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The 1922 Season
UIL Press Release September 6th, 1922
INTERSCHOLASTIC ELIGIBILITY RULES ARE GIVEN
By Roy B. Henderson
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 6 - The University of Texas Interscholastic League eligibility rules for the forthcoming year contain two important and far reaching changes which apply almost exclusively to high school athletics. The new rules read as follows:
Transfer Rule - A student is eligible to represent only the school district in which his parents or guardian reside, provided (1) a student is not barred under this rule who transfers to the higher class school located nearest his home, (2) one year's regular attendance in contests of the League.
Half-Year Rule - No one shall take part in any athletic contest in this League who did not attend school at least one-half of the last year he was in school.
It is explained that the half-year rule has been made necessary because of a practice which has become far too common, namely keeping a certain undesirable class of young men in high school for only a few months in the Fall for the primary object of playing football. As soon as the football season is over, or if the team has lost a few games, these boys drop out of school and remain out until the next football season. The Interscholastic League authorities take the position that high school football should be for bona fide high school students who attend long enough to feel a real sense of loyalty and love for the school and who participate in football for the honor of the school and not for the personal publicity, reputation or other selfish reasons. The half-year rule is expected to eliminate the part-time student athlete.
By far the most important change which has been made in the League athletic rules for years is the transfer rule which goes into effect Sept. 1st this year. The rapidly increasing custom of inducing prominent athletes to transfer to a certain school is a problem which has troubled school men and League officials for some time. Bidding for athletes reached such proportions during the last year that nearly all of the Interscholastic League period at the State Teachers Association meeting in Dallas last November was devoted to a discussion of this evil and the present rule is the result. The wholesale transferring of high school athletes seemed to be destroying high school athletics. The new rule may apply unfortunately in some cases, it is feared, but no rule could be formulated with strength sufficient to reach the gulty without in some isolated cases reaching the innocent as well. For the benefit of the whole it is thought better to let a few innocent transgressors suffer in order that this ulcer, which was slowly but surely undermining the whole structure of high school athletics in the State, may be removed.
School men in all parts of the State have expressed themselves to the effect that they believe the new changes will very largely secure the desired results and that state high school athletics will continue to grow and be a real power in education and character-building.
UIL Press Release September 23rd, 1922
TWO HUNDRED HIGH SCHOOLS NOW IN LEAGUE
Every Section of State is Represented in Schools Enrolling in Interscholastic League
By Roy B. Henderson
Austin, Texas. Sep. 23rd - Nearly two hundred high schools, representing every section of Texas are already enrolled in the University of Texas Interscholastic League Football plan. It is this statewide representation which makes the league's activities so attractive and valuable to the participating schools.
Due to a ruling made by the football rules committee of school superintendents, principals and coaches, no school will be allowed to participate which does not accept the plan and enroll in the league by October 1. The following schools have complied with this requirement:
Abilene, Albany, Alvin, Amarillo, Arlington, Aransas Pass, Aspermont, Athens, Atlanta, Ballinger, Bartlett, Bay City, Beaumont (South Park H.S.), Beeville, Belton, Bertram, Big Spring, Bonham, Bowie, Breckenridge, Brownsville, Brownwood, Bryan, Buda, Burkburnett, Byars, Calvert, Cameron, Canadian, Canton, Celina, Cisco, Childress, Clarendon, Clarksville, Cleburne, Clyde, Comanche, Crystal City, Cuero, Dalhart, Dallas (Forest Ave.), Dayton, DeLeon, Del Rio, Denison, Denton, Devine, Donna, Dublin, Eagle Lake, Eagle Pass, Edinburg, Eden, Edna, Electra, Ennis, Farwell, Flatonia, Floresville, Floydada, Forney, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth (South Ft Worth), Fort Worth (North Side), Galveston (Ball High), Garland, Gatesville, Georgetown, Giddings, Gilmer, Godley, Goldthwaite, Gonzales, Gordon, Granger, Greenville, Hamlin, Harrisburg, Haskell Public Schools, Haskell High, Hearne, Henderson, Henrietta, Hereford, Hillsboro, Houston (Central), Houston (Heights Senior H.S.), Itasca, Junction, Kenedy, Kerrville, Killeen, Kingsville, Knox City, La Porte, League City, Lockhart Public Schools, Lott, Lubbock, Lufkin, Marshall, Mathis, McAllen, McGregor, McKinney, McLean, Memphis, Mercedes, Meridian Public Schools, Merkel, Mexia, Midland, Mineola, Milford, Mineral Wells, Moody, Munday Navasota, Nixon, Oenaville, Olden, Orange, Paducah, Palacios, Palestine, Pampa, Pecos, Plainview, Pleasanton, Polytechnic (Ft. Worth), Port Arthur, Quanah, Ranger, Rosebud, Rosenburg, Runge, Sabinal, San Angelo, San Antonio (Main Avenue), San Antonio (Brackenridge High), San Benito, San Saba, Santa Anna, Schulenburg, Sherman, Silverton, Slaton, Smithville, Sodville, Sour Lake, Spicewood, Stamford, Stephenville, Strawn, Taylor, Texarkana, Temple, Terrell, Texas City, Thorndale, Throckmorton, Troup, Tulia, Tyler, Van Alstyne, Venus Public Schools, Victoria, Waco, Wichita Falls, Winnsboro, Yorktown.
UIL Press Release October 13th, 1922
255 HIGH SCHOOLS OF TEXAS IN INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13 - Two Hundred and fifty-five high schools scattered all over Texas have accepted the Interscholastic League's plan for deciding a state football championship among high schools this season, according to Roy Bedichek, head of the division of the league. The games in this series occur each week-end, Friday or Saturday.
"At present prospects are bright for the most successful high school football year ever conducted by the University of Texas Interscholastic League," Roy B. Henderson, athletic director of the league declared.
"I regard the outcome of the meeting held last March in Fort Worth by a number of representative Texas high school superintendents, principals, and coaches as a great forward step in high school athletics of the state," Mr. Henderson continued. "At this meeting a general football plan was worked out for the teams which will contest for the state football championship under the direction of the University Interscholastic League."
The high school officials who worked out the plan are: D.D. Green, Abilene; W.F. Garner, Longview; L.M. Hubbard, Belton; N.H. Proctor, Cleburne; N.D. Clark, Fort Worth; F.G. Ernie, Cleburne and B.M. Dinsmore, Electra.
The plan worked out by the committee of school men follows:
1. - The state shall be divided into sixteen sections. Each team must play five games in its own section as early as Nov. 1. After this date, the Interscholastic League officials will match games between outstanding teams in each section.
2. - If possible the championship of the Interscholastic League shall be decided by the middle of December.
3. - The league officials shall have the right to automatically eliminate any team from the running which has not played sufficiently strong and representative teams.
4. - Teams cannot send in entrance fees after October 1.
5. - All competing players must sign an eligibility card.
6. - The transfer rule and the half-year rule shall hold good in all instances.
UIL Press Release October 18th, 1922
High School Football Gets Off To A Flying Start This Season In The Interscholastic League
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18 - High school football this season has gotten away with a flying start. Due to the prearranged schedules made with a view to sectional eliminations, the season is far advanced toward a state championship in comparison with the advancement that had been made at a similar date last year. Eighty-one contenders, the records of the League Bureau show, are still in the lists as undefeated teams. It is possible that there may be still a few undefeated teams not included in this list who have failed to make reports. No school which has not reported at least one game is included in this summary. As these weekly summaries are published the ranks of the undefeated teams will grow thinner and thinner until, if the elimination plans work out as forecast, November 11 will see but one champion in each of the sixteen sections into which the state is divided. Inter-sectional games will then be scheduled by the League, cutting the number in eight the first week after November 11, to four the following week, to two the week following, so that the final state championship game may be played the week following Thanksgiving.
A number of surprises have already been sprung in the race which is on. In the Denton-Sherman game, for instance, Gatewood, the plucky tackle on the smaller team, intercepted a forward pass and ran sixty-five yards to make the only score of the game. It was a surpirse to see such promising contenders as Fort Worth Central, Waxahachie, Polytechnic High drop out of the race so early.
There seemed to be a jinx around the games that were played on Friday, the 13th, in the way that the score 13, the only spooky number, kept showing up: Denison13, Whitewright 0; Beeville 13, Mathis 0; Milford 13, Ennis 0; Bridgeport 13, Jacksboro 0; Canyon 36, Tulia 13; Taylor 30, Rockdale 13; Sodville 30, Taft 13; Houston Heights 38, Victoria 13. A perfect battery of three's are noticable in these scores played on the jinx day.
The standing of teams taking no account of teams which have not reported at least one game, follows:
Section No. 1
1.000 per cent: Amarillo, Canadian, McLean, Pampa.
0.500 per cent: Canyon.
Section No. 2
1.000 per cent: Floydada, Lubbock, Plainview, Slaton.
0.667 per cent: Post.
0.250 per cent: Ralls.
Section No. 3
1.000 per cent: Abilene, Albany, Breckenridge, Clyde, Hamlin, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford.
0.667 per cent: Big Spring.
Section No. 4
1.000 per cent: Cleburne, Electra, Fort Worth (North Side), Mineral Wells, Strawn, Wichita Falls.
0.667 per cent: Bridgeport, Vernon.
0.500 per cent: Polytechnic, Seymour.
Section No. 5
1.000 per cent: Bonham, Dallas (Forest Ave.), Denison, Denton, Farmersville, Greenville, Honey Grove.
0.667 per cent: Whitesboro.
0.500 per cent: Celina, Terrell.
0.333 per cent: Forney, Whitewright.
Section No. 6
1.000 per cent: Atlanta, Mt. Pleasant Paris, Sulphur Springs, Texarkana, Tyler.
0.667 per cent: Longview
0.500 per cent: Mineola, Troup, Winnsboro.
Section No. 7
1.000 per cent: Midland, Pecos.
0.500 per cent: Sonora.
Section No. 8
1.000 per cent: De Leon, Gatesville, Junction.
0.667 per cent: Dublin.
0.333 per cent: Mason.
Section No. 9
1.000 per cent: Kaufman, Corsicana, Hillsboro, Itasca, Meridian, Milford, Rosebud, Royse City, Waco, Mexia.
0.500 per cent: Waxahachie.
Section No. 10
1.000 per cent: Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Palestine.
0.500 per cent: Crockett, Rusk.
Section No. 11
1.000 per cent: Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Hondo.
0.500 per cent: Devine.
Section No. 12
1.000 per cent: Austin, Belton, Giddings, Granger, San Antonio (Brackenridge), San Antonio (Main Ave.), Smithville, Taylor, Temple.
0.500 per cent: Georgetown, Lockhart, La Grange.
Section No. 13
1.000 per cent: Bryan, Caldwell.
0.500 per cent: Hearne.
Section No. 14
1.000 per cent: Beaumont (South Park), Galveston, Houston Heights, La Porte, Port Arthur, Wharton.
0.500 per cent: Bay City, Texas City.
Section No. 15
1.000 per cent: Beeville, Gonzales.
0.667 per cent: Floresville, Victoria.
Section No. 16
1.000 per cent: Brownsville, Harlingen, Mercedes, Robstown, San Benito, Sodville.
0.500 per cent: Mathis.
0.333 per cent: Taft.
UIL Press Release October 21st, 1922
Seventy-Four Teams Remaining In State High School Battle
Two Local High Schools In Official List From Austin
Austin, Tex. Oct. 21 - Seventy-four teams remain undefeated in the Texas Interscholastic Football League after Saturday's games.
These teams, as announced after a compilation of records by Roy B. Henderson, league director, are as follows:
Abilene, Albany, Amarillo, Atlanta, Austin, Beaumont, Beaumont (South Park), Beeville, Bonham, Breckenridge, Brownsville, Bryan, Caldwell, Canadian, Cleburne, Corpus Christi, Dallas (Forest High), Del Rio, Denison, Denton, Eagle Lake, Eagle Pass, Electra, Farmersville, Floydada, Fort Worth (North Side), Galveston, Gatesville, Giddings, Granger, Greenville, Hamlin, Harlingen, Hillsboro, Hondo, Houston Heights, Itasca, Junction, Kenedy, La Porte, Livingston, Lubbock, Lufkin, Marlin, McLean, Mercedes, Midland, Milford, Nacogdoches, Palestine, Pampa, Paris, Pecos, Plainview, Port Arthur, Robstown, Royse Citiy, San Angelo, San Antonio (Main Avenue), San Antonio (Brackenridge), San Benito, Slaton, Smithville, Stamford, Strawn, Sulphur Springs, Taylor, Teague, Temple, Texarkana, Tyler, Waco, Wharton, Wichita Falls.
UIL Press Release October 30th, 1922
TIE GAMES SLOW UP ELIMINATION
High School Teams Urged To Decide Sectional Championships
By Roy B. Henderson
AUSTIN, Oct. 30 - Reports of high school football games reaching the University Interscholastic League for the week ending Saturday show an unusual number of tie games. Many of these ties are with undefeated teams, and this fact makes it all the more necessary for a definite plan to be followed in future games in order that the various sectional championships may be decided not later than November 18th. According to one of the rules of the plan, intersectional games must begin the week of November 20th. The tie games which delay the sectional championships are: Atlanta 0 Tyler 0; Del Rio 0 Eagle Pass 0; and Bonham 6 Denison 6. Other tie games were: Plainview 13 Paducah 13; Port Arthur 7 Houston Heights 7; Brownwood 13 San Angelo 13. Two surprises were uncovered in Masonic Home's 14 to 13 win over Denton, and Floydada's 13 to 12 victory over Lubbock.
The league has suggested a series of games in each section whereby the various championships may be decided at the earliest possible date, and all schools concerned are expected to cooperate fully. In most cases it means that these tie games should be played over next week.
The undefeated teams listed by sections follow:
Sec. 1 - Amarillo, Canadian, McLean, Pampa.
Sec. 2 - Floydada, Plainview.
Sec. 3 - Abilene, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford.
Sec. 4 - Ft Worth (North Side), Wichita Falls.
Sec. 5 - Bonham, Dallas (Forest Ave), Denison.
Sec. 6 - Atlanta, Paris, Sulphur Springs, Texarkana, Tyler.
Sec. 7 - Midland, Pecos.
Sec. 8 - Comanche, Junction.
Sec. 9 - Marlin, Milford, Teague, Waco.
Sec. 10 - Livingston, Nacogdoches, Palestine.
Sec. 11 - Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Hondo.
Sec. 12 - Austin, Giddings, Temple, San Antonio (Brackenridge), Smithville, Taylor.
Sec. 13 - Bryan.
Sec. 14 - Beaumont (South Park), Beaumont, La Porte, Port Arthur.
Sec. 15 - Kenedy.
Sec. 16 - Brownsville, Corpus Christi, San Benito.
UIL Press Release November 4th, 1922
MORE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS OUT OF IT
Elimination This Week Expected To Cut Contenders To Twenty
Austin, Tex Nov. 4 - Undefeated teams in the University Interscholastic League after week-end games are: Amarillo, Atlanta, Austin, Beaumont, Bryan, Brownsville, Comanche, Corpus Christi, Dallas (Forest Avenue), Del Rio, Denison, Eagle Pass, Floydada, Fort Worth (North Side), Giddings, Houston (Central), Junction, Kenedy, La Porte, Marlin, Milford, Palestine, Pampa, Pecos, Plainview, Port Arthur, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford, Sulphur Springs, Teague, Temple, Tyler, Waco, Wichita Falls. Games next week will cut this number to about twenty.
Results for the week-end were: Floresville 0 Kenedy 0; Cameron 12 Bartlett 6; Brownwood 46 Richland Springs 0; Chillicothe 19 Crowell 0; Donna 10 McAllen 6; Seymour 21 Jacksboro 0; Palestine 19 Nacogdoches 9; Forney 58 Kaufman 7; Brownsville 19 San Benito 0; Georgetown 17 Taylor 0; Greenville 10 McKinney 7; Comanche 13 Dublin 0; Hillsboro 13 Athens 0; Belton 6 Granger 2; Atlanta 20 Texarkana 7; Albany 53 Baird 0; Wichita Falls 34 Cameron 6; Waco 29 Allen Academy 7; Austin 14 San Antonio (Brackenridge) 6; Beaumont 26 South Park 0; San Angelo 39 Brady 6; Sweetwater 37 Midland 0; Denison 19 Bonham 0; Childress 27 McLean 6; Meridian 12 McGregor 9; Pampa 9 Amarillo 9; Houston (Central) 33 Galveston 0.
UIL Press Release November 6th, 1922
All Section Championships in Interscholastic League Will be Decided Within Two Weeks
By Roy B. Henderson
AUSTIN, Tex. Nov. 6 - Eliminations are now rapidly occurring in the University Interscholastic League football race. Reports reaching the League Bureau Saturday night show that more than ten teams have dropped out of the running. Games arranged this week will see the number of remaining teams cut to approximately twenty. The following are the results of the games in which the losers dropped out: Palestine 19 Nacogdoches 9, Brownsville 19 San Benito 0, Georgetown 17 Taylor 0, Belton 6 Granger 2, Atlanta 20 Texarkana 7, Austin 14 San Antonio (Brackenridge) 6, Beaumont 26 South Park 0, Denison 19 Bonham 0, Childress 27 McLean 6.
Contrasting with last week's results only one tie game occurred among the important contests: Amarillo 9 Pampa 9.
This week will see the following games played, each one being a vital part of the championship series: Abilene vs. San Angelo, Dallas Forest Avenue vs. Denison, Marlin vs Milford, Del Rio vs. Eagle Pass, Temple vs. Giddings, Kenedy vs. Floresville, Brownsville vs. Corpus Christi.
As this story is filled no report has been received from the following: La Porte - Port Arthur.
The undefeated teams by sections follow:
Sec. 1 - Amarillo, Pampa
Sec. 2 - Floydada, Plainview
Sec. 3 - Abilene, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford
Sec. 4 - Fort Worth (North Side), Wichita Falls
Sec. 5 - Dallas (Forest Ave.), Denison
Sec. 6 - Atlanta, Sulphur Springs, Tyler
Sec. 8 - Comanche, Junction
Sec. 9 - Marlin, Milford, Teague, Waco
Sec. 10 - Palestine
Sec. 11 - Del Rio, Eagle Pass
Sec. 12 - Austin, Giddings, Temple
Sec. 13 - Bryan
Sec. 14 - Beaumont, Houston (Central), La Porte, Port Arthur
Sec. 15 - Kenedy
Sec. 16 - Brownsville, Corpus Christi
UIL Press Release September 6th, 1922
INTERSCHOLASTIC ELIGIBILITY RULES ARE GIVEN
By Roy B. Henderson
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 6 - The University of Texas Interscholastic League eligibility rules for the forthcoming year contain two important and far reaching changes which apply almost exclusively to high school athletics. The new rules read as follows:
Transfer Rule - A student is eligible to represent only the school district in which his parents or guardian reside, provided (1) a student is not barred under this rule who transfers to the higher class school located nearest his home, (2) one year's regular attendance in contests of the League.
Half-Year Rule - No one shall take part in any athletic contest in this League who did not attend school at least one-half of the last year he was in school.
It is explained that the half-year rule has been made necessary because of a practice which has become far too common, namely keeping a certain undesirable class of young men in high school for only a few months in the Fall for the primary object of playing football. As soon as the football season is over, or if the team has lost a few games, these boys drop out of school and remain out until the next football season. The Interscholastic League authorities take the position that high school football should be for bona fide high school students who attend long enough to feel a real sense of loyalty and love for the school and who participate in football for the honor of the school and not for the personal publicity, reputation or other selfish reasons. The half-year rule is expected to eliminate the part-time student athlete.
By far the most important change which has been made in the League athletic rules for years is the transfer rule which goes into effect Sept. 1st this year. The rapidly increasing custom of inducing prominent athletes to transfer to a certain school is a problem which has troubled school men and League officials for some time. Bidding for athletes reached such proportions during the last year that nearly all of the Interscholastic League period at the State Teachers Association meeting in Dallas last November was devoted to a discussion of this evil and the present rule is the result. The wholesale transferring of high school athletes seemed to be destroying high school athletics. The new rule may apply unfortunately in some cases, it is feared, but no rule could be formulated with strength sufficient to reach the gulty without in some isolated cases reaching the innocent as well. For the benefit of the whole it is thought better to let a few innocent transgressors suffer in order that this ulcer, which was slowly but surely undermining the whole structure of high school athletics in the State, may be removed.
School men in all parts of the State have expressed themselves to the effect that they believe the new changes will very largely secure the desired results and that state high school athletics will continue to grow and be a real power in education and character-building.
UIL Press Release September 23rd, 1922
TWO HUNDRED HIGH SCHOOLS NOW IN LEAGUE
Every Section of State is Represented in Schools Enrolling in Interscholastic League
By Roy B. Henderson
Austin, Texas. Sep. 23rd - Nearly two hundred high schools, representing every section of Texas are already enrolled in the University of Texas Interscholastic League Football plan. It is this statewide representation which makes the league's activities so attractive and valuable to the participating schools.
Due to a ruling made by the football rules committee of school superintendents, principals and coaches, no school will be allowed to participate which does not accept the plan and enroll in the league by October 1. The following schools have complied with this requirement:
Abilene, Albany, Alvin, Amarillo, Arlington, Aransas Pass, Aspermont, Athens, Atlanta, Ballinger, Bartlett, Bay City, Beaumont (South Park H.S.), Beeville, Belton, Bertram, Big Spring, Bonham, Bowie, Breckenridge, Brownsville, Brownwood, Bryan, Buda, Burkburnett, Byars, Calvert, Cameron, Canadian, Canton, Celina, Cisco, Childress, Clarendon, Clarksville, Cleburne, Clyde, Comanche, Crystal City, Cuero, Dalhart, Dallas (Forest Ave.), Dayton, DeLeon, Del Rio, Denison, Denton, Devine, Donna, Dublin, Eagle Lake, Eagle Pass, Edinburg, Eden, Edna, Electra, Ennis, Farwell, Flatonia, Floresville, Floydada, Forney, Fort Stockton, Fort Worth (South Ft Worth), Fort Worth (North Side), Galveston (Ball High), Garland, Gatesville, Georgetown, Giddings, Gilmer, Godley, Goldthwaite, Gonzales, Gordon, Granger, Greenville, Hamlin, Harrisburg, Haskell Public Schools, Haskell High, Hearne, Henderson, Henrietta, Hereford, Hillsboro, Houston (Central), Houston (Heights Senior H.S.), Itasca, Junction, Kenedy, Kerrville, Killeen, Kingsville, Knox City, La Porte, League City, Lockhart Public Schools, Lott, Lubbock, Lufkin, Marshall, Mathis, McAllen, McGregor, McKinney, McLean, Memphis, Mercedes, Meridian Public Schools, Merkel, Mexia, Midland, Mineola, Milford, Mineral Wells, Moody, Munday Navasota, Nixon, Oenaville, Olden, Orange, Paducah, Palacios, Palestine, Pampa, Pecos, Plainview, Pleasanton, Polytechnic (Ft. Worth), Port Arthur, Quanah, Ranger, Rosebud, Rosenburg, Runge, Sabinal, San Angelo, San Antonio (Main Avenue), San Antonio (Brackenridge High), San Benito, San Saba, Santa Anna, Schulenburg, Sherman, Silverton, Slaton, Smithville, Sodville, Sour Lake, Spicewood, Stamford, Stephenville, Strawn, Taylor, Texarkana, Temple, Terrell, Texas City, Thorndale, Throckmorton, Troup, Tulia, Tyler, Van Alstyne, Venus Public Schools, Victoria, Waco, Wichita Falls, Winnsboro, Yorktown.
UIL Press Release October 13th, 1922
255 HIGH SCHOOLS OF TEXAS IN INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13 - Two Hundred and fifty-five high schools scattered all over Texas have accepted the Interscholastic League's plan for deciding a state football championship among high schools this season, according to Roy Bedichek, head of the division of the league. The games in this series occur each week-end, Friday or Saturday.
"At present prospects are bright for the most successful high school football year ever conducted by the University of Texas Interscholastic League," Roy B. Henderson, athletic director of the league declared.
"I regard the outcome of the meeting held last March in Fort Worth by a number of representative Texas high school superintendents, principals, and coaches as a great forward step in high school athletics of the state," Mr. Henderson continued. "At this meeting a general football plan was worked out for the teams which will contest for the state football championship under the direction of the University Interscholastic League."
The high school officials who worked out the plan are: D.D. Green, Abilene; W.F. Garner, Longview; L.M. Hubbard, Belton; N.H. Proctor, Cleburne; N.D. Clark, Fort Worth; F.G. Ernie, Cleburne and B.M. Dinsmore, Electra.
The plan worked out by the committee of school men follows:
1. - The state shall be divided into sixteen sections. Each team must play five games in its own section as early as Nov. 1. After this date, the Interscholastic League officials will match games between outstanding teams in each section.
2. - If possible the championship of the Interscholastic League shall be decided by the middle of December.
3. - The league officials shall have the right to automatically eliminate any team from the running which has not played sufficiently strong and representative teams.
4. - Teams cannot send in entrance fees after October 1.
5. - All competing players must sign an eligibility card.
6. - The transfer rule and the half-year rule shall hold good in all instances.
UIL Press Release October 18th, 1922
High School Football Gets Off To A Flying Start This Season In The Interscholastic League
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 18 - High school football this season has gotten away with a flying start. Due to the prearranged schedules made with a view to sectional eliminations, the season is far advanced toward a state championship in comparison with the advancement that had been made at a similar date last year. Eighty-one contenders, the records of the League Bureau show, are still in the lists as undefeated teams. It is possible that there may be still a few undefeated teams not included in this list who have failed to make reports. No school which has not reported at least one game is included in this summary. As these weekly summaries are published the ranks of the undefeated teams will grow thinner and thinner until, if the elimination plans work out as forecast, November 11 will see but one champion in each of the sixteen sections into which the state is divided. Inter-sectional games will then be scheduled by the League, cutting the number in eight the first week after November 11, to four the following week, to two the week following, so that the final state championship game may be played the week following Thanksgiving.
A number of surprises have already been sprung in the race which is on. In the Denton-Sherman game, for instance, Gatewood, the plucky tackle on the smaller team, intercepted a forward pass and ran sixty-five yards to make the only score of the game. It was a surpirse to see such promising contenders as Fort Worth Central, Waxahachie, Polytechnic High drop out of the race so early.
There seemed to be a jinx around the games that were played on Friday, the 13th, in the way that the score 13, the only spooky number, kept showing up: Denison13, Whitewright 0; Beeville 13, Mathis 0; Milford 13, Ennis 0; Bridgeport 13, Jacksboro 0; Canyon 36, Tulia 13; Taylor 30, Rockdale 13; Sodville 30, Taft 13; Houston Heights 38, Victoria 13. A perfect battery of three's are noticable in these scores played on the jinx day.
The standing of teams taking no account of teams which have not reported at least one game, follows:
Section No. 1
1.000 per cent: Amarillo, Canadian, McLean, Pampa.
0.500 per cent: Canyon.
Section No. 2
1.000 per cent: Floydada, Lubbock, Plainview, Slaton.
0.667 per cent: Post.
0.250 per cent: Ralls.
Section No. 3
1.000 per cent: Abilene, Albany, Breckenridge, Clyde, Hamlin, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford.
0.667 per cent: Big Spring.
Section No. 4
1.000 per cent: Cleburne, Electra, Fort Worth (North Side), Mineral Wells, Strawn, Wichita Falls.
0.667 per cent: Bridgeport, Vernon.
0.500 per cent: Polytechnic, Seymour.
Section No. 5
1.000 per cent: Bonham, Dallas (Forest Ave.), Denison, Denton, Farmersville, Greenville, Honey Grove.
0.667 per cent: Whitesboro.
0.500 per cent: Celina, Terrell.
0.333 per cent: Forney, Whitewright.
Section No. 6
1.000 per cent: Atlanta, Mt. Pleasant Paris, Sulphur Springs, Texarkana, Tyler.
0.667 per cent: Longview
0.500 per cent: Mineola, Troup, Winnsboro.
Section No. 7
1.000 per cent: Midland, Pecos.
0.500 per cent: Sonora.
Section No. 8
1.000 per cent: De Leon, Gatesville, Junction.
0.667 per cent: Dublin.
0.333 per cent: Mason.
Section No. 9
1.000 per cent: Kaufman, Corsicana, Hillsboro, Itasca, Meridian, Milford, Rosebud, Royse City, Waco, Mexia.
0.500 per cent: Waxahachie.
Section No. 10
1.000 per cent: Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Palestine.
0.500 per cent: Crockett, Rusk.
Section No. 11
1.000 per cent: Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Hondo.
0.500 per cent: Devine.
Section No. 12
1.000 per cent: Austin, Belton, Giddings, Granger, San Antonio (Brackenridge), San Antonio (Main Ave.), Smithville, Taylor, Temple.
0.500 per cent: Georgetown, Lockhart, La Grange.
Section No. 13
1.000 per cent: Bryan, Caldwell.
0.500 per cent: Hearne.
Section No. 14
1.000 per cent: Beaumont (South Park), Galveston, Houston Heights, La Porte, Port Arthur, Wharton.
0.500 per cent: Bay City, Texas City.
Section No. 15
1.000 per cent: Beeville, Gonzales.
0.667 per cent: Floresville, Victoria.
Section No. 16
1.000 per cent: Brownsville, Harlingen, Mercedes, Robstown, San Benito, Sodville.
0.500 per cent: Mathis.
0.333 per cent: Taft.
UIL Press Release October 21st, 1922
Seventy-Four Teams Remaining In State High School Battle
Two Local High Schools In Official List From Austin
Austin, Tex. Oct. 21 - Seventy-four teams remain undefeated in the Texas Interscholastic Football League after Saturday's games.
These teams, as announced after a compilation of records by Roy B. Henderson, league director, are as follows:
Abilene, Albany, Amarillo, Atlanta, Austin, Beaumont, Beaumont (South Park), Beeville, Bonham, Breckenridge, Brownsville, Bryan, Caldwell, Canadian, Cleburne, Corpus Christi, Dallas (Forest High), Del Rio, Denison, Denton, Eagle Lake, Eagle Pass, Electra, Farmersville, Floydada, Fort Worth (North Side), Galveston, Gatesville, Giddings, Granger, Greenville, Hamlin, Harlingen, Hillsboro, Hondo, Houston Heights, Itasca, Junction, Kenedy, La Porte, Livingston, Lubbock, Lufkin, Marlin, McLean, Mercedes, Midland, Milford, Nacogdoches, Palestine, Pampa, Paris, Pecos, Plainview, Port Arthur, Robstown, Royse Citiy, San Angelo, San Antonio (Main Avenue), San Antonio (Brackenridge), San Benito, Slaton, Smithville, Stamford, Strawn, Sulphur Springs, Taylor, Teague, Temple, Texarkana, Tyler, Waco, Wharton, Wichita Falls.
UIL Press Release October 30th, 1922
TIE GAMES SLOW UP ELIMINATION
High School Teams Urged To Decide Sectional Championships
By Roy B. Henderson
AUSTIN, Oct. 30 - Reports of high school football games reaching the University Interscholastic League for the week ending Saturday show an unusual number of tie games. Many of these ties are with undefeated teams, and this fact makes it all the more necessary for a definite plan to be followed in future games in order that the various sectional championships may be decided not later than November 18th. According to one of the rules of the plan, intersectional games must begin the week of November 20th. The tie games which delay the sectional championships are: Atlanta 0 Tyler 0; Del Rio 0 Eagle Pass 0; and Bonham 6 Denison 6. Other tie games were: Plainview 13 Paducah 13; Port Arthur 7 Houston Heights 7; Brownwood 13 San Angelo 13. Two surprises were uncovered in Masonic Home's 14 to 13 win over Denton, and Floydada's 13 to 12 victory over Lubbock.
The league has suggested a series of games in each section whereby the various championships may be decided at the earliest possible date, and all schools concerned are expected to cooperate fully. In most cases it means that these tie games should be played over next week.
The undefeated teams listed by sections follow:
Sec. 1 - Amarillo, Canadian, McLean, Pampa.
Sec. 2 - Floydada, Plainview.
Sec. 3 - Abilene, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford.
Sec. 4 - Ft Worth (North Side), Wichita Falls.
Sec. 5 - Bonham, Dallas (Forest Ave), Denison.
Sec. 6 - Atlanta, Paris, Sulphur Springs, Texarkana, Tyler.
Sec. 7 - Midland, Pecos.
Sec. 8 - Comanche, Junction.
Sec. 9 - Marlin, Milford, Teague, Waco.
Sec. 10 - Livingston, Nacogdoches, Palestine.
Sec. 11 - Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Hondo.
Sec. 12 - Austin, Giddings, Temple, San Antonio (Brackenridge), Smithville, Taylor.
Sec. 13 - Bryan.
Sec. 14 - Beaumont (South Park), Beaumont, La Porte, Port Arthur.
Sec. 15 - Kenedy.
Sec. 16 - Brownsville, Corpus Christi, San Benito.
UIL Press Release November 4th, 1922
MORE HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS OUT OF IT
Elimination This Week Expected To Cut Contenders To Twenty
Austin, Tex Nov. 4 - Undefeated teams in the University Interscholastic League after week-end games are: Amarillo, Atlanta, Austin, Beaumont, Bryan, Brownsville, Comanche, Corpus Christi, Dallas (Forest Avenue), Del Rio, Denison, Eagle Pass, Floydada, Fort Worth (North Side), Giddings, Houston (Central), Junction, Kenedy, La Porte, Marlin, Milford, Palestine, Pampa, Pecos, Plainview, Port Arthur, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford, Sulphur Springs, Teague, Temple, Tyler, Waco, Wichita Falls. Games next week will cut this number to about twenty.
Results for the week-end were: Floresville 0 Kenedy 0; Cameron 12 Bartlett 6; Brownwood 46 Richland Springs 0; Chillicothe 19 Crowell 0; Donna 10 McAllen 6; Seymour 21 Jacksboro 0; Palestine 19 Nacogdoches 9; Forney 58 Kaufman 7; Brownsville 19 San Benito 0; Georgetown 17 Taylor 0; Greenville 10 McKinney 7; Comanche 13 Dublin 0; Hillsboro 13 Athens 0; Belton 6 Granger 2; Atlanta 20 Texarkana 7; Albany 53 Baird 0; Wichita Falls 34 Cameron 6; Waco 29 Allen Academy 7; Austin 14 San Antonio (Brackenridge) 6; Beaumont 26 South Park 0; San Angelo 39 Brady 6; Sweetwater 37 Midland 0; Denison 19 Bonham 0; Childress 27 McLean 6; Meridian 12 McGregor 9; Pampa 9 Amarillo 9; Houston (Central) 33 Galveston 0.
UIL Press Release November 6th, 1922
All Section Championships in Interscholastic League Will be Decided Within Two Weeks
By Roy B. Henderson
AUSTIN, Tex. Nov. 6 - Eliminations are now rapidly occurring in the University Interscholastic League football race. Reports reaching the League Bureau Saturday night show that more than ten teams have dropped out of the running. Games arranged this week will see the number of remaining teams cut to approximately twenty. The following are the results of the games in which the losers dropped out: Palestine 19 Nacogdoches 9, Brownsville 19 San Benito 0, Georgetown 17 Taylor 0, Belton 6 Granger 2, Atlanta 20 Texarkana 7, Austin 14 San Antonio (Brackenridge) 6, Beaumont 26 South Park 0, Denison 19 Bonham 0, Childress 27 McLean 6.
Contrasting with last week's results only one tie game occurred among the important contests: Amarillo 9 Pampa 9.
This week will see the following games played, each one being a vital part of the championship series: Abilene vs. San Angelo, Dallas Forest Avenue vs. Denison, Marlin vs Milford, Del Rio vs. Eagle Pass, Temple vs. Giddings, Kenedy vs. Floresville, Brownsville vs. Corpus Christi.
As this story is filled no report has been received from the following: La Porte - Port Arthur.
The undefeated teams by sections follow:
Sec. 1 - Amarillo, Pampa
Sec. 2 - Floydada, Plainview
Sec. 3 - Abilene, Ranger, San Angelo, Stamford
Sec. 4 - Fort Worth (North Side), Wichita Falls
Sec. 5 - Dallas (Forest Ave.), Denison
Sec. 6 - Atlanta, Sulphur Springs, Tyler
Sec. 8 - Comanche, Junction
Sec. 9 - Marlin, Milford, Teague, Waco
Sec. 10 - Palestine
Sec. 11 - Del Rio, Eagle Pass
Sec. 12 - Austin, Giddings, Temple
Sec. 13 - Bryan
Sec. 14 - Beaumont, Houston (Central), La Porte, Port Arthur
Sec. 15 - Kenedy
Sec. 16 - Brownsville, Corpus Christi