Florida Military Academy - Dugout Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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if if sk -it as if a 1'1Hl1EDUGOUT Angered by the defeat at the hands of St. Leo--a team which they had expected to beat-the cadets played host to the Tampa College Collegians a week later and trampled them 12-0 in an exciting game that repeatedly found Tampa College with its back to the wall. F. M. A.'s two touchdowns were scored by Bob Elkins. Following the Tampa College victory, the cadets played Plant City's Planters on the latter's field. Hitting a mid-season stride, F. M. A. downed them 13-7. F. M. A. had won its first Big Tenn game since 1932. Touchdowns were made by Capps and Moody, with Elkins making the extra point. In the last fray of the season, F. M. A. fought the Brooksville Leopards in an after-dark battle. Gaining a terrific momentum, the Wave rolled over the Hernando County team by a score of 61-6. Shouppe added 19 points to the score, with Elkins scoring 13, Daly 12, Steele 6, Capps 6, and Wiley, Moody, Conlin, Schneck and Mar- shall scoring 1 point each. After the close of the season an All-Star team, composed of outstanding players from the various teams of the West Coast of Florida, was selected to play a post-season game with an All-Star team from Ohio. Anderson, McPhail and Elkins were selected from the Academy's squad to play on this team. Final computations of the figures for the season showed that the Academy's grid forces had scored a total of 105 points in their seven games of the year, against a total of 56 for the opponents. Graduating Letter Men: Shouppe, Capps, McPhail, Anderson, Elkins, Steele, Waynick, Moody, Schneck, Conlin and Hausman. Returning Letter Men: Bethany, Bradham, McQueen, McWethy, Marshall, Wiley, Spearman, Leon, Lay, Hydrick and Daly. 1937 RECORD F. M. A. Opponent Opponentis 'Score 6 Plant High 21 7 Largo 7 6 Punta Gorda 3 0 St. Leo 18 12 Tampa College 0 13 Plant City 7 61 Brooksville 6 105 Totals 56 Pg 95

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THE DUGUUT THE TENNIS TEAM Left to Right: Giller, Bethany, Reyant, Lloyd, Stevens, Steele, Lieutenant Finck fC0achJ. showers of rain. Early in the second quarter the F. M. A. aerial attack came to life when Shouppe, on a fake end-run, faded back and threw a long forward pass to Elkins, who scored on the play. The same combination made good the extra point. Over- confidence and the difficulties presented by the inclement weather were credited with the resulting tie rather than a victory for F. M. A. as had been anticipated. The cadet line played an exemplary game of football during this game. On numerous occasions they were likened to blocks of granite when, with their backs against their own goal, they repeatedly threw back attempts of the 4'Packers to score. The first victory of the season was gained the next week, when F. M. A. played the strong Punta Gorda Tarpons,, in another home game under the lights. The final score was 6-3 and the game was probably the most exciting of the entire season. The lone F. M. A. score was again the result of the Shouppe to Elkins passing combine. Following the Punta Gorda victory the squad remained idle for the next three weeks. During this period daily practices were held. On November 6th the team went to Dade City where they met the undefeated St. Leo College Prep eleven. The Lions caught the g'Golden Wave', off form and soundly trounced them by an 18-0 score. Page 94

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THE DTUGUTUT ta at sir if ir is v x 4,1-me - -,nr-' ,,,,, A . , ' Q ' ' 'wal-.ann -ip' nos-M . . K I I K 4 ' N e 4 ,- THE BASKETBALL TEA Nl Slunrling: Captain Joseph ttioaclil, Noel tltlanagerl. Steele, Haekney, Danison, M1-Phail. Aycrs, Werlz. Sclincck lltlanagerl, Lieutenant Burroughs tlioaehl. Kneeling: Mitchell. .l. .l.. Mitchell, J. W.. Wingate tlvyl, Wingate flkyl, Daly, Ph:-lan. Sitting: ,Iindra and Rives lftssistant Managersj. BASKETBALL The hasketlrall team had a highly successful season for the year l937-38. ln a wcll-balanced. fourteen-game schedule they emerged victorious on eleven occasions and wcre defeated only three times. Under the expert coaching of Lieutenant John Burroughs the initial practices were lnegun shortly lieforc the Christmas holidays. Whcn the cadets returned from their Christmas furlough, Coach Burroughs put his squad of hopeful candidates earn- estly to work. As a nucleus, the team was built around three lettermen who returned from the 1937 team. These were Steele, Shouppe and Wilkinson. Leading candidates were Wertz, a guard with three years, experience in a northern high school: 'fShorty lVlcl'hail, a towering six-footer who was out for the pivot postiong and the flashy and experienced Wingate twins, lky and lvy, who were forwards. The regular line-up for most of the Academyis cage encounters found the Wingates at the forward positions, lVlcl'hail at center. and Hliutchw Steele and Hflerhien Wertz at the guard positions. The close of the season was in Tampa on March 13th, when F. lVl. A. accepted an invitation to participate in the annual West Coast Basketball tournament. After de- feating Sarasota in the opening game, 25-24, the cadets then played Plant High in the Page oo