San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-06
Many Local Students Have
Won lnterscholastic
League Honors.
LONG LIST OF WINNERS
Have Made Fine Showings
in Literary and Athletic
Competition.

The high schools of San Antonio
have been participating in the Uni
yersity Interscholastic League work
for many years, almost since the be-
Ginning of the le3gue in 1910. That
1Olhis, participation has not been with
out gratifying re}ults is evidenced in
the list of state winners in the In
terscholastic League recently compil-
cd in the state office. The showing
of the San Antonio schools is zone
which challenges comparison with
that of any othel city in the state.
San Antonio began winning state
,honors early in the history of the
league. Robert field, of San Antonio
high school, whining first place in
senior boys ded amation in the 1914
state meet, whidh was the fourth one
held.
In this samJ year also, San An
tonic high school won first place in
boys debate. the team being composed
of Gilbert Lang and Henry Taylor.
The next static winners from San
Antonio high school were Erie Racey
and Frank Sparks. who won second
place in boys debate in the 1915
state meet.
Long List Of Winners.
In 1916 Henry Herndon, Of San
Antonio high school. won second place
in senior boysI defamation; and the
next year, 1917. Edith Schneider. of
the San Anto }niO high school. won
first place in senior girls declama-
tion. Henry Herndon, also of San
Antonio high school. won first place
in senior boys defamation this same
year.
San Antonio also produced winners
in the 1918 state meet as follows ::
Kenneth McQalla and Phillip Rob-
ertson. first place in boys debate !:
Dewitt Harry. first place in senior
boys declama ton; Helen Price. sec.
ond place in senior girls declama-
ton.
In 1919 Dana Jones. of Alamo
Heights rural school, won second
place in essay writing.
The Breckenridge high school. San
Antonio, in 1920 represented by
Arthur Stern, won first place in
senior boys defamation. Main Ave
nue. high school. this same year, rep
resented by Maria Taylor. won first
place in tennis, girls singles.
lin 1921 Breckenridge high school
was runner-up in basketball.
Good Record In 1922.
San Antonios record in 1922 was
as follows: Gerhart and julius
Nafach. Breckenridge high school.
won first place in boys debate Ruth
Ropes and Olivia Baldesareli. Main
Avenue high school. won. first place
in girls debate. Blackwood. Brack-
cnridge high school. made record
of 112 feet 10 inches in the discus
throw, winning second place.
In 1923 the high schools of San
Antonio made splendid showing in
track. as shown by the following
records:
Urban. Breckenridge high school,
made 1926 feet inches in discus
throw, claEs 4, second place.
Gum. Main Avenue high school,
100-yard flash. class A, 10 Is Sec
onds, third place.
Trabuccp. Main Avenue high school,
II pound shot put. class A, 40 feet
II inches, third place.
Willettd, Breckenridge high school,
mile run, class A, 4 minutes IS sec
onds, second place.
1000 Schools In Competition.
These honors have been won in
competition with nearly four thousand
other schools in Texas which are
members lof the league. County win
ners in the various events are first
decided. These county winners then
participate in district meet where
district winners are selected for COM
petition in the state meet which Is
held at the University of Texas each
year on the first Thursday. Friday
and Saturday in May.
The league thus maintains 223
county organizations and 81 district
organizations
The constitution and rules for 1923
containing in the appendix all of the
Gseordsl made at the thirteen state
.S1sets, will be issued from the press
the latter part of this month, See.