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

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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

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