Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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Miami may Iiave defeated Ohio in the Homecoming game but it was more than a moral victory for the Bobcats and their fans. It was one of the most ex- citing contests ever witnessed in the OU stadium. The spirit with which the team fought when the odds were against them will long be remembered. For the first three quarters of the game Miami ' s Boxcar Bailey was too much for the Bobcats as he carried tlie ball one hundred seventy-five yards in eight tries. At the end of the third period, witii the Redskins leading 28-0, OU decided they had seen enough of their half of the gridiron. The team caught fire. Quinn Stumpf led the march downfield. OU scored and continued to score howevc ' i ' , they fought a losinK battli with the clock. When tiie final whisth sounded it was Miami 28, Ohio 2(1, liu every spectator was on his feet cheer ing the gallant Bobcats. P OE stxteen

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Marilyn Poling, Joey Thornton, Betty Tygard Petite, brown eyed Joanne Thorn- ton reigned over Homecoming activities this year. Joey, a soph- omore transfer from Bowling Green, calls Perrysburg home. Her major is art and her post-grad- uation aspiration is advertising. Marilyn Poling, an Athens girl, and Betty Tygard of New Phila- delphia were members of the court. The three girls proved the foot- ball team ' s taste for beautv.