Grand Rapids Community College - Olympian Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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prospects -for the 1941 gridiron campaign at junior appeared far from rosy in the eyes of Head Coach Harold Steele and Assistant Maynard QDocj Ellingson as the two coaches pondered over a paper estimate of squad potentialties prior to the preseason training grind. With only one returning regular in guard cofcaptain Carroll VanHartesveldt, it was a wellfestablished fact that prep newcomers and reserve talent would make or break the team. Much to the gratification of everyone concerned, the Blue Raiders developed into a smoothfworking machine after a slow start. It was a light and shifty backfield behind a line definitely weak in the flank positions, which clashed under the floodlight before 3,000 fans at Houseman in the Furniture City inaugural with Hope's strong MIAA eleven. The experienced Hingamen turned on the heat after a scoreless first half and emerged victorious, 10 to 0. Plugging the gap in the flanks with a revamped lineup, Steele's proteges played a far more polished game against Chet Barnard's Kalamazoo Hornets although dropping a 15 to 0 decision in their second start of the season. Raider luck changed when a squad of 29 strong journeyed to Chicago's windy city where they chalked up a 6 to 0 verdict over the Wright college Rams in a literal water aquacade. - Continuing their aggressive play, Junior entertained the Ferris Bulldogs on JC Homecoming Day and the Raiders stamped a fitting climax on the day's festivities when they smashed to a 14 to 0 triumph. The Hilltoppers kept the ball rolling bythumping the Central Michigan Bearcubs of Danny Rose to the tune of 14 to 0. Hillsdale was neirt on the docket for JC, but the versatile Harwoodmen outclassed Junior, 20 to 0, with a bag full of T formation tricks. All even on the board with a trio of triumphs and three defeats, the Raiders met Wayne universityis Tartar yearlmgs in the motor city. After 60 minutes of mud marathoning in defiance of Jupiter Pluvius, a battling band of Raider warriors rang the curtain on the 1941 gridiron wars with a scoreless deadlock. 3 ul fl gl at 25 7ExYr:r v