Emporia State University - Sunflower Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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A.. 4 .nk . -- Back row: W, Short, Breuer, Cory, Gautier, B. Short, Robinson, Bayless, Delp, Baranoski, Hanson Foster, Sawyer, Kurtz, Calvert, Cameron Front row: Johnson, Depew, Fischer, Caywood, Mc- Middle row: Peters, Knox, Graber, Martin, Sloan, Ginness, Thompson, Hoyt, Taylor, Gladfelter lfi '1- The interesting story behind the boys from New Jersey is that they were all sent to Emporia State by their high school coach, Jim Fraley. He is the same f'Big Jim who captained the Hornets in 1936, and played a stellar game at fullback. Jim played pro football in New York after graduation, but continued his education and now coaches in one of the better high schools in New Jersey. Just an example of Emporia State boy makes good. Coach Welch and other Hornet boosters around the campus wish that they could find many more alumni who have the loyalty and de- votion to their old Alma Mater that Big Jim has. One of the high lights of the season which really had little to do with the grid- iron or the stadium was the interference run by the Stork from VVayne Pop Gold- smith. He and his wife, Peg, and the whole team scanned the skies for Storky, and Wayne didn't go with the team when the We won two more games than I thought we would at the beginning of the seasonf' Coach F. G. Fran Welch told his players when the ,season ended. An Emporia State grad of 1918, Coach Welch has been head football coach since 1929.

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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

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if X Hornets went to Hastings, Nebraska. He stayed home, and when the team returned, he passed out cigars on behalf of his bounc- ing son. The trip by bus is always a feature, to the team at least, of every out-of-town game. Only one who has made the trips can imagine the things that a bus load of energetic Emporia State athletes can think up. Usually the time is occupied by that good old barber shop melody, the songs ranging from Clementine to Swing Low Sweet Chariot, and the harmony rises above and falls below the hum of the motor and the intermittent laughter and boos of the non-singing occupants. But as the team comes home from a game, they can be heard singing over and over again their college song, Emporia, as the bus pulls into town. On every football team there is a star performer, sometimes several. This year tribute must be payed to the fine kicking of Captain Gordon Babe Hoyt, who kicked the Hornets out of many a tight spot. He punted the ball more than a mile and a half this season, and often his coffin- corner kicks put the ball out of bounds and put the opponents in a dangerous position. Everett Gus Fish Paul Kutnink Freshman Coach Line Coach To football players, there is something sad about ending one's college competition, as nine seniors have recently done. They are Keith Caywood, Gordon Hoyt, Wayne Goldsmith, Bob McGinness, Ralph Wedd, Tommy Johnson, Dale Hanson, Marvin Bayless and Roy Schnellbacher. After the season closed, three men were selected to play on the Kansas All-Star team against the Centaurs from Fort Riley, A pass intended for Hays of Wichita is intercepted by Hoyt, No. 11. 17