Morris Harvey College - Harveyan Yearbook (Charleston, WV)

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FOOTBALL Coach W. H. Walker Football in Review Five defeats, three victories, and one tie was the record of the Golden Eagles for the 1934 season. The Golden Eagles opened the season in a night game September 28 with Dayton University, at Dayton, Ohio. In the first half of the game Day- ton scored 25 points, but in the second half the Golden Eagles came back with fire in their eyes and outplayed the Flyers , scoring 14 points. The Eagles were on the short end of a 31-14 score as the game ended. On October 5, the Golden Eagles journeyed to Matewan to encounter the highly touted Concord eleven. The “Preachers got off to a flying start, scoring on a long pass from Fulk to Kelley who ran 25 yards for a touchdown. Late in the second quarter Concord blocked a punt for the “Preachers , and a few moments later Concord scored on a line play. Concord made the extra point, making the score 7-6, Concord s favor. With one and one-half minutes to play, and Concord deep in the Eagle’s territory, Howard Rutter, an Eagle halfback, intercepted a Concord pass on the Preachers two-yard line, and ran 98 yards in the greatest play of the game for the Eagles’ second touchdown. The game ended with Morris Harvey on the long end of a 20-7 score. □ NINETEEN

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□ Many evenings we put away all worries and rested or made merry as we listened to two crooning favorite singers of the M. H. quartet. Bob Hastings and Dayton Detamore. One of the most interesting stops we made was the night of February 14. Fhe Importance of Being Earnest , one of the best play productions of the year, was presented. Characters portrayed by Freshmen were Dorothy Rogers, Ruth Ann Wilkerson, Rachel Snyder, and Bob Dorsey. Dorsey made the highest scholastic average on the Special during the second quarter, having a 3.5 quality point average in all his subjects. The Blackfriar Dramatic Club has twenty- five Freshmen enrolled. In the future we expect to see some famous actors and actresses from this group. Good ol times will not be forgotten. For many a night honored Fresh- men were called back to the caboose and received minor “remembrances” (?) for becoming full-fledged sorority or fraternity members. It was in March that we found ourselves in the midst of a big basketball classic. The crowd cheered and yelled as three husky basketeers, Detamore, Fulk, and Robinson, marched down the aisle and received the dear o V emblem, “M. H. ' as varsity players. We saw a huge crowd of basketball fans waiting patiently for the class tournament to start, so we sent in Captain McClure, Miller, Farley, Perry, Bowne, Fox, Rupe, and Baisden to battle the chesty Seniors. With the aid of their coach, Bruce Robinson, they went to the finals. Freshmen girls showed plenty spirit, pep and basketball knowledge, playing three extra periods in an effort to break a tie score. Coach Detamore brought back the sharpshooting Freshmen to play in the finals. Gwinn, Schrader, Smith, Coe, Adkins, and Captain Ruth Ann bowed by a lucky break for the Sophomores. On March 1 3 our passengers sat in hushed silence as we listened to one of our honorable members broadcast in the state debate tournament, the most stirring debate of the year. We crown Rhenus O ' Dell the best Freshman de- bater on the Special. I was very proud of my cheerleading letter, even though Dr. Walker called me a stick of dynamite. I think it would take fifty to “explode” a yell when we need one. “Goodness gracious,” yell next year! Bob Harmon was a valuable man on our journey. He was always ready to help Buddy, Jr., as assistant student manager. He looks like a real baseball pitcher. With such players aboard the Special as McClure, Shu- maker, Perry, Morris, Robinson, and McCoy, we expect to witness the greatest baseball games ever played, on our last few weeks travel, and cheer you on to victory. Our journey being almost over we decided to stop off at the C. 0 O. brick yards and spend a delightful evening roasting weiners and marshmallows. We were entertained by the wise cracker of the evening, Buddy Ramsey. There are three more years to travel to complete our four-year journey. With the ability learned, and happy memories from the first journey, and with the same competent “train crew,” the Freshman class will ride by with flying colors, waving the Gold and Blue. Ruth Ann Wilkerson, Historian . EIGHTEEN 1935

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□ Taylor Cr em e a n s , Fred (Tex) Griffin, Howard Rutter. Roy Fulk, Edward Kelly, Marion Vickers, Gerald Vaught, Carl Miller. Emory Bowne, Robert Clay, Earl Yeager, Homer Eggles- ton. Dexter Morris, Donald Miller. Robert McCoy, Overton Biggs. Morris Harvey encountered Bluefield on October 12. The Preachers were handicapped in this game by several injuries. Then, too, Coach W. H. Muley Walker was looking forward to the Marshall game, saving his man power for the expected climax of the season. With the first stringers out of the game the Bluefield eleven proved too strong for the Eaglets. The game ended with Morris Harvey on the short end of the 33-0 score. The Morris Harvey Golden Eagles, on October 19, journeyed to Hunt- ington to encounter the Marshall “Thundering Herd.” During the first half of the game the Golden Eagles played an exceptionally good defensive game, and it was only through two breaks of which Marshall made the utmost, that she was able to score in the first half. Several injuries received early in the second half weakened the Eagles considerably. The Thundering Herd scored three touchdowns in the second half, bringing the score to a total of 29-0 in favor of Marshall. The most exciting game of the year was played at King Field, Barbours- ville, when West Liberty College journeyed here in high hopes of trimming the Preachers. They were stopped at the outset of the game by the fighting Eagles. The orange and black gridders of West Liberty soon recovered their setback at the outset of the game, and scored the first touchdown of the game in the first quarter. The try for extra point was good. The Preachers came back for the second half with the determination to take the meat from the orange and black gridders, but were unable to make headway through the opposing line. The Eagles soon took to the air but were held at bay by West Liberty until the last quarter when Morris Harvey pushed over a touchdown, tieing the score, 7-7. On November 9, the Eagles, in high spirits, left Barboursville, for Grove City, Pa., where they encountered the strong Grove City eleven November 10. Morris Harvey was defeated by a 40-0 score. On November 16 the Eagles loaded their war bags and set off for Mont- gomery where they were destined to give New River a sound beating. Coach Walker started the second quarter of the game with the second string Preachers, TWENTY