Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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QUINN STUMPF GOES UP AND OVER Tony Di Baggio ... a hard driving guard from Conneaut, Ohio . . . Majoring in commerce . . . Won frosh letters in football and track, varsity football in ' 48. WID GIVES INSTRUCTION TO ED ROBERTS Chuck Norman handled the signal - calling for Coach Widdoes during the greatest part of the season ... A sopho- more, majoring in com- merce, calls Piqua, Ohio his home. Guard Milt Taylor . . . recently named to first string All-Ohio, M i d- American teams . . . planning on doing grad- uate work at Harvard after commencement exercises.

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ti 26 FOOTBALL A group of boys with the spirit and determination of fighting to the last whistle, no matter what the odds, was the way Head Football Coach Carroll C. Widdoes classified the 1949 Fighting Bobcats in post-season comment. Looking back over his first season as Bobcat mentor, with a record of four wins, four losses, and one tie, Coach Widdoes had nothing but high praise for the 40-odd boys who participated throughout the season as members of the varsity squad. I think our boys did the best they could at all times. Naturally, we made mis- takes as does any football team, even the greatest ones. But I was particularly pleased with the way our team kept organized at all times. Defensively we were outstanding, Widdoes explained. Just look back over our season ' s games and you will see that there were few sustained offensive marches which resulted in scoring for our opponents. I said before the season opened that, considering everything, we would have a good season if we won four games. While we might easily have won one or two others, the final result was about all I had hoped for, Widdoes asserted. Marvin Spidel hails from Greensberg, Ohio ... An O.U. senior, majoring in agriculture ... An outstanding line-backer on defense . . . Greatest thrill in sports: handing West Virginia a 17-7 setback in the ' 49 season. John Bedosky . . . numeral winner on ' 48 frosh team . . . from Cleveland, Ohio . . . plans entering medical school ... his thrill in sports: being named to All- Senate grid team in ' 47. Dick Davis, one of the main cogs in the Bobcats ' singlewing offensive ... a four letter man from Toledo Waite High School . . . entered O.U. in 1947 and has starred as halfback ever since. Front row, lelt to right: Spidel. Miller, Englefield, Dick Boyer. Clark, Wentz. Borrows. Scheider, Rojeck, Haug, Kennedy. Second row: Olson, trainer: Stumpf, Sudnick, Polosky, Dunn, DiBaggio, Mitchell. Taylor, Bedosky, Marco, McKen- na. Winemiller, Heod Coach Widdoes. Third row: Moncger Yost. Assistant Coach Richey, Fabis, Stack, Gudhe, Finnen, Gene Boyer. Short, Morris, Von Horn, Roberts, Norman, Assistant Coach Snyder. Fourth row: Assistant Coach Wren, Red Davis, Dick Davis, Potts, Wollett, Maddy. Horvath, Smith, McDonald, Nelson, Savchuk, Umstead, Assistant Coach Blosser, Assistant Coach Brinker.

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Ed Roberts . . . Plays halfback for the Bobcats, and packs a great deal of punch . . . Spring- field, Ohio, is home . . . Majoring in radio . . . Greatest thrill in sports: beating West Virginia in ' 49. Don Miller, of Uhrichsville, Ohio . . . O.U. guard ... a sophomore majoring in education ... a three-sport man in high school. Opening the 1949 football season a 20 point under-dog, the Widdo-ized Bobcats surprised even their most ardent rooters by completely out- playing and outscoring West Virginia ' s Mount- aineers to register a 17-7 victory. The Bobcats began to roll in the first quarter after several bad West Virginia punts. Under expert passing by Norman, OU scored their first touchdown on a beautiful pass to Roberts in the end zone. Again in the second quarter Norman ' s pass- ing placed OU in scoring position. After several attempts through the line, Big Train McKenna scored the second Bobcat tally on an around end play to make the score 13 to 0. Sudnick kicked an end over end point after the touchdown to make the score 14 to 0. An intercepted West Virginia pass late in the second quarter placed OU deep in Mountain- eer territory, but successive drives failed to gain the necessary yardage. On last down Coach Carroll Widdoes sent in Ed Sudnick, who kicked a perfect field goal from the 22 yard line, to put the Bobcats way out in front of West Virginia with a half time score of 1 7-0. The game was the first victory for the Bob- cats under the coaching of Carroll Widdoes, who had been selected as the Coach of the Year in 1944 when he directed the Ohio State gridders to the Big Ten Championship. 28