v 2 D . a 1 . , . . . , J' c . . ' . . . Q . , ' .v r- . . ' ' r - ' v v ' 1 1 1 1 1 .. . . 4, , c . c . . 1 I L . Y. v . . . v Y' y b X a - v . . . u . - , V . , . v 7 - . W . . . - c , . Y . . . Y ' Y 1 1 c , . A . V v . v . v 1, . . . x . ' ' v v ' , . . . . . v , . 7 v v 7 - ' ' v v ' Y 1 '1 Y 1 . ' .. n bg- A , . . Y . Y W. v . c ' 9 . . 1 v' 1. v g . 7 ., N ' ., c , l Y T . . . L C v K. , . : , 1 v L , .' ' c ' ' tv .