Leander Clark College - Cardinal Yearbook (Toledo, IA)

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acer i tim, - Green and Ingersoll, in the field, Worked hard and quickly too, Gaining ground and blocking plays 5 To them many praises are due. Gutshall and Tomlinson, as subs, Played well when in the game, And showed that if chance afforded, They would Win their share of fame. Here ls to Mowbray, who broke his cheek And Ingham, who sprained his knee, Wlio were kept by fate out of the game And prevented from winning a C . And the coach, Nelson, deserves mention For the good work he has done, For the regular nightly practice, t And the victories our boys won. So here 's to all our football boys, Young, middle-aged, and old, Tall, short, fat, and slender, Modest, timid, and bold. Then may we always cherish them, And hold them in high esteem, For they deserve much credit, This L. C. C. football team. HOIC5 bone

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AQ: m new iz W . 1 ' - t,,,,rTm..:'? 7 X a ' Y ' Season of1914 Football prospects at the start of the season never looked better. True, such figures as Ladd and Muirhead were conspicuously absent, but, with Barnes back in the game and the healthy forms of Mowbray and Friday looming up in the line, the hopes of the fans rose to the height of expectancy. The schedule looked hard but was of the right length and promised many battles royal. After a month of preliminary work the squad journeyed to Des Moines where Drake was met in the first game of the season. The result was seemingly most disastrous, for not only was the game lost, but, among the minor causalties, was an injury which removed the big tackle from Vinton from further participa- tion in the big game for that year. Somewhat jarred but not disheartened the team made ready for the Grinnell game. Nothwithstanding the fact that Leander Clark had walked over the Scarlet and Black in every athletic contest for two years, this game in their own back yard caused a scarcity of sleep in the Clark family. Both teams occupied the center of the stage until the third quarter, when Barnes intercepted a for- ward pass, and, with- Bill and Jack running splendid interference, Hbeat it some eighty-five yards, as the crow flys, to the only touchdown of the day. Allen kicked goal, and, from then on, Clark took the defensive, Grinnell annexed three points when Macy kicked an easy drop. Three of the last two minutes were consumed in a mighty stand on the one yard line, when Grinnell went down in defeat after being thrown back in four successive attempts to cross the goal line. Needless to say, the trip home across country was less irksome and more hilarious than the going had been. . The game with Simpson, played in the mud of the home Held, dampened our hopes, somewhat as the defeat was unexpected and uncalled for. Noticeable boneheads and lack of fight made the game a severe disappointment to the spectators, though the second half was scoreless and enlivened by some persistent ground-gaining on the part of Walid. Next, in order of increasing importance, came the annual battle with Coe. The day was warm, the gridiron in A 1 con- dition, and the game exciting in spite of the one-sidedness of the score. Leander Clark put up a game fight but lack of fresh reserves put them out of the running. Coeys scoring machine was in perfect order, but we are yet thankful that the result did not read so badly as did those of their contests with other schools. The game was a. complete reversal of the track meet which the two schools staged on the same field two years before. S Witli many of the men out of the game as a result of the Coe fracus Cornell won easily in a slow contest at Mt. Vernon the week following. Captain Lauder- dale furnished the sensation of the day when, after blocking a punt, he raced across the field to the goal amid cries of, t'See him go, and, 'tAin't he some sprinter. Bill admitted afterward that he was the first Clark man to score against Cornell and went out and found a. witness to prove it. The season, however, was not over, but it ended November thirteenth in a .l......,...-,..i......,. 7 js ., :p N, ' f? 62.35 Qi WCM ,