Norfolk High School - Milestone Yearbook (Norfolk, NE)

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Foot Ball The foot boll Hen non of 1913 wan a great Nim M considering that Schelly and Kreueh were the only second year men who returned. Coach Wilkinson did innir fine work In getting togclhe a Rood tram out of tin- new material from which he had to pick. The Norfolk team copped the championship of Northern Ni'bnmka which they have hehl for several year l y defeating all the heat teams In this part of the country. They have not only won a majority of their Rumen hut they have u reputation as a clean bunch of players. The first game was played at Norfolk with Nellgh arid the visitors wore defeated l»y a score of 27 to o. The Norfolk team showed their Inexperience but had their opponents out-weighed. The next game was with Wayne. This was a good game and Norfolk had to fight until the last minute to hold their opponent at the short end of a 13 to 7 score. Accompanied by a large crowd of students the Norfolk team Went to Stanton on October IS. There they met a little more opposition than they' expected, hut took the long end of a 9 to 0 score. The following Saturday the warriors went to Ncllgh. where they outclassed their opponents In every stage of the game. defeating them hy a score of 43 to 0. On Haturduy. the 25th of October, the Omaha team came to town with the Intention of having one easy time of It. Blit In the first part of the game Norfolk had Omaha hacked up to their 10-ynrd line, fighting every foot of the way. Because of the wind and rain It was almost Impossible lo pull off any forward passes, which were the mainstay of the Norfolk team, and they had to resort to plunging, while Omaha, a much heavier team, played a line smashing game, giving us the short end of a 33 to 2 score. The next game was played against Stanton, at Norfolk Tills was a fairly even game until Shelly in the last few minutes of play made two touchdowns, which gave us the big end of the score. 32 to 6. The next game was played on Friday at Beatrice. There the lenm played the worst game of the season, missing a good many' tackle ami showing a general lack of pep. Here they received their first shut-out of the season l»y a score of 69 to o. The 16th of November the team went to Wakefield, where they were given loses! game of the season, their opponents getting away with a couple of Intercepted passes. But we took the long end of the score, 21 to 20, The last game of the season was played here on Thanksgiving day against Columbus, in which Norfolk ran up a score of SJ to 0. This was the first game that Norfolk play d during tin- whole season The team work went fine. Norfolk making five and ten yards at every down. With nearly the Whole stpiad l»i»-k n xt year. Norfolk jvlll have an older and more experienced team, and anything In the slate. IIH2 PLAYED AT SCORE WITH Norfolk 52 Wayne Wlsner 0 Norfolk tmalui 23 Norfolk Nellgh 0 Norfolk Norfolk 59 Wlsner Atkinson 6 Norfolk Norfolk Wayne Xormul Norfolk 10 tales High iNellgh) Norfolk 34 Oenoa Indians itu:t SCORE PLAY HI) AT SCORE WITH Norfolk 2? Nellgh 20 Norfolk 13 Wayne ft Stanton 0 Norfolk 40 Nellgh 0 Norfolk ft Norfolk 2 Omaha 9 Norfolk 32 Stanton 13 Beatrice 69 Norfolk ft Norfolk 21 Wakefield • Norfolk 82 Columbus they ought to beat SCORE 0 6 43 S3 6 0 20 0

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Football Team Flint or Top Row—Kandklcv. I K.; Wilkinson. Conch; Otllorne. It K nnd It. H. Second Row Rorupaugh. I . »l. and T.: South, ti- H-l Cole. K. K. and It. II.; M. -Cormlck. Sub.; Lucan. K. It. Third Row—Blakcman. R. II ; Schmnd R. Q.: Schelly (Chpt ), I . || ; Kr nrh, I: T.: Klim. !► 5. nnd T.. McClow, C.

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Basket-Hall Team Klrut r Tot Row C hi lly, Kr» uch. Kor.ipmueh. Bedell. Seroml Row South. Mot Mow. Odlornc. Third How—Steffen. Mohr.