Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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In the picture. Cope. kneeling. talks to the regulars. They are left to right. fullback Hob Macy. halfhaek Keith l..al on. end Hill Loucks. tackle Wilbur Geesaman. guard Dick Mitchell. center Walt Day. guard George Sawyer. tackle Holi Fowler. end Hill Steen and halfhack Belton Hlakney. 7lll'PHfN Tll'II Calling the signals for the 1953 Quaker gridders was sophomore Bill Cope. the na- tion's leading small-college passer. Although he played in only five of his team's eight games. Hill threw 89 passes and completed 34 of them. Ilis completion percentage was 60.7. the hest in the country. Cope missed the first three games of the season. including the 7-6 loss to Indi- ana lientral. with a knee injury suffered hefore the season hegan. lle played less than half of the llanover game. putting his team ahead ldv-U in the early minutes of the game. then led Harlham to four con- secutive wins in the last half of the season. He threw nine touchdown passes in his five games. and six of those passes were caught hy end Bill Loucks. a unanimous all-conference selection. Only three play- ers in the country threw more touchdown passes than did Cope. This Earlham team combined excellent passing with fine receivers. a good running attack and a strong defense. The six Earl- ham passers. all of whom were underelass- men. averaged 126 yards per game. sixth best in the country. The leading receivers were ends Loucks and Steen and halfhack l.al on. The liarlham defense permitted an average of 209 yards per game. seventeenth hest in the country. Coach Roh Meyne. assisted hy George Uherle and Dr. Merle Rousey. in his three seasons at Earlham has won 16 games and lost only eight.