South High School - Tiger Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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soi r ii ii I ; h s c i; o o l F improvement in all lines of athletics during the past year at South High has been extraordinary. The membership of the Athletic Association for the first term was large and during the second term broke all the records in the history of the school. All this is directly traceable to the energy and hard work of the members of 07 and at the present time the Association is in a very flourishing condition. FOOT BALL OOTBALL received a great boost at South Side this year by the success of the team. Altho the championship was not won, the team showed such great improvement over the work of the previous year, and became so strong at the end of the season that every one was satisfied. The season opened with rather poor prospects, as only three veterans were back. However, we were fortunate enough to secure Jimmy Ellis for coach and prospects brightened. He soon had the material at hand whipped into shape, and everything was running smoothly, ready for the Fast High game. Unfortunately, about three days previous to this important contest the marks went in and about eight members of the team were debarred. That put everything up in the air and the East Side game was lost. I Jut the score was close and showed that the material and spirit were not lacking. With a week’s time to prepare for the North Side game, the coach and team worked hard blit all the regular players were not yet back in the team and the boys went into that game not yet over the demoralization caused by the wholesale barring of the good players the week before. The first few minutes of that game were disastrous and two touchdowns were scored before the boys really realized it. Then Kelly earned his sobriquet of “Touch-down” Kelly by placing the ball over North’s goal line. From that time on the team played like fiends and altho hopelessly outweighed, by their splendid defensive

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sot T H H I . II S C II O O L work they prevented any more scoring by North Side. The stars of that game were Capt. Gunderson. Kelly, Rigler, Flagstadt and Linscog. The team then struck their true gait and after working hard in preparation, we defeated our hated rivals. Central. After that game Mechanic Arts came easy and South won 28-0.. But the last game of the season against St. Cloud Normal was lost. A combination of strange grounds, much heavier opponents. dirty playing by their opponents and an openly unfair official was too much for the Orange and Black team. In appreciation of their hard work and success the team was voted the honorary S sweaters. A great deal of credit is due Coach Ellis for the excellent showing of the team. If there were such a thiiig as an all-star coach he should certainly be chosen. Individually the boys played tine ball. Capt. Gunderson was conceded to be the best defensive full-back in the high schools, while his punting added great strength to the team. Rigler, the little quarter-back, played that position for the first time that season and covered himself with glorv. Floback and Phelps were spectacular players, but were both reliable and steady. Ericson and Hanson, on the ends, were not brilliant players but were to be depended on to stop anything coming their way. At the tackle positions South was probably the strongest of any school, both being placed on the All-Star. Both guards were Freshmen and should without a doubt prove strong factors in the next year’s team. At the close of the season Flagstadt was elected captain for next year and the Class of 0“ cannot but be proud of the football team and the future teams have their well wishes for the best of success. HAS KKT HA LL j the winter months a basket ball team was lized. The boys worked hard and were good ers. but in this branch of athletics success, as s winning games, forsook South's banner and the majority of the games were lost; but no team won from us without a hard fight as the results of the games show. The lineup of the team was as follows: R. F............................Flynn, Capt., OT L. F................................Fredrickson, 07 C......................................... Solem R. G................................... Peterson L. G.................................... Wethall Subs.—Chellgard. Hanson. 0» Didrickson, ’07 Strelow, 07 Brooks. Mgr. 0 . At the close of the season, Wethall, L. G., was elected to fulfil] the position of captain for the next year, and under such leadership with other veterans of the game left, a very successful team is assured.