Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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16 RA VKLINGS. Loomis qb Samson quarter back not tumbling the ball Libby 1 h Beitel once, and was right in the midst of ev- Jewett r h Miller Capt ery scrimmage. He made some splen- Sager Capt f ■ b Turnbull did tackles. Umpire— Grant, of Canton. Gi ass played a good game at end- Referee— Spicer, of Eleanor. The interference around his end was Lineman— McNab b, of Rush. like a stone wall, but he repeatedly Timekeeper— Bert Miller, of Mon- broke through it and did good work at mouth. tackling. Touchdowns — Sager (2), Libbv- Mil- Q ,„ , . . , .,,. . , ■ benmunk s most brilliant play was in the crisscross, when he made a Tarkio ' s captain came over to see splendid gain. Fred is a fast runner the game and get some pointers for f or sucn a heavy person and is a hard the game there. man to down. The cleanest game we ever played. McCracken played a strong game. Rush. He wa s at a disadvantage in not hav- This was Monmouth ' s first Thanks- ing had the experience that the rest of giving game and it was a decided sue- the team have had. Fie made some cess. good tackles and played a strong- Monmouth. Monmouth, she ' s all right, game. Monmouth, Monmouth, played us tight, Old man, you played a stiff game. Monmouth, Monmouth, will not fight, v „ „ „ .-. G . „ T , , -., ., ' ,. ., ! „ . -. ' iou are the first man I ever played Monmouth. Monmouth s out of sight. . J m. -cm -u i i j » against that could hold me. ' — John- Cho. — - ' la rah rah boom de aye. 4. c -u ti i. i i j: ston, Rush ' s center. Well, we rather etc. — Sung by Rush at close of game. guess so. That ' s a habit Moore has The boys have been playing great fallen into. There are no flies on ball all the season, but Thursday they, Monmouth ' s handsome center rush, if possible, excelled themselves. a nd the Doctor soon discovereed it. There wasn ' t a fumble or an awkward Moore played his greatest game Thurs- play made. The team played as one day. In tackling and in stopping man, and their interference was al- maS s plays he did some phenomenal most perfect. work. Monmouth won ' t be in it with Big Pink took care of Duncan, the those big fellows, was a remark fre- old Purdue center, of 220 lbs. weight, quently heard when the teams ap- and did it without much trouble. He peared on the field. Before the game took the ball once for a good gain, closed the general verdict was that This is the third game Pinkerton has with full halves Monmouth wonld played without getting his nose have tied the score. When time was skinned. Strange, isn ' t it? called at the end of each half the boys Findley also played his greatest had the ball in Rush ' s territory and game. His tackling was simply im- were rapidly advancing it towards mens e. He could run with any man goal. The halves were of twenty-five on the Rush team, and downed Jew- and fifteen minutes lengths respective- ett . the famous running half back, in V- one of the most brilliant plays of the Samson played his usual o-ame of game.

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RAVELINGS. La vanced it by repeatedly bucking- the line and passed the ball to Schmunk. line until she scored a touchdown. Fred went down the field at a 10-sec- Jewett kicked goal, making- six points, ond gait for a gain of 35 yards. Bei- Monmouth started the ball in play tel. who has always been known as with a kick off. Jewett received it the running half back, and Miller, the and made a short gain. Rush repeat- other half, then did some fine bucking, ed her tactics and by ag-ain bucking and soon Monmouth had carried the the line advanced the ball to the mid- ball to the twenty-yard line. But fif- dle of the field. Jewett. their re- teen seconds of the half remained, so nowned running halfback, then made the ball was passed to Tumbull for a a gain of 25 yards by a run around but drop kick for goal. An off-side play was overtaken and downed by Findley by Rush pushed the quarter back in in a phenomenal tackle. Steady buck- the way of the ball which struck him ing of the line soon secured another and bounded back to the center of the touchdown for Rush, and Jewett field. Monmouth secured the ball and again kicking goal increased the score again bucked the line for short gains: to 12 points. Monmouth again lead but time was called for the first half with a long kick. Rush fumbled the with the ball in Rush ' s territory, the ball, and Campbell by a brilliant play score still remaining 13 to 6. A heavy secured it. Monmouth now took the rain set in before the second half was ball and began a series of brilliant called and it was shortened to fifteen plays. The ball was given to Miller, minutes. Rush got the ball on Mon- who repeatedly broke through their mouth ' s kick off. Bucking the line line for splendid gains. The aston- for short gains followed until Libby ished Doctors were unable to stop his cleared the right end with the ball and terrific rushes. Every time he struck carried it down the open field for 40 their line he went through like a can- yards, scoring a touch down. Jewett non ball, and in a few minutes after again kicked goal, making the score 18 securing the ball Monmouth had to 6. Again the ball was started with pushed her big opponents half way a kick off by Turnbull. Rush seizing across the field and carried the ball the ball steadily advanced it to Mon- aeross the line for a touchdown. The mouth s ten-yard line, when the ball crowd yelled with delight: canes, um- was given to Monmouth on a foul, brellas, hats, and handkerchiefs were With the ball in their possession they tossed in air and the shouts and cheers rapidly advanced toward goal and but were almost deafening. Turnbull for the calling of time would soon kicked goal, making two more points have scored another touch down. The for Monmouth. The score now stood half ended with the score 18 to 6 in 12 to 6. Rush ' s favor. The line-up: Rush now starts the ball in play. Rush. Position. Monmouth. Findley received it and carried it for- Jackson re Findley ward to the center of the field, passing Coe r t Campbell a number of the Rush men before he Smalt r g- Pinkerton was downed. The boys having found Johnston c Moore that the Medics were not invincible Duncan 1 g- MeCracken worked the old criss cross. The ball Fullenwelder It Schmunk was passed to Miller who struck the McNary 1 e Glass

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EAVELINGS. Miller, the captain, played as he never played before. When he made a tackle he never failed to bring down his man. Again and again he broke through the interference and his line bucking was wonderful. • Campbell did excellent work in his position as rig ' ht tackle. He runs the lowest of any man in the team. A great deal of credit is due to him for Monmouth ' s touch down, as he secured the ball in a brilliant rush when it was fumbled by the opposing team. Beitel. the running half back, showed his bucking qualities, as run- ning around the end was almost im- possible. He did some excellent work in breaking the interference, and sev- eral times advanced the ball for good gains. Our boys came out of the game in fine shape and ready for the games with Tarkio and Amity. Rush did not fare so well. One of their 220 pound men had to be helped off the field the first time Miller charged through their line. The average weight of the Rush team, as given by one of their players. is 1S4 lbs. That of Monmouth 166 lbs.. the Rush team averaging 18 lbs. heav- ier. When this difference in weight is considered, remembering that Rush ' s men are all old. experienced players. the wonder is that Monmouth was ev- er permitted to score. It was a defeat that has all the effects of victory. Monmouth has a strong team and one of which she is justly proud. Monmouth College aggregation of foot ball players started on a trip west Nov.. 30th. They will play Tarkio College at Tarkio Missouri Dec. 1st and Amity College of College Springs. Iowa at Clarinda, Iowa Dec, 3rd. An account of their trip will appear in the next number of the Ravelings. ALUMNI. ' 92 J. H. MeMunde. who graduated last June from the Chicag ' o College of Law, recently opened a law office in Belleville. 111. ' 92 From the Marissa Messenger we learn that R. S. Hamilton recently passed a successful examination at Springfield for admission to the bar. ' 70 Prof. Russel Graham, D. D., occu- pied the pulpit of the Second Church morning and evening. Nov. 25th. ' 94 The following are at Xenia Semi- nary this year: Robert Burnside. Joseph C. Hamilton, Willis S. McKel- vey, R. W. Thompson. Two of the class are at Alleghany Seminary: Curtis R. Stevenson and Charles F. Wishart. and one at McCormick: E. M. Clingan. ' 94 James W. Clendenin is studying ' law in Monmouth. 93 S. E. Findley, who is attending Rush, spent Thanksgiving in Mon- mouth and saw the foot-ball game be- ween, Rush Med. and M. C. ' 94 Miss Lyda Hanna returnd home last Wednesday from an extended vis- it with friends and relatives in Ohio and Penns3 1vania. ' 94 Miss Junia Park is teaching in the Kansas City Hig-h School. ' 94 Miss Bessie Liggett is teaching at her home in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. 89 Richard Russell is studying med- icine in Chicago Medical. 93 Our kindred fellow. Ralph Pringle who last spring graduated from Yale is taking a law course in the Iowa City Law School. ' 92 J. A. Chapman was a visitor here recently.