Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-09-29
HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD
WILL MEET SPOKANE
Local Huskies Fast Rounding Into
Form and VIII Make Hard Fight
for County Championship.

me football team winch viii this
year represent the Pullman high
school bids fair to be the best ever
turned out by the local school, and
unless all signs fail the other high
schools OF the country will have to
hustle to wrest the championship
from the local huskies.
The squad, after nearly month
of practice, is developing much more
rapidly than was expected. and the
eleven players who will be picked for
the opening game promise to be in
excellent condition. The most trouble
has been experienced in selecting the
/ three back field men. With two sets
of men working for these positions.
however, a good trio will undoubt-
eddy be selected. The line positions
are attracting many candidates.
among them several of last years
/ players. Hard, fast scrimmage is
the order of every afternoon, but the
/ players are standing the work we'll
! Moss Is leading the team well at
/ quarter and has succeeded in getting
/ the players working together more
than ever before, Captain Elva Har-
/ ter is much enthused and Coach
! Cave, although never overly OPP
/ timistic, appears to have plenty of
/ confidence in his team. The citizens
of Pullman have shown commend
! able spirit in regard to the high
/ school team, and in a few hours last
! Friday more than $50 was subscribed
( by them to purchase new suits for
the entire team. This sum will pro-
/ vide suits for the eleven players and
three substitutes, the suits to remain
the property of the school and to be
used in years to follow Heretofore
I the Pullman team has never present
ed a very attractive appearance. ow-
ing to the many different kinds Of
suits worn, but the new outfits will
| all be of uniform pattern and will be
of the high school colors, navy blue
and gray.
The high school manager has been
asked for many games in addition
to the county championship series,
and has arranged for one or two ex-
ira contests. An offer was received
from the strong Wenatchee team for
game to be played In Wenatchee on
| Oct. Z, and the offer was accepted.
Later the Spokane team asked for a
game for the same date and the We
natchee date was cancelled. The Spo-
kane game will be played in Spokane
on Oct. 7, the last day of the Inter-
state fair A week later the team
goes to Lewiston to play the normal
school team. The Lewiston high
school has asked for a game for this
week, but the offer was rejected. The
Oakesdale team was scheduled TO
meet the local eleven in Tekoa today
this game to be special attraction
at the Tekoa harvest carnival, but
the Oakesdale manager has Cancelled
the game.
The Athletic association at the
| high school has been reorganized and
many improvements added to the or
ganization. Hereafter all affairs of
the association will be under the SUI
pervision of a committee consisting
of Superintendent Fl. A. Ellis, Prin-
cipal F. N Bryant and Manager Of
Property and Games |. ]. Putnam.
This committee will have charge of
the finances and other affairs, and
the plan will undoubtedly prove more
satisfactory than when the students
were in sole charge. The student
body has organized a rooters' asso-
citation, and has started practicing
yells aud songs to be used at the
games this season. The contests
scheduled to be played in Pullman
are with Occur d'Alene, Oakesdale
and Palouse high schools.