Waco High School - Daisy Chain Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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Tiger Tracks Cn the way home from games out of town, the Tigers entertained themselves by singing many popular songs. The team, while passing through Corsicana on the way back from Tyler, nettled the populace of that little city by singing the Spirit of VVaco High. The Tiger team gave much of its attention in practice to the stopping of lVallace Spencer, Corsicana's diminutive flyer. XVith painstaking care the Tigers practiced kicking the ball out of bounds on all occasions in which it seemed prob- able that Spencer would receive it. lt was with a great degree of satisfaction that the team listen- ed to Corsicana's boos when this piece of strategy was first enacted the night of that game. Never once during the game did Spencer receive a kickoff or a punt. To the Tigers the Corpus Christi game was looked upon as a delayed state championship game. The boys felt that XVaco should have been play- ing Corpus last year instead of Temple. So it was with fiery determination that the Tigers unleash- ed for the first time their now famous touchdown brigade on the coast city's Bucs. It is ll0t generally known that for many years the Tiger team would never ride into the stadium grounds while in a bus. They would leave the bus and walk into the field. This year the boys decided to ride into the grounds, thereby dicarding superstition. ln addition to the array of football team pic- tures that decorated the walls of the dressing room, pennants of all the conference teams were added, lending much color and freshness to the already well decorated room. The Tigers met daily at the last half of the 5th period for talks by the coaches. These talks are referred to in football as skull practice. The first Tyler game was recorded on records for the purpose of broadcasting. These were borrowed and played to the team the fol- lowing week at skull practice. It was indeed a most unusual experience to hear a game many days after it was played. The Tigers will never forget this unique experience. Something new in YVaco High football was the encouraging of a closer relationship between the Tigers and the Kittens. Each Kitten team member had a Tiger for whom he performed many small services such as packing and unpack- ing of the Tiger's duffel bag, helping the Tiger don his uniform, etc. The trip to Tyler for the quarter finals was a well planned affair. The day before the game the practice was held at the time the game would be held on the following day. Following the practice, equipment was packed and players found a bus awaiting them. The team left at five and arrived at Corsicana in time for dinner which took about an h0ur's time. The remaining pa1't of the trip was made by nine o'clock and upon arrival the boys were ready for bed. The next morning after breakfast the squad visited the field to familiarize themselves with its general appearance and playing condition. The boys found this pre-game inspection of great value. The team arrived in Houston during the holiday season, the night before the game with Stephen F. Austin High. The driver of the bus lost his way after entering the business district and after wandering around finally pulled to a stop at the proper hotel. Shrieking of ambulances and fire trucks together with a loud speaker, perched on one of the tallest buildings, which played continually far into the night offered every possible sleep interference combination. ln ad- dition to this the boys were awakened early by a rain which continued practically throughout the day. . . . The Tigers practiced four hundred and sixty eight hours during the season. An average of 22 Loys were played per game. During the last weeks practice the workouts drew an astounding number of visitors who fre- quently invaded the field necessitating police regulations to clear the grounds. ln this group of onlookers were former players who proudly wore their traditional YVaco High sweaters which were easily seen because of their vivid colors and fresh- ness of upkeep.

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The jifellflfeaders , , , fr! THIS YEARethegre vvais a markediincrease of spirit orivtbieftiieirtggffdthe Tigetu fiiiis. A great part offtibisinexv spirit WaS imbued by the yell leaders, who, by their Work, did much to give the team thatigbelping twelfth man feeling. R - VERNON KAGELER MAIDA TL7LL E. J. CAMPBELL iVIARY ELIZABETH HE.-xRN FRANK TIREY NELDA RUSSELL

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ttf lie ' The Kitten Season HE XVaco Tiger-Kittens' play for the season was mark- ed by the great spirit which is characteristic ot all VVaCo teams. The defensive ability of the line was especi- ally notable, only four touchdowns being scored by that route all seafon. The,.club'sY,main,weakness was pass de- fense. All of its opponents' were elass Axeams. Outstand- ing line men were Starr, Airmsu-Ong, lvalker, Hoban, Garza, Duffel? Quifrarn, Dewey Ray, Brewington, Davis, and Giffordfl:fodlZe,,,Sheehy,igarnardi anffTjFaney did yeoman servi,ce'in the ibarkfield. Resuiits tot- the Kitten gZlIHCS XVCTCI 1 l . K , . A Kittens . . i3-f'YVh1tney . . . o Kittens . o State Home . . SI Kittens . 7 Crawford . . I2 Kittens . . I3 La Vega . . 7 o f Kittens .27 Ennis B . . 0 3- Kittens . 6 Vallei' Nlills . . 7 if- ' MR. CLYDE ill.-XRTIN Assistant Coach Finn' the ball mrrirr. Ulla zliflfj 00,l'i1151 on nt the Cra1c'far1lgn111f'. Holzf rirr1'r'r and agzzizzst La Vega. N I