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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1925
Page
5
Amarillo High School lacks a gymnasium training space and a faulty court, forcing Coach A. B. Hays to consider outdoor practices and away games as other Panhandle coaches prepare their teams. Despite facilities issues, Amarillo shows good prospects for a strong basketball season.
The Polecats formed in 1923-24 and grew from an untrained group into a respected team. They won football and basketball championships in their first season and were runners-up in ward school baseball, defeating all other rivals by wide margins. Four members made the Junior High team this year, signaling strong future talent. Local supporters provided uniforms, a point of pride for San Jacinto.
The piece praises Baylor Bears coach Frank B. Bridges as master of football strategy. It notes his success as Southwestern Conference champion in 1924 and 1922, plus a baseball title in 19323, while contrasting him with Georgia Tech coach W A Alexander and his Heisman shift.
Coach A B Hays announced Amarillo High will face Vernon or Electra at home next week for Thanksgiving. The team continues intense training to develop players for next year. If a game is scheduled this week it would likely be away from home.
The Quanah Tribune-Chief reports Roy Henderson head of the interscholastic league let teams with ineligible players replay their games, a move that alarms Quanah and others. The editor argues the ruling encourages professionalism in high school football and could hurt smaller towns and poorer teams.
Buchanan Street school defeated McKinley school 9 to 6 in a snappy ward school football clash yesterday. Four more ward games remain to be played on November 25. Johnson Street Wildcats lead the race for the loving cup offered by J. E. Clements from the Start and have virtually assured it for the year.
Robert D. Wrenn a famed tennis player and versatile athlete dies at 53 in New York City. A national champion for four years he played second base and quarterback for Harvard a Roosevelt Rough Rider in the Spanish American War and major in the air service in World War I. He later spent 25 years on the New York Stock Exchange.
Dodgeville Wisconsin November 13 The body of Archibald McArthur wealthy spiritualist and former attorney is being examined for vital organs by Dr C H Bunting and Meade Burge after exhumation ordered by nephew Luther McArthur. Estate valued around 360000 with most to George A Rafferty of Jacksonville Florida. Luther McArthur contests probate.
Lewis 17 Bean longtime president of the Sunday Breakfast Association in Philadelphia died yesterday. Over fifty years he fed sheltered counseled and supported about 4,000,000 down and outers. Bean organized the charity and worked with city clergy to help men help themselves, serving without salary.
Ten weeks to pay and advertising lines from Adams & Parr appear alongside local notes. Jeff Blackburn seeks admission to the Forty-Two and Over club, W. S. Davis becomes pharmacist at Dickson drug store, a Texan with years of experience. Mrs. M A Graham, near the refinery, broke both bones in her left ankle three weeks ago and was in town on crutches yesterday.
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