Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-08
AMARILLO HIGHS
RECORD MAKERS
Season Just Closed Showed
High Percentage of
Victories

The Amarillo High School team
whose picture is shown herewith has
Just closed the most successful and
satisfactory season In the history of
football In the Panhandle.
The high school has been repre-
sented by as clean, gentlemanly a
bunch OF young athletes as ever grac-
ed a gridiron. At the beginning OF
the season they faced the heaviest
schedule ever outlined for any team
In this section OF Texas. They early
realized the import OF the task In
hand and rose to the occasion in a
manner truly surprising to even the
most ardent fans.
In every game the spirit OF clean
sportsmanshlp was strongly in evil
dence. which marks the combination
OF a true gentleman. real athlete
and true hero. The exemplary
conduct OF the team members both
on the field and off had much TO do
with bringing the unequalled school
game into popular favor In this sec
ton.
Amarillo has been a leader land
sad 10 say. has had To few followers
as yeti in raising the standard re-
CURED for players TO be eligible to
play in the game Out at high school
they lived up 10 the most rigid rules
OF discipline and eligibility. Every
young man who wore the black and
gold this season matriculated on Sep
TENDER End and kept in constant at
tendance. Each took fun literary
work and pursued II diligently and
conscientiously and made passing
grades In all OF II. or all but one sub
ject Each was required 20 make a
good showing In department The
grades we're checked up before each
game. and no hisitancy was shown In
pulling off the team anyone who
failed 70 live up 10 the requirements.
While 4. II. S won six out OF the
seven high school and college games
on the regular schedule and thereby
the right 10 the undisputed champion
shin OF the Panhandle their class,
the season az whole was a most
unfortunate one iu that the team
was frequently handicapped by hav-
ing valuable players ont OF the garso
on ae.1ur. of minor injuries and
other GAUGES In The very first eam1
Webster ono 0f The most lFal'
vorr l8clr.l1-ls iu this section
was injured. and that. t1fether WITH
parn objections kept him out OF
the game until THANKSGIVING. In1er.
ton had 20 leave school In the mid
die OF the season, and again a new
recruit had to be called 10 ill th'
place 81 a seasoned veteran. Some
times as many as three or four oi
the best men were not available fol
important games. In fact there wa
only one man. Blanchard who PLAYED
the entire season without break.
There was a fair nucleus OF mel
OF one years high school experience
az the opening OF the season. Blu
most OF the material was yer!
young and unseasoned So IL va
necessary to exercise great care u
training to best advantage. The wori
was light at first and was gradual.
made strenuous until late in the sea
son when the squad could respon'
to the call for a three mile run at
furious pace or 90 through the hard
est scrimmage without serious incon
venicnce. Some expressed the opinio
that the work In a game was tam
IN comparison 20 the daily practice.
The records show that high schoo
ava not win but one game durin
1911 and did not even score dnrin