The Normal Star (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 26, 1921 Page: 1 of 4
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Jennings
VOLUME X.
The Normal Star
Published Weekly During the School Year by the Students of the Southwest Texas State Normal College
SCHOOL Supplies
Jennings
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1921
NUMBER 8
DENTON HUMBLED BY BOBCATS
LADIES FACULTY
CLUB TO ENTER-
TAIN STUDENTS
EIGHT SEPERATE ENTER-
TAINMENTS WEDNES-
DAY AFTERNOON
FROM 4 TO 6
The Ladies’ Faculty Club, composed
of the ladies of the faculty and the
wives of the men members of the fa-
culty, have extended to the entire stu-
dent body of the Normal an invitation
to be their guests at several different
teas to be given at different homes from
4 to 6 o’clock Wednesday afternoon.
The Ladies Faculty Club has made an
effort to give a special invitation to
every student on the Hill, and to tell
him or her which tea to attend, but for
fear of missing some student the Club
has requested that it be made plain
that every student is invited to at-
tend* some one of the teas, even if he
or she did not get a special invita-
tion. In case you did not get an in-
vite, and were not instructed to go to
a specific place Wednesday, go to the
one you want to.
It would be impossible for .all the
students to be entertained at one home,
so the Club has divided the crowd by
eight,, and eight separate teas will be
served at the homes of eight separate
members of the Club. Miss Falls, in
announcing the affair in General As-
sembly Wednesday morning, emphasiz-
ed that students could come by them-
selves, in groupes or in couples, just
so they came.
Following is a list of the homes
where the entertainments will be giv-
en, with a list of the hostesses at each
entertainment. Mrs. Brown, 822 Bel-
vin St., Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Stanfield,
Mrs. Burleson, Mrs. Marsh, Miss Kone
and Miss Barton.
Mrs. Burkholder, 105 .Live Oak St.,
Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Woodson, Mrs. Hut-
ton, Mrs. Bachle, Miss Stevens afid
Miss Wiese.
Mrs. Denman, West San Antonio St.,
Mrs. Sewell, Mrs. McConnell, Mrs. T.
C. Johnson Jr., Miss Murphy, Miss
Lowman and Miss McCormick.
Mrs. Mills, 609 West Hutchison St.,
Mrs. Patterson, Miss Ethel Davis,
Miss Graves, Miss Bruce, Miss Boyd
and Miss Foley.
Mrs. Rugel, 710 N. Comanche St.,
Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. Tanner, Mrs.
Goodman, Mrs. Arnold, Miss Hines,
Miss Henderson and Miss Fisher.
Mrs. Nolle, 112 Academy St., Mrs.
Vernon, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Morris,
Miss Sayers, Miss Johnson and Miss
Rathburn.
Mrs. Smith, 211 Wods St., Mrs.
Birdwell, Mrs. Strahan, Miss Butler,
Miss Tansil, Mis Horton and Miss
Moore.
Mrs. Wilhelm, 324 N. Nrth St., Airs
Crawfrd, Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. Harry,
Miss Falls, Aliss Lay and Aliss
Christiansen.
Don’t forget the time! Wednesday,
November 30th, 4 to 6 o’clock in the
afternoon. <
STUDENTS LOOK-
ING FORWARD TO
CLASS GAMES
FISH DETERMINED TO CAR-
RY OFF HONORS ON
THE GRIDIRON
THIS YEAR
As usual, toward the end of the foot-
ball season much talk is being .made
about the class football games that
are always played after the close of
the regular season. Already the plans
are being made for the several games,
and during the coming week Evans
Field will doubtless be the scene of
some-of the most hotly contested grid
battles of the year.
Pep always runs high at the class
games, and judging class pep by the
school pep, this yar is to be an excep-
tion to the rule, but it will be an ex-
ception in the other direction. At
present the Fish seem to be the most
anxious to start off the class games.
They claim that they are going to
sweep all other classes beore them
this year, and that the class honors in
the premier college sport will not be
withheld because of a tie game as it
was last year.
The Fish are backing their boast
by pointing to the hoast of Bobkittens
that will appear in their lineup: .Crown-
over, the two Shelton cousins, Big
Allison, the plunging fullback, Hopson,
Harris, Gunn, Dement and many oth-
ers that have been playing football
all season. Since no football “T” man
can participate in the class games, and
since the Fish have a corner on most
of the Bobkitten team, it looks like
they have a good chance to carry out
their threat.
It is not known exactly how the
other teams will be organized. Of
course the First and Second Year Nor-
mal classes will get into the series.
The three upper classes are the main
ones that the Fish are after however,
but whether these classes will put more
than one team on the field is not
known. If the Sophs can put out a
team of their own then it will be tip
to the two upper classes to make a
team between th'em. Last year the two
upper classes and Sophs all went to-
gether, but this year it is hoped that
there will be another team on the field,
and that the Sophs will furnish that
team unassisted by the other classes.
Now that the football season is over,
let every class keep the Normal pep
but for a few days turn it into class
pep. Of course the two classes whose
teams are playing can not stay on the
same side of the field, but there are
plenty of seats on each side and there
will be plenty of officials to keep the
rivals apart should pep run too high.
Every class should have their yell
leader and be practicing their yells for
the class games.
14 TO 0 IS SCORE OF NORMAL’S GREATEST GRID VICTORY;
TEAM ENDS SENSATIONAL SEASON WITHOUT SINGLE DEFEAT
HOMECOMING EM-
BERS PANNED IN-
TO FLAME THURS.
Ex-Students Come Back
to Root for Bobcats
Y.W. HONORS FIELD SECRETARY
Miss Conant Entertained With Lunch-
eon In H. E. Building.
The Y. W. C. A. Cabinet members
entertained with a delightful buffet
luncheon Tuesday at the noon hour in
the H. E. Building, in honor of Aliss
Ruth Conant, Y. W. C. A. Field Sec-
retary of Dallas. The dining room
was tastefully decorated with yellow
chrysanthemums, asparagus and ferns
in cut glass baskets.
The fololwing menu, creamed chick-
en, olives, jelly, buttered rolls, sardine
canapis, lemon ice, angel fod squares,
chocolate and macaroons was served
to Aliss Ruth Conant. guest of honor,
Mrs. W. I. Woodson, chairman of the
Y. W. C. A. Advisory Board, Miss
Irene Hearne. Y. Secretary, and the
members of the Cabinet, which were:
Misses Else Sauer, Flo Lowman,
Grace Cavness, Flossie Runnels, Owens,
Winifred Thatmann, Lois Taylor, Sal-
lie Haynes, Esta Mae Bond, Ruth
Knispel, Alartha Woodson and Eula
Ward.
The Cabinet wishes to take this
means of . thanking Miss Lay and her
serving class who prepared and served
the luncheon.
It’s lucky for us that Adam was’ in
the Garden. If he hadn’t been there
Eve would have married the devil.
SHAKESPEARES ENTERTAIN-
ED AT HOME OF MISS WARD
Formal Party Given In Honor of
Girls’ Club.
Misses Eula Ward, Mazine Graddy,
Mary Wright, Aljldred Reardon, Emy
Beth Kennard, Aladeline Gillespie,
Polly Foy and Willodine Watkins en-
tertained the Shakespeare girls at the
home of Miss Ward, Wednesday ev-
ening, November 23rd.
The house was appropriately and
artistically decorated' with tricolors of
of the Club, purple, white and gold,
and from the moment the guests en-
tered until they left, they were clever-
ly entertained.
First, a mock wedding took place in
which Mazine Graddy as bride and
Hodge Pickens as bridegroom, and
Oscar Stroman as minister, starred.
Jesse Dickens gave a vocal selection
from “Madame Butterfly”, that was
doubly effective, as she wasx dressed
to suit the part. Aliss Lula Hines
then explained the how and why of the
organization of the Club, and before
she was through each girl realized as
never before the privilege she had in
being a Shakespeare.
Dressed in butterfly costumes, Alisses
Janie Hopson and Elizabeth Flake
gave the “Butterfly Dance”. Miss Fay
Narris gave a reading, “The Ameri-
can Bed Bug”, and she certainly has
talent as a humorous reader.
The New Braunfels orchestra rend-
ered jazz music throughout the even-
ing, and when all had assembled each
girl stepped to the front and the orch-
Continued on page Four)
Was it a success? We’ll say it was.
And believe me it was good to shake
hands, and exchange gossip with our
old friends. But the goodest part was
they were all full o’ pep to overflowin’.
Nothing could put a damper on the
spirit of either the Home Comers or
the students, as attested by their de-
monstration of loyalty. The day dawned
cloudy and threatening, as if to cast
a spell o’er everything. Seemed as if
everything was going against Bobcats
that in the afternoon they would go
down in bitter defeat. But, regardless
of the threatening conditions the old
“Jinx” was forced into retreat and
evidently retired to haunt old Denton’s
gang.
Early, on the morning of Turkey
Day, our information bureaus were
hard at it, answering questions, and
directing the masses of Home Comers.
The old Main Hall ©f the Adminstra-
tion building was like a bee hive.
Throngs were going in and out, milling
here and there. Now and then a short
could be heard, while those about
would witness a bear-hug, followed by
the administration of “two-lip” salve.
Others would be called into consul-
tation, then the onlookers would turn
to another such episode.
All the while the Y. W. C. A. girls
were actively engaged in supplying
refreshments to those who had time to
eat, or drink.
At 2 :15 o’clock the masses assembled
in the Main Auditorium for such a
rally as old S. W. T. N. C. has never
before witnessed. Old students, who
climbed these hills for so long, honor-
ed us with short but snappy talks.
Naturally they would praise their Al-
ma Mater, but that’s not all. They
'declared this bunch we have now to be
absolutely the peppiest they had ever
seen here. That we had more “real”
college spirit, and a number of other
things just as complimentary.
Among those who so honored us was,
Mr. “Dick” Hays, now a student of
Texas University. Among the many
tributes he extended us was a message
from the S. W. T. N. C. Club in the
University. He tells us there are
about fifty members in this club and
that it’s some live bunch. That’s the
kind of a school we have, our ex-stu-
dents are proud of us, and they tell
it to the world.
Air. L- C. McDonald, a famous char-
acter on this wonderful old hill, was
especially loud in his acclamations. He
lauded highly our spirit, and won-
derful achievement.
Miss Willie Barton was suddenly
surprised and found herself upon the
stage wishing Ishe was back in school
for this most splendid year in the
history of this good old school.
About 2:30 o’clock the gayest gang
of Bobcat boosters that ever boosted
a Bobcat, formed into a column of
fours and began a slow march to
Evans Field. A more spectacular body
of gay youngsters has never before
gone forth so gallantly for the sup-
port of so worthy a team. Long after
the head of the column had arrived up-
on the field there could still be seen
a long line slowly winding down the
hills.
The column immediately, under the
direction of the yell leaders, began
the formation of a great letter “T”.
The successful completion of this letter
made a very beautiful spectacle. One
worthy of any institution.
Throughout the whole game this loyal
bunch of rooters kept things hot for
old Denton, and we don’t wonder that
they went down in defeat. We praise
you Denton, for having a strong, clean
bunch of football men, and we feel
that had it not been Bobcats you were
fighting, you would probably have gone
home victorious over your Turkey
Day opponents.
Bjit, let’s leave the details of the
game to other columns, and follow the
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Horton Scores Both Touchdowns
Touchdowns: Normal 2, Denton 0.
Goal after Touchdown: Normal ?,
Denton 0. .
1st Downs: Normal 10, Denton o.
Yards gained in Scrimmage: Normal
235, Denton 155.
Passes: Normal 1 out of 3, Denton
5 out of 18.
Passes Inter.: Normal 3 of Denton’s,
Denton none of Normal’s.
Punts: Normal 6, Denton 8.
Average Distance of Punts: Normal
42 yards, Denton 37 yards.
Fumbles: Normal 0, Denton 1.
Thrown for loss: Normal 18 yards,
Denton 35 yards.
Penalties: Normal 9 for 105 yards,
Denton, 4 for 30 yards.
Substitutions: Normal 0, Denton 5.
The Bobcats did it! In the best game
from strictly a football point of view,
and in the most important game ever
played on Evans Field, he Bobcats
humbled their arch rivals from Denton
Thursday when they attached a glor-
ious finish to their season’s string of
undefeats by winning by the score of
14 to 0. With the exception of the day
being a little warm for football, the
game was played under ideal condi-
tions and before the largest crowd of
spectators ever assembled at the Nor-
mal athletic field.
Both the Cats’ touchdowns were the
result of hard playing and were clear-
ly earned. Jack Horton, the big left
end was the hero of the day, making
both counters for the Cats, the first
on a cleverly executed forward pass
across the goal line and the other by
a sensational 60-yard run around right
end. Jack had splendid interference
in the last play, but even interfer-
ence must give out. But when it did
Jack did the rest. He evaded would-
be tacklers, and after he got in front
of them it was all over for Denton.
This brilliant run came in the middle
of the fourth quarter.
Up to this time it had been anybody’s
game; the Cats had scored one touch-
down in the second quarter but Den-
ton ever presented a dangerous attack
that kept the Bobcat defense on their
toes a every play. During he first
quarter both teams played each other
to a standstill. In the second quarter
tho, the Cats got their old line attack
to functioning right and they battered
the Denton line for several first downs
and placed the ball on the 25-yard line.
Here Capt. Shands tried for a drop
kick but the ball fell short and wide;
Pete kicking from the 37-yard line.
Denton returned the kick but failed
to gain. Little Brown returned their
punt 12 yards and the Cats put on an-
other drive. Ramsay, Storey and
Shands advanced the ball on line bucks
to the 10-yard line where the Denton
team braced and held. Here Pete pull-
ed off a clever bit of generalship. When
the play started Big Killena slipped
back out of the line, took the oval, and
with his big left shot it swiftly across
the line. It looked from the sidelines
as tho the ball- was going to be ground-
ed, but Jack Horton dashed out from
somewhere and gathered it in. Brown
kicked goal.
Thursday’s game was clearly a dem-
onstration of straight football triumph-
ing over the forward pass and fake
plays. The Denton team soon realized
thaj. they could not gain against the
Cats by straight football, so they con-
centrated their attack in fakes, passes
and a few end runs. They had some
fast stepping men in their back field,
and some good interference that netted
them several substantial gains around
end. They completed five out of eigh-
teen passes, and gained some good
ground on several of their fakes. But
speaking in terms of baseball, the
Denton team could not “bunch their
hits”, consequently their gains were
not of such great importance.
The invaders did one thing tho.
They gave the Bobcats a chance to
demonstrate that they can step into
the breech anid stand the acid test in
the crisis. With the score 7 to 0 in
the Cats’ favor, during the second
quarter Denton, by two 15-yard runs,
a penalty and a forward pass, placed
the ball on Normal’s 1-yard line. It
was fourth down and goal to go. Lit-
tle Brown got down in the right side
cf the line and the play was called
over the left; right over Terry Low.-
man and Jack Horton. Capt. Goode
got far back so as to get a good start.
The two lines hit and stuck; Goode
charged with terrific speed, dove high
into the air hoping to clear the line,
but the whole Cat back field charged
into the play and piled Mr. Goode on
top of the tangled linemen without an
inch gained. Pete kicked out of dang-
er and Denton did not threaten again.
Denton’s fakes failed to net them
scores because the Cat defense solved
the plays after they had been tried
once. Time and again the line broke
thru and threw the runner for a loss
on their hidden ball trick, and also
on their open plays they , failed to
gain after the play had been previously-
tried. Their best gains were made by
end runs, West and Goode making sev-
eral good gains on this style of play.
But it was the Bobcats’ old reliable
line attack that beat Denton. For a
whole quarter they hammered against
the Denton line with little results.
But no line could long withstand such
hammering, and in the second quarter
Denton’s began to crumble. It was by
this style of attack that the ball was
placed where Pete could try for a drop
kick, and it was by this style of play
that the ball was brought to where a
short pass over the line gave the Cats
their first touchdown. The line attack
again brought the ball to where Little
Brown could try a place kick. In the
third quarter the Denton line ' stood
helpless before the plunges of Capt.
Shands, Ramsay, Storey an dBrown.
From the 20-yard line the ball was
brought straight down the field to
Denton’s 20-yard line where a 15-yard
penalty ruined the chance or scoring
in that period. Capt. Shands made
the longest run ox the game thru the
line. Bucking straight over center he
got into the broken field and; ran 25
yards.
Coach Strahan did not make a single
substitution during the entire game.
Each man was starring the whole time
he was- in there, and those eleven stars
were Capt. Pete Shands, Jack Horton,
Charlie Ramsay, Terry Lowman, Red
Hildreth, Roger Storey, Big Killena,
Little Brown, Wylie Summers, Fred
Kaderli and Hons Richards. The Den-
ton players seemed to be affected by
the heat, for time after time they call-
ed time-out which made the game long
drawn out. Denton made five substi-
tutions during the game.
The display of college spirit Thurs-
day was the best ever seen on Evans
Field. All the bleachers on the north
side of the field were filled with Nor-
mal students and Alumni. This body
formed a “T” on the field before the
game, and staged a snake dance during
the halves. All the co-eds dressed
alike, and with the stands gaily decor-
ated with pennants and that old Mar-
oon and Gold, things just could not
have been better.
But it was not confined to the root-
ers. Both teams played a hard and
clean game to the end. From the first
kick-off until the final whistle eacu
eleven fought as only a fighting foot-
ball team knows how to fight. After
the game Normal boys piled out of
the bleachers and carried the Bobcats
off the field.
The game Thursday was by far the
greatest football game ever played
south of Clark Field, and we believe
the best team won. By winning this
game the Bobcats won the State Nor-
mal Championship, finished the only
season in which they were never de-
feated, and remained the only undefeat-
ed college team in Texas.
The Game By Play—First Quarter
Normal kicks off 48 yards and Den-
ton returns 28. Denton 2 yard. Denton
penalized 15 yards. Denton 5 yards.
Denton 2 yards. Denton kicks 35 and
Brown 3. Ramsay 2: Storey 1. Ramsay
8. Normal penalized 15. Storey 2.
Ramsay 0.. Horton 1. Normal kick 35.
No Heturn for Denton. Denton 2. Den-
ton 9. Denton 1. Denton 0. Time out
for Denton. Denton 5 on pass. Denton
7. Denton 5. Denton fumble and Hild-
reth recovers. Ramsay 0. Ramsay 2.
Storey 7. Normal kicks 60 on fast
rolling bouncer. Denton downed be-
hind their goal line and ball brought
out to 20 yard line. Denton’s ball.
Denton 3. Normal penalized 5. Denton
2. Denton 14. Denton fails to pass.
Ramsay intercepts pass. Shands 7.
Ramsay 6. Shands 3. Ramsay 3. Den-
ton off side.
Score: San AlarcosO, Denton 0.
(Continued on page Two)
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