Memphis University School - Owl Yearbook (Memphis, TN)

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Paul Taylor Rhodes — Riqlit Hjlfbtick. Rhodes, although inexperienced in the liner points of the game, has great prospects for the future. He has all the qualities of a great halfback. He is fleet of foot, and makes his little weight count at all times. With a little more experience he will certainly measure up to the efficiency predicted for him. On otfense Rhodes did all that could have been ex- pected of a halfback under ordinary circumstances. He always made good gains when his interference opened the wa) and with a little more initiative, which will come with experience, Rhodes will certainly make a great halfback. He will return next year, and so will be heard from agam. Page Twelve.

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s-. WTOWTOirgpSPWIBiB Q SJ Q.JF Q,U E: Elisha Lyman McLallen, Jr. — Right tackle. Mac, our friend from Indiana, came out for the team this year in opposition to his own wishes. But he was rewarded b) making the team. First he was used at guard but was later shifted to tackle for the better- ment of the team. Mac was fast for a line man, and did good work in his games against Mississippi Re- serves and Tennessee Medicos. His greatest handicap was inexperience, but we are sure he will overcome this fault when he is better acquainted with the game. Page Eleven.

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fffsig gpmimmi mmmm ' m lllllil M U. .3CR.«fc .7 - , ■ -■-, ... Edward White Smith — Oiiarterhack. The reat lincl at M. IT. S. this year was quarter- back Smith. For two years Smith struggled on the Scrubs as an end; but this year he played a new posi- tion. M. U. S. has had some good quarterbacks in her his- tory, but tor the last two years this position ha s been lacking, consequently Coach Denn)-, at the opening ot the 1911 season, determined at all hazards to develop a good quarter. Looking for a pupil, he hit upon Smith and Smith did the rest. He played in every game ot the season trom whistle to whistle, and was always there with the goods. He developed rapidly at his new position, anci reached a brilliant climax in the Thanks- giving game. Well, he certainly played a game that day. To those who saw the M. U. S.-High game it is unnecessary to go into details as to Smith ' s work. He played a game that any man would be })roud of. Smith is undoubt- edly the best quarterback that has sailed under the Red and Blue. Not only does he sur- pass the others in straight football, but also in his genius as a strategist — every oppor- tunity was taken advantage of. It will certainly be received gladly by those who are in- terested in M. U. S. ' s future to know that Smith will be at the pilot position in 1912. Pag-e Thirteen.