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ANNALS OF FOOTBALL(Continued from Page 23)were stars of Thistlethwa^te's first season. Moffat Elton became captain of Chicago in 1918, being the third leader of the varsity team to come from Oak Park in four years.In the next three years Oak Parkmissed the championship by inches each season. Probably the greatest player produced in this period was Pete Steger, who was one of the most brilliant back-field men in local football history. Pete still keeps in trim by playing professional football in season.The following fpur years were the most successful of Coach Thistle-I HERB STEGERI thwaite’s period at Oak Park, ending in I four more championships. The championship ia 1917 started the ball rolling. I The season of 1918-1919 ended in Cook J County titles, Oak Park playing Englewood both times for the title, and in 1920, after becoming the Suburban champs, a post season game with Steele High of Dayton, Ohio, added more prestige and fame when the home men put I over a 19 to 6 victory.In the 1918-1919 seasons Oak Park| * ascored a total of 412 points to opponents’ 17. The 1921 season was a success from * the standpoint of the spirit shown, altho the championhip was not won, Oak Park losing two games.The gallery of gridiron experts and I leaders of the last few years presents 1 many familiar and well known names. Uteritz, Herb “Tige” Steger* Hal Lewis and Jim Pyatt are perhaps the most renowned. Lewis captained this year’s Maroon team, while reliable Jim Pyatt is captain-elect. Jim’s election makes him the fifth Maroon leader to come from Oak Park in the last nine years. Steger and Uteritz are making history at Michigan, both! winning favorable comment. Then there is Heilie, Caruso and Abbott, who ire holding honorable positions on the Midway. All haVe been awarded letters and there ate prospects of another Chicago captain frcxm Oak in the near future.This season has ended in a fie with Evanston for the title, but it is generally regarded as one of the best ini recent years. Coach Winters showed his football talent when he whipped a championship contending aggregation from a squad of mostly untried men. Captain Madsen and Drechsler are the brightest stars of^the season, being unanimously chosen members of the mythical All-Suburban by every critic and also gaining the higher honor of being placed on the All-Cook County eleven. There is undoubtedly a great future ahead of these two men in college circles. Coach Winters is already endeared to the hearts of all Oak Park and under his tutelage Oak Park faces a bright future.
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Oak Park Oak Leaves
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Sat, Dec 23, 1922
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