Zephyr High School - Growl Yearbook (Zephyr, TX)

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Line: Douglas Jenkins, lrvin Cherry, Rudy Williams, Fred Graham, Joe Sellars, Jack Knox, and Jim Akers. Backs: Will Allen Smilh, Jerry Klein, Walfer Wriqhi, and A. C. Thompson. The l948 ediTion oT The Wesl' l-liqh Blue Jays began Their season aqainsT T.l.S. wiTh a TerriTic pace. by ouTlasTinq Them I2-7. AlThouqh having To overcome inexperience and 'qreennessf' The Team perhaps reached iTs peak when iT compleTe- ly overpowered The Tormer ciTy champions, Cohn l-ligh, who was heavily Tavored. by a 25-7 vicTory. Absorbed wiTh The vicTories oT The TirsT Two games, WesT was soundly bOaTen by boTh lvl.B.A. and SpringTield by an idenTiCal score ol 28-O. Following These deTeaTs. The Team regained spiriT by drubbing NorTh 32-6: Then Tallinq To EasT, Hillsboro, and Ryan, winning only The nexT To The laST game oT The season by barely edging l-lume- Foqo Tech l4-I3. The mosT ouTsTandiifg highliqhTs oT The year were The ieT-propelled power-driven running OT second-sTring, AllfCiTy Tullbaclc, WalTer WrighT urn ng L Hermen, Line: Irvin Cherry, Jack Knox, Rudy Williams, e Graham, Joe Sellers, and Eugene Hibbell. Backs: Waller Wrighf, Bernard Ellis, A. C. Thompson. Alfernafe Capfain Will Allen Smifh, Coach Sirickland, and Caprain Jack Knox. is W R - 1 i . ,. . ' r L 1

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Tackles Irvin Cherry and Jack Knox and The Terocious line-play oT big, All-CiTy Jack T Popl' Knox. livery year has iTs comical momenTs. buT This year's Tops Them all. TT seems as iT Tail- back Jerry Klein was racing Tor a Touchdown aTTer caTching a pass in The Cohn game. Being ThaT iT was his TirsT iourney inTo pay counTry, he Threw The ball To one oT The reTerees, Thinking ThaT he had crossed The goal-line, buT liTTle did he know aT The Time, ThaT ThaT goal-line was only The Tive- yard sTripe. To This day many people sTill wonder whaT happened To him. The smallesT man on our Team. diminuTive Fred Graham, cenTer, played one oT his greaTesT games againsT Cohn, when he was knocked 'lsillym in The second halT. l-le Turned in such a greaT perTormance ThaT he was selecTed Cohn Game AcTion Cenfer Fred Graham on ThaT weeks AllANashville. AnoTher boy was knocked ouT, buT was noT so TorTunaTe as To Tinish The game, was Billy Booger Barnes, who was sTruck so heavily in The EasT game ThaT he spenT The resT oT The year on The sidelines. A TacT which weakened The Team considerably was The limiTed service oT Will Allen Nlxflunsey' SmiTh, who nursed his iniuries during mosT oT The season. l-le was never able To go Tull speed, which dee prived him oT displaying his abiliTy. The boys gave The game all They had, buT didn'T seem To play consisTenTly. We were sad- dened To lose Coach STrickland, buT are looking Torward To a bigger and beTTer year under The guidance oT Coach Charlie Greer.