Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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 I 2Z3SE 3ZS2ESE 1928 FOOTBALL REVIEW When Coach Bingham gave his initial call for football men the prospects were exceedingly bright when thirteen letter men responded to the call. With these men and a wealth of Freshman material on the practice field it looked as though a conference championship team was going through its daily workouts. But old man jinx was hovering about the camp waiting for an opportunity to get his first victim. Kenneth Strah, stellar tackle on the 1927 team, was the first to be sent to the sidelines for the remainder of the season. Strah dislocated his knee in one of the preseason scrimmages. A few days later. Sutphen. a guard, broke his nose, putting himself on the bench for the first few games. As the season wore on, more met up with injuries and were forced out of the game. Captain Woods End Captain-’i.'CT Ci f:i.ma lla'fbtuh o Page 76 WVM J.- VAVA Wr VftVAVrVAVAVAVi Vr VAV y

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FOOTBALL—the great game that dominates the fall sports menu—football—the game for men of brain and brawn—football—for fans who love keen, hard-driving competition. At Wesleyan, as in every other school of today, the gridiron justly claims the interest and willing support of everyone on the campus. A revival of the determination to “win for Wesleyan” has brought to us a spirit of which we may be zealously proud. The entire squad works to develop the very best team possible. It was not just those eleven men who beat Parsons—but all Wesleyan represented by her powerful gridiron warriors—that succeeded in defeating the jinx. May the new spirit guide us to many more well-earned victories.

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 „ Bes$osr Kerrv Fullback t Guard The first game of the season was played with Saint Ambrose College, at Davenport. Four new men appeared in the opening lineup, Hilton, Tackleson, Meier, and Rambo. The playing on both sides was ragged , with both teams gaining at will on each other. The “Tigers” showed a tower of strength in the opening moments of the game b making five successive first downs on the “Saints”, hut weakened as they neared the goal line. Wesleyan's only touchdown was the result of a long pass, and several line plunges by Berry. On the defense. Scranton was T: CKEI40X IU-Couferenc,- Quarterback vTvt PaS r ??