Kansas Wesleyan University - Coyote Yearbook (Salina, KS)

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Athletic Council TOP ROW-Long, Woertendyke, Ploenges, King. SECOND ROW-Mackie, Willgus. BOTTOM ROW-Melstrom, Culley, Smith. Conference Champions For the second time in two years the Coyote tootball machine knocked oft all opposition in conference play to cop the title and the gold tootballs with a record ot tour wins and one U to O tie. Although last year Baker shared the honors with Kansas Wesleyan, the slate was clean when the season drew to a close this year. Six men on this championship team drew All-Conference ratings, tour making the tirst team and two making the sec- ond. ln addition to these men, ten others and the manager received the gold toot- ball awards. Four ot the most valuable men the Coyotes have had tor several years will be lost this year through graduation. The squad will lose Baer, three times All-Con- ference, this year rated All-State, and who was one ot six Kansas players to re- ceive All-American recognition. Smith, twice All-Conference, Bill Worley, who has won more than one tight game with a well placed drop kick, and Leo Massey, last, sure-blocking quarter are also lost via the graduation route. The men who till these positions next year will have a plenty large order on their hands. There were many on the squad, as al- ways, who received no recognition, yet it it were not tor these men who train the tirst string men, and every day are on the field taking as much punishment as the rest, we could never have a champion- ship team. So, when we praise the champs let's not forget those who didn't quite get there but who tried just as hard as the others. Four new cheer leaders, Audrie Iohn- ston, Bette Smith, Virginia Ballard, and Ralph Kleinschmidt, have promoted the truly excellent student spirit which pre- vailed almost constantly during the toot- ball season. Their peppy and untiring et- torts have several times helped pull the team through a tough spot with a cheer or a song. The tact that the students are boosting tor their team is a great help in the drive tor touchdowns. A team without spirit seldom wins ball games. Page Twenty-Three

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The Team Conference Standings Team Won Lost Tied Wesleyan ........ ...,... 4 U l Baker .......... ....... 3 l l C. of E. ........ ....... 3 2 0 McPherson ...... ....... 2 2 I Bethany ...... ....... l 4 O Ottawa ....,................. ........,. U 5 U Eleven seconds before the final gun, a Kearney Teachers right end fell forward across the goal line to snag a pass a foot above the ground, killing Kansas Wes- leyan's chances for a victory in the sea- son's opening grid contest. Final score, Kearney State Teachers College of Ne- braska l3, Kansas Wesleyan 10. Bill Wor- ley started the Coyote scoring by bagging the first 3 points from placement after sev- SWIFT WATSON MILLER eral attempts through the line had flunked out. In the second quarter, Morris, with ample blocking by Smith and Swift, suc- ceeded around right end for the last Coyote score. Though the game was the season's opener, the team as a whole did itself proud, both offensively and defen- sively. The Coyotes received the second set- back of the season when they met the Hastings, Nebraska, Broncos. Even so, the clever, seasoned, Broncs had a busy day warding off the ever aggressive Wes- leyan eleven. ln the first quarter the home squad lost the fine defensive line smash- ing services of Baer through a shoulder injury. In the middle periods Wesleyan muffed a couple of scoring chances through fumbles and bad passes, but finally gathered their efforts for a final concentrated drive to the Hastings goal MASSEY MORRIS WOOSTER BLAIR ...naw Page Twenty-Four