The following stories were found in the 1925 editions of the Greeneville Democrat Sun.

FUTURE LOOKS GREAT FOR THE PURPLE DEVILS
Monday, September 7, 1925
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     The G. H. S. Foot Ball Team known this season as the "Purple Devils" expects to have the greatest season in Football that has ever been known.  Only two letter men will be missed from the lineup while several strong faces will take the place of the ones that have finished.  The following men will be back from last season:  Bug Clendenon, Capt. Howard McLain, Dale McCray, Dole Rankin, Buster Roberts, Sam Keller, Wallace Odell, Albert Harmon, Joe Bowman, Bobby Taylor, Lacy Anderson, Cecil Wright, T. A. Johnson and many others.  Red Rankin from Tusculum, Fred Holt from Newport and Tom Alexander will be some of the many new players to wear the Purple this season.  Holt is well known here by Football Fans as a great quarter back.
     Now about our Coach.  His name is T. W. Caskey Jr., from Texas.  He has had twelve years experience in Football.  He played Full Back on the U. S. Navy Team in 1917 and won the game against the Army that year.  He coached back field for a College team in Texas five years.  For the past year he has been at Milligan College playing Full Back for the Buffaloes.
     Practicing starts Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.  There will be two workouts a day, one at 9 a.m. and one at 3 p.m.   See Newland Peterson for a suit and be on hand for the first practice.
     The opening game will be here with Elizabethton on Oct 2nd.   This will be one of the best games of the season as Elizabethton has already begun practice in order to stop the deathly work of the Purple Devils.  We are expecting a record breaking crowd at this game.  The schedule will be announced next week.   Greeneville is playing some of the hardest teams in Tennessee and will meet any team regardless of sizes.  They play Erwin, Morristown, Kingsport, Johnson City, Murphy College Institute and many others.  They have games pending with Asheville N. C. Hi, Central High of Knoxville.

FOOTBALL INTERESTS GROWING
Monday, September 14, 1925
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     The interest of the Greeneville High School Football Team is growing.  Last week there were 20 candidates out working twice daily.  More men are coming and uniforms are needed.  The boys are out raising subscriptions.   DON'T TURN THEM DOWN.  We must have equipment to have a winning team.   Coach Caskey expects the greatest year for G. H. S. that has ever been.  But we need the support of the business men to make it go.
     The following big hearted business men have contributed:

PURPLE DEVILS ARE GETTING IN CONDITION
Friday, September 18, 1925
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     Although the first game is two weeks off, the purple devils of the Greeneville High School foot ball team are beginning to look like a menace to other Tennessee and Western North Carolina teams, and are expected to be demolished in the path of the purples in their mad rush for supremacy of a championship team of the old Volunteer state.
     This week found Coach Caskey in charge of eleven letter men from last year's squad and one letterman from Newport and one from T. M. I. besides many new faces from elsewhere which promises to help make the greatest team in the history of the school.
     Yesterday the squad was divided by Coach Caskey into twelves which fought over the ball until the sound of the whistle at night.  Both squads looking good and showing the fighting spirit.
     Come out to the park some afternoon and see for yourself.   Show the boys that you are interested in them.
     We meet Elizabethton High at the city park on Friday, Oct. 2nd, at three fifteen.  Make preparations now to see this game.
     The men going out for backfield are (Frosty) Fred Holt, quarterback of the Newport team for the past three years, Chas. Rosenblatt, Bug Clendenon, Capt. Lacy Anderson, Joe Bowman, who have won fame in the past, Red Cecil Wright and Red Rankin from Tusculum are a great help to the team in the backfield.  The regular line-up will be announced later.

FOOTBALL OPENS HERE FRIDAY
Wednesday, September 30, 1925
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     The Greeneville High School foot ball schedule opens here Friday, Oct. 2, at 3:15 P. M.   The Elizabethton High School opens here with the Purple Devils.
     Elizabethton boasts of a winning team.  Having already played one game this season, both teams are evenly matched, and this promises to be one of the most interesting games of the season.
     Thanks to our big hearted business men who have helped to buy our equipment for the boys.   Now we ask you to come out and see the team in action.   Come early and avoid the rush.  Every man, woman, and child in Greeneville is expected to attend the big opening game.
     Your school is playing and your boys are playing, come out and give them your support.  The schedule this season is:

     Friday will be your last chance to see Greeneville play until November 6th.

GREENEVILLE TEAM DEFEATS ELIZABETHTON
Saturday, October 3, 1925
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     The Greeneville high school purple devils defeated the Elizabethton aggregation yesterday afternoon to the tune of 52-0.  It was a one sided game and was Greeneville all the way, the local goal line being threatened at only one time when Elizabethton completed a series of passes to carry the ball to the 18 yard line but they were unable to put across a score.  The game was played in a sea of mud, but the driving power of the Greeneville backs was very evident to the few fans who attended the game.  Captain Bug Clendenon, the human dynamo of the Greeneville backfield, was easily the star of the game.  He carried over three of the eight touchdowns and was never stopped without a substantial gain.  He was closely pressed by Fred Holt, the Newport flash, who played a great game in the field and called a beautiful game from the quarterback position.
     A sixty yard run of an intercepted forward pass by Buster Roberts, half back, also featured.  Morrow, end, also intercepted a forward pass and ambled thirty yards for a touchdown.  The various back field combinations tried during the fray showed plenty of drive.  Anderson, Wright, Rosenblatt, and Bowman making the best showing.  To pick a star from the line from yesterday's game would be impossible.
     Rankin on end, Harmon, tackle, Keller, tackle, McLean, Guard, O'Dell, center, D. Rankin, guard, and McCray, end, all looked good.  The line held at all periods of the game, and charged the opposing backs so hard that only three of eleven putts were unblocked.  That is the story of the line, not a first down was made through it.  Rankin's kicking featured, although the ball was coated with mud, this red headed end made his putting average around thirty yards, which was exceptional considering the condition of the field.  The 9 subs that played show no weakness in the line.
     The game opened with Greeneville receiving the kick-off.   After an exchange of punts, the Greeneville backs plowed the Elizabethton line for a touchdown,  Capt. Clendenon carry the ball over.  From that time on, the Greeneville club was never stopped.
     The boys will leave for Jefferson next Friday.  Jefferson City played Johnson City to a scoreless tie Friday, and the outcome of this game will give coach Caskey a good line of the ability of his team.
     The entire student body of the high school attended the game and supported the team with plenty of yells and cheers.  The spirit of both the team and school is exceptionally high at this time of the year and all are looking forward to a most successful season.

GREENEVILLE CUBS DEFEATED 12-9 BY ASHEVILLE SCHOOL
Saturday, October 24, 1925
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     Asheville, N. C., Oct., 24.  Working their offense to its best advantage in the first half by scoring two touchdowns, the Blue and Whites of Asheville school today defeated the Greeneville, Tenn., High School at Sulphur Springs 12 to 9.  Both attempts at try for points were wide.  Both teams were about evenly matched in weight, however the Asheville school team's height materially helped them especially in forward passing.
     Asheville school scored in the first period on a criss-cross with Kendrick carrying the ball over and in the second period when W. Alexander went through a broken field for 22 yards.  In the second half neither team was able to gain materially and both resorted to punting a good portion of the time.

GREENEVILLE TO PLAY MORRISTOWN HI THURS. 29th
Wednesday, October 28, 1925
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     "The  Purple Devils" of the Greeneville High School, who have made a great record this season under direction of their Coach, T. W. Caskey, Jr., will meat the Pete Siler aggregation Thursday, October 29th at Greeneville.
     This promises to be the greatest game of the season.  Both teams are evenly matched and both teams fighting for upper East Tennessee supremacy.   Last year Morristown won the game at Morristown.  Greeneville expects to turn the score this season.
     Both Morristown and Greeneville lost at Asheville last Friday, Greeneville playing the strong Asheville schools for boys to a score of 12-0, while Asheville High School won over Morristown 14-9.
     Greeneville has not had a first down made through their line this season and only three touchdowns made by opponents this season while they have passed over the goal for 12 touchdowns.  The outcome is obvious, so be there to see the most interesting game of the season.

MORRISTOWN WON OVER LOCALS 15 TO 0
Friday, October 30, 1925
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     The Greeneville High School team lost the football game to Morristown yesterday afternoon by a score of 15 to 0.  The outcome of the game was a surprise to everyone present, as the two teams were thought to be more evenly matched.   The local boys, while they did some splendid individual playing, were not there with their usual team work and were unable to hold the line against the concerted action of the husky Morristonians.
     The most spectacular play of the game was Rosenblatt's forty-yard run down the field toward the enemy goal.  The attendance at the game was unusually good, there being a number of young people present from Morristown as well as a large crowd from Greeneville.
     The line-up of the Greeneville team was as follows:  O'Dell, center; Johnson and Rankin, Guards; McLain and Kelley, tackles; R. Rankin and McCray, ends; Clendenon, full back; Holt, quarter back; Anderson and Rosenblatt, half backs.
     The next game, whish is with Johnson City High School, will be played on the local field next Friday afternoon.

JOHNSON CITY AND GREENEVILLE FIGHT TO SCORELESS TIE
Saturday, November 7, 1925
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     In one of the most bitterly fought games of the season the lads from Greeneville school covered themselves with glory when they held Johnson City High to a scoreless tie here yesterday afternoon.
     The game was played on a heavy and soggy field, but it seemed to make no difference to the lads from either schools.  Greeneville outweighed the Johnson City boys at least 10 pounds to the man, but it seemed to have little effect for the visitors who went into the game determined to fight to the last ditch although the odds were heavily against them.
     The game started with Johnson City kicking off and at the start it looked as though the Greeneville lads were going to sweep the visitors off their feet as they made 4 first downs, one right after another, and soon had the ball on the Johnson City 8 yard line, where the visitors held the ball on the one yard line when they recovered the ball on downs.  Gervin got off a splendid punt and for the remainder of the quarter the ball see-sawed up and down the field.  The second quarter was a repetition of the first with Johnson City on the defense most of the time with Gervin punting out of danger every time their goal was in danger.
     Between halves both teams were evidently well advised by their coaches, for they came out on the field and at the whistle fought as only two well trained teams can fight.  As in the first half the Greeneville boys started with a rush and made several first downs when the defense of Johnson City stiffened and they were held for downs.  Johnson City then for the first time took the offense but the Greeneville line held like a brick wall and after completing a beautiful forward pass Gervin punted beyond the middle of the field.
     For Greeneville school Clendenon, Rosenblatt and Holt was the stars.  Clendenon, the 190 pound Full Back repeatedly going through the Johnson City line for nice gains.  For Johnson City it would be unfair to pick out any particular star as they all played a splendid game.  Smith right guard on the local eleven time after time broke through and brought the runner down with no gain.  Gervin gave the Greeneville fans a splendid exhibition of punting gaining distance on every exchange.

LAST FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON HERE TOMORROW
Wednesday, November 18, 1925
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     Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in City Park, the local high school football team plays its last home game of the season.  In the last few games the locals have shown a well balanced machine with a smashing off tackle offense and good defense.  The principal weakness seems to have been tackling in an open field and coach Caskey thinks he has remedied this difficulty.
     Clendenon, smashing fullback, and the offense, built around captain Holt, the sensational quarter back, has been unstoppable so far.  Only twice during the season have these two backs failed to score when in seeing distance.
     The line, which was turned away all but Morristown back without a first down made through it is in first class condition and it is expected that Keller, McLean, and O'Dell will give the strong team from Milligan a little more than they can handle.
     The Milligan reserves are a strong team this year and have several victories and close scores on their record.  Kingsport won from them 32-0 but not until the fourth quarter were they able to pile up such a score.  For three periods the score was 0-0.  The Reserves also boast of the best drop-kicker in East Tennessee in Copeland, Erwin High School star of last year.  He will play either half back or end.
     Thompson, the Reserve quarter back, has been playing in hard luck for four years and has been kept on the varsity line up of Milligan only three injuries.
     Tomorrow will be dollar day.  The local association is some few dollars in debt and it is hoped that those who can afford it will pay the dollar admission fee, those who cannot will be admitted at the regular price - fifty cents.
     Come out and see Greeneville's team play for the last time this year.  Greeneville High School vs. Milligan College Reserves, City Park, 2:30 PM, Thursday, Admission $1.00.

KINGSPORT PLAYS GREENEVILLE TOMORROW
Contest Will Be Fought Out During Morning;
Magicians In Splendid Shape
Wednesday, November 25, 1925
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     Kingsport, Tenn., Nov. 25.  Several of the local high school football players will finish their high school grid career when they meet the Greeneville eleven here on Thanksgiving morning.  This will be the last game on the 1925 schedule, and is expected to be a tough encounter, since Greeneville is reputed to have the most rugged team in its history.
     All of the local squad is in good condition with the exception of Meredith, who sustained a sprained wrist in practice last week, and was unable to play in the Johnson City game.  He will probably be in fine shape and are in good condition.   Meredith has come to the front with a remarkable spurt this season and his presence in the line-up is a great help to the Maroon and Gray.
     The locals came through the mud battle in fine shape in Johnson City and contrary to reports from that city, they were by no means work out or "crushed" in the encounter.  Coach Sprankle has his first time this year to make a substitution because of necessity.  Kingsport withstood the Johnson City opposition in fine shape and are in good condition for the game Thursday morning which will start promptly at 10 o'clock.
     It is reported that the Greeneville eleven with stack up with average college teams in the avoirdupois column.

GREENEVILLE LOST TO KINGSPORT
Friday, November 27, 1925
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     In the last game of the season played at Kingsport yesterday afternoon, Greeneville lost by a score of 40 to 6.  All the scoring was done in the first half of the game when the locals were completely outclassed.  In the second half with a score of 40-0 against them, the Greeneville boys took on new enthusiasm and put across a touchdown in the first few minutes of play.  The locals fought strenuously in the last half and showed skill and strong fighting spirit.  The Greeneville team made a good showing throughout the season.