Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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•e Shorty gives the boys some dope. C. B. Wright, Capt. ’I9-’20. Left halfback, 185 lbs. Wright played a star game for the engineers last fall and was re-elect- ed captain for ’20. Just give Cap the ball and he is happy. Michigan claims this fellow. Arthur Clarence Norcott. Right end, 138 lbs. Arthur Clarence plays football and likes to dance: Arthur likes to grab them out of the air. Ask Mar- ciuctte about his 75 yard record. He is accustomed to pick the fruit off the trees in Oregon. Page Three Hundred Seventy

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 TJBE 1920 ElMF ' zy weight was the major factor. Today it is the science of the game, the minds of one team pitted against those of the other; and therein lies the secret of football, the reason it always is so attractive, why crowds go wild and why the newspapers make the games a head line topic. You seldom read in bold print of a debating team’s victory, not that it does not deserve it but rather because it does not offer the wild field of competition that the sport of football holds out. Two hundred candidates may try for positions; there is only room for twenty-two and yet every one whether he wins a berth and the coveted monogram or not, feels elated because of the sheer joy of the sport. Me knows he has received a training that cannot be purchased. He has grounded himself in being alert, quick to perceive any changes in conditions, to depend upon himself in any emergency, or in other words, self confidence and nerve. All his faculties are developed and brought up to that high state of perfection, where the mind can conceive and learn with the maximum efficiency. To conclude, it may be said that football is the major sport because of its opportunities, because it always offers room for improvement, because if played in a clean manner, as it should be, it is not as rough as many other sports and offers that rare exhibition where a clean mind in a clean body is what counts in a game where it is mind against mind, team work against team work and where the best team wins. Only a few knew that every day for three months last fall, a little band of some twenty fellows could be found on the football campus from three o’clock until six. That little band was made up of fellows that have dark Red American blood trickling through their veins. Every day regardless of weather conditions found the same troupe of warriors on the field. The snow and mud that covered the field for weeks at a time only acted as a stimulant for vigorous action on the part of the boys and a muddy uniform made no great difference in the day’s program. It was cold out on the old field but lots of peppy work counteracted the biting wind. And when punting, run- ning and hitting the dummy failed to keep the boys warm, Mac. would let them mix in the good old football way. “Scrimmage,” Ah! that was a word that acted like magic. When Mac. said, “Boys, we will scrimmage tomorrow,” you could bet your last nickel that every man would report on the field at the appointed hour. Captain Wright and his boys went through a hard season of training. It must be remembered that training is not interesting and pleasing at all times. But men, with the genuine football spirit, that was displayed by our boys last fall, work for the real joy of this game, which is classed as the greatest American sport and can be relied upon as a test for real men. It is very encouraging to know that we will have all of the fellows back next year to act as a foundation for a strong team, and with the abundance of new material, we will be in a position to compete with the best schools in the country. 1 Page Three Hundred Sixty-nine

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Lake Forest takes the ball. Peter Grosso. Quarterback, 133 lbs. Shorty was the controlling- atom in football. Mother Earth and Peter were built rather close to each other, but he alwa) s caused a lot of trouble for the opponents. He is here from Minnesota's range of hills, Chis- holm. Edgar J. Schroeder. Left tackle, 174 lbs. He lives at Merrill, Wis. and plays tackle for the S. O. E. We think that little Edgar would tackle most anything. Page Three Hundred Seventy-one