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

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Left to right: Gloria Belle Jones, William Mausbauch, Frances Beaty, F. C. (Bubba) Jackson, Fleta De Rouen. Melvin (Buddy) Moffitt, chief leader, is absent from picture. YELL LEADERS John Reagan High School never before sensed such tense excitement as on October 1, 1936. Election day! Contestants for yell leaders appeared before two assemblies and led yells to receive the honor by popular vote. With competition so keen and the contestants upholding higher standards of not less than a C average and H’s in conduct for the preceding semester, the fight raged. Melvin Moffit was the favorite of both assemblies, winning by a large majority. Frank Wingo ran close behind, but the establishment of the new standard disqualified him and gave T. C. Jackson, running third, the winning position. William Mausbauch was elected from the ranks of the R. O. T. C. Others that tried their luck were Harry Bumgardner, Jr., and Jack Hinds. Selecting the girls was still a harder task. Lorena James was the big success of the first assembly, but as she was disqualified before the second assembly, Frances Beaty and Fleta De Rouen gained the title of yell leaders. Gloria Belle Jones was elected from the Red Coat Organization as their representa¬ tive. Other competitors were Mary Hines, Gwendolyn Cribbs, Elizabeth Searls, Fern Garrett, Mary Cravens, Maurine Cross, Julia Cunningham, Helen Gani, Dorothy Hauptmann, and Ann Mize. Left to right-. Bailey, Peters, Morrison, Telge, Matthews, Coach Turner. CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Adding the fifth successive link in a chain of victory, the Reagan Cross-Country team scored a decisive victory oyer the other four city high schools. Led by Captain “Cotton” Matthews, who covered the course in thirteen minutes and forty-seven seconds, Reagan took first, second, sixth, eighth, and ninth places. Other lettermen were Marvin Bailey, Hardy Peters, Earl Morrison, and Chester Telge. Coach J. M. Turner again evidenced his ability as a track coach of unusual merit.

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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.

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[ 7 .. 4 n - A|. i m t 1 I — vl A . M J : ■ : REAGAN BASKETBALL SQUAD Left to right, hack row: Assistant Manager Stark, Mullenweg, Elrod, Taylor, Bayer, Henderson, Holdgraf, Manager Robertson. Front row: Graham, Gentry, Costa, Hines, George. THE 1936-37 BASKETBALL SEASON Determined to make a fight for the city cage crown, Reagan opened the 1937 season against a powerful, smooth-working Davis quintet. The title defending Panthers, however, proved too much for the inexperienced Bulldogs, who were defeated 37-18. This game drew the largest attendance during the season, being the first game played in Reagan’s new field house. Outplaying and outhustling San Jacinto all the way, Reagan came out on the long end of a 27-20 score. The following week, Reagan stood off the last quarter rally of Milby to win 30-26. Sam Houston fell easily before the Bulldog onslaught, 30-17. Reagan’s next game with Jeff Davis determined the city cage race. In a thrill-packed battle that had the fans yelling so loudly that the referee’s whistle couldn’t be heard, Davis emerged victorious, 26-24. In the remaining games on its schedule, Reagan was victorious, beating San Jacinto, 34-23 ; Milby, 16-12, in a defensive battle; and Sam Houston, 28-13. Coach Camp awarded letters to Bayer, Costa, Gentry, George, Graham, Henderson, Hines, Holdgraf, Mullenweg, and Taylor, and Robertson, manager. Billie Henderson, all-city center, was elected to succeed Maurice Holdgraf as captain of the basketball team for 1937-38. SCHEDULE Davis . 37 S. Jac . 20 Milby . 26 S. Hous . 17 Davis . 26 S. Jac . 23 Milby . 12 S. Hous . 13 Reagan . 18 ■ Reagan . 27 Reagan . 30 Reagan . 30 Reagan . 24 Reagan . 34 Reagan . 16 Reagan . 28 MAURICE HOLDGRAF Captain MAURICE HOLDGRAF Maurice “Dutchman” Hold¬ graf, lanky three-year letter- man and captain of 1936-37 cagers, won honors in practi¬ cally every game. One of the best playing captains in the his¬ tory of Reagan, Dutchman was able to lead his green and inex¬ perienced team to second place in the city cage race with only two defeats by the champions, Jeff Davis.