Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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HEAD COACH GORDON A. MACDONALD VARSITY FOOTBALL . I

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Coach Gordon Macdonald began his second year as coach oT The Alma TooTball Team wiTh The Task oT rebuilding a Team wiTh only seven veTerans Trom lasT year's squad and a handTul OT hopeTul sophomore aspiranTs. BeTore being deTeaTed by The champion Kalamazoo Team, The ScoTs loomed as sTrong conTerence conTenders when They deTeaTed Three Teams oT The M.l.A.A. conTerence. Wins were scored over Adrian, Albion, OliveT, and l-lope. One Tie game Was played wiTh YpsilanTi Normal, and losses were suTTered To Miami UniversiTy OT OxTord, Ohio, l-lillsdale, Kalamazoo, and The Michigan B Team. As The nucleus oT his Team, Coach Macdonald used ArT SmiTh aT guarTerback, CapTain John GilberT aT Tullback, STan CaTer aT leTT Tackle, Bob Devaney aT leTT end, and Cassius Lea aT righT guard. The oTher reTurning leTTermen were Floyd BoaT and Ken OTis, halTbacks. The season opened wiTh The ScoTs aT OxTord, Ohio, where They meT Miami Uni- versiTy. WiTh considerable weighT advanTage againsT Them, The Team was deTeaTed 27 To O. Miami's allfconTerence guarTerback, Jake Wagner, was held aT The ScoTs' goal line on numerous occasions by Alma's lighTer line who played inspired ball. The weT and muddy Tield made ball handling quiTe impossible, and Two oT Alma's Tumbles resulTed in Miami Touchdowns. CapTain BuTch GilberT, Bob Devaney, and STan CaTer marked Themselves as ouTsTanding players on The Tield, while Don SmiTh, sopho- more guarTerback Who replaced ArT SmiTh, did a Tine iob OT signal calling, alThough burdened wiTh The Task oT passing, punTing, and praying. l Top row, leTT To righT: Geyer, l-lulTman, Nunn, MaThews, Le Claire, CarTer, NeT2org. Middle row: Coach Macdonald, Bainbridge, SeaviTTe, Purdy, OHS, CuTler, Follis, Bendall, Adams, D. SmiTh, Walker, Devaney, AssisTanT Coach Ewer. BoTTom row: AThleTic Manager Mann, Dean, BoaT, Lea, A. SmiTh, Fraker, Tangalakis, Elder.