The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-19
COACH MOORE PRAISES HIGH SCHOOL
PLAYERS FOR EXCELLENT PLAYING
Mar Who 5uils TIRE 1870 Tear says
Boys Showed Seth Ability
ard Spirit.
~ .. e. MOORE.

The football season Of 1890 Tor r.
Fl. =. has been more than successful
though the Tigers puf out the light
est team IN its History. they were n .
whole green. and were 0utwetahea In
every game OF the year Notwsth-
standing this fact they came out of
the season on top. Tney took On
! sprtnghill this year for the first time
in the history ~ the school losing !
hard fought game by the score Of
70 q.
Tho only othsf game last was to
Palmer to the tune of re 10 o. This
game was ha~agoneht in some respects
but the team hit cne Of those days
when everybody vas Off. r.. III p.
won from them In Pensacola and the
boys probably were = little oyercon-
fiaent
In All probability the best games
were with Wrlght's Academy. one In
Mobile and one here on Thanksgiv.
sna, both resulting in ties 10 o and
Z 60 I, hard fought and above ali
clean. In both the locals showed that
nsveF-die spirit that was Characters
tic of them ali the season.
Never I'm all time viii there be
found q team with more fight and
nerve than those boys who have lust
closed the season. There will be more
speed and better form. bat never more
fight. There are three things IN the
making or a football team. material
making Of q football team. giD ma.
terial Cd coaching. Cd spirit ana tho
greatest Of these II spirit The season
orenad with four old men back--capa. /
Johnson. McClonkey. gsaarns and WI
son. No old backfield men ard no /
ends. The squad was made up or en- /
tlrnly rev material most Of whom aid /
not know what a first down was. The
outlook was very dlscouraglng bat by 1
hard practice and long afternoons ! /
team was whipped In shape which was
not only credit to the school, but
90 the team also.
Particular mention should be made
Of Tom Johnson. captain and leader
of the squad. though oniy Weighing
$50 ibs he never met i tackle the
whole season who could hold his own
against him Above all he II a clean
thorough athlete. q boy who acted IS
an example the whole year In train~
lng. HITTING lov. and team work with
bis fellow boys. the task AZ holding
down The line all during the year was
greatly due 20 his fight McCiosky
the team. The man aho pla led against i
Doodle knew when the bali was
snapped. Ii il hard to find guards
tAa like or sDoodla'' In high school
sfearns It center played 4 consistent
game. probably the fastest nmn on the
team, TIC helped back up the line and
also was good at intercepttng passes
over the line. We all remember how
he pulled that Barton pass out OF the
aar ana made the touchdown that Won
he game. Wilson who PLAYED center
ast year was shifted 10 quarter and
played his last game In q position
1 responsibility gurN oreditablv.
hough : trained llneman he showed
what he could do Ia the back field
md much snap In the offense was
iue g his method az calling signals.
OF the new men. Wolfe showed more
lafural skin than most, Starting the
Ieason as q scrub he fought right 10
DE tor of form hy pure skill and
.erxe. Hudson. his running mate did
ne same. and they wlll faake 4 ualr
{ halls that VIII be hard to stop next
ear Pinney the ilshtest man on the
cam, for he weighed only ss pounds.
howed ~ many on ends and with |
Nlotsko should make the opposing
nds slt NJ and take notice next yeas.
,empke ard Morris a. guard and fao-
he are not to be overlooked for they
bowed real form and fight. There =
eal stuff ia them. Navea AZ run
howed what could BE done by con.
lstent drili and fnithfulneMa. start
~ the season a. ! scrub GuaFa he
sught his way 10 the back field nd
tier finding his feet he plunged and
ire through the opponents tine with
reat sktl