Leander Clark College - Cardinal Yearbook (Toledo, IA)

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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 ,

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fl 1 fry R- .fra xv .4 is --.5 PM ,lf F if Ti. Q1 T . ', 1 7 ,,3'5ZW,., my 'E il GTM ' ' . ' X Mi W 1' T-4. ..-.z..v.,.,,,.av,,L. T....,- blaze of glory. A large number of rooters accompanied the team to Des Moines to witness the closing struggle of the year with Highland Park, The teams were about evenly matched and the opening minutes of play forecasted an easy victory for Highland. By steady plunging they carried the ball over for a touchdown before the old Clark fight had begun to manifest itself. After that momentary relapse Leander came back and the remainder of the game took the form of a race against time in which Wliitey alternately kicked off and kicked goal. Most of the touchdowns were made with a new pass formation, from which Ward successfully shot the ball via the air route to Hanna, Ingersoll, Green, and Lauderdale. A few more long runs and line smashes brought the score up to 45 to 6-Barnes, Green and Ward each registering. Thus ended the season of 1914-leaving many smiles on our faces and eagerness in our minds for the next return of the pigskin. Coach Nelson merits much commendation for keeping up the fight in the face of adverse fortune and bringing the team to final success. Nelliel' had made an indisputable record in high school and college football a.nd the team, knowing his ability, followed him willingly. Playing four years at Clark, he knew the difiiculties to be en- countered and met them squarely. Lauderdale held the team together as was expected and to his own efforts a great deal of our success is due. HBill'7 called the signals in his dreams and had the game won before the opening whistle was blown. He leaves a vacancy that will be most hard to fill. Allen, Barnes, Green, and Ward also made names for themselves. To Friday falls the honor of next yearls captaincy-for which position he is amply qualified. Here is luck to him, and a pledge that we'll be there again with Hpepper on the right foot when the months have rolled around. ' THE AFTERMATH When the frost is on the halfback, And the fullback's on the block, When the clamp is on the cheering, When the guards and tackles Hock, Oh, it's then that Economics Takes a wallop at the spine, As the festive Elder Pliny Does a Brodie through the line. Oh, it 's easy rushing Harvard Or assaulting grand old Yale, And the Tiger 's form shifts weekly In the ever-changing scaleg But old Calculus, the terror, Brings 'em back upon the shield, And it 's worse when C. J. Caesar Does a tango down the Held. i--lf Rigid? f, ,fa--Q---L A--A' -A li 15' if if