Little Rock High Squad has Practice Game

Picked Teams Play 11-to-11 Battle – Little Rock College Eleven Fails to Show Up

October 24, 1911

The Little Rock College team failed to show up for scrimmage practice yesterday afternoon at Seventeenth and Main streets, and the Little Rock High School squad had a game between picked teams known as Yale and Harvard, the score resulting 11 to 11. The game bore all of the earmarks of a big battle and some classy forward passes and drop kicks were made.

The squad is working hard for the game with Fordyce High School at Fordyce next Saturday. The Little Rock College team is scheduled to play Hendrix College at West End Park next Saturday afternoon.

The following is the line-up in the game yesterday (October 24) afternoon:

Yale

  • Martin – Right End
  • Muller – Right Tackle
  • Himstedt – Right Guard
  • Weidemeyer – Center
  • Harb – Left Tackle
  • Steele – Left End
  • Falk – Quarterback
  • Alexander – Left Half Back
  • Apperson – Right Half Back
  • Hammons – Fullback

Harvard

  • Harris – Right End
  • Curran – Right Tackle
  • Kupferie – Right Guard
  • Coleman – Center
  • Matthews – Left Guard
  • Brown – Left Tackle
  • J. Murray – Left End
  • C. Murray – Quarterback
  • Stillman – Left Half Back
  • Jackson – Right Half Back
  • Moore – Fullback

Source: Arkansas Gazette, October 25, 1911

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