San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-05
S.W.RESERVE
TEAM FACES
RATTLERS
St. Mary's Academy vs..
Texas-High Schools
Out of Town.

San Antonio's first 1925 glimpse
of college football as she is played is
on the boards for Saturday afternoon
when the st. Mary's College Rattlers,
fresh from n 6-to-6 tie against the
powerful Schreiner Institute Noun
taincers, tangle with the Southwest
en University Reserves, probably at
"a Schwab Field.
1t also will mark the first local
appearance of the Rattlers, who, UNI
der the direction of Coach O'Donnell,
seem on the verge of keeping their
promise to put San Antonio on the
college gridiron map. They displayed
no end of classy material in their
opening game with Schreiner Satur-
day and roundly outplaycd the Noun
taineers in every department.
The strength OF the team South
western will send to oppose the am
bilious Rattlers has no been disclosed,
but indications are that 1t will be a
powerful squad. Coach O'Donnell has
received word that the Reserves are
practically as strong as the Pirate
first team, and, in fact, there prob
ably will be several first-string men
on the squad which plays here Sat
urday.
Coach O'Donnell expects to be able
10 throw the entire strength OF the
Rather team into Saturdays game.
With the exception Of Billy Sunday,
who wrenched an ankle in tho Schrein-
er tilt, the entire squad is in excellent
shape, discounting a general soreness
and the usual crop OF bruises and
sprains.
yieing in interest with the Rather.
Southwestern game is the scheduled
meeting of "Kotzy" Kilgore's West
Texas Military Academy eleven with
Coach Dale McCoy's st. Mary's Acad-
envy scrappers, also set for Saturday
afternoon. Indications are that this
will be one OF those tight affairs. with
neither team having n noticeable edge
on the strength of previous showings.
st. Mary's displayed n dangerous pass.
ing attack when it came from behind
in the last quarter to tie San. An
tonic Academy, to g. last Thurs
day. West Texas, playing its first
game under a very hot sun and shorn
Of its usual pep, lost close decision
10 Sabinal High School, Saturday, u
TO 0.
WESLEYN VS.. SEGUIN.
The only other football game as
vet scheduled to be played in San
Antonio the coming weekend will see
the Wesleyan Institute eleven receive
its baptism of fire against the Luth-
eran College of Seguin on the in
stittue field Saturday afternoon. This
is the first year the institute has at
tempted to enter the football field in
earnest, but Coach Thompson, two
letter man of Southern Methodist
University, believes that he has round
ed out a winning aggregation. His
team will! average around the 100
pound mark. while the Lutheran Col
jeae equad is understood to surpass
that mark BY Mt least ten pounds TO
the man. The institute gridiron is
located about two miles out on the
Bandera road.
San Antonio's two high schools,
Breckenridge and Main Avenue, are
working strcnuously in preparation
for n pair of out-of-town battles. The
Purples tanglc with Houston Central
at Houston Friday afternoon, while
Tim Griescnbcck's Crimson squad Is
pointing to its tilt with Corpus Christi
High at the coast city Friday. These
are the opening games Of the newl y
formed South Texas League to be
participated in by the local schools.
Griesenbeck had his huskics work
Ganda,- n and his
countenance was wreathed in smiles
as result of Minor Gull, brilliant
guard, having reported after being out
week with an injured collar-bone.
CHEATHAM RETURNS.
Coach Cannon is also jubilant over
the fact that Frank Cheatham, veter-
ran center, has at last returned from
The North Dakota wheat fields to
take his place on the Purple line.
This will enable him to shift Bob
Fcnner back to his old position at
fullback.
The Breckenridge High Wildcats
are preparing to play the Texas
Teachers College eleven at Kingsyille
Saturday. The Wildcats looked good
in their 12-to-0 defeat of Laredo High
School at Laredo Saturday.
Mule Frazier's Alamo Heights
"Muleso will probably play Pleasnnton
High School mt Pleasanton Saturday.
The game has not yet been definitely
closed.
Coach "Hawkshaw" Crosby's San
Antonio Academy grid warriors have
an open space in their schedule for
the approaching weekend, but nego-
tiations are under way with Flores
willie High School. II the game is ar
ranged it probably viii be played in
San Antonio.