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ur High "chool ha, ju t cau~, for b ing pr ud of th ir f t all an1
for 1 :.-0. Th ~'chedul wa ight gam ~·, ~, v ral grand viet ri ~, b ing
won from oppon nt older, h avi r and of I ng r . p ri n than ur t am,
which wa d f a ed by only two high ·cho L'. Th ~, vic tori ~, \\' r lar ly
the r ult of th pl ndid coaching of "Ham" D wling, \vho mad ur littl
quad of fift n boy fa t, .'nappy an ~ t ady, an abl t put up a hard
game again t any odd .
Th lub Athl tico d u a, of Havana,
the b t high chool football t am in th
Purpl and old, about a month after th a~, n clo~ d, and h writ r
accept d. Th boy· had broken trainin , but illiam (Bill) F.
took charge of th quad and quickly br ught th m in lin again.
The following memb r, of th t am mad th trip: Horae iL on,
Jr., cent r; L o Thoma , left guard; J. D. nfro , right guard; J. T. Lip-
comb, righ tackl ; harl . Tribbl , I f tackl ; \Villiam Phillipp ..
right end; no Hou , I ft nd; Hal Robart', quart rback; R. utch
(captain), right half back; Fr d Port r, I ft half back; and Jo ~ill n,
fullback. ub titut , Langl y Br wn, Jam Rivi r and Ellio dding.
Th boy wer accompani d by Dr. A. . Ko n, Ir. LouL' H. Tri I ,
Mr. anova, coach, and 1anager . W. thea.
n di embarking from the palatial t am r, " ov rnor obb," in Ha-
vana, on th morning of c mb r 31 t, 1 20, w \V r cordially m t by
member of the uban club, and until our d partur for hom , on th littl
teamer "Ma cott ," we w r , in th b t ace ptance of th t rm, th ir
gue t , royally entertained. Th m mb r of thi · lub ar d lightful n-
tertainer and e p cially "good f llow ' and th ir inh r nt graciou n
found outlet for expre ion not one but many tim ', a. genuin goodne
do at each opportunity. Fri nd hip \V r form d during our tay which
are likely to be permanent.
The football gam wa played at Almendare Park, with an a t ndanc
of over fifte n thou and, at lling a high a~ ten dollar . ur boy
played the arne hard, fa t, nappy, t ady game which characterized
their work during th pa .. t . a on in Florida, and in th opinion of th
writer, th differ nc in weight alon enabl d our oppon nt to win.
The cor of 27 to give littl indica ion of th fight put up by our
boy , but th I tter b low from a di int r . t d p eta tor i illuminating:
"January 1 t, 1921, Havana, uba.
"Editor Tim - nion, Jack on viii , Fla., . . A.
" ar ir: Thi afternoon I witn d a gam of football tw n th
High chool t am of Lake ity, Fla., and th uban thl tic lub.
"I have nothing to ay in d fen~ e of th ak ity fighter ; th y n d
no d f n what o v r.
"Ab ut gam tim , fourt n High hool boy romp d onto th fi ld,
right nappy; hortly afterward. two big auto mp i d th m lv of
twenty-one big heavy men, ranging in ag from 22 to 3, av raging 1 5
pound , thre of whom wer w II over 2 om of the arne hav
played football for nin to tw lv year ...

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