Dakota Wesleyan University - Tumbleweed Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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THE SEASON Dakota VVesleyan had one of the most successful football seasons in the history of the school, tying with VVestern Normal for the Championship of the South Dakota Inter- collegiate Conference. The season was the more remarkable because of the fact that all nine games on the schedule of the previous year were lost. One of the chief reasons for the success of the team was the uniform development of the squad as a whole which enabled Coach Ferguson to put two teams of more than average caliber on the field for every game. The morale of the squad was low at the beginning of the season and the game with State College was lost by a top-heavy score. The next game with Trinity was lost, I8-O. Lack of scoring punch was very evident so both teams were about equal in yardage gained. Wesleyan met Sioux Falls College next on the latter's Tepee Day, and became the Dark Horse in the Conference race by unexpectedly, yet decisively, defeating them IQ to 6. On Blue and White Day Eastern Normal was defeated 3,0 to 6. The scoring punch which was lacking in the early season was very evident in this game as VVesleyan scored every time she pushed her way into Eastern territory, The next game was played with Southern Normal on the latter's gridiron, and in spite of the fact that VVesleyan had never in her history been able to defeat Southern on her home field, she accomplished the unexpected and turned back Southern 20 to 6. Northern Normal came down for the Armistice Day game, expecting confidently to check the rising hopes of Wesleyan for a Conference Championship, but were given their worst defeat in the Conference by the Tigers, 20 to O. The next game set a precedent in Wesleyan football. It was the Hrst time in the his- tory of the school that a second team was able to defeat another college team with the help of only one first string man. VVesleyan defeated Western Union 2O to 2 on an ice covered field. On Thanksgiving Day the Tigers met the Yankton Greyhounds at Yankton and were stopped for the first time in the season by a Conference opponent. Snow drifts and below zero weather halted the brilliant running and passing attack of the Tigers and gave an overwhelming advantage to the heavier Yankton team. The game ended scoreless. VVesleyan's success during the season was achieved with one of the lightest teams to ever represent the school. The Tigers were outweighed at least ten pounds to a man in every game that they played during the season. VVith a promise of heavier material for next yearls team, Wesleyan appears headed for perhaps the most successful year in her history. The best schedule ever attempted by a Wesleyan team has been planned with the opening game to be played in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. One Hundred Four

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BASKETBALL SQUAD 1 929-1 Q30 Arthur Fishheck Francis Holgate Frank Lockhart George Morroxv Coach Ferguson Sidney Horman Lorne Arnold Harvey Lenz Guy Podratz Clifford lVIackey Ward lVIyers Elmer Baeckman, lVIanager One Hundred Six