Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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Aggressive Sadie Hawkins pursued her man at an Inde- pendent social hour and then took him downstairs for re- freshments. Students gathered around a bonfire to work up enthus- iasm for the Wi State football game. chita-Emporia BELOW: When the football team from Fort Riley came to Emporia to play the Centaurs Hornets, they arrived in army trucks and jeeps. With local groups cooperat- ing, they staged a parade on Commercial Street. 13

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FOR THE second consecutive year the Hornets went into their final football game of the season with an opportunity of winning the Central Conference champion- ship. Last year it was a heart-breaking last minute pass that won the game for St. Benedict's and left the Hornets resting in second place. This year it was a muddy, cold, dreary game at Pittsburg which the Hornets lost 13 to 0 that put them in a sec- ond-place tie with St. B-enedict's. But second place was much higher than Coach F. G. Fran Welch thought his vet- eran-depleted squad would ever go when he first saw them in practice at the beginning of the season. The army, graduation, and good jobs had taken a great toll of experi- enced men, leaving only the Caywood-Hoyt- Goldsmith backfield combination and a large number of last year's reserves and freshmen. Only seven lettermen were on the squad. Inexperienced players were to play in many important positions. The squad roster which is given here and the season's record tell the story better than mere words can do. But there is lots more to a football season than the record of wins and losses. Like other phases of life, football has its ups and downs, periods of dullness and drudgery and periods of laughter and play. For instance, playing in mud such as was produced by the heavy rains of early fall was not always pleasant, but the slop and mud did bring about many ludicrous situations and funny business. Whenever a substitute was sent in during practice, the others were sure to maul him f --A 1 'ihgjjo 5 f ff S CENTRAL CONFERENCE STANDINGS W L T Pts. 0pp'ts Pittsburg ,r.... ...r. 3 1 0 46 7 Emporia State ,- ..... 2 1 1 39 39 St. Benedict's U- ,,,,. 2 1 1 40 27 Southwestern U- ..,.. 2 2 0 16 17 Fort Hays ,,....A.. .,,.. 0 4 0 26 77 in the mud on the play to insure his having as much mud and water as the others had. Of course everyone gets an occasional ribbing from his teammates, but Arsene Goat Gautier, a sophomore from New Jersey, was the butt of many wisecracks, although his do or die spirit earned him respect. But Gautier wasn't the only for- eign element Cas the fellows called the men from outside of Kansasj who came in for a ribbing now and then. Much fun was made about Lester Thompson's bowed legs. He tried to pose as a cowboy at first, but finally had to admit that he had never seen a cow until he came to Kansas, and all he ever punched was a few city milk cans. He and Caywood were branded by their teammates as the OX Brothers. Walt and Bill Short, two others from New Jersey, are brothers, and both re- ceived shoulder injuries during the season. Bob Peters and Bill Delp were a couple of freshmen from the Jersey shore, and so was Ted Baranoski, the varsity fullback whose name caused radio announcers so much trouble. It really isn't hard at all, though. He calls it Bar-a-nos'kee. 15