Hedding College - Orange Yearbook (Abingdon, IL)

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V ! f'fC3YCif'v?1i.ifiQIf .. ?5ifZf3?fS7, My Q,-0,189 ails ifeazfiaavge 51: aj Three cars were chartered and a journey of some 19 miles over roads which were a reproach to civilization, with very, very little dinner, served to work against our l. chances of success. Arriving at Eureka about the middle of the afternoon the squad h dressed in such haste that within 25 minutes after their arrival the game was on. , Eureka drew first blood with a touchdown in the Hrst quarter. Hedding retaliated y with a neat drop kick by Hartman, but was unable to stop the heavy Eureka team during the first half. The last half told a different story. Our men, after getting iii acclimated to their new situation, began to make things warm for the enemy. Hed- l ding came dangerously near to scoring on several occasions. The final score was 3-5 to 3 in Eurekais favor, yet we can't help feeling that with better luck in traveling the score would have been considerably different. fi On November 13, our warriors did battle with the hosts from Carthage and a L snappy game was witnessed by all present. The feature of the game was VVright's . touchdown after recovering a fumble. The teams were evenly matched and but for this one play the game might have ended in a tie score. We are proud to report. l however, that the final score was 6 to 0 in our favor. ll, R+' On Thanksgiving Day the team with a band of rooters journeyed to Macomb Nfl and put the finishing touches on the 1920 foot ball season. First quarter, Hedding iv' 0, Normal 0. Second frame, Hedding 6, Normal 7. Third session the same. and the final round, Hedding 25, Normal 7. Going into the last quarter of the last game of if the season with the score standing 7 to 6 against them, the boys staged the greatest climax of a foot ball season ever seen by Hedding fans. The ball had been advanced W' to scoring distance at the last of the preceding quarter and after scoring one touch- L down the team broke loose and scored two more for good measure. It was an ideal foot ball day and such an ideal Hnish to the season left a pleasant taste in the mouth lv of all who wear the Orange and Blue. The victorykwas celebrated by holding the election. The happy selection of M Jean Thompson as captain for the coming year was made. l a Considering whom we played this year we feel that the season was a success in many ways. Moreover, prospects for next year are bright. Of the eleven letter men. if' only Keithley and Obenshain graduate this year and while the loss of these men will 'QQ' be keenly felt, next fall will see Hartman, VVright, Decker, Snedaker. Torreyson, Wilcox, Ferris, Clark and Thompson back in harness and practically all of Hedding's it reserve men of this year will be back making it interesting for all who question their rights to places on the first team. YVe feel that our team deserves a lot of credit for pl the showing made. The team made a record for itself as a bunch of clean players and this really is the end toward which athletics should lead. Qi And an account of the 1920 season would not be complete without mentioning the work of the second team which worked diligently throughout the season to put the varsity in shape. In this connection a lot of credit is due Bell. Moore. Meythaler. if Simpkins, Wlieeler, Graham, Palmer, Hardin. Smith, and the others of the squad who toiled faithfully throughout the season. L. wffjfig 1,3 137:'Qpig1gL 32:'fi'f:1,fr'. -Zi' f 2Q5: e-1'sS:-Q-Qylifkii-4-'.-..1 xv J 1 -V YYKW Y,-F-. Um, ,. YHA, C ,. .. . ., ,, - L s-- 44- X--' ' Seventy :il 'ESX

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' I 4ifv?Cfi1fj21,iQESZZQEEiQ?'iii.Ee! ME' Qfgfg 9 1-3FE3TfQ Flinnt Ball Swann With the opening of the school year about twenty-five men answered Coach Kirby's call for foot ball candidates. The squad got down to business from the start and the fight for positions on the varsity was keen indeed. As the Lombard game approached the machine began to work fairly well and most of the men were in reasonably good condition for the game. Lombard came to Abingdon highly touted and since we were looking for a real battle we were not disappointed. Sufhce it to say that Lombard emerged from the fray on the long end of the score by a margin of some forty-eight points. The game was by no means as one-sided as the score would indicate, and the spectators pro- nounced it a real exhibition. Our men worked with redoubled effort to get in shape for Monmouth who was next in line. This game was played in Monmouth and from the number of injuries received it would seem that this was the hardest game of the season. Keithley, Mey- thaler, Thompson and Torreyson were injured in the general slaughter. VVith the score standing 48 to 0 against them at the end of the third quarter, our men came back fast and furious in the final session and ran up a total of 17 points, while the best Monmouth could do was to hold on to what she already had. It was a hard game to lose, but our men carried the proper spirit throughout the game and kept up the fight until the final whistle. With several regulars out of the lineup, the team went grimly to work preparing for the Augustana invasion. The Rock Island aggregation had probably the best team seen on the local gridiron this season. VVitl1 Augustana, our team met a heavy bunch of men who had plenty of speed and some artists at the open style of play. We hate to lose a game naturally enough, but when we do lose we are glad to see a team of good sportsmen like the Augie fellows win. After having lost the first three games of the season things began to look as though we were going to have a hard time winning a satisfactory number of games, but the squad did not falter in its work. By and by our team left for Canton, Mo., to do battle with the 'iWildcats of Culver-Stockton College. After spending the first quarter of the game in finding out what made these Wildcats wild, our fellows proceeded to score a pair of touchdowns. Captain Hartman was the offender. Cul- ver-Stockton came back strong in the last half and after scoring one touchdown, threatened to tie the count, but Hedding refused to yield and the day was won for the Orange and the Blue. Score, Hedding 1-L, Culver-Stockton 7. Our joy was short lived, however, for Bradley came next and we lost to them 48 to 0. The field was wet andthe element of luck entered largely into the deciding factors of the game. Then came the ill-starred trip to Eureka. The M. and St. L. was still later and the team arrived in Peoria about one hour too late to catch the train to Eureka. Y FSCQZSSEAQCQLPFT i'f?f3f'7Qg'Qlmi EZ f 2 - 12 1 'i xfffgifi 'Tff?1nf? Sixty-nine

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new i414i:aaQg4i2:32ia2Q My Qfgngg 6132:-if agagzg ai Flinnt Ifiall, 19211 PERSONNEL Captain Hartman . Half Back I. Obensliain . Half Back Wright Full Back Torreyson . Tackle Thompson . Tackle Ferris . . Center Clark . . Guard Wilcox . Guard Decker uarter Back Keithley . . End Snedaker . End SCHEDULE Heddmg .......... ..... 0 Lombard .... Hedding ....... ........ 1 7 Monmouth ...,.. Hedding ,...... .... 0 Augustana ..,,,,.. Hedding .......... ..... 1 4 Culver-Stockton Hedding .,..... .,.. 0 Bradley ............ Heddlng ....... .,.. 3 Eureka ...,. Heddlng .......... ..... 6 Carthage .....,.... Hedding ....... ..,. 2 5 Macomb Normal ...,... affix? 4139-5Z??,?1513f3?ZiiLZ f 2 ai Seventy-one