Thorntown High School - Exode Yearbook (Thorntown, IN)

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.- k EEUU gulignll DECIDED SDDggigghasgagsgggnhhligglllhhllllhhnllhhn ' N ggs.f-:THE.1ssgssEXODEE5f2E5E'24asgg52gEEggggggggseaagssasasssasss . Zlinuihall OCT. 6--THORNTOWN-WEST LAFAYETTE Thorntown High School opened its first football game of the season on Oct. 6, 1923. . This game was the first to be played since 1908. West Lafayette was the first opposition and good opposition they were, for they won over us 44-0 They greatly outweighed our players, and their knowledge of football was plainly the cause of their winning. OCT. 12-THORNTOWN-LEBANON . Thorntown, not in the least downlzearted over the former defeat, came on the field first, and with the spirit of '76. Lebanon appeared some minutes later with much larger fellows, and it again looked bad for Thorntown. The Lebanon drum corps, and the yelling sections amused the large crowd while the team were tuning up. Both teams fought hard but the forward passes that Thorntown was so successful in making, soon discouraged Lebanon, and the half ended 12-0. We don't know why the drums ceased beating or why Lebanon quit yelling, but it was evident that neither were heard. Thorntown came back strong in the last half and scored another touch down, which was followed by a successful try for point. Lebanon rallied in the last few min- utes of play, pushed their fullback over the line with the ball, thus scoring their first and only points of the game. Final score 19-6. OCT. 17-THORNTOWN-CRAWFORDSVILLE This game-which we played on our opponents field-was played in a drizzling rain, which severely handicapped our players. The superior weight of the Crawfords- ville gridders, along with the mud covered field, made their line plunges a success. The entire Thorntown team played well but odds were against us. Score 38-6. OCT. 27-THORNTOWN-LEBANON The fourth game of the season was played at Lebanon. Although we were beaten in points, the sportsmanship and attitiude displayed by our team was commend- able. Lebanon was out with the spirit to win, and they fought every minute. In spite of the fact that there was little unnecessary roughness, the Lebanon team was badly cut and bruised. The Thorntown eleven could not get together and were beaten 25-0. NOV. 3-THORNTOWN-GREENFIELD Rain was again on our program along with Greenfield. This was the heaviest team Thorntown had met and they had three all state players, all ready to do or die. In three minutes of play Morgan was takin out with an injured hip. Thorntown work- ed hard but was beaten from the start. T. H. S. was in scoring distance several times but lost on fumbles. White, was then taken off for unnecessary roughness and Ashley was taken out on account of a sprained back. The game ended 73-0. NOV. 10-THORNTOWN-WESTFIELD Our last scheduled game was played with Westfield. Previous victories over strong teams aided them in spirit and fight and T. H. S. was defeated by a score of 57-6. One feature was the 80 yd. run by White. This being Westfield's annual home-coming, the Thorntown team was invited to share in a banquet which took place after the game. NOV. 13-THORNTOWN-ALL-STARS Thorntovm closed her foot-ball season by a feature game with the ancients. This team was composed of former all-star foot-ball players. The 13th proved an un- lucky day for the Thorntown gridders, as several times they were in a few inches of scoring but were unsuccpssful with their line plunges. The weight of the ex-stars and their previous experience on the grid-iron together with Coach DeVol's itheir quarter- l a kj knowl.d' e of the high schools signals, made it possible for them to win 7-0. DeVol scored a touch down and George Russell kicked a pretty drop kick, thus, adding the extra point. This game was ilayed to secure money for our football fund. H. R. Morgan. PACE TWENTY FIVE

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PACE TWENTY FOUR

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