Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Goetz kicks for the Owls from behind his own goal line PENN STATE A little guy named Rowen Crawford, who used to be a soccer goalie, was sent to Penn State as a Naval trainee two weeks before the Owls met the Lions and immediately landed a spot on the second team. Entering the game as a sub at left half, Rowen went to work and in short order almost single-handedly put the Owls in the hole. Before he was through throwing the grid book at the Owls, the Lions racked up 13 markers and shut out Temple for the latter ' s fifth straight loss. Crawford was responsible for every point made by State. In the second period he returned a punt kicked by Goetz to the Owl 37. Taking the ball in four plays he made his way to the Owl 4 whereupon Lion Jack Price plunged over for the intial score. The conversion was missed. The team and Coach Morrison huddle before the game Late in the fourth frame Crawford got going again. Taking the ball on his own 20 he made the Owl 44 in four tries. On the next play he completely eluded every Owl defender and crossed the goal line. Ed Czekaj converted and made the State win complete. Outstanding on the Owl team in the face of defeat were Charles Goetz, fullback, and Jim. Nagy, left guard.

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The team in action The boys come out on the field with plenty of fight HOLY CROSS Trying for the fourth time to gain their third win the Owls failed in their quest again, this time being vanquished on Fitten Field, Worcester, Mass., where the Crusaders of Holy Cross smeared them by a 42-6 tally. Again the youngsters on Morrison ' s squad found themselves hopelessly outclassed as the Crusaders romped through every defense offered by the Owls. Before the first half was over, the Crossmen tallied four goals, three of which were scored in the opening quarter. Outweighed by their opponent, the Owls were always on the defensive. What offensive action was present failed miserably as Hubka completed but one out of nine attempted passes. The lone Owl touchdown came late in the final frame when Hubka passed from his own 30 to Marco Papi, right half, who tucked the ball under his arm and scampered down the field 70 yards for what turned out to be the only points scored by the Owls all day. The inability of the Owls to form a potent defense against the withering barrage of passes tossed by Captain George Titus, who was responsible for two goals, and the huge weight advantage of the Cross team were mostly responsible for the defeat. The Owls score a touchdown against V. M. I. Another touchdown for Temple against Bucknell

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The kick-off A quick kick surprises Villanova VILLANOVA The sixteenth game of the traditional series between Temple and Villanova found the Owls the underdog as not one writer gave the Broad Street boys a chance to pull out a victory in their last game of a not too happy season. For once the experts were right as the Templars went down once 34-7. As in two former years, it was a back named Al Postus who spelled doom for the Owls as he figured in every scoring drive of the Main Liners. Villanova scored in every frame but the third. In the first minutes of play the Cats went for 33 yards in eight plays and Al had the ball for six, reaching the two from which Kaslin scored. Postus took the ball over on a series of drives for the second and third goals. The final two tallies wer e made by Ed Burns who took the ball over after Postus, by passing and running, reached deep into Owl territory. The lone Temple score was made in the second period when Hubka took a punt and returned the ball to his own 34. Another short run, a 16-yard pass to Lipski, and a two-yard pass to Cooney took the ball to about the midstripe. From there Tony heaved the ball to the Wildcats ' 15 where Marco Papi tucked it to him and crossed the stripe for six points. Jimmy Wilson converted for the last marker to be scored that afternoon. The start of a long run