Milan High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Milan, TN)

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The Milan High School Bulldogs approached the 1937 season with a substantial frame-work of veterans on which to build a team. The prospects lookedivery good with five letter men returning from the 1936 team, namelya G. Jones, Lassiter, Rsmer, Leech, and R. Jones. These together with Dunevan, Williams, and Ross were expected to furnish e strong aggregation of griddere. The team had only three weeks of prictice before the first game becsuse of the lets opening of school. Under the skillful handling of couches, Pittman and Brewer, the boys were put in fair shepe in time for the first game. The gume wee n see-sew effeir with the home teem exhibiting ebility in the fundamentals of the game. After u tiresome, us well as boring struggle, the boys munuged to put ecross e touchdown to wih by e score of 6-0. This gems served e purpose, in thut it enubled Mr. Pittman to pick out the rough spots in the team. with en open dnte, the team seemed to get in final trim for the following geme. The teem journeyed to Mckenzie to teke L. very hotly' contested grime from McKenzie 18-7. Hed it not been for the whirlwind dashes of Dunsvsn there might have been u different stcry to tell. The teum wus weakened by the less of Coldwell end Lassiter. 3 Henderson ceme to town for the first time in quite u while end they went beck hoping not to come buck eguin soon. The Milen teem hed d glorious day while they were defeating them 40-O. This served us e breether for the Held grudge gemen, Humboldt. 'Phe Bulldogs, ugein this yeer entered the Strew- berry Bowl with greet umbitiens to be the first teim to lick the Rums.4 There ere severel reasons why the boys were defeeted 13-6 becsuee the njinx seems to hhve the 'Bulldog' by the teil.n The team played an in- and-out game with the puss defense rngged und block- ing very weak. They scored the first hmlf end were

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FOOTBALL RLVIEW The Milan High School Bulldogs approached the 1937 season with a substantial frame-work of veterans on which to build e team. The prospects looked very good with five letter men returning from the 1936 team, namelya G. Jones, Lassiter, Ramer, Leech, and R. Jones. These together with Dunavan, Williams, and Ross were expected to furnish e strong aggregation of gridders. The team had only three weeks of'prdctice before the first game because of the lute opening of school. Under the skillful hnndling of couches, Pittman end Brewer, the boys were put in fuir shupe in time for the first gums. The gume wee n see-sew effeir with the home teem exhibiting ebility in the fundamentals of the gums. After u tiresome, us well es boring struggle, the boys munuged to put across u touchdown to win by e score of 6-0. This gums served A purpose, in thut it enubled Mr. Pittman to pick out the rough spots in the tenm. with an open dnte, the team seemed to get in final trim for the following gums. The teem journeyed to Mckenzie to teke e very hotly contested gems from McKenzie 18-7. Hud it not been for the whirlwind dushes of Dunevsn there might hsve been u different story to tell. The teum wus weakened by the loss of Caldwell und Lassiter. Henderson ceme to town for the first time in quite u while und they went buck hoping not to come beck egnin soon. The Milln teem hed e glorious day while they were defeeting them 40-O. This served us e breuther for the Hold grudge gumeu, Humboldt. The Bulldogs, ugnin this yeer entered the Strew- berry Bowl with greet ambitions to be the first team to lick the Rums. There ere severel reesons why the boys were defedted 13-6 beceuee the njinx seems to hnve the 'Bulldog' by the teil.u The team pleyed un in- und-out game with the puss defense rngged end block- ing very week. They scored the first hnlf und were