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The Wildcat

Review of the Football Season

The call of the coach, the crack of the ball as it makes contact with the punter's foot, the cry of unused shoulder pads coming as the a result of a tackle, and the joyous yell of the victorious one send forth the news to all the world that the gigantic football season of 1930 for the Wiley Wildcats has gotten underway.

There were men from all parts of the great United States of ours. They loaned themselves to the master-molder, Long, to be used as he so desired. After several weeks of preparation we found these individuals that came from far and near working as one man, and thus were able to subdue the Houston Junior College Eleven of Houston, Texas. The outstanding player of this game was Cecil Jones of Galveston, Texas, a former Paul Quinn star. The next scene of action for the Wildcats carries us to the most interesting city in America, New Orleans, Louisiana. The people there saw the much talked of Wildcats with their "habits on." They darted through guard, circled end, threw passes, ran reverse plays and cut backs off tackle until the final score was 44-0. The elusive backs such as Davis, Evans, Hill, Jones, and the hard driving Higgs working behind a good functioning line gave the fans plenty of entertainment. The captain uncorked one of his forty-yard place kicks to add his bit to the victory, along with four extra points. Score Xavier 0; Wiley 44.

Going farther east we are attracted by a mad mob of people rushing on trains and in cars to see these same untamed Wildcats play the National Negro Champions of Tuskegee. The miniature magician, "Runt" Johnson, gave the folk in that eastern town a few thrills that will long be remembered. His passing, tackling, and return of punts were beyond description. Davis, Evans, and Higgs carried the pigskin in no amateur style that day. William Hill, the punter extraordinary from Ardmore, Oklahoma, has  his best day punting. He constantly got off kicks 55, 60, and 65 yards. But for the first time this season we find the Wildcats on the smaller end of the 26-0 score.

The Texas State Fair afforded the battle grounds for the fourth game of the season for the Wiley Wildcats. It happened that this game was the first Conference game and the first game to be played by Negroes in the new stadium which has a seating capacity of 50,000. The game started with a bang! Odell made 47 yards around the right end and from there Evans carried the ball around left end for a touchdown. He went across untouched. Later in the second period Captain Franklin made a 35 yard field goal from