St Louis University - Archive Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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plunging through the Kaw City line for gains ranging from 5 to 15 yards, while Bill circled the ends almost at will until injured in the third quarter. 'lhe Bills scored in the initial and Final periods, and in these quarters the O'Rourkeans dis- played iiashes of real football. ' Thirty-one to nothing was the score of the Mizzou contest, with the Tlgers on the long end of the count. T'he result represents' every possible method of scoring. but it does not tell the whole tale. One might be led to think that the Columbia athletes had a vely easy afternoon of it, encountering very little oppo- sition, but, as a matter of fact, the Billiken adherents had many things with which to be satisfied. They saw a real fight and that is worth something in itself. Outweighed about 12 pounds to the man, the Varsity seemed confident ot victory. They tackled fiercely and determinately, but the offense was somewhat weakened . Fx , pg Yip: -A ,V-5 : - A ffxff Missouri Hitting Gur Line T by the lack of a consistent quarterback and by a numb-er of fumbles, no less than nine, and on six of these occasions the ball was recovered by a Missouri man. During the greater part of the fourth quarter the Blue and Vtfhite was on the offensive and had several scoring chances. An intercepted pass stopped them on one occasion and a poor pass from the center was responsible for the second failure. Dixie,' Drace proved to be the star of the afternoon for the Billikens, his kicking saving the day several times. DiXie9' outdistanced the far- famed Chuck Lewis on several of his boots. On Qctober 15 the Milwaukee School of Engineering boys' were the guests of the St. Louisans. Wfith a fighting spirit that reminded one of the famous days of Eddie Cochems the Billikens came from behind to win out in the final period by the great score of 14-13. The first half of the game was listlessly played, especially bv our men, The engineers romped through the line and skirted the ends xx 1th remarkable consistency, while the Blue and VVhite.warriors were miss- Page Tico Hundred Four N Nks .- X .- N -- as .S ' 1-83 ..tt X, ss --xx . ...nu-. :Sk .X tt t X N-. is 2 N Q SN ' i X i X515 X Xxx X 5 S .Q '-xr-fam-Af 572 :Zi 6212 'Sz 1 , 1 T , 52 224 56 rw -144 ,, sf 5234 7 i l Z Z 113 5? 5? 1, 0, Z E :fp ' Z A ,1 I I ff? IW , if 1 114 fr 3: I-' 1 ' f Z '47 'ff , 1, I 'L yn Zi Z Zi K if Z Z -X Ci lb Qi N N 3, N N 1 tt 2. v 92 ,t ,E , I It Z dv J +4 jig l .y 5... f S9 ,Q io ,A 5, iv 4 ,f , f Z 11 V 1 S ff ,, ,, I Z I , O 4: x 12 jf ff f '6 l Z X Z if f f f f Z 7 5 ' I E : E X, v nf - . 7 .. ' C fe:5:2155-57sq2:fgsgeQ5ga155535ri15gig::ig5:3125gfgsrzitgrsgsgggag, - ,g2:gjg,:j,j'-iz:1:' ':' 1f:.:f' 1 , . Z Z is Z AI 1 W Z Z Z Z Q Zi Zi Zi

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