Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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FOOTBALL (continued) Again in the same quarter, the Dutchmen scored on a 40 yard drive which gave them a half-time lead of 15 to 7. After a scoreless third quarter, in which Loras lost a good scoring opportunity due to fumbles, a Central back intercepted a Duhawk pass and ran 5 8 yards for the last score of the game. The game ended with Loras in possession of the ball on the Dutch 12 yard line. Loras 29 —Simpson 0 Still smarting from the Central upset, the Duhawks scalped the Simpson Redmcn in their second conference game, 29 to 0, played under the lights at Municipal ath¬ letic field on Friday night, October 26. Except for a brief moment early in the game, Loras kept the Redmen back on their heels throughout, piling up 276 yards to 95 from scrimmage. Loras scored on the first play in the second quarter when Grommcs smashed through center. The stocky Beloiter, driv¬ ing low, bowled over three tacklers and raced 3 5 yards to a touchdown. Guter kicked the extra point. On a 3 5 yard pass from Linehan to Sensor in the end zone, Loras again scored in this period. Linehan placekicked the point. Loras added eight points to its total in the third quarter. Sensor blocked a punt on the Simpson goal line and then he and Swerinsky caught a Simpson back, who re¬ covered, behind his own goal line for a safety. A bit later, with the ball on their own 3 0, Loras started another touchdown drive. Linehan and Got to made it a first and ten on the 40 with two end runs. On the next play, Goodwin broke off right tackle for 20 yards and then picked up four on a spinner. After failing to connect on a long pass, Linehan latcralled to Gotto who smoothly reversed his field and went over the goal line standing up. The kick missed. The last Loras tally was registered in the fourth period on a sustained 60 yard march which culminated with Gotto duck¬ ing his way to a score from the 12 yard line. Linehan made the point. Gotto blossomed out in this contest, turn¬ ing in the best running performance of the season. Subsituting in the last half, Gotto, on elusive and speedy runs, threaded his way neatly through a host of tacklers. Line- han’s punting was his best for the season, getting off many coffin-corner kicks. There were numerous changes in the Loras lineup due to injuries in the Central game. The Redmen, coached by Bob Waldorf, former All-American from Missouri, played much better ball than the score indicates. Sensor on KncI Run in Upper Iowa Tilt 24

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sent Ennes around right end for the touch¬ down. Guter s kick was low. The Sioux City outfit got its counter midway in the fourth period after a surge down the field which ended with Coach Saunderson’s boys plunging over for the score. The kick was no good. The game was played in midfield for the most part and play was definitely slowed up due to the muddy gridiron. The slippery ball made passing hazardous and shortened the punts. The North Central conference team made only a nine yard aerial gain against a well-working Loras pass defense. LaBarge came out of the melee with an in¬ jured arm which hampered his play for the rest of the season and which a post-season examination disclosed to be a broken wrist. Loras 7 —Central 22 Two intercepted passes enabled Central’s Flying Dutchmen to score a 22-7 upset vic¬ tory over the favored Duhawks at Pella, Saturday afternoon, October 12. The game was the first Iowa Conference encounter for the Loras team and was played before a huge homecoming crowd. Loras had no difficulty in getting its first score, a 14 yard end run by Linehan in the opening minutes of the game. Guter kicked the placement. Central picked up two points when La Barge was dropped behind his own goal line in the second period. The Pella boys immediately added six more points when Menning scored after an intercepted Loras pass was returned to the three yard line. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE F Tim Linehan and Larry Guter, 1940 Co-Captains

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Moon” Snake Eyes Layden and Father Coyne Loras 27 —Upper Iowa 6 The Loras College Duhawks inaugurated play in the new Loras stadium on Saturday afternoon, October 26, by rolling over Up¬ per Iowa 27 to 6 in another conference game. It was the first Loras victory over a Dorman- coached football team in many years but the Duhawks unleashed too much power and deception to be denied again. They piled up 312 yards from scrimmage and com¬ pleted five out of their six attempted passes. The big Loras forwards charged so fast that the famed Peacock dipsy-doodle attack never did get under way. The Duhawks struck early in the first period, taking advantage of a Peacock fum¬ ble recovered by Goodwin on the U. I. 27 yard line. A pass, Linehan to Cavanaugh, put the ball on the eight yard line from whence Sensor, on an end-around play, dashed over for the touchdown. Guter converted. A short pass, in the third quarter gave Loras its second touchdown. After Gotto had weaved and dodged for 80 yards to the Peacock 10 yard marker, Linehan tossed a pass to big Ed Moes, junior end, who made the catch in the end zone. Guter again made the point. Soon after, Linehan and Gotto collaborated on a long touchdown march which started from the Dubiiquers’ own 30. A series of end runs and some plunging by Goodwin and Engel brought the ball to the three yard line and from here Gotto had little trouble scoring on another end run. The kick was low. A fine return of a punt by Linehan start¬ ed a Loras fourth period march from the Upper Iowa 43. Poskus, sub-back, hit for 13 yards, then Linehan cut outside right tackle for 19 more. Poskus plunged over from the five yard line. Linehan place- kicked the point. Upper Iowa scored its points in the sec¬ ond quarter on an eight-yard plunge by Hader. Alderson missed the kick, as the half ended, Loras 27—U. I. U. 6. Loras 27-Parsons 6 Taking advantage of all breaks, the Du¬ hawks next walloped Parsons College 27 to 6, in another conference affair played on the water-soaked stadium turf on Satui- day afternoon, November 2. The Duhawks dominated play throughout, with the Fair- field boys finally clicking in the last few minutes for a score via the air route. O’Leary set the stage for the first Loras score when he recovered a Parsons fumble on the Wildcat 17 yard line. Goodwin and Gotto alternated on six short line plunges with Gotto finally going over left tackle CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 25