University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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Jack I’uikick, Manager IIIi.i. iloMi, Manager-Elect '‘fc ISTOBV tell u that out of min and destruction. vast ami nuisnificfnl cities an built. | It aUo recounts the live- of great men. ami women, who »n»v from an alnMMtl fatal ■ strife ami turmoil to Ivecomc conqueror . Deep sorrow. or l ittrr disappointment, mi M W often i the inner motive that »tir» one to noble deed . Truth there i» in the axiom that where there is a will, there i u wav In much the mom manner doe the Seminole like to look hack upon the 1927 football record of our eminently famous Fighting Gators , now respected, admired and feared, in all corner of this rich mericjii Km pi re. There i no greater tribute to pay to a man than to ut he came back and made good. Flor-hack and abounded .lie foot-grous triumph on the grid-pointinent of an eir.y season a giant among giant , closing ment . the toughest schedule a in comparison with it own ule of any inemlier of the hurst of glory. The Seminole to the history of Florida foot-a the fine t of them all. Seven the conference, gave the Orange one should recognize and pay ha Florida won as many coni' a mark to which the eleven sights. It i the peak of Flor-record show that football was The Seminole lta»len to pay dent in the ranks of the 1927 “Tom Sehring, one of the mentors, entered hi» third year that were muchly removed Captain Bill Mii pi.i:k i n ida s 1927 football men “came lull world with their roura-iron. Arising from the di»j|»-disaster, Florida proved itself out a season of ten engage-Florida eleven ever faced, and 'trength. the most severe ched-Southern Conference, in a true take ihi occasion to commend lull, the 1927 » piad and team, victories. five over f«w within and Him a record that every tribute to. In no two season fere nee contests a in 1927. It of tomorrow may point their i«la footlull Mjcce . and the played at Gainesville in 1906. tribute to the coaching m» evi-squad. Head Coach II. I., youngest of Southern football a chief |n »« with prospects from brightness. Despite the handicap of material, of weather, of injuries, and any number of troubles and worries that the enthu ed outsider knows nothing of. Florida, through excellent coaching, and remarkable spirit of players, achieved a new rank in the football firmament. For the third time in three year . Florida entered the season with a new line ciucli. In 1927. F. Joe Brdenk. an ll- mericjn guard from the pick of Walter Camp in 1923. came as first assistant roach. Brdenk came from Bice Institute in Texas where he coached three years under John lleisman. His masterful handling of Florida linemen was climaxed in the Maryland game December 3. when it was the young stalwart of the front rank, who preserved a 7-6 count with two quarters of the most brilliant defensive line foolltall ever «een by a Florida team. Nash lliggin . successful coach « f IlilUlHqnugh High in 1926, and with a fine record in football and track in the Middle West, came a live third varsity-instructor. and hi work with the Omelet quud proved hi efficiency. Coach lliggin also acted

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a scout throughout the season. Srbring's worth to Ktoriiia foottall has po il 4y never been real! ted the Seminole view the mentor in the light of hi accomplishment . and they- werv many. More praise to he, «n i hi staff. For several ej»Mjn». Florida opened her football campaign with one of the rival tate eleven . Southern College was attain chowen to hol»t the srrldlron curtain, atvd Hay good’ athlete gave the Gator an interesting battle, but superior play pave Solar! ng’s charge a 2 J to 7 verdict. The Kamc was played in Gainesville, and a goodly aired crowd wa present. Then came the homb-ahell of the teaton. Davidson College. from North Carolina, with a pack of Wildcat who played perhaps their lie»t game of the year on October I in Gainesville, finished four quarters of football mini! Florida on the bis end of n 12 to 0 count. It wa almost impossible to reallxe. yet the final whistle had ended. Fan left the stadium, all het up.” They told of Florida complete doom, and future destruction. True it looked Iwd, but there were some change to be made, and therein lie the tale. Three slay after the Davidson fia»co. if one should essay to call it that, yet many teams of big reputations, tumble in the face of smaller ami weaker opponents, (or that is the inevitable law of sport Florida elected a new leader in football. Frank OosterhouJt was declared ineligible by the faculty committee on athletic . To hi post by unanimous vote went Wee Willie MiddtckaufT. and as captain of the ,rFI«htin Gators . Bill wa among the finest in Gator history. The University student body rallied behind the squad a they prepared for the journey to Auburn. Alabama, and gave KO BH