Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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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

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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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Firs!i Row: Bob Millerl John Henschen, Jim Biehl, John Farquhari Captain Bob Senff, Felix Fernandel. Ed Marsden. Bob Drennen. Sezond Row: Coach Bob Davie: Fred Fuhrmeisfer. Tom Crain. Lou Weislogel, Dave Byrne. Dave Kessler. Dick Katmman, Bob Gemmill, Dalton Bushey. Under Jrhe +u+eiage of Coach Bob Davies. who made his debu+ af +he helm of +he Bulle+ boofers. Jrhe GeHys- burg College soccer +eam posfed a 2-8 record for Jrhe season. Graduafion losses and lack of experience were overcome wi'rh husfle and deferminaJrion as +he squad embarked on a rugged schedule which included such per- ennial powers as Tempie. Johns Hopkins. and Franklin and Marshall. plus fradifionai rivals Bucknell, Lehigh. and Wesfern Maryland. The boofers Jrraveled +0 Eiizabeihfown for +heir ini+ial encoun+er and came ouf on +he shoriL end of a 3-l score. Sophomore Ed Marsden saved a BulleiL shufouf wifh a second quarfer goal. Confinuing on +he road. GeHys- burg losf a hearfbreaker +0 a fine Johns Hopkins feam 2-l. The Buliefs fell behind 20 a+ Hie half. buf despife a fre- 32 mendous second half comeback were able +0 garner only one score. Lehigh became +he firs? Bullei vicfim of +he season as +he Engineers fell 2-l as +he Bulle'rs made +heir firsf home appearance before a large Fafher's Day crowd. Sophomore John Farquhar gave indicafion of brighfer for+unes in +he fufure as he kicked +wo firsf hahc goals +0 give Jrhe Bullefs a lead +hey never relinquished. Par- Jricularly oufsfanding was +he Bullef defense which dis- played fine feamwork in +hwar+ing Lehigh +hrea+s Iafe in +he game. A frip below +he Mason-Dixon line proved unsuccess- iul as Washingfon College edged +he Bullet squad 1-0. The Shoremen scored early and +hen +hrew up a fine de- fense +0 profecf +heir slim margin. Goals by Farquhar