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

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spectacular power, finally scoring a touch- down from the I8 yard line on a run by Bob Burke. VVaco had the wind against it in the third quarter and had to tight desperately to stave oiif several Corpus drives, one even penetrating the Tiger 5 yard line. Late in the period the Tigers started moving again. Starting from their own go, they drove down the held on a succession of running plays for a touch- down, in spite of one fumble that cost them zo yards. On the kickoff following this score, Corpus fumbled and VVaco took over on the Bur's I7 yard line. From here the Tigers scored their final touch- down in four plays, and the Corpus de- bacle was complete. Post was outstanding at end and Pulattie, Burke, and Bowen did well in the backlield. The Tigers literally beat the great Corpus team into the dirt by sheer power, and one of the finest ex- hibitions of blocking ever turned in by a VVaco High team. But the game was a prime example of the results of the coach- ing genius of Paul Tyson, whose clever, tricky plays were directly responsible for at least two Tiger scores. MR. E. A. BERNHALSEN ilssirtzozl Corzrlz One result of the game that cannot be over-emphasized was the fact that against Corpus, the Tigers found a winning com- bination. They decided to use a lighter, Sprowl, Pulattie, Howard, Vogel, Sehiemenz, Olson, Clark, Pritchett, Compton. Martin, O. Post, Hooper, Sehwarting, R. Post, Craven, Dickens, Allen, Lindsey, Dozier, Moore. Bernhausen, Heussner, Holliday, Burke, Bowen, Myers, McCollum, Gardner, Villines, Price, Tyson. Broadway H arrison

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ootball Ma. P.-wi. L. Tvsox Ham! Crmrh I1'ooa'ro1t' II7lilJOlI 12-Uyncu 7 N THEIR opening game, the Tigers suf- fered a heart-breaking defeat. Leading by a score of 7 to 6, late in the last quarter, VVaco seemed certainly headed for an- other score as it held the ball on the Woodrow 7 yard line, and was pushing the VVildcat line back with tremendous power. Then, perceiving that the Dallas team was playing a nine man line in an effort to stop the vicious Tiger drive, Quarterback Captain Bob lNlcCollum smartly called a pass. As Blanton faded back and fired it, two red-shirted VVilson lads charged in and dedected the .ball up- wards. The VVildcat center gathered it in and ran 85 yards unmolcsted for a touchdown, giving VVilson its margin of victory. Waco made its touchdown in the First period on a long sustained drive, with Blanton and Pulattie carrying most of the time. Woodrow, also on a sustained drive, scored its first touchdown in the second period. While the Tigers lost the game, they sh . --ff-1 n ower and their pe o ance indicate ' that they would ' . c . H , Q I , ., Dur jlaaebyt. Q--' he game Q , v ggi i 0' , y the Tig 4 'vh s N ea- . ' orrto that of the if-W x t .21 W ' s nton star- red as a tri , f sid Pulattie sported tremei s a. er. Howard and Myers stood oi ' e line, if anyone could be said to have stood above the others in that department. The Tigers suffered from inexperience and from the fact that some experimentation was neces- sary to find their strongest combinations. But, on the whole, their showing was en- tirely satisfactory. II',lll'0 27+Corffu.r Cf1r1'.rf1' 0 Corpus Christi, the 1938 State Cham- pion, was a decided favorite to beat VVaco when they met in an early season game. But the Tigers surprised everyone not only by beating Corpus, but by beating them to the tune of Z7 to 6. The Tigers scored first in the opening period on a sustained drive which started from their own 20. This drive was fea- tured by the pulverizing power of Francis Pulattie who repeatedly cracked gaping holes in the Buccaneer line. Corpus came smashing back in the second period with the wind ta decisive factorl at its back. Along sustained drive, featuring brilliant running plays, tied the score for the State Champs. But even with the wind against them, the Tigers did not let this situation stand long. They replied in kind with

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MR. CHARLES Moorze L1A'.l'f.ffIl1lf Clllllfll faster line in place of the bulky 185 pounder used the previous week. They were now ready for district strife to begin. 1gflll'l'l1 Illlzf Ufron lm!! Uyaro 5,f'II,II.X'IlllHCl1Z-F 0 As usual, Waco ran away with the perenially weak Waxahachie Indians. VVaeo scored 28 points in the first half and 26 the last. The Indians made their only score a few seconds before the end of the first half, when one of their players in- tercepted a passron lqiseown 8 and ran Q2 yards for ft pseore. VVaeo looked strong in this game, but at the time it wasydiiii- cult to tellswhether. this wasefndicative of Tiger strength of lndian weakness. e Uvuco 53-H1'ff.rI10ro 0 l-lillsboro, ateamp with a weak offense but with a reputedly strong defense, was the Tigers' next vietim. The Tigers shat- tered the defense myth in what proved to be one of the worst debacles suffered by an liagle team in many years. In this game, VVaco continued the march of touchdowns which was later to earn it the pseudonymn of the highest scoring team in Texas . livery one of the Tigers here looked like a star, but what most en- LIlllfI01XK' flll7'fllItif'. A ,..