Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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COACH SMITH CAPTAIN GRICE COACH MacDONALD Zk e ■v; ' : IJP q ps m ' . - i M) % 1 GRIDIRON OF 1940 The ' 40 Quakers were a fighting defensive team that had to fight too long because it did not make its downs. Paul Lentz, triple threat speedster had gone and Larry Menghetti was missing, perhaps the best broken-field runner Guilford has had. With Captain Grice and Maynard smashing there was power through the line, but no one to run the ends. However, veteran hHarrv Nace, converted from center, proved an asset. Harry ran well, was a bruising linebacker. Completing the back- fields were Clyde Frye, Greensboro s Nolan, Speed Hollowell, quarterback and little Billy Powell. The latter, freshman hipper-dipper, was truly a find. Around Guilford ' s two great ends. Buck Hines and Freck McMillan, Coach Charles Block Smith built the Quaker line. Billyeu and Dink Dail were back at the tackles, with George Whizzer White, John Downing, and Don Badgley as reserves. With the mid-season shift- ing of Jack Bilyeu to guard, White started reg- ularly at the strong side tackle. Two scrapping guards — Freshman Bob Hudkins and Veteran Knobby Blair, who also bore the punting duties — strengthened the line. Two capable centers. High Point ' s Fred Taylor and Garland Murray, were on hand. Other valuable men were Kirkman and Mendenhall, ends, and Van Vliet at guard. With two weeks ' practice behind them, the Quakers looked ragged in losing to twice-beaten W. C. T. C. The Catamounts battered over for thirteen points. But as individuals, the Quakers played well. The following Saturday, it was a different crimson that met Randolph-Macon on Hobbs Field. The heavier yellow-jackets drove for seven points in the first quarter, but then bogged down. t ' »l . .

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MANAGER ROHR With three second-string backs in the game, the Quakers flared up, bucked through to the ten, the five. But on the one-yard line the of- fensive died. The game ended 7-0. The Quakers left October I I for Virginia, and hIampton-Sidney. An outclassed, sadly beaten crew returned from a 32-0 drubbing by the Tigers. Lenoir-Rhyne and Catawba followed in suc- cession, lack of reserves spelling doom against each. The half-time score was 6-0. But the Bears fought hard for twenty points to Guilford ' s none. While the Indians of Catawba were the best team that Guilford met. For most of two quarters the Quakers played above themselves. Afterwards, the tale was gory; the score 40-0. hHomecomIng saw the Quakers battling an im- proved E. C. T. C. team upon a muddy and sweltering field. Grice, Nace, and hiines gave the Alumni several thrills with their bri ' liant playing. Dink Dall and Jack Bilyeu broke through to down ball carriers for a loss of twenty-five yards in two plays. And still Guilford had not scored. Against hHigh Point, Powell intercepted a Panther heave. The run under lights — for sixty- five yards and a score — was the most spectacular of the game. But Cochrane and the Panthers piled up 26 points. At night in Morganton, the Quakers met Appalachian. At times, the Moun- taineers were at a standstill, so that aerials ac- counted for three of four touchdowns. Captain Grice led the fight in typical fashion. On November 23 the Crimson closed, fight- ing Elon. Traditionally, it was Guilford ' s best game. Captain Grice ' s pass, fifty yards in the air, was taken by hHines on the Elon ten. In two plays it was down on the six. - ere the Christian line stiffened, the threat bogged down, hlalf- tlme found Guilford back on the Elon five. But the enemy — using powerful reserves to wear the Quakers down — scored 27 points to none. This reserve strength was the margin of victory for the behemoth Christians. Seniors hHines, Nace, and Grice played brilliantly: Elon ' s Coach Hen- drickson presented the ball to Captain Grice in token of the fight. CHEER LEADERS Ellison. Stemey. Anthony. Fowler, Brunkhardt.