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

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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

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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 Seven days later the Flying Cardinals once again went into action, this time against the strong Green Terror eleven from W'estern Maryland College. It was the Homecoming game for Catholic U. and a crowd of 8,000 spectators, composed mostly of alumni, saw the Bergmamcoached outfit triumph by a 20-6 score. A 62-yard touchdown dash by Irish Carroll and the sensational punting of C.U.ls sophomore quarter- back, Spec Foley, were the features of this contest. Bill Adamaitis also shone for the Cardinals by chalk- ing up two six-pointers with his great line plunging. However, the best played game in which the Catholic U. eleven saw action was the Turkey Day scrap with the Wolfpack of North Carolina State. Coached by Hunk Anderson, former Notre Dame mentor, the Southerners brought to town one of the strongest teams in their section of the land. For the entire first half of the contest, which was played on a rain-soaked field that resembled a swamp more than a gridiron, the Flying Cardinals withstood the offensives of the Carolinians. It was the great punting of the C.U.'s fullback, Bob Makofske, that turned away the Wolfpack in the first two periods of the game. A blocked punt by Joe Yanchulis that rolled past the end zone for an automatic safety and a 41-yard sprint over the N .C. state goal line gave the Cardinals their 8-0 upset. The s'ound of the final gun down in Miami not only signalled the close of the Orange Bowl game but also the Close of the gridiron careers of five of the greatest athletes in Catholic Universityls football his- tory. The men who wound up their collegiate football careers on the first day of nineteen thirty-six were Captain Ed Karpowich, George Mulligan, Hal McGann, Bill Lajousky, and Pete Dranginis. To Ed Karpowich must go the lions share of the credit for the great scores the Cardinal football forces compiled this past season. Captain a Popeye, a big lumbering 210-pound tackle, was the type of leader HAROLD McGANN who by his courage and hard play inspired his teammates on to greater achievements in the face of insurmountable odds. l24