The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-22
BAND CONCERT FOR
BENEFIT OF ATHLETICS
PLEASING CONCERT WILL Bh
RENDERED on NEXT FRIDAY
EVENING.
Hsgh School Auditorium Is Place
Proceeds VIII Be Divided Be
tween Band aud Athletic
Assoc iafiOn.


cert in the Hien school auditorium
for the purpose of raising money for
the Hizh school Athletic association, (
The proceeds from the sale Of tick
cts viii be divided equally between
,he band and the Athletic associa- /
ton
During the past year athletics in
waxahachie High school have been
put on a higher plane and bet
ter basis than ever before. and this
is due almost entirely to the eff
Rcient coaching OF Messrs. Landrum
and Scott. Moreover these two gen
tlemen ara clean sports in every
sense OF the word. At all times hold
ing high ideals before their players
and trying to instill in them that
ii is far better TO play fair game
and lose it than to play a dirty
game and win.
Waxahachie started her football
season BY Waiting her old time RI
val. Cleburne. down the field to the
tune of IS to O. Not content with
this victory the Waxahaohie Highs
decided to play one of the strongest
teams in North Texas. namely,
North Fort Worth Highs. Unqaes-
ticnably this was the fsrcest con-
test ever pulled off on a local grid
iron. The game was BY far TOO fur
ious for the doughty warriors from
Fort Worth and as a result they
quit during the second half rather
than to 20 down in honest defeat.
the score standing II and 10 IN fav-
or OF Waxahachie. The third game
was with the Corsicana Highs. the
strongest team in its section of the
state. These players were TO match
for the Waxahachie highs even
though some OF our best men were
out At the close OF the game the
score was Il and in the home
teams favor On November 10
Waxahachie defeated Fort Worth
Central High By a score of and O.
This game was exceedingly hard
fought for the field was 50 muddy
that the home team had no oppor-
tunity to. make its characteristic
brilliant end runs. Finally The back
field men took OH their shoes and
carried the ball across in the last
minute OF play.
Turkey Day found old Waxaha-
chic lined up al Hiusboro facing
her old time opponents. Evidently
the Hillsboro boys thought they had
a snap or they ate too much dinner.
for they were no match for the hus-
ky pigskin ehaSers from Waxaha-
chic, for the score was 10 and o in
favor of the visiting team. Thus
ended the football season of 1915.
Undoubtedly the most brilliant one
in the Waxahachie High. for not a
single time did q visiting team win
a game On our local gridiron. II
the Waxahachie highs had been in
financial condition 50 they could
have brought all the opposing teams
here then there is little doubt but
that the state championship would
have been theirs at the close OF the
season. To be sure it is a deplor-
able thing for home team to lose
an excellent chance OF winning that
much coveted thing, the state cham
pionship. Just because OF the lack Of
finances. Now this one instance
alone should cause all TO see that
conditions at present make it i'm
peratiye that We have q new fnan-
eiai system, if not, then cut out ath-
letics. Are We ready 10 say that
athletics are of small value or do
not pay? The answer would Ger
tainly be in the negative. Then
what is the best way 10 finance the
high school athletic association
Some people cannot understand
Why the athletic association does not
have a surplus in its treasury. re-
marking that the football team has
It's expenses paid when it goes away
tom home, and that an games on
the home grounds make tooa
profit for the association. This is
not even true. for in one instance
this season the association lost s42
on one game played here. Moreover
II must be remembered that foot
bali is not the only kind Of game
supported BY the athletic associa-
ton There are four volley BAN
and iouF baskes BAH courts thar
must be supported and any ohe who
Is versei ia athletics al ali knows
that ah q these sports sith the ex-
eeDtion of football are losing prop
csit ons.