The football season of 1920 was the most successful in the history of Cedar Rapids High School. The team won every game and most of them by top-heavy scores, averaging better than a point a minute. Cedar Rapids and Sioux City were the undefeated schools and in a post-season game, played at Ames, the Tigers defeated Sioux City, thereby winning the championship of Iowa, the first C.R.H.S. has ever held.
      At the beginning of the season the chances for a winnning team were considered fair, but after a few weeks' play, it was evident that Coach Novak had developed an aggregation capable of holding its own with the best teams of the state.
     In the first game of the season C.R. defeated Manchester 78 to 0. On the following Saturday the Tigers journeyed to Spirit Lake and defeated the strong team of that town 76 to 7. In the next game St. Ambrose fell a victim to the Tiger machine. Then came the important victory over East Waterloo. Up to this time Waterloo was undefeated and had been considered a strong contender for the championship. The first half of the game ended 9 to 0, showing that the contest was hard fought. In the second half, however, the Tigers began to show their class and finally piled up 37 to 7 victory. In the next game C.R.H.S. defeated Coe Freshmen by the score of 7 to 0 in the tightest struggle of the year. On NOvember 1, the team defeated Iowa University High School 41 to 0 and on Monday, November 9, playing in a swamp of mud, C.R.H.S. defeated West Waterloo, 13, to 0. On the following Friday the Tigers played their best game of the year and defeated the powerful Mason City eleven 41 to 0. Then came the most dramatic game of the season, November 20, at Ames. Sioux City and Cedar Rapids were ulndefeated and in an effort to strighten out this tie Coach Novak challenged Sioux City. The game was played at Ames on account of its being about the same distance from each city. The team was accompanied by the band and many rooters. In the first period of this game C.R. made a touchdown but failed to kick goal. In the second quarter Sioux City scored 13 points, one touchdown being made on a fumble. The third quarter found the score the same. However, in the fourth quarter C.R. came from behind, made a touchdown, and tied the score. Toward the end of the game the tigers broke the tie when Heinie

Harmes, Keyes, Weare, H. JENSEN, BARTA, Veley, Morse, Dougherty, Marek, Hahn,
SWANSON, McGinnis, COACH NOVAK, KAUFFMAN, NORRIS, Crawford, ALEXANDER, Tait,
Hochlander, Krebs, YEISLEY, CARRINGER, BARNES, JENSEN, McGINNIS,
CAPTAIN BERGER, YERKES, HINES, JANDA, CLARK, Young

Jensen booted a goal from placement from the 40 yard line. This put us in the lead. It won the state championship for Cedar Rapids. The Tigers closed the season on Thanksgiving by defeating Dubuque 60 to 0.
     The regular line-up was as follows: Harold Jensen L.E., Elmer Barta L.T., Walter Berger, L. G., Donald Hines, Center; George Alexander, R. G.; Otis Norris, R. T.; Royal McGinnis, R. E.; Harrison Barnes, Q. B.; Kirk Yerkes, R.H.B.; Victor Janda, L.H.B.; George Carringer, F.B.

     At the close of the season five Tigers received places on all-state elevens. On the Des Moines Capitol team were Berger, Alexander, Hines, Yerkes, and Barta. The Des Moines Register picked Yerkes, Hines, and Barta.

FORECAST

      The 1921 football captain will be selected in June. Prospects for a winning team are bright. There were subs on the sidelines this year good enough to make most high school teams, and these shouldmake the 1921 team very nearly as strong as the team of 1920.
     For the wing positions there will be McGinnis, Clark, Young, Tait, and Weis. Norris and Barta will be back to try for the tackles and Velie, Kauffman, Dougherty, Kucera, and Krebs will fight it out for the guards. Yeisley is counted on for center as Hines may be shifted to quarterback. The other backfield positions will be contested for by Crawford, Beorge Carringer, Marek, Hahn, Alexander, Carey, and Turgeon.