Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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I Football Team J- ' irst Kcw Third Row T. W. Booth. Coach Davies Rucii Yacabonis Mathews Readler Kkaynack, Captain-Elect Siesko Hawkins. Captain Fritz Zimmerman Krafciiick Wadas BiTLER Slusser Strausser Fourth Row FORTNER Second Roiv Merrick Moore Morgans VanAernam Frymire, Manager Pennington Miller, Assistant Manager Reese Jones, Assistant Coach McKenzie Welsko Zevany Jaffin EVANCHO •1 249

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FOOTBALL 1 lull tlie leaves have turned to a golden hue and the i,iiiil fall air causes the blood to pulsate throu ' li the veins of men, there is a peculiar, un- cxplainahlc something that steals into a fellow ' s heart. Accompanying this something like its shadow comes the thud of a i)igskiii as it is met by the toe of a shoe. The longing for action became evident when the initial call for football candidates was made. Manager Frymire was called ujwn to deliver every available uniform in the school. Men were anxious , . to don their suits. So they journeyed to Mount r | 1 3 )lympus where work was started to mold together — ' -- ' a strong team. They had a real task before them — the sched- ule was the hardest our school had undertaken in a long time ; the team was composed of raw material and the candidates were unusually light. They had Coach Booth, a past master in the coaching game, and Assistant Coach Jones to aid them in their struggles. The team sutiered greatly from injuries during the season. Ray Hawkins, captain and tackle, played the season with a recently fractured leg which inter- fered considerably with his playing. Army Keller, quarterback, sustained a broken bone in the hand during the West Chester game which kept him from playing for the remainder of the season. Clarence Ruch, center, suffered a badly sprained ankle in one of the early games. This handicapped his work through- out the season. Delmore, a guard, was forced out of the game with a frac- tured leg sustained in scrimmage. Zimmerman, halfback, sutTered a wrenched ligament in the liack. Besides these there were many minor injuries. In spite of all this the team enjoyed a fairly successful season. Ray Hawkins, whose competency and ability as a leader of men was un- questioned, piloted his team masterfully. When football season is again ushered in, we should find Bloomsburg represented by a team of veterans led by the captain-elect for 192S, Alexander Kraynack, a man worthy of the confidence placed in him by his fellow teammates. The season opened on (Jctober 1 with Kutztown Normal as our opponents on Mount )lympus and we won by a score of 30-0. The following Saturday Stroudsburg was our guest and we were defeated in a close game by the score 6-0. Then came a disastrous trip to West Chester where we were defeated and many of our boys were injured and forced out of the game for the remainder of the season. Keystone came here and we were handed another setback. The team journeyed to Kingston where they met their ancient rivals, Wyoming Seminary, and they were pushed back another notch. Lock Haven was next and we de- feated them 12-6, but lost on the following Saturday at Mansfield. We finished up by humbling Dickinson Seminary Ijy a score of 7-6. II r Sc ' hcdiilc Saturday, ( )ctober 1- -B. S. T. C. 30; Kutztown Saturday, October 8- -B. s. T. C. 0; Stroudsburg - 6 Saturday, October 15- -B. s. T. c. 0: West Chester 39 Saturday, October 22- -E. s. T. c. 6: Keystone Academy - - 19 Saturday, October 29- -B. s. T. c. 0; Wvoming Seminary 40 Saturday, November 5— -B. s. T. c. 12: Lock Haven 6 Saturday, November 12- -B. s. T. c. 0: Mansfield - 39 Friday, November 1.S- -B. s. T. c. 7 ; Dickinson Seminary 6

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BASKETBALL W illi the cliisin;, ' of the football season. Coach I ' oolh issucil a call for all candidates for the basketball team. I lis call was answered by the largest number of men to turn out for basket- ball at this institution in many years. Among the applicants were sexcral memljers of last year ' s team, namely: Nick X ' anRuskirk, last year ' s captain and star furward: Red Garrity and Joe Wadas, forwards; McGrath. center, and Fisher, a guard. Among the new men to report were Kirker and Yacobonis. guards, and Morgan, a forward, all clestined to give a good account of ihemsehes in the coming season. To lead this group it was inevitable that a good man must be chosen. Leo McGrath. be- cause of his aljility and competency as a leader was elected captain, and piloted his team through a most successful season. The lioys had a real task to undertake : the schedule was the hardest our school had for many years. They had Coach Booth, a real leader and past mas- ter in the coaching game, to aid them. The managing burden fell upon the shoul- ders of Faculty Manager E. H. Nelson and . student Manage: Ralph E. Davies. Meeting teams of the State Teachers College and ])reparatory schools and academies the team proxed its mettle in every game. Although defeated in a few of its games, it always made the opposing team travel at a terrific pace to win. As proof of this we refer you to the close margins by which the opposing teams were victorious. When the basketljall season is again ushered in. we shall find the Maroon and Gold Quintet led by Captain-elect Red (iarrity because of his ability and his being worthy of the confidence jilaced in him by his fellow team-mates. The season opened on Deceml)er 21. at home, when we met and defeated a team composed of former stars of this school. Xe.xt came the highly rated Free- land M. and M. Institute, whom we also defeated, making it two in a row. The third game was lost bv one point at Kutztown, this being our first set- back for the season. We easily defeated Bucknell Freshmen and then dropped another, this time to the strong St. Thomas College team at Scranton. Then came our ancient rivals, Wyoming Seminary. In a hard-fought game our l)oys were nosed out at the final period and defeated liy the small margin of two points. Easy victories were gained oxer Lock Haven anil Mansfield, and then all thoughts were turned toward avenging the defeat handed us earlier in the season by St. Thomas College. We defeated them in a very close game by a single point margin. We were also avenged by defeating the strong Wyoming team, this being the first victory over our ancient rivals in three years. Then there was easy sailing for the boys, bumping off Freeland ] L and M. Institute, Dickinson Seminary for two games, Lock Haven, Mansfield, and Gettys- burg Academy. The season ended rather disasterously by dropping three games to Shippensburg, East Stroudslnirg, and Millersville, resjiectixely, by narrow 250