Catholic University of America - Cardinal Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The CARDINAL I936 were shelved with injuries and, as a result, the Demons came out on top by a score of 9-6. Before going into each game individually, it is fitting that tribute be paid to the unheralded five of football, the linesmen. The backs and even the ends are regularly glorined by the sports writers, but sel- dom are these forward wall workers applauded. They are the ones who pave the way for touchdowns by opening holes and removing would-be tacklers. Last year C.U. lost Captain llTruck Conter, All-District tackle and Danny Payne, star guard. Their positions were more than ably tilled by Colonel Clements of the Virginia Clements, and Smokey Joe Antonavage, All-District guard this season. The other members of the forward wall were Willie Lajousky of whom little was written but who did much in his position; Cap- tain Karpowich, another All-District selection, who inspired his team to the heights they reached; and Joe Yanchulis, who for two years has served his center job faultlessly. Naturally, stress is placed on those . who have formed the first team but it would be unfair to pass by those ready and eager to step in when reserves were needed. Every man on the squad, whether first string or not, gave his best when called on; that is all that can be asked of anyone. We salute the CU. line-a veritable Rock of Gibraltar. The first team to fall before the Flying Cardinals was La Salle. Com- ing to the Capital with a team boasting of 13 consecutive victories, the last defeat being administered two years previously by the Cardinals, the La Salle outfit saw goal after goal made upon them and, in addi- tion, 5 extra points out of six attempts, to boost the score of 41-7. Thus C.U. inaugurated its history-making football year. The following Friday evening found the Brooklanders in Duquesne wallowing in a field of mud under skies that dripped with rain and snow. With Bill Adamaitis the spearhead of the attack, C.U. ran and passed seventy yards in nine plays to score the only points of the game which ended 6-0. Makofske's great kicks from behind the goal line more than PETER DRANGINIS once repelled the threats of the Pittsburghers.

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The CARDINAL I936 The greatest football team in the history of Catholic University is the title that justly falls on the shoulders of the Flying Cardinals of 1935. A brilliant season counting seven victories and one defeat came to a glorious climax when the Redbirds were chosen to represent the North in the annaul New Years Day Orange Bowl game in Miami, Florida to meet the strong Mississippi University team. It was in this game that Catholic University ushered in a new era in its athletic history when it swept to a thrilling 20-19 victory over the Ole Miss pigskin forces. Twelve thousand spectators thrilled to the scintillating battle that saw the Northern eleven not only conquer Ole Miss but also beat a blazing tropical sun that threatentd to turn the tide of battle to the South- erners in the late stages of the game. The Cardinals had piled up an early lead and were comfortably in advance for three periods of the contest. However, as the final quarter progressed the hot Miami sun left the CU. forwards and secondary gasping for breath and literally out on their feet, while the Ole Miss lads were coming back with a renewed Vigor that came very near felling the Washingtonians. Catholic University scored three touchdowns during the contest and all on entirely different methods of play. A slashing ground drive, a per- fectly executed forward pass and a blocked kick which Ferdie Rydzewski scooped up and scampered over the goal line, were the avenues of scor- ing employed by the Cardinals. However, in addition to the three touch- downs marked up by the CU. men there were also two points after that were scored by the talented toes of George Mulligan and Bob Makofske and it was this pair of pOints that gave the Red and Black its well-deserved margin of victory. Among the teams that fell before the onslaught of the Redbird machine during the regular season are listed those that represent the finest in their sections of the country. Those elevens were La Salle, Du- quesne, Detroit, St. Marys of Texas, West Virginia Wesleyan, Western Maryland, and North Carolina State. The lone defeat came at the hands of the Blue Demons of De Paul in Chicago, when flve C.U. regulars CAPT. EDWIN KARPOWICH l2l

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The CARDINAL I936. The subsequent week iiDutch Bergman's charges met the powerful Titans 'of Detroit University out in the Auto city in a game that packed more thrills than any story book ever written. The Brookland lads scored two touchdowns in two minutes of closing play to change what appeared certain defeat into glorious VictoryeIS t0 7. It was in this game that Mulligants brilliant play gave him nomination for All- American. It was in this game that Schmarr uttered those famous three little words, Gimme the ball, which signalled the lateral pass from Mulligan to co mplete the touchdown play that left the spectators gasping at the suddenness of Detroitis defeat. Next came St. Mary's of San Antonio, Texas, who came up and gave the CU. eleven a tough battle down in Griffith Stadium. Led by Jumping Doug Locke, the Rattlers kept the Cardinals in hot water most of the second half and it was due to the supre me work of the forward wall which stemmed a late rally on the five yard line, that the game was saved from ending in a ' possible tie. As it was, the 7-0 victory was to prove a costly one, for five regulars were banged up so badly that they were on the shelf for the game with De Paul. Going to Chicago, to play a supposedly breather gamef the Cardi- nals faced a small but fighting team of Blue Demons from De Paul. With the possible glory of defeating the highly rated and undefeated C.U. team, the Chicagoans never let up and fmally turned in a 9-6 Vic- tory over a handicapped Redbird squad. Though toppled from the ranks of the nations undefeated, C. U. was destined to rise again to heights of football glory in the closing games of the season. Meeting West Virginia Wesleyan in Griffith Stadium, C.U. entered the fourth quarter in a 6 t0 6 deadlock. Suddenly coming to life, the Cardinals became touchdown-minded and in eight plays featured by a 29-yard run by Carroll, the score was boosted to 13-6. For good measure Makofske and Munhall reeled off a couple of long runs to tally a final score that sent the Bobcats home with their tails bobbed a little shorter y and whimpering t0 the tune of a 19-6 defeat. : WILLIAM LAJOUSKY l23