Mineral Wells High School - Burro Yearbook (Mineral Wells, TX)

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ANDERSON, Half, was Mr. Drnsmore’s man for any place. He played at al- most every position except center. He was an unusually good man for breaking up forward passes, and when given the ball was sure for a good gain. There was not a more consistent ground gainer than “Bessie,” even if he did get his nose mashed in every game. JACKSON, Right Tackle and Fullback. As a tackle he was a great strength to the line. When you saw Jackson go for a man's feet, you could fee! sure the opponent was coming down After the Denton game, he was changed to full. At this position, he was good on line bucks and long end runs. Jackson’s motto seemed to be “Never give up,” and no mat- ter how far behind the play he was. he was always there when the whistle blew. FORD—Bill, made us a good quarter, but he was of more use to the team with his toe. He got all four of the drop kicks that he tried this year. Bill was always on hand with the head work, too. His judgment was seldom at fault, and our successful record was greatly due to “Bill’s” piloting. 'tfitZp

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KliS E K V E S MOFFITT—Sub guard and tackle, was a few pounds too light, If ho had only had the weight he would have easily won his place with the re- gulars. Moffitt's motto is, “Never say down.” He was out for every practice and showed wonderful improvement. “Ge -made a great showing in the Waxahachie game holding his man better than some of the veterans CHARLIE KING—Charlie made an excel’ent back field man. and his show- ing in the few games he played was exceptionally good. His record is better than that of many more experienced men. BUFORD VV’ELLS—Wells could hardly be surpassed on breaking through his opponents’ line and tearing up their plays. Buford was good on long end runs. In the game between the Regulars and the Texas Won- ders, he made spectacular flying tackles. A. Y’EAGER—“Boc-ze” was a diligent worker. He never missed a practice when he was able to come on the field. He missed three weeks of practice on account of sickness, and this kept him from making th regulars. He was hard to beat on breaking up forward passes. He is sure of a place on next year’s team. M. BARBER—Goodwin was one cf our best ends. The plays that went round him were very few. Manning was one of the few who played a consistent game at Denton. In this game his work was of the greatest value to the team. Hard luck was all that kept him from making the regulars. In nearly every game he was injured and compelled to retire. G. RHODES—Jack is another of the “little but loud’’ variety. He is some- what over five feet tall, but no man on the team was too large for him to tackle. Jack was handicapped by not coming out to practice at the beginning of the season. But considering his football experience, he made remarkable progress.

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COWLING, Right Tackle, made the right side of the line, very hard to break through. But on account of an injury he was able to play but three games. We missed him more at Denton than anywhere else. No opponent ever wanted to buck “Hefty more than once. After that they were willing to try to block him, and considered themselves lucky if they succeeded. DODSON, 1-eft Half, was a good line plunger. Also, he did such excellent work on forward passes and punts that he was allowed to do all this work. His punts averaged about 50 yards (through the entire season.» There was no better man on the team? than “Cas” to carry the ba’l over center. WALTER BARRET, Left Guard, was a great strength to the line. As all the men on the team know, he was slow, but it was hard to get a line buck by him. Then if an opponent succeeded in making a hole through Barret's side of the line, he was never discouraged. There were very few men on the teams that we played this year that could get by him. Also he was a great assistance to the center on opening a hole for a center buck.