John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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REAGAN-MEXICO CITY GAME — Mullenweg gains through Mexican line as Phillips, extreme left, and DeWoody (53) open a hole. Kilgore is shown blocking at right. Traveling to San Antonio, Reagan held Brackenridge to a 6-6 tie, again surpris¬ ing its followers. During the following week, Reagan played its first district game, opposing the Conroe Tigers. Both Mullenweg and DeWoody ripped off long gains through the Conroe line to lead Heights to a 20-12 victory. School was practically deserted on the next Friday as Reagan, accompanied by the Red Coats, the band, and nearly half of the students, played the strong Sunset team of Dallas at the Centennial. The game was played in rainy, freezing weather, the field being merely a sea of mud. The Canines could not stop the Sunset backs, and when the final gun sounded, Sunset had won, 25-0. Reagan made Texas history the following week by participating in the first inter¬ national football game ever played in Texas. Mexico City sent a fast and tricky Polytechnic High School team to oppose the Bulldogs. The game set an all-time REAGAN-SAM HOUSTON GAME— DeWoody crashes through.

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LEONARD “LEFTY” BURTON — Fine blocker on offense — calm, steady on defense — showed up well in an unusually fine crop of guards — watch him next year. PAUL “HONEY BEE” BYBEE — His powerful defensive tactices made him a valuable team member — capable, consistent wingman — blocked well on offense. LESLIE “CALIFORNIA” ROBERTSON — Watch him next year — at his best on offense — broke through opposition line often — powerful tackier. HOMER “MOVING VAN” SMITH — Biggest man on team — should be hard to stop next year — a power in any line — especially good on defense. THE 1936 FOOTBALL SEASON District Co-Champions , 1936 At the beginning of the 1936 grid season, Reagan had probably the greenest team in the history of the school. Having only one returning letterman, Coaches Lamar Camp and John Scott had to build an entirely new team. For their season’s curtain raiser, Reagan entertained the strong Dallas Tech team. The inexperienced Reagan team fared badly at the hands of the team which had won their district championship in 1935, and they came out on the short end of a 39-0 score. The following week, however, the team showed a complete reversal of form by whipping Thomas Jefferson of San Antonio, 19-12. So called sport “experts” had picked the Jefferson team to win easily. REAGAN-MEXICO CITY GAME — Mullenweg misses goal by four inches.

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REAGAN-DAVIS GAME — Mullenweg eludes Davis tackier as Coskey runs interference. record for attendance in Houston, 14,423 fans paying admission. With only 30 seconds to play, DeWoody crossed the goal line on an end run to make the score Reagan 13, Mexico City 12. Milby, who was the next foe of the Bulldogs, was trounced decisively, 25-7. Milby could make no progress through the strong Reagan line. Then came Reagan’s only setback in the district campaign. Davis, alternating with long runs and flashy aerials, outpointed the hard-fighting Bulldogs, 32-24, in a hard offensive battle. Frye and Mullenweg stood out in the backfield. Renewing Houston’s oldest rivalry, Reagan took the measure of the Sam Houston Tigers, 18-0. Holdgraf and Coskey held the limelight in the Reagan line for splendid defensive work. For the final game of the season, the Bulldogs clashed with the air-minded San Jacinto Bears, whom they had not defeated for three years. Taking an early lead, the Canines won easily, 20-0, thereby tying with Davis for the district title. Wuench and Plentl played fine defensive ball for Reagan. Displaying true sportsmanship. Principal R. H. Williams and Coach Camp with¬ drew from the right to play Port Arthur for the bi-district title, although retaining the honor of being Co-Champion of District 13. Five Reagan players received positions on the first teams of Houston sports writers: Coskey, guard; Plentl, center; Holdgraf, tackle; Wuench, end; and Mullen¬ weg, back, who made every all-city team. John Frye, who was probably the most valuable back in the city at the end of the season, won the district scoring race. At the annual football banquet held on December 22 in the Reagan cafeteria Coach Camp awarded letters to Adamson, Bayer. Blair, Burton, Bybee, Coskey, Costa, DeWroody, Frye, Grubbs, Holdgraf, Kilgore, Mullenweg, Phillips, Plentl, Robertson, Smith, Stark, W’uench. Special awards of a letter to Bill Henderson for student man¬ ager and a gold football to Earl Thompson for faithful service were also made. Bill Henderson, manager of the team, made a fine manager and was counted on in the basketball season this year. His two assistants were Earl “Rubinoff” Coleman and L. 0. Chapman, who helped the radio announcer in the Mexico City and Sam Houston games. Earl “Garbage” Thompson received an engraved gold football at the end of the season for faithful service. Coach Camp said that “Garbage” was the hardest worker he had ever seen and that he had justly earned his award.