Coffeyville Community College - Reflections Yearbook (Coffeyville, KS)

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'fmt SAGA wwe The improvement made in the play of the Ravens during the past two years may well be in part attributed to the fact that the college now has its own director of athletics in the person of Coach Lester Dillow from Nebraska. Further improvement is expected in the next few seasons, with better equip- ment and a greater variety of material to choose from as enrollments increase. No athletic article on the junior college would be complete without mention of W. J. Cavanaugh, who has in charge the business end of the game, and who helps to keep expenses within the limits of budgeting reality. Mr. Cavanaugh plays the dual role of business manager, head ground-keeper, and doorman at the games. Succeeding Captain Jimmy LeClere of the 1930 team is Victor George, star half-back, elected at the annual football banquet to lead the 1931 team to a better record. A PAGE 30 1931 SAGA

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s A G at ,CZ The 1930 football season marked a new title well-earned by and often applied by opponents to the Coffeyville Junior College football aggregation- the Fighting Ravens. Two victories, two tie games. and four losses marked the season. Under the suberb generalship of Captain LeClere, on the field and off. the Ravens never lost courage for an instant, fighting hard through every game. The group of athletes making up the team seemed to have adopted as their motto, Fight to the Last Whistle, for this outstanding characteristic was noted in every contest. The opening game was played in the Forest Park stadium against the visiting Greyhound squad from Fort Scott. The Greyhounds triumphed after four quarters of hard football. All the conference teams were met in order, Independence twice, and a non-conference contest with Oklahoma Mil- itary Academy at Claremore resulted in a twenty-eight to nothing defeat for the Ravens. Especially noteworthy was the last game of the season. Earlier in the year, Independence pulled the chestnuts from the fire in the last few minutes to gain a seven to seven tie with the Red-clad players. But in the return game, winding up the year, the Ravens thoroughly trounced their ancient rivals, nineteen to six. 1931 SAGA - -PAGE 29

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