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

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Parks Biccs Quarterback Fullback Homecoming and Central college, of Pella, were the next important features on the slate. At this affair the ‘‘Tigers’ pleased the “Homecomers by setting the “Dutchmen down a notch and winning by a comfortable margin. Tackclson used his passing arm to the best advantage in this game by hurling the ball to Hilton and Berry for long gains and touchdowns. Wesleyan was constantly pushing her opponents toward their goal line and her defense could be likened to a stone wall. As the final gun roared the Dutchmen found themselves trailing the “Tigers by a large margin. Score; Wesleyan 20—Central 0. Hii.ton- Halfback Bradshaw F.nd Page 70

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Tl RVEJt End Dresser End the outstanding player, 'topping a great mam of the plays before they were even started. The third major casualty of the season came in the third quarter when captain Woods dislocated some rihs. Owing to this injur) Woods was forced out of the game until the latter part of the season. Score; Wesleyan 6—Saint Ambrose U. Next on the list of opponents, came State Teachers college. This was Wesleyan's first appearance on their own lield and everyone looked forward to it with great expectations. The game was fast and hard-played throughout with the Teachers doing the offensive work and Wesleyan the defensive. The field was in very poor condition, bring rather soggy after a heavy rain, giving the pedagogists with their heavier team a decided advantage over Wesleyan. The Teachers suffering from the 'tinging defeat handed to them by Coe college the Saturday before and a moral victory from Wesleyan in 1927 came on the field with a deter-mination to win and to get all they could as was indicated by the score. Score; Wesleyan 0— State Teachers 31. SUTPIIBK Guard Sckastos Crnfrr Page 7S

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Meier Nelson Guard Guard The Central shut-out was followed by three more of the same nature. The second of the series was administered to Culver-Stockton, at Canton, Missouri. The game was played in a cold drizzle, making fumbles quite a frequent occurrence. The first touchdown was the result of a long pass from Tackelson to Bradshaw and an off-tackle run by Tackelson. The extra try for point was made good by a pass. This was made in the first few minutes of the game. The last was made in the final period, when Tackelson returned a Culver punt some fifty yards and laid the hall on the opposite side of the chalk. The team and some hundred supporters returned home with dampened spirits to prepare for the “Quaker” clash which was to follow the next week. Score; Wesleyan 13—Culver-Stock ton 0. The next week Penn college appeared upon the Wesleyan gridiron with a very impressive reputation. The reputation, however, did not last long, for in the initial period Tackelson with perfect interference cut through the line and sprinted forty yards for six points. The try for point was made good by Rohde’s toe, thus making things look rosy for Iowa Wesleyan. The teams lined up, kicked off. and started to play again, when the Quaker quarterback thought it would be fitting and proper to call a pass. The pass was pulled, but proved quite disastrous Page SO