Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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$0 , x Bullefs grind ou't shorf gain againsi F 8: M. LAFAYETTE DELAWARE Capi'rani scores againsf Bucknell ai' Hershey sfadium. VS VS 3O GETTYSBURG...........IS LAFAYETTE............I4 In +he mos1L suspenseful baHle sfaged on Jrhe local grid- iron in several years, +he Bullefs squeaked by +he Lafay- eHe Leopards. I5-I4. before 5,000 Homecoming fans. The fremendous play of +he GeHysburg forward line chiefly accounfed for Jrhe vicfory. Early in +he firsf quar- Jrer Bruce Pieper. who previously had a 40-yard fouch- down iaunf nullified by a penaHy, caughf a pass from Frank Gagliardi and raced m yards br +he firsf GeHys- burg score. H required only six plays for +he visi+ors +0 fake +he lead as Dick Dion plunged over from Jrhe one +0 climax a 74-yard drive. Geffysburg sfarfed ifs second scoring drive early in +he second quarfer following a l7-yard punf re- Jrurn by Mike Duka +0 +he LafayeH'e 27. Four plays lafer Pieper broke off Ieff Jrackle for Jrhe score. Jim Solfesz. who had missed fwo revious exfra poinf aHempfs. calmly boo+ed a I7-yard ield goal lafe in +he +hird quarfer fo up +he GeHysburg margin +0 l5-7. Affer a +hird period Leopard score, Jrhe Bullef line sfopped +he visifors +0 preserve fhe narrow margin of vicfory. GETTYSBURG GETTYSBURG GETTYSBURG--.-------- 0 DELAWARE............35 Geffysburg was handed ifs worsf defeaf in several campaigns on November 5 when Jrhe Bulle+s bowed. 36-0. +0 Dave Nelson's Delaware Blue Hens af Newark. Dela- ware. before 7.000 Jfans. Plagued by injuries +0 such key performers as co-capfains Sheldon Yingsf and Frank Gagliardi. +he Bullefs were never able +0 sfarf any+hing resembling an offense againsf +he fired-up Delaware line. Delaware fook an early 2-0 lead when Gagliardi was Jmapped in his own end zone while aH'emering +0 pass. The Blue Hens fook +he following kickoff and immediafely drove for Jrhe score which upped +he counf +0 9-0. Full- back Andy Wagner garnered +hree scores while Bob Hooper and Dick Jerome each fallied once +0 complefe +he rout

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GETTYSBURG...........I8 LEHIGH.............2I GeHysburg dropped ifs firsf game o1c Jrhe season on chober l5. losing a heartbreaking 2I-I8 decision +0 +he Lehigh Engineers before a parfisan crowd of 5.000 Fafher's Day fans on +he local field. Geffysburg was +he firsf +0 score in +he opening period when Frank Gag- Iiardi wenf over from +he one following +he recovery of a Lehigh fumble by Bruce Pieper on +he visifors' l4. The Bullefs scored again in Jrhe second quarfer when Gag- liardi connecfed wifh Bob Lebo on a 5l-yard pass play. Lehigh's Bob Naylor grabbed Jrhe following kickoff and raced 87 yards +0 score. Bill Doremus added +he kick +0 close +he gap +0 I2-7. Frank Capi+ani added +he nex+ Bullef score wi+h a I4 yard dash for anofher six poinfs. Dick Molan added +he nexf Lehigh score lafe in +he +hird period when he plunged over from fhe fwo following a 65-yard drive. Wifh less +han +hree minufes remaining. Lehigh scored +he winning +ouchdown when Naylor skirfed righf end from +he 20 yard line. LEH IGH vs MUHLENBURG GETTYSBURG...........53 MUHLENBERG..........M On +he following Safurday +he Bullefs jumped back info +he win column wifh a rousing 53-I4 friumph over Muhlen- berg before 5.000 Mule Homecoming fans af Allenfown. Muhlenberg. leading I4-0 wifh less +han Jrwo minufes +0 play in +he firsf half. was suddenly paral zed by a relenf- less Geffysburg aHack which feafurecr +he running of Frank Gagliardi. Frank Capifani. and Mike Duka. Gag- liardi opened +he fireworks by racing down +he sidelines 80 yards on a keeper play and Jim Solfesz added the poinf via a conversion. Affer Frank Eckerf recovered a Mule fumble on he hosfs' 24-yard line, Gagliardi flipped a shorf pass +0 Bruce Pieper who ran 20 yards +0 +he end zone. A conversion by Dave Lichfenfeld deadlocked +he counf af I4. Duke and Dan Hailey each scored fwice while Capifani and Arf Hendley bagged one fally each as +he Bullefs con- +inued +heir comeback in Jrhe second half. Capiiani sfopped short of goal againsf +he Lehigh Engineers. G ETTY'SBlJRG VS GETTYSBURG Avis gefs punf away as rushers close in. 29

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GETTYSBURG...........34 WESTERN MARYLAND . . . . . . 7 Coach John Yovicsin's feam. opera+ing wi'H'10u1L +he services of veferans Sheldon Yings1L and Frank Gagliardi. had liHle frouble geHing back info +he win column on November l2 as Wesfern Maryland was smafhered. 34-7 af Wesfminsfer. Frank Capifani opened +he scoring in Hue firsf period when he ran over from fhe seven following a fumble re- covery by Bucky Kempfon on +he Terror 29. The locals increased +heir margin +0 l4-O several minufes lafer on a pass play from Jim Solfesz +0 Bill Ward covering 62 yards. Geffysburg Ieff +he field of halffime wifh a 27-0 lead as a resulf of fwo second-quarfer Jrouchdowns. Chike Heverly scored +he firsf on a 3-yard sneak while Ernie Paliszewski sped 82 yards wifh a kickoff for Jrhe second fally. Capifani complefed +he scoring by prancing 60 yards for +he fiHh fouchdown in H10 +hird quar+er. Dulla carries a Solfesz pass info Hue end zone againsf Bucknell. WESTERN MARYLAND vs GETTYSBURG FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL vs GETTYSBURG Alleva affempfs +0 grab a Gagliardi pass againsi Lehigh. GETTYSBURG...........46 FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL . . . 0 Halfback Bruce Pieper and cenfer Sheldon Yingsf sparked +he BuHeJrs +0 a 46-0 rouf of Franklin and Marshall on November 19 as GeHysburg rang down fhe curfain on flue I955 season. Pieper gained l05 yards on five car- ries and scored Jrwo Jrouchdowns while Yingsf set up Hares fallies wi+h a key block. an infercepfed pass. and a fumble recovery. Senior quarferback Jim Solfesz opened Hue scoring on snow-covered Eddie Plank Field in Hue Hrsf quarfer by going over from +he one +0 cap an 80-yard drive. Gef- fysburg scored +wo more firsf-half Jrouchdowns. Frank Capifani going 35 yards for +he firsf while Pieper scored +he second on a pass from Solfesz. GeHysburg complefed +he one-sided confesf in fhe second half as Mike Duke. Bill Morrow. Bob Lebo. and Pieper each fallied once. 31