Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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MICHEL, l'lali'baek Mich One ot' the lC2llll,S l'astest men. Always played well and made some ol the most speetaeular runs ol' the football year.-Last, year. LAYMAN, Guard Pinky Pinky eould always be depended to fill any vaeaney on the hne and do it well. One ol the best prospects for next year.-'l wo more years. GHIQIENWOOIJ, Iind Benny A fast, gritty man, who made an exeellent show- ing lasl year. Wateh hun Ill ltllti.-'l'wo more years. VON LINIJICMAN, Guard or Tackle Clml'ley Never played the game until this year, but sur- prised us all by his quickness in grasping lllll1QS.-- Two more years. CL7Nllllfl , l'lall'baek Bill The disabling ol' Cundill' in the early season was the hardest blow struck at our ehampionship pros- pects. Ile was a vicious taekler and the best in- terference runner on the squad.-Three more years.

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lil3l'IliS, linll Cockey One ol' lhose lall, rangy ends, who eover punts, slop end runs and reeelve forward passes, as il' il were an every-day oeeurrenee.--'l'wo more years. S'l'.XNI7l,liY, llalfhaek UIJUIIIIH Speedy and I'ull ol' nerve. Il was a clislinel loss lo lhe lealn when Dean was llljllI'0ll Ill nncl-sea- son. 'l'wo more years. lJlil'SS, Guarcl Cowboy The only l'ourlh-year man on lhe eleven. Big and ag.5g.:ressiveg he played a sleally game and eoulrl always be found near lhe hall when lhe whislle hlew.-Lasl year. NIJHAIJE, Quarlerbaek .-ln1ly Allhough Iighl and small, Andy more lhan held his own hy sheer nerve and sllek-lo-Il-we-ness. Very shifly and a sure laekler.--Iwo more years.

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i Ihr Svvevann ng IGI-ILANID Park started the 1915 football season with a new I coach, tour veterans, and a dark brown taste, due to the re- membrance ot the disastrous record ot the previous year. For-- tunately, Coach Hyland, atieetlonately termed Mike, was a good one, and the remaining regulars were the men who had proved to be the mainstays of the preceding yearis team. The task, therefore, confronting the coach, was to build a team with only four men of known quality as a nucleus. How well he succeeded the records show. In order to get a flying start, and to let the new coach get acquainted with the candidates, a two weeks' eneampment was held at Camp Dodge. Here, twice daily, strenuous workouts were given, and the men in- structed i11 the fundamentals of the game. Soon there was a tentative line-up, and by the time school commenced the players were in line shape for a hard season. t It was early seen that our resisting power was the main source ol' strength. Accordingly Coach Hyland proceeded along the line that a good defense is the best oltense, ' and that to beat us, a team l1lllSl first score. His theories were borne out by the fact that only four touchdowns were made against Highland Park College in seven games, two of these being of the Nuke order. Only two earned touchdowns all season, and not a point scored against us in the last four games. It is a record ot' which we can be justly proud. The success of the eleven was a tribute to Coach Hyland. Hyland for Highland, was a phrase on every lip, the students enthusiastically supporting a team in which had been instilled the dogged never say die spirit ot' Fighting Mike. H. P. C., 29-CENTRAL, 7 Highland Park's football season was opened by a 29 to 7 victory over Cen- tral College at Pella. A special train was chartered and the College band to- gether with over two hundred rooters accompanied the team. Highland played straight football almost entirely, their only attempt at using the forward pass being intercepted in the fourth quarter and resulting in Central's only touchdown. Central was unable to penetrate l'Iighland's line, and all their gains were made on wide end runs and a few completed forward passes. l'lighland's line proved their strong point, the heavy linesmen tearing holes again and again, through which the backtield plunged for repeated gains. To pick any individual stars would be hard to do, for their success was due to team work and the fact that every man was in the game all the time, rather than to any spectacular individual playing. Callaham, Woodrow, and Ebers probably starred in the line, tearing holes through the center and breaking up Central's