Meridian College - Bosque Yearbook (Meridian, TX)

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Never a gamer man Wore a' football Doo LEACH Tackle The man with the fighting heart. To see Doon engage in battle royal with some of the 200 pounders that he faced all year was an inspiration. One of the smallest tackles in the Con- ference, there was no man Who fought more consistently and aggressively, who was in more plays, and who was harder ,to get out of the way than was Doc. . Doc's disposition and sterling qualities have endeared him to all those who are numbered as students in the old school. Ross LovE Half Back Having starred during the season 1923-4 for the Hillsboro High School, Ross came to us determined to do his bit. We expected much of him. He did not disappoint us. One of the fast- est big men in the state, it was noth- ing short of a revelation to see this 190 pounder skirting ends and side- stepping like a ten flat man. Many is the yard gained for the Cougars by this Hillsboro lad. No one Who saw it Will ever forget that seventy yard run for a touchdown in the Tarle- ton game. FRANKLIN GRIMES Guard uniform than Frank Grimes. There was no man on the team who played under as great a handicap as this boy. He was afflicted with a shoulder which would become completely dis- located at the slightest provocation. Playing With this handicap, sometimes with a great hard leather harness to help him, Frank was always to be de- pended upon, and many is the plung- ing back he has stopped with that game shoulder of his. , t , -- -as ---------------' 1' xv, , , I 3 ,f 1 E R 1 l 1 1 4 G L. Y Q a 0 1, l I t ing Ei , Y-it H deli y kzev W 5555! w TQSDZE it mafia lj PW If 'mil 3: SEIUTH il Ffh W Lew ,L ff We If Filer-55, V it X. X,

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4 'k. time .1jf',5,,, 1... H g.fA!fL, K'-'iii' t,--. I I F V -7 . frm, XR . 7.,!,,!, X al.,-K , , , , . , , ' ,'.f. CLAUDE MCCONNEl,L Center Mack, as he is affectionately called by those who appreciate his ever ready wit and banter, was un- questionably one of the outstanding centers in the Conference during the past season. Having played his first season last year, he came back this years resolved to master the game in every detail and make a record. This he did. In backing up the line on the defense, his equal would be hard to find. His passes were unusually ac- curate, and until he sustained a broken collar bone, toward the last of the season, was literally in every play. He was seldom down and never out. B'UDDYH BARRIER Half Back Buddy has two characteristics which endear him to all lovers of sport' in Meridian College. These are ag- gressiveness and versatility. There are many opposition players who will glady attest the power of his drives through the line. He was one of the hardest men to stop which Coach Foster had to offer. When a quarter back was needed, Buddy was always on hand and was called upon to run the team. He has unusual football sense and his work at quarter back was exceptionally 'theady and at times brilliant. RAY KING ' 4- Guard' A bulwark that was hard to move, was Ray. Dependable, in there all the time. When Goofy Mack was injured, some one had to take over the arduous duties at center. Ray was the one selected for the job, and he de- livered. Many the tough scrap our linesmen had during the fall of '24, and Ray had a most important part in most of them. L, f if -. .H

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CAT EUBANKS Quarter Back One of the headiest little field gen- erals ever seen in a Cougar uniform. Despite his size, this little demon was usually in his prime when plunging the line or reeling off a sizable gain around end or- sidestepping a broken field. To see Cat with his 135 pounds of grit, backing up the line in the Tarleton game, when that quartet of 185 pound backs came hurtling through in a never ending procession, was a sight never to be forgotten. When they finally carried him off the field, too weak to stand, he had a ton of fight left. His heart never failed this little fellow. BURK TUCKER Full Back One hundred and sixty pounds of concentrated whirlwind. One of the hardest plunging backs ever to wear the Cougar uniform. He did not have a peer in the Conference in the role of backing up the line. When Tuck tackled they usually stayed tackled. Aggressive, clear headed, always fight- ing, he was one of the most valuable men on the team. Always ready for a frolic or a scrap. Who will forget the Dallas University game, when, with all the tackles either crippled or out of the game, Tuck was put in at left tackle. He not only held his own but carried the fight to his heavier opponents. JULIAN JOHNSON End Fast, unusually dependable in catch- ing passes, a hard and sure tackler, a veritable demon on the defense, valuable either at end or in the back- field. This is Judy, as the old gang knew him. Leaping high into the air, snagging the bad ones, Judy was responsible for many of the Cougars' touchdowns. When occasion demanded, he could be shifted to the backfield, and at a half back position, invariably showed that he could plunge and side- step with the best of them. Mighty few and far between were the gains around the end which this Cougar guarded.