Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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October 4 — ki army Teachers The Farley grid-men were rapidly gaining power by the second game as was shown when a big Kearney Teachers squad barely took a 20-19 point edge over the home team here in the last two minutes of play by a series of passes from their own 40- yard marker. Ron Shuman, who had been shifted from the wing position to halfback to fdl the vacancy caused by Bus Seyler ' s injury in the Greeley game, proved himself an excellent hall-lugger ami broke through the line for several substantial gains, be- sides accounting for two of the Plainsmen ' s scores. Claude Otto went over for the other one. 1, ARSON. Tackle Seyler, Halfback Critchfield, Halfback October 11 — Wayne Teachers Journeying to Wayne the next . week to battle a strong team of iOdt- teachers. Wesleyan ' s eleven clicked in y g £ °- fine shape to bring home a 21-0 de- - , cision. Aided by two long runs oiJvLw » Ron Shuman early in the first quar- jl . 1 ter, the Plainsmen carried the ball to Jjuv o f H the three-yard stripe, and Vic Bailey J t». o C tf - took it on over for the first counter. d LaA U §0-oA ' On the next kickoff, .Manning, the Wayne quarterback, was downed be- hind his own goal-line for a safety. Ron Shuman scored twice in the sec- ond quarter, once aided on an inter- cepted pass by Clair Shuman and another time by a partially blocked [Hint. The entire second half was scoreless. Menke, Tackle 4 October 19 — Peru Ieachers v -, i With the pre-game sports columns , St predicting a Bobcat victory over th»W oy invaders, the old victory bell agaiih, f l A, Srajj proclaimed another win for Farley ; ' -, - Quarterback men. Disappointing a homecomii i ? ' O ' S, ' -- tppoi crowd of 1,200 Peruvians. gained vengeance over the White with a decisive 13-0 score. Once in a great while a lineman gets ' Aj 7 Wcsley fc 4 % Blue and V ' rp j iS A a chance to make a counter for his team, and Gordon Axford took this chance to recover an enemy fumble over the double-marker for six points. Captain Hawkins plowed through the holes opened by a lighting Wesleyan line for the other tally. The defensive work of Ptacek and Arthur especially helped to hold the Bobcats scoreless. ' liljEkt onfflig G legHedng conckhal I , tog fca ifte i rM s ccMefenc eh p Wrt afftesxoSc a vferjng th visiters i) the I n dri eTlhaf wji riSw yfa{ t lcc sSgerT pfy« •fui )( iniii.R 25 — Midi and It seems thai each conference team plays its hardest game against the Plainsmen, and the Midland Warriors were no ex eption, when they camped in the Wesleyan bowl for the latin ' s ch for rtte War- it wjith Ron Shuman driving tifrough center for a Wesley- an counter . Late in the game the home tea lfi again threatened the Mid- land goal but were held on the 5-yard marker. The battle ended in a 6-6 tie. November 1 — Nebraska B With the spirit of victory in mind, the Plainsmen halted a big Nebraska B squad to the tune of 14-6. Fire- works began in the second quarter with a series of alternate runs and passes featuring Dawdy Hawkins. A pass from Hawkins to Wallace did the trick for Wesleyan and the count favored them 6-0 as the half ended. .Midway in the third period another Plainsmen drive resulted in Hawkins crossing the goal-marker for the sec- ond score. Bill Ptacek broke through the Nubbins ' forward wall in the fourth quarter to smear a punter be- hind his own goal-line, giving the

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Shuman. Rod End Brasch, Center Ptacek, Tackle Otto, Quarterback lination of the tough 1935 football chedule for a fast, hard-hitting ' lainsmen squad backed by an en- husiastic student body from the rord go. Ieptember 27 — Colorado Teachers Led by Captain Dawdy Hawkins, he Plainsmen donned their helmets fter a 500-mile trip for the season ' s opener against a powerful Greeley team. In spite of the disadvantage of a high altitude. Wesleyan showed the Bears that they had a clean-play- ing, hard-fighting eleven. Contrary to the fact that the 31-7 score fa- vored the Teachers, the game was quite closely played, the Plainsmen going over for three counters alto- gether with two of them being called back, and the Greeley team breaking away for three scores on long runs. The Wesleyan passing attack, which was to prove so effective in later games, was brought out for use when a long forward from Captain Hawk- ins to Ron Shuman put the ball on the one-yard line, giving Jack Critch- field a chance to score for the Yellow and the Brown.

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home team two more points. Law- erance Ely ' s eleven filled the air with passes in the closing minutes of the fray, finally scoring on a wide end run just before the final whistle. November 8 — Doane The Tigers were next in line to fall before the Plainsmen ' s assault and came out on the short end of a 32-6 score. Using both an effective pass- ing attack and some powerful line plunging. Wesleyan threatened the enemy ' s goal throughout the game. In the first half, a pass from Critch- field to Hawkins gained six points. Clair Shuman added six more through tackle, and just before the period ended Critchfield crossed the goal- line for another counter. In the sec- ond half, Ron Shuman reached high in the air to snag a long pass from Hawkins and raced for a touchdown. Kopp, who had been playing a bang- up game all evening, intercepted a Doane pass and made the fifth score for the Plainsmen. With the whole team clicking perfectly, the work of Hawkins, Otto, Kopp, Ron Shuman and Critchfield was especially com- mendable. November 15 — York Playing on a field covered with four to six inches of snow, the Plains- men left York with a 12-0 verdict over the Panthers. Three times in the first half Wesleyan came within five yards of the home team ' s goal but lost the ball on fumbles in each case. In the third period Ron Shu- man circled York ' s left end for the first counter of the fray, and ' ic Bailey chalked up another score in the last quarter. Bus Seyler was back in the line-up for the first time since the Midland game and did some nice ball carrying despite his injured knee. November 25 — Hastings Saturday dawned clear — a perfect day for the traditional Wesleyan- Hastings battle and the decisive fight for the N.C.A.C. title. The Broncs were the first to score, Bob Holm breaking through left guard 25 yards for a touchdown. Wesleyan retali- ated with Seyler and Hawkins driv- ing from their own 40, to the 3-yard marker where Ron Shuman smashed over for a score. In the third quarter Imboden made another counter for the Broncs, and a pass, Hawkins to Kopp, brought the score up to 14-12 Ehuman. C, Fullback Hedges, Halfback AXFORD, Tackle Hays. Guard Arthur. Center Kopp. End Van Ells. Guard Brasch. M. Tackle 25