[Coach_Lockwood]

D it Up: it goes way back between male and Manual high school here in the city.

The school letter is actually an H, standing for High school while the longstanding rival duPont Manual has the M as its letter. The reason behind this is as follows: Male was known originally as, "The High School." Others have suggested, that when Manual was founded, the schools had a football game to determine who would use the "M" as their school's letter. Manual then won the game, which led to a rivalry that continues to the present day. This latter explanation has little historical evidence to substantiate it