California State University Chico - Record Yearbook (Chico, CA)

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l Y, A as 1 .H .,.- B? Er r vii is :J nk iw V -t,..sw ED BAILEY a DICK JONES WYMARD MCQUOWN banner, showed his best work of the season. Other outstanding Chico men were: Captain Carl Delgado, Ed Bailey, Herb Arens, S. T. Johnson, and Dick Kollenborn. November 19: Sacramento Junior College 30, Chico l4-Doped as a breather for the powerful Panthers of the junior college, the Chico-Sacramento contest proved to be a possible upset for three quarters, when the Chico team held a one-point lead. At half time the score favored the Wildcats 14-6. Ed Bailey made the first score of the game as he intercepted a Sacramento pass on the Chico 30-yard line and ran 70 yards to pay dirt. The second Cardinal score came as the result of a successful 50-yard march that was culminated when Carl Delgado plunged it over from two yards out. Delgado, Henry Kossow, Wymard McQuown, and John Loyd played their final games for Chico State's football teams. . RESULTS OF CONFERENCE GAMES October 8: College of Pacific 13, Chico 0-Opening their conference season the Wildcats held Pacific scoreless during the first half, but in the second period Chico's lack of reserve power spelled defeat for the Cardinals. Pacific's wide- open attack, paced by Phil Martinovich and Al George, broke through the crumbling Chico secondary for two scores in the final period. Len Roberts and Dennis Robinson played outstanding ball for Chico as they made many of the tackles and did an excellent job of backing up the line. October 16: Nevada 27, Chico 0-Too much razzle-dazzle football tolled the knell of Wildcat hopes for a victory in their annual Home-Coming Day gridiron classic as the Nevada Wolves ran rampant over an unsteady Chico defense for four touchdowns. Captain Bill Grubbs led his team on the field and scored the first touchdown after a 20-yard sprint of sensational broken field running. A pass from Robb to Basta scored the secondtouchdown in the second quarter. Featuring a pass and four laterals, the Wolfpack went into its bag of tricks for the third score, and Ray McMichael finished off the good day for Nevada with a 55-yard jaunt to the Chico five-yard line, where Robb carried it over to end the scoring. In the third' quarter Chico rnade a determined goal-line stand that won for it the plaudits of the large Home-Coming Day crowd of alumni. The Wildcats, led by the fiery Dennis Robinson, stayed off four successive attempts of the Wolfpack to score. October 30: Fresno 40, Chico 7-Playing against the championship Fresno State Bulldogs, Chico State again felt the loss of reserve strength, as well as a defensive weakness against a wide-open attack. Fresno had five men for each . . s W . B . ,Sa as as a ma lm .- 5 H - H ' if 'ESS whip' -ss ra H? lewis 1 Q me S SEEN N Clearing the way aaa E H - wana -rea ,,,..-,.,-r- -MWA Ma T., ' TT 22-ttf 1 'Z-41. 0E.'?. :MLA -1 .4 r 321'-'Hit 1 W- I 'fG?Ys':2E5E?5 4 1: w - ,f -. UM- ' faffaaaaa. : vz:r ' , ,,.. ...... . Y -

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VARSITY FOOTBALL 1937 SOPHOMORE team that showed great promise during its freshman year of football was unable to cope with the faster competition of the Par Western Conference, and the Chico State Wildcats took undisputed possession of the cellar post in the league standings. The year 1937 marked the most dis- astrous for the Cardinal and White gridders in the history of the school, with no games being won by the Staters and only one practice game resulting in a tie. Captain Delgado closed his gridiron career last year by joining the mythical all-conference team and Coach Art Acker acclaimed him as one of the greatest athletes ever to don a Wildcat moleskin. Other senior footballers were: Henry Kossow, Wymard McQuown, and John Loyd. Following the poor 1937 record Coach Art Acker sent his boys through a tough March workout this year and is looking for a better conference representa- tion in the l938 season. SUMMARY OP NON-CONFERENCE GAMES October l: San Francisco State l3, Chico 12-Although heavy favorites, and after completely outplaying their opponents, Chico State's football team opened its 1937 campaign with an upset defeat at the hands of the San Francisco Golden Gaters. A late fourth quarter rally nipped the Wildcats, who were lead- ing l2-7 at the end of the third quarter. Al Gomez scored the winning points for the Bay City eleven. Dick Kollenborn opened Chico's scoring in the second quarter when he plunged over from the seven-yard stripe. A few minutes later Orrin Hoffman, Chico quarterback, scored again on another line plunge from the three-yard line. Lewis Harpe, sophomore tackle, suffered a head injury during the game which kept him on the sidelines during the remainder of the season. November l5: Southern Oregon Normal School 6, Chico 6-O11 a sloppy field that saw a persistent downpour of rain fall continually during the game, Chico State scored its lone tie game of 1937. Although playing the S. O. N. S. to a standstill, the wet field kept the local team from scoring more than once. After three attempted goal line pushes failed, Carl Delgado, Wildcat fullback, teamed with Len Roberts and Ed Bailey to produce a smashing passing and run- ning attack that was climaxed with a score by Roberts on an off-tackle play. Delgado's attempted conversion was blocked. Sether scored the Oregon touch- down after a 40-yard pass. Len Roberts, playing his last game under the Wildcat DICK KOLLENBORN HENRY KOSSOW LEN ROBERTS Ed Bailey - Left End Hoffman skirts end Roberts returns kick

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if Q a McQuown's stepping high 5 , E53 . I ,im M , Here comes John Loyd W ' Q 'NES position, while Chico had only two at the outside. Of the substitutes, Glen Miller, Wally Knapp, and Dennis Robinson were outstanding in the game, as they played like fighting demons during the quarters they participated. Of the men behind the line, Verne Freitas and Ben Reams stood out. Chico's lone score came in the final minutes of play when Dick Kollenborn intercepted a Bulldog pass and rambled 55 yards to a Wildcat touchdown. August Winters made the conversion. November 6: California Aggies 26, Chico O--Three bad breaks in the open- ing minutes, which led to the first Mustang score, disheartened a lighting Wild- cat eleven, which failed to show anything during the remainder of the game. Chico had a bad day all around, while the Farmers were hitting a new high, and everything they tried seemed to click with perfection and ease. The Wildcats were crippled in this game by the injury of five of their key men, including: August Winters, Len Roberts, Ben Reams, Wally Knapp, and Dick Kollenborn. Dennis Robinson was the spark of the Chico team for the two quarters he played, but an injury caused his removal. Ben Reams also played superlative ball for the short time he was in the game. Al Serpa, passing and kicking ace, and Ed Mahler, center, were the shining lights on the victorious Mustang team. With the graduation of several first string varsity linemen, Coach Acker is faced with a problem of putting a workable front line team on the field. Seven varsity backfield men are returning, but the lack of linemen will severely handicap the l938 strength of the Wildcats on the gridiron. To offset this, Acker has tried to mold a unit of sophomores, up from the 1937 fresh-man varsity. Dick Yount, Leo Palmiter, Bob Wadlington, Clarence Lewis, Bob Hennigan, Dick Epperson, Hal Mezger, and Ernest Ford are among the most promising of the yearlings. In addition to these men, John Cummings and Leslie Murphy, scholastically ineli- gible last year, will be back in the guard posts this fall. During the spring semester, an early season football practice was held. For five weeks, fifteen Cardinal and White men of the cleated shoes cavorted for the favor of Coach Acker. Six-man football was inaugurated due to the shortage of available men. This speeded up the practice skirmishes and made the workouts more fun for the prospective varsity men. Returning backfield men who are eligible for competition in the conference next season are: Ben Rearns, Dick Jones, Dick Kollenborn, Dennis Robinson, Verne Ereitas, Orrin Hoffman, Herb Arens, Ron Lang, and Ernie DeStefano. Topping even these men will be Carl Delgado, all-conference center in l937, and Clarence Pentico, all-conference end in 1936, who are planning to bolster the team during all non-conference contests. far' M ,e August Winters-End it as H SEEN? His? Sw Qui 1 ,n-ulnurmmm-s,a,1-....n-mwm.-.--v.-.iv-some .---:afmm-Q-mwerv.f1msw.s..w:mma.--1-:--- -f