Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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P11 5 . ,I I fl ' I Jr fa A Q l'np-'llrainer Osborn, Davis, Menlenberg, Hackney, tllezen, XVieks, Reetly, Trainer Lutlwig. enter-I-Iquipment Clerk llinga, Spencer, liridgman, Eltlretl, Brenner, Berry, A. Ludwig, Schrier. ottoin-Coaeli Street, Stone, Ilarseh, Spronl, Captain Black, XVinne, Garrett, Skeen, l.af'rone. but were victorious oyer the locals merely because they excelletl in one tlepartment of the gameq that is the staging of effective aerial attacks which at times baffled the Orange antl lilack players. The inability of the secondary offense to break up such passing combinations as Dorsh to Ciettings of Hillsdale, XVilliams to iVeayer of Ypsilanti, :intl Catherinan to Bowman of Alma was responsible for the tlefeats. :Xt present it looks as though the i025 squatl, with a lflll per cent squad of veterans to form a nucleus, will not be forcetl to accept the undisputed cellar position of the NI. l. IX. A. lzyery player has intimatecl his intention to return to college next tall. Several men are cleserying of special recommenilation clue to their stellar playing. Captain Bob lilack, because of his triple threat ability as a kicker, thrower, and line plunger. was one of the most valuable players on the team. Black was the most yersatile player on the squatl being capable ol playing three positions: halfback, tull- back, or entig anal filling one just as well as the other. Pop Skeen was an all-M. I. A. .-X. mention whose stellar playing contributed to the spectacular element of every game in which he participatetl. No team in the assor- tiation succeetletl in Pl 'eyenting Skeen from making heatiuay on line plunges. Pop ilso ilisplayesl great tiefensiye ability. s lins Cilezen was another big man on the sqnzul, He started out as a sub- titute but earnetl a permanent position after the lieloit game when he tlrew praise lrom the coach of that school, who saiil illezen was the best center seen on the Beloit gritliron in years. His work was of an All-lil. 1. A. A. calibre. yn Um' Iluuilrrii Nixlwrfl

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-u Roseau' BLACK Gerhard Harsch was one of the main-stays of the line. Although not a spectacular player his work was eonsistant and heady. Out of consideration for his excellent playing his team mates elected him 1925 football captain to succeed Bob Black. lllaynard Sproul, varsity quarterback, earned the reputation ' of being the most deadly tackle on the team. Ronald Garrett, halfback, was the tleetest of foot and performed brilliantly until he was injured rather early in the season. Stone was a valuable man at center. LaCrone and VVinne, playing their second year for Kalamazoo, helped a great deal in making the forward wall one of the best in the association. Among the new men who earned regular positions were I Opie Davis and Tim Kleulenberg, endsg ,lack Berry, Al Bridg- man and lX'Iike Reedy, backs, and Richard VVatson and Knox VVicks, linemen. Substitutes who developed rapidly during the l season were: Tom Eldred, Arnold Ludwig, hlarshall Brenner, lXlacDonald, Prior and Schrier. Nineteen letters were awarded. Captain THIS YEARS RECORD '1 -1 Kalamazoo ......... 25 Grand Rapids junior. .. . . 9 Kalamazoo. . . . . . 0 Olivet ......,.. . . . . . 3 Kalamazoo.. . .. .13 Beloit ... ....Zi Kalamazoo... ...SS Hope ... . . . . 13 Kalamazoo. . . . . . 0 Ypsilanti . . . . . . 14 Kalamazoo. . . . . 7 Hillsdale . . . .21 Kalamazoo. . . . . 0 Alma . . . . . .ll Kalamazoo. . . . . 7 Albion . . . . . .24 Totals 90 l26 RI. I. A .A. STANDING VV. L. Pct. Hillsdale .. .. 5 0 1.000 Albion . . . . . -l l .800 Alma . .. . . 3 V 2 .600 Ypsilanti . . . . 2 3 -400 Olivet . . . , l -l .200 -T11 Kalamazoo I l . 0 5 .000 GERPl.'XRD. HARSCI-1 Captain-Elect ii I ' Lfflfil 41 f i:ii 1 i ' 1 HJ- Nl 1 ' A 'N -W Page Om' Ilumlrrtl S.f Z't'7lff'!'7l X XE. EN Ax