Emory and Henry College - Sphinx Yearbook (Emory, VA)

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®i)C EARMAN, Manager In Karnian the team had a capable leader and business manager, as well as a companion on all trips. Credit should be given him for the successful financial outcome of the season, and the conveniences and comfortable quarters shared by the team when away from home. VIALL, End Coming back unexpectedly to finish his college career, “Peter” was one of the surprises of the season. His two years of real experience acquired by hard work on the field have enabled him to outclass his opponents on in- numerable occasions. Viall is credited with making the prettiest play of the season when in the Johnson City game lie intercepted a pass and ran fifteen yards for a touchdown. He is graduating with highest honors, and the team will miss him. FARRIER, Tackle Bob is another of Coach Knight’s proteges. He left the Junior Varsity ranks last year to lend a helping hand to the Varsity line. His services were valuable elsewhere, however. He is a kicker of no mean ability, and acquired quite a reputation in that form of the game during the past season. OATES, Quarterback After Captain Beery’s injuries early in the season, Oates was called upon to act as general for the team. Unlike Napoleon, he is tall in stature, and his great leadership, ability, and coolness under fire were respon- sible for many points. His skill in guiding the team, together with his work at returning punts placed him among the season’s stars. The fruits of his experience will be available to the team of 1924. DAVIS, Guard This huge bundle of sunshine, brawn, and muscle, was one of the mainstays of the Wasp line last season. He played his first football at Hiwasse College last year, but acquired some tutelage in the Fullerton methods of play before he came to occupy a regular position on the Varsity squad. He succeeded in making one of the Wasp’s touchdowns last season by intercepting a forward pass. Men like Davis look good for future Wasp success. 96

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Cljr 1923 Football Review The Wasp aggregation, during the season just past, proved itself to be a good one, not by spectacular overcoming of all opposition, however strong, hut by steady development to a degree of efficiency which did not reach its climax until late in the season. It is true that some of the games were disappointments. But tallies do not tell the whole story, and in spite of them the season was one of more than ordinary significance. We succeeded in keeping the goal at home from being crossed, and in winning those games by decisive scores. The defeats we received are not to he ashamed of. True it is that Milligan departed from the field with unmerited laurels, and even if Elon did likewise, we cannot blame the team for the results. All in all we piled up a total of 154 points against 112 for the opposition. Besides this we made three times as much yardage and four times the number of first downs. Moreover, the development of material for the coming season is a source of real satisfaction, and it is generally believed that the season of ’24 will be a banner one for the Lemon and Blue warriors. HIWASSE AT EMORY The season opened up with Hiwasse and the affair ended in an easy victory which was as it should have been. The Tennesseeans, although they put up a plucky fight, could not stop the backs of the Fullcrtonites. The line could be characterized by one word—solid. From tackle to tackle that day was a one- way street, and the Wasp hacks had the right of way, over which they carried the ball eight times for touchdowns. KENTUCKY WESLEYAN AT BIG STONE GAP This was the game of games, the feature event on the Wasp’s card. Long will the results of that day linger in the memory of those who fought as well as those who witnessed it. That October day dawned bright and clear; everyone was in readiness, and Kentucky must be beaten. By nightfall it was a story of defeat with 33 points against our none. We have no alibics to offer. We were beaten by a team that worked without a hitch. It was in this game that Captain Beery received injuries that kept him on the bench for almost the remainder of the season. EAST TENNESSEE STATE NORMAL AT EMORY Recovering from the defeat at Big Stone Gap, the Wasps came back and ad- ministered a real trouncing to the Normalites. The team played in real form and began to look like a machine of coordinated parts, well oiled and running perfectly. The Tennesseeans, nevertheless, showed a determined brand of fight, and three times menaced to cross our own goal line. The final score was 45 to 0. 98