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

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s; Although the lightest man on the team, “Pidney more than made up for his lack of flesh with his speed and pluck. Playing part in every game of the season, excepting one, he, at all times showed marked ability in directing the team. D. C. TICKLE “Big Dan” took his football work seriously with the result that he became indispensable. With his 190 pounds of steely muscles, he was one of the Wasp’s best linesmen. With a stiff arm like a mule’s kick, he kept his opponents continually at his mercy. Page Seventy-five O. F. STICKLEY, Guard Stickley did not join the ranks of football heroes until this fall, but was very successful. He worked hard for a place in “Bingo’s” line and his letter came as a just reward. He has two more years in which to gather additional gridiron laurels. T. L. PORTERFIELD, Quarterback Ted came from the Freshman ranks. He was a sure tackier and of equal usefulness in opening holes. His favorite pastime was smearing the opponents’ plays behind the line of scrimmage. His best work was against Tusculum. C. T. MAJOR, Tackle

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W. L. CASSIDY, End The Freshman class had the honor of giving Cassidy to the Varsity ranks. lie is built for stretching over a good deal of territory when there is blocking to be done or interference to be run. With three more years remaining, his future looks bright. H. C. STONE, Guard Henry was one of the outstanding players on the Junior Varsity last year. His aggressive fighting spirit and one hundred and eighty-five pounds of bone and muscle brought him to the Varsity. His pluck made him an ideal linesman. J. C. MEADE, Guard Jack is a quiet married fellow who fought a game battle for his coveted monogram and won. The personification of pluck and endurance was recognized every time he went into a game. His work against Kentucky Wesleyan was of high quality. C. A. SHUFFLEBARGER, End Shuff” is one of those fellows who works hard when he goes after what he wants. His great ability as a speedster and exceptional qualities as a snagger of passes gave him the edge over the other wing” competitors. His performance against the “Panthers” was one of the season’s outstandings. Page Seventy-four

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JffnnthaU 2Lemwu Judging from comparative scores and the number of games won. the football season of ’25 was not the brilliant and glorious success that followers of Lemon and Blue had wished it to l e. In the field of true and clean intercollegiate athletic contests, however, there arc those who never consider anything except the games won and points piled up. To l e sure, this is a vastly important element and the only way by which teams arc finally rated. Those, who analyze the circumstances and difficulties under which each team is forced to lalx r, realize that no team can lie properly rated solely on the number of games won. With only five letter men returning to the fold. Coach Fullerton was forced to build a machine under the most trying circumstances. The one great element necessary—experience—was sadly lacking ami it required a most marvelous display of determination to overcome that seemingly overwhelming obstacle. But ere the season had closed the team met and conquered these difficulties in true fighting Wasp spirit; and, although not the greatest Emory machine, it did preserve those high ideals of honor and sportsmanship necessary to any truly great body of athletes. On Scptcmlicr 25th the Wasps started on the gridiron struggles by going under fire against the Cadets of Virginia Military Institute. While the Flying Squadron pushed across forty-six points, the game was not so one sided, as one might imagine. The Wasjis fought every minute of play but the Cadets held the upjier hand throughout the play by virtue of their superior weight and experience. Windy” White, Frisky Harmcling, and Snail Caldwell, all former Wasp stars, were the big guns for the Squadron. Coach Fullerton used this game to test all of the men and. although they performed well, no particular stars could be mentioned. The second game did not prove so glorious this year, for the Team was forced to bow before the marvelous machine from the University of Tennessee. The precision and effectiveness of this machine gave the Knoxville fans the idea that it was invented solely for the purpose of producing touchdowns. This the Volunteers did until the final whistle had blown and they had produced fifty-one points while the Wasps failed to register. The Wasps held the heavier Vols to a 6-0 score until the last few seconds of play in the first half, when a nicely executed jxiss produced their second counter. At the lieginning of the second half Fullerton sent in a team composed of second string men. These men fought well but were unable to co| e with the terrific offensive that poured from the Vol licnch in the form of forty-six sub- stitutes. Truly, the score is not justice to the Wasps, but, rather an indication of what a tremendous reserve power means to a team. For their first collegiate game, the Wasps journeyed over to Hickory, North Carolina, where they met the Lcnoir-Rhync aggregation and lost by a 10-0 score. The game was replete with thrilling plays, with the Wasps carrying the fight into the I.cnoir territory. The only touchdown came in the second quarter when Owl, full-blooded and blood-thirsty Indian, gave an awful war-whoop and galloped around left end. The loss of the game was not due to the weakness of the Wasps but to the adverse conditions under which they played. It was a day better suited to submarines than foottall men, and it also affected the referee since the game was marred by frequent disputes with the gentleman. “Dick Lawrence brought shouts of admiration from a hostile crowd with his spectacular end runs. “Kid” Bailey, “Billy Bones and “Shade” Weaver all played a good brand of ball. The Wasps made their first home appearance against the strong Lynchburg Hornets and lost 12-0. It was a thrilling game with the Wasps always rushing their opponents. They made eight first downs to Lynchburg's one. A short pass enabled Carpenter to make their first counter during the second quarter. The worst break of the game came in the third period when Weaver's punt was blocked and Suttcnficld fell on it across the goal line for the second score. Captain “Dick” played a stellar game, as did Bailey. Bones. Weaver and Hassinger. Porterfield directed the team from quarter most of the time. The kicking of Lcitman was the feature for Lynchburg and the direct means by which they gained yardage. For two years the cunning Panthers had come snarling out of the Kentucky hills and succeeded each time in conquering the Wasps. It was a mighty tattle, the kind an old grad likes to tell about while sitting around the fire-side during the cold winter days. For a while it seemed that the history of the last meeting would lie repeated when the sensational end runs by Glccn, Kentucky’s great back, hail pro- duced a touchdown during the first quarter. But in the second jieriod the Lawrence to Bailey combination gave the Virginians a score and Weaver added the extra point, placing his team on the long end of a 7-6 score. Then, in the third period, the Wcslcyanitcs came tack and made another counter but the Wasps also netted one when Shufilcbargcr caught “Dick’s long heave over the line. Weaver added the point and Emory won her greatest tattle of the year 14-13. To pick a star would lie to name every man on the team, but, perhaps, the one man who was most instrumental in the victory was Captain “Dick. The Wasps then met the big red team from Tusculum College in their second and final home appear- ance of the season. While the Tennesseans put up a scrappy fight and fought for every inch of turf, they were not a nftitch for the Wasps on that day. Billie Bones provided the thrill early in the game when he broke through the line for a 56 yard dash. The Lawrence to Bailey combination again proved effective by scoring two Wasp scores, while Bones plunged the line for the other. The Wasps were content with a twenty-one point lead at the opening of the final period but obviously the Tusculumitcs were not. It was during this time that they proved themselves to be masters of football aeronautics by marching eighty yards for their only score. Every man on the team played well with Lawrence and Bailey blazing the way. A ddfeat at the hands of the Elon Christians was the result of the second Wasp invasion into North Carolina. Although the Tar Heels 1 wasted of a well-balanced machine, the Wasps should have handed them a defeat. Something went loose with the Virginians and they never made any great headway through the North Carolina defense. Raub, of Elon was the Star while Captain Lawrence furnished the thrills, with his long runs. When the scorc-kcejier marked Elon 14, Emory and Henry 0. the Wasps closed the most hectic season in years. Page Seventy-six