Category: Basketball
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As a former Central basketball player, it gives me great pleasure to post this bit of Central history:
Central’s Early Basketball and Baseball History by Charlie Sedman
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Articles From Chattanooga Times 1907-09 school years
Times Notes from 1907-08 (* indicates facsimile to be posted)
9/9/07* Central Opening
9/20/07* Central to play football
9/27/07* Central football update
10/26/07* Baylor 15 Central 7
11/01/07* City 63 Central 0
1/16/08 Enrollment figures for County Schools (start of 2nd semester)
Central 146 freshmen, 45 sophomores, 35 juniors and 14 seniors 240 total
Hixson 9 freshmen, 20 soph, 9 jr 38
Tyner 34 freshmen, 6 sophomores 40
Soddy 15 freshmen, 11 soph, 9 jr 35
4/9/08 Central to have play in Spanish put on by the Spanish Society with music accompaniment by
Katiebel Darrah
April 10 Central baseball has 1-1 record (lost to City; beat McCallie); games at Olympic Park
April 22 Baylor 2 Central 0 Central pitcher Krichbaum, catchers Leake, Maddox
April 23 W K Greene, Central football and baseball coach and Latin instructor accepted position as
Chair of Latin dept at Baker-Himel; had been living with S J McCallie while at Central.
April 29 City 5 Central 1
May 13 Central 10 McCallie 2
May 28* Central graduation
Times Notes 1908-09
9/01/08* Rike Hired as football coach of Central and UC
9/04/08 Central opening
9/05/08* Football practice starts
9/25/08* Central news
9/26/08* Announcement of Central-Rhea County game at Chamberlain Field
9/27/08* Central 10 Rhea County 6
10/01/08 Central trying to schedule games
10/11/08* Rike hospitalized
10/18/08* TMI 10 Central 0
10/31/08* Huntsville Williams 23 Central 0
11/08/08* Central 0 Rhea Co 0
11/21/08* Central 6 City 0
11/26/08* Central- Huntsville Butler line-ups
11/28/08* Central 11 Butler 0
1/09/09 First basketball game: Baylor 23 Central 9 for Central Shackelford scored 5, Divine 2 and Cushman 2;
games played at Armory (Central played McCallie on 1/15 and City
1/22 but sports sections missing from 1/16 and 1/23 microfilm)
1/30/09 Baylor 26 Central 22 (Faucette 6, Divine 2, Cushman 8, Shackelford 6)
2/6 Central 22 McCallie 12 (Faucettte 6, Divinee 2, Cushman 8, Shackelford 6)
Also announcement of bank added at Central
2/13 Central 25 City 40 (Divine 12, Faucette 4, Cushman 6, Shackelford 3)
2/20 Central 29 Baylor 28 (Faucette 16, Elmore 2, Gray 2, Cushman 4, Shackelford 5) Sam Divine
left school to travel to Mexico
2/27 Central def McCallie no write-up
3/6 City 29 Central 23 (Revington 9, Shackelford 8, Faucette 4, Cushman 2)
4/2 Central 0 Huntsville Williams 6
Announcement of an Education benefit game at Olympic Park on April 30
County team will feature Rike at catcher, J B Brown pitcher and Darrah at 3B
5/6 Central 14 City 1 Central ends season undefeated in league play game with Knoxville champ,
Baker-Himel (also undefeated) to be played on Chamberlain Field at 3:30PM May 25
5/26* Central 4 Baker-Himel 3 Central claims E Tenn baseball championship
