University High School - Spirit Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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W. C. FOWLER Coach JASPER GARLAND Assistant Coach H. G. PEARSON Assistant Coach COACHES Bill Fowler attended Temple High School where he played football, lettering two years. At the University of Texas he played freshman football until a leg iniury forced him to quit. He was also a member of the varsity boxing team. After three years of college Mr. Fowler ioined the Coast Guard. He served in the Coast Guard during World War ll. Later he attended Baylor University where he obtained his Bachelor of Education degree. ln 1949 he became head coach in both football and basketball at University High. He has won several district championships in basket- ball and lost the '53 football championship on an official's blunder. Although picked for the cellar in a higher district this year, CUniversity moved from AA to AAA in football and basketballj University finished in a tie for fourth in a field of eight. This surprising showing of the football team earned him the title Coach of the Centex Super Squad and nomination for statewide Coach of the Year. Jasper Garland came to University High in 1950 as assistant coach to Coach W. C. Fowler. Mr. Garland has been assistant coach in football from that time until now except for the year 1952 when he went back into the Air Force. He has a B.S. and an M.A. degree from Baylor and is still attending Baylor working on his Doctor's Degree. Mr. Garland was state Badminton Champion for the years 1948, '49, and '50 and if you ever see him play you can tell that he is a great master of the game. Last year he was appointed basketball coach of the A team after coaching the B team the preceding years. His last year's team was given a trophy for the best disciplined team in the Belton tournament. Coach Garland is liked by everyone. Hogo Pearson is a graduate of Baylor University which he attended five years and has a B.S. and an M.A. degree. Mr. Pearson was a great baseball player for Baylor and had an illustrious career at catching for the Bears. He lettered four years in baseball, was all-conference catcher three of those years, and was captain of the team his senior year. Mr. Pearson came to our school in 1951. He has been the coach of the varsity B team two years in a row now. ln basketball he has been B team coach the last two years also. The B team last year won 10 and lost 13 and this year, in tougher competition, they have won 13 and lost only 4 for a very fine season. Out of the five years that Mr. Pearson has been baseball coach, he has coached the Troians to the District Championship four out of those five years. Hogo, which is not really Mr. Pearson's name but iust a name given to him for his initial name of H. G., has played semi-pro baseball each year since he graduated from Baylor. Each summer after school is out he heads for New Ulm, Minnesota for whom he plays baseball. ln the five years of semi-pro ball his team has won the State Championship two out of five years and he, himself has made the All- Star team every year.

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i FOOTBALL TEAM X ve-assi' Bottom row: Jay Gardner, Stan Price, Royce Daily. Second row: Lewis Propst, Lanny French, Homer Moeller, Mr. Garland, Mr. Fowler, James Davis, Wendall Crunk, Satch Gonzales. Third row: Stanley Rentz, Frazier Ellis, Pat Henderson, Robert Duty, Raymond Kaluza, George Jurecka, Tommy Dennard, Bill Moeller. Fourth row: Pat McNamara, Bobby Buffington, Bobby McDaniels, Dorman Chambers, Dan Hoffmeyer, Bill Curry, Robert Payne, Bob Segrest. B TEAM SCORES JAMES KIRKPATRICK, Quarterback vvooois ROWELL, Guard McGregor University oooo DON BROCE, Quarterback DANNY WOODS, Guard Corsicana Univergitya 4 BILL MEIER, Quarterback LARRY BROWN, Guard Bryan iip- University ffi- JOHNNY ERICKSON, Quarterback HOWARD GEURIN, Guard Temple Un Yan-I 3 Universitynn DARRYL PRINGLE, fullback WAYNE RICHARDSON, Tackle meen University JERRY HUDSON, fullback JAMES SHANNON, Tackle W L , . CARL GATLIN, Halfback RI 'Qs avega eeee A 6 Un'Ve'S Y ARTHUR FUENTES, Halfback CECIL DUGAN, Halfback JAMES QUIRK, Halfback GUY MATTHEWS, Halfback ROBERT FORTUNE, Center HERB JONES, End JAMES VOSS, End BILLY POOL, End GAYLE MAHONEY, End JIMMY WEBB, End FLOY KUYKENDALL, Center HOMER MOELLER, Guard LALO BELTRAN, Guard BOBBY NEILL, Manager JOHNNY KIRKPATRICK, Manager JOHNNY BRACKEEN, Tackle B TEAM SEASON The B team had its first season of regular scheduled games. We started off by beating McGregor 4l-O and ended the season with a victory over our heated rival LaVega 27-6. The B team was made up mostly from last year's Junior High championship team. We won three, lost two, and tied one. All of the games were played out of town. There are many promising players for the A team. We had a successful season and some of the boys will see a lot of action with the A team next year. The highlight of the season was beating LaVega.