Annual (May 1900) . s the only time during the season the team had a chance to prove its superi-ority where the red and white predominated among the spectators. As yet our opponents had never crossed our goal line, and this recordcontinued after the game. The winning of thiscontest gave us the championship among the highschools of this state, an honor of which ourschool feels justly proud. It was not an over-whelming victory on account of the wet field,the tendency on the part of some players whowere over confident to make grand-standplays, and the bad condition of some of our bestplayers. By
Annual (May 1900) . s the only time during the season the team had a chance to prove its superi-ority where the red and white predominated among the spectators. As yet our opponents had never crossed our goal line, and this recordcontinued after the game. The winning of thiscontest gave us the championship among the highschools of this state, an honor of which ourschool feels justly proud. It was not an over-whelming victory on account of the wet field,the tendency on the part of some players whowere over confident to make grand-standplays, and the bad condition of some of our bestplayers. By the valuable experience of thisgame the team was well prepared to meet aheavy eleven at Champaign, 111., on Thanks-giving Day. The Champaign boys had the advantage ofus in weight, but lacked in science. At thebeginning of the game they made the only scoreregistered against us during the entire season,but our superior endurance, grit and team-worksoon told, and the contest resulted in another ^^*°y- Fred Hohn.
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