West Side High School - Legenda Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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FOOTBALL i i j After several weeks of incubation, under the supervision of Coach Emil Tessin, Arthur Hill ' s brood of football players ' uuu ' .. ed out in time to get an early set-back at Flint. They were not birds of fine feathers at first — birds never are, so we pass on from the Flint score — 29 to 6 — swallow it without eomplainng, and come to the next game, one with Alpena. Here we find the honors dis- tributed in the ratio, 20 : 6 : : A. H. H. S. : F. H. S.— a flattering lit- tle piece of algebra ; it must be that the R. J. Williams training table had something to do with this. This game was the most sat- isfactory ceremony that could have been held at the opening of Mer- rill Park, and the fact that the first lost foot-ball game played on that field was such a success, proved to be a true indication of the success of our foot-ball season. I say success, — 1 mean it, but we must swallow a defeat once in a while as seasoning ; for instance the next game — Alpena, 13 — A. H. H. S. 12. We are sorry that this little affair could not have taken place away from home, for though there is nothing so discouraging about that score, and there ecv - tainly was little to be desired in the way of fight on the part of our team, we must say, in swallowing, that the officials courted the favor of Alpena as though they intended to run for mayor at the next election. The next game was a victory for Arthur Hill : Bay City Eastern — 0. A. H. H. S. 19. The next game with Lansing was the one with Alpena featured referees. The result was that when we were deprived of two touch-downs, we could not stand the loss of blood, so died at the rate of 14 to 10. After two more games with the Michigan School for the Deaf and the other with Mason, the A. H. men were in time for Turkey-day (crackers and milk for the team). Coach Tessin had spent many tedious, and boistrous hours with the team, and the team had spent as many tiresome, toilsome, swear-a-little hour s with him, and as a result of this splendid coach- ing on the one hand, and perseverance on the other (mud on the other) Saginaw High was trampled under-foot and lost to view. But we trust that the team next year will resurrect the hidden derelect and after staving in a few ribs, sink it, to lie resurrected and pound- ed down again for many years to come. We cannot mention any names as stars, for once we should have begun we should have to name the whole team, but it would be impossible to refrain from tossing an extra flower to Capt. Richter, Capt. elect Patterson, Benway, Goodsell, well see there I go, and this space costs money.