Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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IF YOU’LL GIT IN NOW. COACH BEARLEY. SATE ' RE READY TO GO TIGER TOURS O nly eight lettermen answered Coach Bill Bcarlcy s tall last (all, and among these were not the two captains elected the pre- vious year. Otis Skubal and John Bergman Graduation, defense industries, and the armed services depleted the 1942 Tiger team. Three ol rhe lettermen were seniors Bill Head, Harold Miller and George Helm, who served as acting captains and carried most of the responsibility (or the team ' s actions on the field. Thes were elected honorarv captains at the close of the season In the football squad Rav Huffman and Keith O ' Connor were elected co-captains for next sear, but since that date both have been called into active service bv the Arms Enlisted Reserve Corps. Two new coaches were named to struggle with the not-so-biight football situation Bill Bcarlci and Ralph Red Huffman Bcarlcv was no stranger to Fort Havs as he was advanced from assistant football coach and head travk coach to head coach in both sports, to fill the vacancy left when Paul Waldorf obtained leave of absence to studs at Northwestern tor his doctor ' s degree. Bill entered Fort Havs in 1930 and lor the next four scars svas the b king back of the football team, and fin this svork re- ceived lour letters, he svas elected captain of the team during his seniot year In 1934 he graduated with a B.S in Education and a major in Health and now has his Master s degree from Missouri University in Phvsical Education. Having coached a scar and a half at Liberal, Kansas, he svas then elected b.itk to Fort Has . as assistant to Jim Yeager in 1935 During the seasons ol 1936-41 he svas assistant to Paul Waldorf Ralph Huffman, new line coach, while attending Fort Havs State in 1936 was named all-conference and all-state center, the highest honor that can be received in the state in the held of football. Red graduated in 1957 svith a B.S. in Education and a major in Industrial Arts He coached in the Atwood high school during the scars I937-3H and then moved to the Dodge Citv Junior Gillcgc. where he coached dur- ing the years 1939-41 He completed the svork on his Master ' s degree from the Uni- SEASON’S SUMMARY Opponent Hays Opp. Colorado College 0 13 Southwestern 0 13 Bethel 20 66 St. Benedicts 0 33 Emporia State 0 40 Washburn 13 21 Regis College 13 6 Pittsburg 6 13 Wesleyan 0 9 isiii ill 27

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vcrsitv of Missouri in 1942 and was elected to coach at his Alma Mater the 4tiic scat In the lirsi game of the season the Tigers were beaten bv a championship Colorado College team at Colorado Springs 15 to 0. The game waa much closer than the scute indicated, and any break would have given the Bengal a scoring opportunity’. The game was the lirst between the two schools oil the gridiron w ith John Lane, halfback, Norman Johnson and LcRay Stinctnet , guards, and Bill Read, cud. starring lor Fort Havs. The Tigers suffered then first conference defeat of tlie season the nest week-end when the Southwestern Motllldbuilders handed them their second straight 1 5 to 0 set-back A blocked punt and an intercepted lateral set up two third i|iiartcr touchdowns for the Builders Most of the game was played in the center of the field, and neither team showed any great offensive strength Fort Hays was out-weighed considerably, and Southwestern gained consistently through the line Paul Alldice, center, and Richard Rocmcr, tackle, placed good ball for t lie Bengal in l Ins tilt A strong Bethel team gave the Tigers a sound trouncing the next week-end, defeat- ing them 20 to For the first time the Bengal showed a strong offense, hilt defen- sive blunders gave Bethel rhe breaks they needed, and they were able to bold the Tigers in chevk while scoring three touch- downs themselves The Bethel scores were gilts from Fort Hays, coming as the result ol two blocked punts, a deflected pass, and a bootleg reverse Jack Wolfe, hallhack. plunged over for the Have touchdown, the lirst of the season The Ravens from St Benedict ' s downed the Tigers 55 to 0 at Atchison for their second conference loss ol the season Irv Comp, back, and Larry Visnic, guard, were the big guns leu the Ravens The gallic was not as one-sided as the score indicates, be- cause the Atchison team made most of then counters on long runs or passes Fort Havs showed flashes ol power, hut said flashes were short-lived The brightest sjvit in the rather drcarc setup was the improved kick ing of Ray Hull man and Keith O ' Connor BILL READ ROSCOt ROHAHAUCH HAROLD MILLER CRNCST HfISSIG HOWARD CANT JOHN LANE. DAVID SMITH. OMCR KUHN. RICHARD WELTV. GEORGE HELM. KEITH O ' CONNOR 28