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

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, 1 i'x. lk, 'rl :Wifi ,fx . 1 . xi -1 7 5 -V-.LV .. .N A-.5 ,-. .Q P x 'lc' 'il . J, .- ia- ,Its 1 .. Q ,. WMZ5- H ,H , , . ft .- pvmgimg- 3, ,gg ,,. ,Q V, W , . Football S, UE to the fact that none of the 1916 letter men had returned and that three of the scheduled galnes had been cancelled, it was deemed advis- able to release McGinnis, who 'had been secured to coach tl1e team. - f Six of last season's Freshman team reported for football along with about twenty-five Freshmen and men who had been here before, but who had not played football at Highland. Coach Brown put this squad through a series of hard scriinmages to whip them into shape for a game with Lenox, the first game on the schedule. Lenox cancelled the game, claiming that they did not have enough men lo put a team on-the field. All attention was turned to the Simpson game two weeks off and the prospects for the team were given a big boost when Eddie Lewis reported to Coach Brown in time to get in good con- dition for the game. Lewis was appointed captain to take the place of captain- elect Mitchell, who reported to Fort Snelling for the Second Officersf Training Camp. Y s Bean was forced out of practice with a broken shoulder within a week of the game with Simpson, and along with him went Bolio with a badly sprained ankle that kept him on crutches for a lll0Ill1l1. In the face of these injuries Coach Brown was forcedto shift the men about considerably in order to turn out the best line-up possible for the coming game. The game with Simpsons on tl1e home field ended with the score, Highland 18, Simpson 3. Cleatie Devine, who scored 12 of the 18 points, played the game with a badly wrenched ankle and had to be taken out in the third quarter. After the first quarter Highland advanced the ball at will through the left end of the line. Only once did Simpson threaten our goal, when they advanced the ball to the twenty-yard line 011 a lucky forward pass, but the line held and Simpson dropkicked for their 3 points. Thomson recovered a fumble in the third quarter and crossed tl1e line for the third touchdown. ln t11e last quarter Captain Lewis carried the ball over twice, but the plays were both called back on account of penalties. At the beginning of the second half McGowan, who was developing into a speedy man at end, had to be carried off the field with a broken leg and was on crutches for the rest of the season. Highland journeyed to Grinnell for the second game and had little chance to win from their fast team. Thesgame was scheduled only after it was found impossible to arrange any other game and it was play Grinnell or remain idle. The line-up for the game was decidedly changed. Ziegler was moved from the backfield to the line. Lewis was shifted to quarter to replace Snook, who was out with an injured knee. Hunter was moved from tackle to the backfield and Spenner took his place in the line. The tealn put up a scrap from the start to the finish, but they could not stop tl1e fast Grinnell backfield. Captain Lewis distinguished himself and gave Grinnell the surprise of the season when, after Augustine got entirely free, Lewis wit.h five yards to gain, caught him from be- hind wit.hin thirty-'five yards. The next week found Highland preparing for tl1e game with Penn at Oska- loosa. Grinnell was Dcvineis last game and Coach Brown started Berney in the backfield at Penn. Twice Penn carried the ball across in the first half and then Highland braced, holding Penn from further touchdowns, but they could not stop two dropkicks from being scored. The final score gave Highland 0, Penn 22. ln the game with Parsons Bray was placed at quarter and Ziegler at end. Parsons ran up a score of 60 to 0 on a field that was slippery Illld muddy. They used an aerial attack that puzzled the team and spelled their defeat. The fol- lowing week McCarty, the '16 Freshman captain, returned and braced the team l,I 1 1 l ll I: ill P, , Q-,W lx w lx ixlvhxil . X .. 1 j r Jn f LW' l :mi GS 1 l 1 . w 4 4 - lf-. 1, .nf f 1 ' vi If ' l 1 1 4. 1 .X ,Y f. Ji' rs W,

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