Pacific University - Heart of Oak Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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FOOTBALL' Pacific University experienced the same difficulty as other schools this year in the late start for the 1920 grid season. An unsettled condition 2 brought about by the departure of Coach Day threw a wrench in the Football machinery for the first two Weeks from which the team scarcely .recovered during the entire season. With Captain Grahamis return on October first the squad rallied round and October 13th saw the Varsity, still a bit green, and with the edges ' . still in the rough, take the O. A. C. Rooks to a siX to siX draw in a sea of mud. They battled up and down the field in a scoreless first half, each team scoring a touch- Coach Strong HT S down in the second half; a .1 The elation from this first game, so near a Victory, and over a :23 22.25.2224; whim team which was reported to have held the State College Vars1ty 1?; .e. 2; :1 . 3314315?! ' i ii , , larger turnout. : 3:13? ng 322d BM: The week following the men lost by three touchdowns to the mg: aim: creaailOregon Frosh. The game was dirty from the first to the last , 2222,24 ngmmwhistle. . ' ' , : ; V2,.rx2m It was evident that something was radically wrong and the f i '2 i 3'; men worked hard the next week to get to playing together before 2? $314 333W? 3;.- M the game at Tacoma. The trip to the northern City was the long: 3'; a rrgziniidi est of the season and was enjoyed to the fullest extent w1th the ex- igr.2,.2.;q2-.,- c5 ception of the score, which being a scoreless he was not gratifying L 2,2;2wagawhen the boys outplayed thelr opponents as they did. W1th1n a :2, :4 Tag ihs to only two Scores the week before served as an impetus for a itl:.$Tf J... W01

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7779 77'sanf , ATHLETICS Pacificls men and women have entered every branch of col- lege athletics and have gone in With a Vim and smash that is char- acteristic 0f the supporters of the Crimson and Black. Athletics at Pacific has been kept cleari even at the cost of prestige 0n the athletic field ; its student body has never in least degree permitted even a suggestion of professionalism to enter into this branch of student activity andimpair its purpose. As a Whole the 1920-21 athletic season is regarded as Success- ful. Good progress was made in all branches of athletics Which, With the appointment of a physical director and coach for 1921-22, points to a record breaking season. Mr. L. F. Frank has been chosen for that position'nextlyear. Mr. Frank is a graduate of Coe College Where he made a wonder- ful record in all of the major sports. For two years he Was given the position of half back on the All-Iowa Conference football team. He has. Just recently been called to the University of Oregon frpm Sioux F alls College Where he filled the position of Physical Dareetor and Athletic COach With great success. Pacific Univer- s1ty 1s exceptionally fortunate in getting him for this important work, and already a great deal of enthusiasm is manifested over ' the outlook for the coming season. 2. 7wenfyiwo at 2Q 9:9 f. a 3 2 a2 2 v 22 13 K 0 st .. t g 2 lmi '! 1 start Elmizbwnt IN Him T?! 3C; imwnsmm. aMJiL'x-t fur NW3!!! 1km:

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7he 7fe few feet of the goal a half dozen times, the machine fallegl at a criti- cal moment. Disheartening 1t was to come home without a dec1s1ve v1ct0ry 1 and the men lost the next two games by large scores to Wlllamette and Chemawa due to the lack of team a work and the absence of most of the regulars from the 11neup. . The last week of practlce Wlth the help of several of the Alumni who came in to help whip the bunch into shape, the aggregation began to really get some football style. Lane, injured in the C. P. S. Game, was back for the last game Wlth Reed College. Schneider,- laid out in the Willamette game was also in the harness again and everybody pre- pared for the final go. The field was just a trifle wet from the rains 0f the preceding week but was moderately fast and was des- tined to see the best game of the sea- ; - son as a windup for a team fraught with mishaps and disasters. Pacificis line worked like clockwork and broke thru to stop Reedis defence, time after time. Schnei- der and Lane at either tackle blocked almoSt every play attempted ,by the Portlanders. Brame scored a touchdown in the first half .on a forward pass after a long series of end runs and off tackle smashes. Two more touchdowns in the early part of the second half brought the total to twenty. In the fourth quarter, J immie Lane took his old position as fullback and before the end of the period had smashed Reedis line for a couple more goals. Forward passes in which Captain Graham and Brame figured, ran the total up to 40 to 0 by the time that the final whistle sounded. It was a grand and glorious finale for a season that had borne so Ihany disappointments. It blotted out the misfortunes of the earller games and backed them to the remotest corners Of forget fulness, while every one exulted over the triumph that was duly earned and had proven that the men were all there with a ven- geance and a big ticomeback. it Everyone was able to enjoy and participate in the entertainment held after the game for Reed New Coach, l921-Le0 M. Frank