Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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1932 Zlwzfdall

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Back Bow: Bea Farwell, Fran Swahlstedt, Betty McGillvray, Bev Anne Ross, Dene Weter Beth Harkins, Margaret Howe. Center: Eileen Becker, Terry Stephenson, Ieanne Kral. First Row: Carolyn Wilson, Margaret Rowe, Ianet Darr. 4 e -' By all the reports from college authorities, the Class of '42 con- tains brains ancl beauty--personality ancl promiseg and as the upperclassMEN as well as the FreshMEN say, plenty of swell gals . Thirteen of these swell gals have been chosen from come known as the Freshman Commission. This nor was bestowed upon these the ranks to be exclusive Freshman woman's ho C A cl the basis for such a merit lies in Doctor Aclameds aptly coined phrase- for their poise, poipose and girls by Y.W. . . an poisonality.

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With the odds against them, the Knox football team began the season with a new coach and a majority ot inexperienced men in starting positions. These youngsters battled through the grid season and came through in fairly good condition. The Knox eleven tied in the second division in the Midwest Conference with Coe, and tied again with Monmouth in the Illinois College Conference, in a third place position. The Siwashers opened the fall season with a trip to Ripon which will be remembered as the first out- Clf'lOWfl game to be broadcast by WGIL. This game ended in a 7-0 victory for Knox. During the first f1VG minutes of play, lake Rule recovered a fumble in the Redmen's territory and gave Knox an ffpportunity for the lone score of the game. Red McGrew and Christy did the actual scoring plays. Dgflgerous Dan drove the ball to the three yard line where it was taken by Christy over the line. McGrew kicked the extra point. Ripon's only threat came in the second half when they took the ball On their own 40-yard line and carried it on a series of downs to the Knox 5-yard. Here the Purple and Gold held for four downs and the Ripons' drive was for naught. The only mishap of the whole trip was an injury to Russ Petrick's nose. This unhappy event kept Russ out of the following game. On the followinq Saturday, Knox played host to Lake Forest's powerhouseeleven who went through the season undefeated. The Foresters dominated the play and left Siwash on the large end of a 20-0 score. After bowing to a 13-0 score the first half, the Knox eleven returned and with fine playing by Red McGrew advanced the ball into Lake Forest territory but lost the oval on a fumble. An inter- cepted pass by Lake Forest in the third quarter made the last scoreof the game. One of the best games played during the 1938 season by the Siwash team resulted in a scoreless tie at Decatur, against Iames Millikin College in their Homecoming Game. It was a hot sultry day and Ulll'1OL1gh the weather wasn't of the football variety, both teams played hard games. Knox outplayed lhe Big Blues but our boys lacked scoring punch. Six times the Purple boys crossed into enemy territory while the Decatur boys edged over the half-way mark only twice. lt was during this game that Chris- tlansen began his sensational kicking which was destined to carry him and the Knox eleven far during the rest of the season. Duke Harlan pulled a beautiful sleeper play which would have been a certain score had not Christy thrown the ball short. Bob Thompson sustained an ankle injury which was destined to keep this fighting end out of several games. Ken Iohnson's injuries began in this game with the result that he was unavailable for most of the remaining season. The Siwashers returned to Galesburg and the following Saturday lost an unfortunate encounter to Beloit, 6-0, as a Homecoming crowd looked on. ln the opening 10 seconds of play Griffith of Beloit Tgn through the entire Knox eleven with the kick-off ball for a 90-yard sideline touchdown, making the OnlY score of the game. The remainder of the game saw Knox as the better team, gaining 71 yards to Beloit's 54. The Purple and Gold boys never did seriously threaten to score and the contest ended 6-0. On October 30, the Knox gridders met Cornell on the Mt. Vernon gridiron. The Cornell boys scored 7 Points to the Knox zero total. Had not the Knox line held valiantly on the goal line, the Cornellians might have been on the winning end of a much larger score. Cornell's score came at the end of the 9CIII1e when they made 60 yards on two passes gleaned on the inter- ference rule. Knox's threat came when a sophomore half-back, Rose- HOW, returned the kick-off to the 15-yard line and barely missed a scoring run. The Coe College eleven came from Cedar Rapids for a grid contest in Siwash territory on the Saturday designated as Dad's Day. Coach Turner's boys defeated his alma mater's team by a score of 13-7. Coe took her lone touchdown on a long pass but Christiansen returned a Punt for 60-yards and tied the score at seven all. After the rest period Cm exchange of kicks gained 35 yards for Knox and a pass on the fourth down from Christy to Petrick was responsible for the final score of the Dad's Day game. The final encounter of the year, on the grid of the Fighting Scots, was not played just to retain the golden turkey but to decide Knox's place in the conference-a difference between fifth and second. The Mon- mouth eleven seemed to have an advantage of weight, but Siwash's men came through with the essential fight that won the game, 14-7. Continued on page 31 Honey Glaub