York High School - Duke Yearbook (York, NE)

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LINCOLN-YORK GAME, THANKSGIVING DAY AT YORK

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0 0 t b a l l y eamw Sea on 19 1 iso,-. The foothall season of 15501 opened with tl1e loss of eight memhers from the team of limo, hut on the even- ing of the first day of school, those of us who were left put o11 our war paint, illlll took the lvigskin out for l1is long needed exercise. There were only four of the old players out the first night, with four of the snhstitutes of the previous year. A few practices went hy Zlllll it was with dillienlty that we could get eleven men to line up to commence signal work, hut the few who did get out worked hard and S0011 we l1ad enough 111011 to start playing i11 earnest. After several games with the Follege, each time defeat- ing them, we decided that a coach was needed, so we se- cured the service of Mr. Hoy lllO!lfg'Oll10l V, ex-half hack on the Nebraska team. ln the meantime we inflicted erushinw defeat o11 the Hebron team hy a score of 28 to U, Z7 after which we gave David City a severe thrashing. But our suecess was of short duration. Going to Omaha with our team hardly picked out we were defeated after holding them ilOVVIl for the first half. ln this game We found that some of the boys were 110t in their right position, so after shifting the players around we practically started anew. Foach lylontgoniery leaving us soon after, we innnedi- ately secured Mr. E. L. Ward, a Grinnell man, to coach us for the rest of the season. flO2ICl1W2Ll'il instigated a 11ew interference a11d soon we were on our feet again, al- though too late to win the championship. Mr. VVard was a favorite with all the hoys, although at ti111es he l1ad to resort to severe nieasures to lll2LliG them Illllltl. Um' success was due greatly to the efficient manage- IIIUHT, of our superintendent, U. li. Atkinson, who was al- ways ready to hack the hoys in any ligiti1nate enterprise which they should undertake. After heing nearly killed at the hands of Grand Island Vollege, we rallied and met Lincoln a short lilIll0 after- wards, practically defeating them, hut owing to a rank decision hy their referee the ganie was declared a tie. lluring the many hard fought games Fred lVlel+'arland, .Iesse Runner illlfl Joe liunner could he seen on the side lines carrying the bottle and hlankets, always anxious to see someone fall hy the way side so they could join the attacking colu111n. SWT? BWWTU

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1900 FOOT BALL TEAM