The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-18

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Dallas At an early hour this morn
ling to attend meeting OF that
body. During soaay's session >
| plan win be worked out so that II
l.xin be no trouble at the end Of the
season TO decide which team secures
the championship. The president Of
| this association will appoint a
board OF advisors. whose duty IL will
be 10 eliminate the various teams
land decide which team wins the
North Texas championship. After
this Is dcne the winning team will
Ipssy the winning team In South
| Texas for state championship.
The rules and regulations OF tic
North Texas Athletic association are
las strict In every way as those of
intercollegiate athletics. thereby
placing athletics In this association
on as high a plane as college ath-
iieties. The waxahachie high school
sports that the managers of the
football team have always declin-
| ed games with teams that we're
known 20 be made up of dishonor-
able players
| The Waxahaehie high school foot
ball team ended its second week of
practice With most excellent show
| ing Friday afternoon Fully TWEEN
its-five men were out for practice
The squad got To work In earnest
and had fifteen minutes scrim-
mage for the first time during the
season. After watching this crowd
| OF huskies for few minutes Coach
I.andrnm with his characteristic
| smile expressed himself as beina
delighted With the prospects OF the
school for an unusually strong team
this year.
| For the position OF center Is
James Miller. last years center, also
chriRlo Hales. star center OF 1918.
For guards there are such men as
! Warren smith, 0sce Alexander, Os-
ear Harris and Red Lowrey For
tackles Ed Miller. the long and
lanky Dave Apprice. and host Of
Inew ones For the back field ami
ends there is an abundance OF ma
seriaI. For quarterback Captain
Ferguson. last years quarter, who
| bids fair Ia develop into one OF the
headiest quarters in Texas, in fact
watched him last year aud pronounce
Cd his work al quarter equal TO, II
] NOT better. than that OF any high
school quarter ia Texas. Ernest
Forrest. 1914 end. who is being
/ worked ont ST quarter shows fine
/ form Almost the entire back field
from last years team is on the
squad this year. The fullbacks are
such veteran players as Lane Finley
and Marion Brashear. For halves,
| Stewart Moore and Arthur Myers
two stars from last years team. also
Lewis Weaver. Campbell Holland
and VIII Sawyer For ends. c. p.
(. Webb OF last years scrubs is show
ing tine form and gives promise OF
making an excellent player. Also g.
/ g. Vim Jr. who VIII be good
asset for the team. Among the new
players Of this years team are Tun-
neil, Weaver and Alexander. Tun-
nell shows excellent speed and bids
/ fair to develop into one OF the best
ends that the team has ever had.
I Weaver, swift man. comes to us
from Duncan. OKLA, where he made
a splendid record in athletics. Alex
ander halls from the country. He Is
/ the hind OF husky that makes the
football coach smile for he weighs
IT'S and is Of the bull dog type. IN
fart. he has already gained fame in
his osn neighborhood as prize
fighter. No doubt he will make
such an end a. Prize-Fishter Roene.
the famous end on the Notre Dame
team
This years team II the heaviest
that Wazahachie has ever had. The
line averages le5 and the back field
100 The team as q whole Il very
fast. especially the back field. The
team has some q the best broken
field runners 10 North Texas.
Coach Landrums idea this year is
70 develop two men for each posi-
ton. 20 the team viii aways be IN
tlp-top condition regardless ~ acct
dents The prospects for winning
the Sorfh Texas championship are
brighter than ever before, for the
team Is in good spirits AID under
the eficient coaching 81 Mr.. Lam
drum. there T. no reason ~hy the