Central Normal College - Centralian Yearbook (Danville, IN)

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42, wa FGIITBALL Approximately thirty men answered Coach Leitzman's call for football practice last fall and along with nine lettermen who reported for duty were several members of last year's scjuad plus a small group of freshmen, Pros- pects looked good as the practice ses- sions got into full swing, although there was a decided shortage of mate- rial. With Dave Williams, injured triple threat star, watching from the side- lines, Central Normal opened the V937 football season in impressive fashion by traveling to Richmond and tying Earlham 7-7, Andrews, at left end, Captain Martin, at left tackle, Jones, left guard, Kelley, center, l-lorton, right guard, Pike, right tackle, and Roude- bush, right end, formed the starting line for the Warriors. Blanford took the signal post, Wallace, left half, Kennedy, right half, and Scott at full- back rounded out the backfield, Wal- lace's pass to Kennedy was good for Normal's only score of the game and Coach Leitzman lelt that with only two weeks practice behind them, the team had a good season in the offing, l-lorton and Kennedy were the only newcomers to join the returning nine lettermen in the starting eleven. The second game of the season took the team to Valparaiso University. Dur- ing the preceding week Kennedy was declared ineligible for conference com- petition and his valuable services were lost. Williams returned to action but an early injury forced him from the game. Eurther injuries to Roudebush, Martin and l-lorton brought out the fact more strongly that Central Nor- mal was very short on reserve mate- rial. The Uhlans ran wild all afternoon and forced the Warriors to suffer a 47-O defeat. 78- Central Normal was selected to fur- nish the opposition for Ball State's home-coming game the following Sat- urday and they did just that. Williams again watched from the sidelines as Scott was moved to fullback and Snider was placed at right half, The line charged well and Wallace personally took over the backfield duties, running, passing, and kicking like a wild man. Although neither team was able to score the first half, the Warriors more than outplayed their rivals. Shortly be- fore the first half ended Wallace was severly injured and was unable to re- turn to action, With Wallace gene, and no experienced man to take his place, the team seemed to lose its drive During the second half, Eall State pushed over four touchdowns, and while Normal threatened to store, they never did. The game ended 26-O. Oakland City came to Danville the following Saturday for the Warrior's first home game and they proved no opposition at all as the Leitzman coach- ed men rolled over them for a 43-O victory, Williams returned to the line- up once more and scored three touch- downs, Blanford toted the pigskin over for another, and Martin and Ewing each scored one. The reserves played almost an entire half of the game, holding the Oaks well in check. October 22 was home-coming on the Central Normal campus and the un- defeated and highly touted Eastern Kentucky State Teachers gridmen mov- ed in for what turned out to be a real battle. For the first time Coach Leitz- man was able to pit full strength against the opposition. Eastern Ken- tucky managed to score first and the Warriors tallied a few moments later, but failed to convert the extra point

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and trailed 7-6. Considerably outweigh- ed, Central Normal's line played their opponents on even terms until late in the fourth quarter when a penalty led to Eastern Kentucky's second touch- down. The Warriors threatened to score in the closing minutes again but failed to reach the coveted marker. l-lorton, Kelley, and Martin were outstanding in the forward wall's fine stand Williams' long punts and Kennedy's great de- fensive play were highlights of the back- field's splendid performance. The War- riors were beaten l4-6, but they went down fighting gallantly. Loss of Wallace and Snider the fol- lowing week once more caused Coach Leitzman to seek a starting backfield combination for the last road game of the season at l-lanover. Scott and Davis were finally selected while Decker re- placed l-lorton, who had been injured in the home-coming game, in the line. As the temperature hovered around the mid-summer mark l-lanover got off to a l4-O lead which they held until the half. The Warriors came back with a changed attitude at the beginning of the third quarter and after a Series of plays Williams crossed the line for six points. Pike's kick was good. The new spark of enthusiasm brought on by the touchdown was shortlived, however, as Williams' fumble, a few moments later, led to l-lanover's third touchdown. An injury to Scott forced Leitzrnan to call on Farr, a freshman, and a new star was uncovered as he peeled off eighty yards on a center eligible play for a touchdown. A short while later the gun sounded with the scoreboard reading l-lanover Zl, Central Normal l3. The final game of the year brought St. Joseph College to Danville. Things that people call breaks went against the Warriors in their last appearance of l937 and as nine seniors, Roudebush, Martin, Pike, Blanford, Williams, Lern- on, Decker, Morrison, and Long wound up their football efforts for C.N.C, St. Joe emerged the victor by Zi-l4. Wil- liams lugged the ball over for a touch- down to put him near the top for scor- ing honors in Indiana Conference play and Blanford sneaked through the cen- ter of the line for the other tally. Farr made some nice gains on long runs to brighten up the end of a rather dismal season. With only thirty men out for football, and perhaps ten of them freshmen, Coach Leitzman was facing odds from the start of producing a winning team. On top of this add the fact that he was forced to put a different ball club on the field each week of the entire season and you have a partial explana- tion for the losses outweighing wins. Next year is another season, and men who saw action for the first time this year will prove a big asset to the team when next fall rolls around. N 15 -79-- 46 ,Qtr ig