Sam Houston High School - Co Lon Neh Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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30635 MCANDREW-Guard HMCH is the boy who showed great fight all during the game. With his presence in the game the whole forward line was of greater strength. lVIcAndrew was one of the two men on the squad to receive an Athletic Scholarship awarded by the National Athletic Society. In appearance MCH is one of the best looking boys on the squad. VVatch out for the girls, HlVIc,', be on your guard. MORGAN-Tackle Piggie received his nickname from his ability to eat so much. However, this wild desire did not keep him from serving his other master, football, where he still held true to his name, because he continually persisted in getting into the limelight by grabbing most of the tackles that came to his side ofthe field. F5 aQccza...--- ---- ME S

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as ----------aaa FULLE R-H 410' Of all the boys, Binks was the little boy of the team. In fact he was so small that the center had a great deal of trouble in seeing him and threw the ball in his general direction, but Binks nearly always grabbed it and then the opposing team had a time distinguishing him from a blade of grass. Also, his own interference sometimes had trouble in accounting for him. HECKHR-Full If galloping is a test HHec would make a good horse. And, as for his playing football, well one does not speak. VVith his Hying hoofs and mighty arm he will carve a name for himself, before his departing time from Central draws near. When that time will be is not predicted either. HILTPOLD-Center One of the most attractive sights on the old gridiron was f'Mac's beautiful curly hair shining forth as he stooped over to cast the ball backwards. He was the Jack of all trades and, like the rest of the team was the master of none. However, his special occupation was playing center. jE'1'I41R-Emi f'BillH is the boy that overcomes all handicaps. For two years he fought with older and heavier boys for a position on the Black and Gold eleven. This year fate again tried to beat him out, for he was ill when practice started and he was injured almost every week during the season. He won though, and while in a game he fought as only a player of his determination can. He soon made the oppo- sition forget that he was a small man. tam mei

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G5 WD Football Semen 0 ,26 The origin of the fact that in the existence of successful things there are moments of dark distress and that success can't be had at all times is unknown, but the fact has become the greatest life saver the world knows, for in that little statement lies all the consolation that is held for the football campaign of 1926. That season must go down as one of the worst blots in the history of the sports of the school. Having sensed dark clouds in the distance, Coach Simons, held practice in the spring of '26, in order to try to enlighten some of the boys on the subject of football. To carry on further the preparation for one of the stiffest schedules on record, some thirty plow hands were taken in September to Camp Ross Sterling on the Trinity Bay. This was a great opportunity and undoubtedly did much good, but when the time arrived to come home the boys were not finished football carriers. The season opened on October 3rd with St. Thomas College as the opponent. In the first half of the game 4'Doc feeling out his material, used two whole teams. It was evident soon after the start of the game that the Saints could do nothing with Central's worst, so at the half, no damage had been done, and the Coach organized his team to the best advantage. They soon began to show signs of life, but not enough to wake up. In a game like that the breaks either win or lose, and the breaks broke the Tigers, for the Toms scored the lone points of the game on a fumble in the latter part of the third quarter. In the second game, the team plunged into the difficult schedule by journeying to the Alamo City to meet Brakcenridge High. San Antonio had three things on the field that afternoon, Old Sol, a football team, and some dry lime, while Central had only a football team and that for only a part of the game. The first half saw a mighty battle with the smaller Tiger team trying to hold its own with the Purple. The Black and Gold, thrown mostly on the defensive, had their backs to the goal most of the time. Near the close of this period, the Purple, with an extended effort and a penalty for the Tigers, succeeded in putting the pigskin across the goal. The second period was much the same. When the sun had gone down in the west and the lime had settled, the defeated but unconquered Tigers found in their possession the very small end of a I9 to o score. C32 QQ