Benedictine College - Raven Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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James Jim Harris TQNVTQ I -t 'JW Q Flashing, smashing plays X ,QQ . if 7 5 as the Black and White hits X V' 'R 'p A ' GZ: i the first year ofthe big time D ,f ' l if-is Y? 'WN schedule. N - ' K ixgig g fx I. i- i f 3jgp3Ev l' li i is ,vamp y up i?'ill..1 ' l l llf 'V 7 if' Tflliawt -W.....affe1s . x I whfxgu 5, is - If ' ' 0 0 , , c . , lecvxybk f 1- ,X R X .5 by Henry R. Gonner, '35 HREE weeks of stiff practice had been spent in rounding into form the 1933 Raven football team which Coaches Mullins and Harris placed on the field to meet the Haskell Indians in the first game of the season. Early in the contest, weaknesses in the Raven lineup could be detected and the outcome seemed disastrous unless remedies were quickly applied. No scores were made in the first quarter, but early in the second period Haskell tore through an opening in the Benedictine line for its first touchdown. The Ravens strove deperately to gain ground in the first half but were unable to penetrate the strong defense of the Red- men. In the second half the Indian attack was even more vicious. They crossed the Raven goal three times and added an extra point to their collection to the discouragement of the large crowd of Black and White fans who traveled to Lawrence to see the open- ing game. Only once did the Ravens threaten to go places when in the third quarter, led by Co-captain Beattie, they gained three successive first downs to place the ball on the 35-yard line before losing it on downs. Although the Benedictines lost by a score of 25 to o, many things were learned in this defeat which were evidenced by their following contests. The Indian massacre was a hard blow to the Ravens but Mullins and Harris worked hard in strengthening the weak points exhibited in that tilt. The following week when the Ravens met Bethany in the first home game of the season, it was a changed team that trampled the Swedes in a 37 to o victory. The game was featured by one long run after another, as O'Neal, Helmert, Cahill, Neff, and Weiffenbach scored the touchdowns. Several new men stepped into the limelight in this game, most notable were Deutsch, end, Moulder, Neff, and Weiffenbach, backfield men. A large crowd witnessed the game and not the least among these was Coach Moon Mullins' newly organized Knot Hole Gang, composed of local juveniles. With a new spirit the Ravens drilled for two weeks in preparation for the tilt with the Ottawa Braves, I932 Kansas Conference champions. At first it seemed as though the outcome would be close but this was only an illusion, the Ravens made two touchdowns in the first half and another in the second half plus an extra point, to defeat the Braves, IQ to o. The Benedictines had gained 362 yards from scrimmage while their victims were held to 85 yards. Old rivals in the person of the Warrensburg State Teachers were next on the slate and with two consecutive whitewash victories to their credit, the Ravens were thirsty for Tutor blood. After the Mules had chalked up the first score in the second quarter, the Ravens checked their advance and retaliated with one touchdown in the second quarter and two more in the second half, each with an extra point to down the Mules, I9 to 6. Co-captain O'Neal's 44-yard run from the kickofi' in the second half was Football Line Coach 11

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Lawrence A. Moon Mullins The past and the future of Raven athletics - and the reason for it. Fighting Teams! Alld Thell' Gellefill bYWi11iamT-D0la11,'34 l AWRENCE A. Moon Mullins. In that name lies the cause of , the extraordinary success of the ambitious and extensive athletic l program which is so effectively being carried out at St. Benedict's. This program, broad enough to reach every student in the college and high school, features both intercollegiate games, with special stress laid upon football, and intramural athletics, with emphasis on basketball. Under the Mullins' regime, which began in the fall of IQ32 with Al Mor- ley as line coach and continued this year with Jim Harris, former Notre Dame star lineman as assistant, St. Benedict's also entered better-than- average basketball, boxing, and baseball teams in these fields of inter- collegiate sport. The intramural sports, which have been supervised during the last year and a half by the Rev. Michael Carroll, moderator of athletics, and in which five different halls of the school compete, are baseball, kitten ball, tennis, handball, golf, and volley ball. Indeed athletics, both intercollegiate and intramural, at St. Benedict's have demonstrated a distinct and rapid upward trend during the last two years. Manifestly, the balm which anointed the waning interest in sports not only within the college but also the interest of the sport-loving world concerning St. Benedict's, and the lubricant which greased the great Raven grid machine to a point approaching perfection in its grand march to fourteen smashing victories in seventeen starts during the last two fall Head Coach of Athletics Tl1e dominating, wholesome character and the radi- ant personality of this former Notre Dame star have created an entirely new atmosphere not only on the field of battle, but throughout the entire school and over the spacious campus. Mullins, who benefited by four years of experience under the greatest of all coaches, Knute Rockne, has employed all of his un- usual abilities and qualifications in building Raven teams which are bringing St. Benedict's national recog- nition. The football schedule for next fall includes games with such teams as the University of Kansas Jayhawks, the West Texas State Buffaloes, the Nebras- ka State Teachers college of Hastings, Ottawa Univer- sity, and five others. 10 campaigns, were supplied by Moon Mullins. Enthusiastic alumni everywhere likewise are pro- claiming the merits of the Raven basketball teams which, during the last two years, have completed repre- sentative schedules with teams of outstanding caliber, winning better than three-fifths of their games. Always it has been the policy of the athletic depart- ment to outfit its teams with the best equipment ob- tainable. The lowliest substitute on the fifth or sixth team is just as well protected and smoothly fitted as the varsity man. This fact, together with the fact that the name Moon Mullins is connected with athletics at the college, has placed athletics in the heart of the student and the life of the school.

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Remember thc old rhyme, Birds of a feather flock to- gethern? That is what happens each year at St. Bene- dict's varsity ban- quet. Men famous in sports circles are brought from all over the country to honor the Ravens' football, basketball and boxing teams. Left to right-Gene Sullivan, Ray Osborne, Dick Hanley, Gov. Alf M. Landon, Coach Larry Mullins, Rev. Richard Burns, O.S,B., A. A. Schabinger, W'illiam 'fLone Star Dietz, jim Harris. Dick Hunley, Lam' Star Dietz. A. A. Sehabi1zger,Cf01'. Alf Landon, Kawn Atlzlctesf Birds of a by Jack Collins, '34 S in past years, the climax of the athletic season at St. Benedict's was the annual Raven banquet. The Honorable Alf M. Landon, governor of Kansas, Dick Hanley, head football coach at North- western, Lone Star Dietz, coach of the Boston Braves professional football club, A. A. Schabinger, director of athletics and basketball coach at Creighton Universi- ty, together with well-known sports writers and a host of ardent Raven fans joined the athletes in celebrating their great achievements in the fields of football, basketball, and boxing during the past season. The evening's entertainment began with a splendid dinner served the athletes and the guests of honor in the college refectory. Immediately after the dinner the elections of the captains of the football and basket- ball teams for the coming year were held, and Chet Nadolski and jim Helmert were unanimously chosen by their mates. Johnnie Beattie, graduating football captain, then addressed a stirring and memorable speech to his teammates and coaches. 12 BOARD OF ATHLETICS This is the group of men who determine the athletic policies of St. Benedict's and upon w h o m depends the great future of Raven teams. Upper left - Rev. Richard Burns, Dean of Residence. Upper right- Rev. Michael Carroll, lylod- erator of ath- letics. Lower left - R e v . Cuthbert Mc- Donald, col- lege treasurer. Lower righl- Rev. Jerome Merwick, for- mer R a v e n star. Cerner- Larry A. Mul- lins, h e a d coach. The evening came to a brilliant climax at a smoker in the gym at which the governor, the coaches, and the faculty representative, Father Richard Burns, spoke to the largest audience ever to attend this annual afiair. The whole program was permeated with a spirit which made it one of the most exciting and memorable events of the year.