Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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1 1 TIk ' goldL ' n nutumn dnys turned the minds of the students nlmost immedi- .ilely from freslimnn initiation to our footb.ill team. During the season, Clarion State Teachers College ' s Golden Eagles turned in a record of three wins, two losses, and one tie for the 1941 football season. I he three victories added to the ones registered in the four previous seasons ran the Tippinmen ' s record to twenty triumphs in five campaigns. The first scheduled game with Grove City college was cancelled due to the polio epidemic that postponed the openings of all state teachers colleges. On October 4 the Blue and Gold opened with Alliance College after but twelve pre-season practice sessions and defeated the up-staters handily by a score of 5-0 at Clarion with five players chalking up touchdowns. The second game was with strong Thiel college in Greenville. The Teach- ers fell by a 26-0 score before the Jack Stoeber coached team that was undefeated in seven games. Clarion ' s line led by the brilliant Irwin Fall at left end out- played the Thiel forward wall but the Golden Eagle backs were no match for the hard running Thiel backs. iack Row — Mr. Tippin. Shancr. Cyphcrt, Snyder. Martin. Wilhclm. Third RoiC — Johnson. Wiberg, Newell, Jcwart. .Stewart. Elder, Buzard. Sills, McKin- ley, McCandless, Second Row — Mohney, Pence, Miith, Strickler, Weidt, Mulligan, Fichter, Hunter, McGinnis, Wonell. Front Row — Fall, Wetzel, Sheridan, Sevok, Kovalyak, Bole, Wolfe, Solonchak, Siar, Wallace.

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About the middle of October, did you notice six students limping, groan- ing, and moaning around the campus? They weren ' t new members on the football team, although at times they acted as if they had been practicing with the grid squad: they were just our newly elected cheerleaders: Kay Cervone, Nathalie Neverla, Pete Kupsek, Belle Piper, and Dorothy Hillgartner. The first few practices found them stiff and unaccustomed to the type of muscular activity necessary for cheer leaders, but this minor difficulty soon was eliminated. After much jiractice they made their debut in chapel one morning, leading several cheers, and teaching the student body a new rally cry. The response was gratifying. On the night before the Edinboro game these cheer- jerkers conducted a pep meeting in the chapel. After Mr. Tippin and several members of the team had delivered short speeches. Eddie Edinboro was cut down from the gallows (ceiling to you ) and carried to the big bonfire on the football field for cremating. On through the season — rain, snow, or sunshine- out for each game, cheering our team on to victory. the cheerleaders were Lcfi lo lii ht — Hillgartnor, Ncvcrh, Kupsek, Wilson. Ccrvonc.

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Homecoming day at Clarion was featured by the annual Clarion-Edinboro grid battle. The game was played in a steady downpour of rain and on a very soggy field. With these conditions prevailing, the teams battled to a scoreless tie. Clarion ' s Hat Wolfe punted 14 times and the Red Raiders kicked 15 to feature the game with long high kicks. The fourth game on the Clarion schedule found the hilltoppers in Charleroi for a game with California Teachers College in which the Tippinmcn rolled up a 28-0 score on an under-manned opponent. Freshmen scored the four touchdowns in the game with Turk Johnson going over twice and Gordon Sills and Chuck Shaner once each. Sills ran 70 yards for one six-pointer and threw a 35-yard pass to Shaner for another score to feature the one-sided game. Clarion fell before Indiana ' s Indians by a 12-0 score at Indiana. Indiana with a big line held down Clarion ' s ball carriers but were able to score their two touchdowns only after long marches down the field. The Golden Eagles closed their season by running up an all-time record score over Kutztown Teachers College here on November 8. The record score was 46-0 and eight players scored. ALLIANCE THIEL 26 EDINBORO CALIFORNIA INDIANA 12 KUTZTOWN 38 CLARION 35 CLARION CLARION CLARION 28 CLARION CLARION 46 109