York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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jfoot ALLEN, 3932111 Seam of1898. SEDGWICK, CAPT, B. J, WILLIAMS, MGR CLARK BELL, Right End, FRED XVHITDDME, Left Tackle. ED KEUKLEY, Right Guard. OWEN TDRICE, Center. EDWARD G1L1sER'1', RDLLEN FOUNTAIN, Left Half. ALLEN SEDGWICK, Full Back Left End. FRANK RE,kI7ER, Right Tackle. VVILLIAM LESH, Left Guard. JOHN ,H,OUS'l'ON, Right Half. G E TEIJWARIJ LTARLAN, Quzlrter. 0. SHIDLEK. ROBERT VVILEY. WINB'IELIJ TIANEK. ARTHUR G. BKOVVNE. 11:0 O York, York, York, York, ENR Y 0 1' k, Iball 1Recoro 1898 104Yo1'k College, 0. 1UffN1'2Ulll lslnucl, U. 18RYo1'k College, 0. fIla1'Vz11'cl, City Team, U. 17-c'll'2LIli1 Islzmcl, 2.

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im' , .I na '98 FOOT BALL TEAM

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be '98 Team 43.1 W 1i,.,,,1 , WL, , 'fli VVhat might be called the iirst football team of the York High School was orgzinizecl anal coiuuieiicecl prac- ticing on the High School groumls ez11'l vi11 the Fall of WPS. Professor B. J. Nvilliztms, who haul formerly playefl oil the llozme College team, was l70QlClllIlg his iirst year as Ibl'lIlClIJ2l,l of the High School, :tml to him is wzzlly clue the cremlit of the C0lIllIl0llClIlg1f of il series of successful football teams sent out by the lligh School each succeed- ing your. The team of ISHS wus, you might say, the fllllllililflilll for athletics on the football iiehl in the York High School, Allen Sedgwick was chosen cziptzzill, :tml llllllill' him mul l'rofessor Williams :Ls coalchor, the team mzulc rztpifl progress and succeeclcml in Wllllllllg ovcriy gillllti they plzzyecl. The schcclule wats IlUCOSS2ll'll'Y small, owing to the fact that it was our iirst year, :mal High Schools easily accessible to York as zz rule cliclult have football tezmisg also iiiexperieucc in that line helped to cause s0 small zz schedule. The success of the team was largely clue to steady practice and unbounded interest by the plziyers.