Ozark Wesleyan College - Ashlar Yearbook (Carthage, MO)

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i WmurnrvIlurrrmzfrrvsaumm aowrrmazfwlrmmauw The Honor Of A Sportsman lk Sk if if lk Code Adopted by Ozark Wesleyan College, Carthage, Missouri. 1. I will not misrepresent my eligibility. 2. I will avoid unnecessary roughness that might injure an opponent. 3. I will play fair at all times. 4. I will play hard to the end. 5. I will play for the joy of playing and the suc- cess of my team. 6. I will regard the visiting team and officials as guests of my school and treat them accordingly. 7. I will be respectful to officials, expect them to enforce the rules and accept adverse decisions gra- ciously. 8. I will congratulate the winner, give my opponents full credit, and learn to correct my faults through my failures. 9. When I Win I will be modest, considerate and generous. 10. I will observe training rules and do my Work faithfully as a duty to my team, my school, and myself. WunlvrumHl1r1f,HHrlrH1rH1vanm IIIIHHIIIIIIHIIHIHIIIIIIIIIHHI'

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Q ..... 1, - , . 5 -' -Q : I - q : , f, MHIIIIIHMFIIIWIIHIIJIHHM lllllllllllllllllllllllw Football The 1927 football season for the Lions has long since fallen into the forgotten past, yet it might be well to look back and see what the Lions accomplished. It was a season wherein was exhibited some wonderful playing and some pretty rotten. It was a season that in one way might be called a success and in another not. Only once were the Lions outplayed, yet they lost five games. Two were the result of overcomi- dence, lack of support, etc., one was stolen, one was lost by the breaks and in the other they were beaten by a better team. From the standpoint of games won and lost the season can be called only fairly successful. Yet when we stop to think that the Lions far outplayed eight of their nine opponents and should have won those eight games, when we think of the widespread publicity and highly favorable com- ment received from many sources on their ability and sportsmanship, when pictures of the team, Coach Moon, Captain McGaughey were printed in the Kansas City Jour- nal-Postg when all have been paid tribute by such a man as Edward W. Cochraneg and finally, when Ozark Wesleyan has been invited by two state leagues to join their organizations, and will probably in time join the Missouri College Union, can anyone say the season has not been successful? In nine games played, the Lions scored 165 points to their opponents' 80. Cap- tain McGaughey led the team in scoring with 33 points made by 3 touchdowns, 2 field goals and nine points after touchdown. Cummins was close behind with 30 points, the result of 5 touchdowns. Ross, Souter, and Roberts each scored 18 points on three touchdowns. Five other men figured in the scoring: Gibbons, 13, Sellinger 85 Kirby 73 and Richardson and Cummings 6 each. The Lions scored 23 touchdowns to 153 2 tield goals to 1, and 13 points after touchdown to 5. In the 8 games, not counting the St. pleted 56 forward passes to 22g made 112 times for a total of 1586 yards, an average for a total yardage of 2763, an average of game was with Parsons where he averaged mud of the Kemper game, 36 yards. These of which we have no record, opponents' 507. They com-- to 34, opponents punted 63 g McGaughey kicked 60 times over 46 yards for every punt. His best 56 yards, and his worst in the rain and figures should surely show that the Lions Louis game, the Lions gained from scrimmage 1702 yards to their first downs of 25 yards deserved better than 4 out of 9 games. A brief review of the season's games follows: Fort Scott Junior College. The first game of the season found the Lions on the short end of a 7-0 score, the result of a 40-yard pass in the first quarter. The Lions did not play the kind of game they were capable of. Once in the fourth quarter they carried the ball to the five-yard line but could not put it over. They outplayed their opponents but lacked the old fight. mwlllllllllllflHHHIIIHIIHIWHI I!HllllllllllllllllIIIIIIHIIIHHH'