Parsons College - Peira Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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at -3' Parsons back simply wouldn't be caught napping DuBois, Norvell, and Wilcox did well. It was William Penn Day at Oskaloosa but the Fairfield rooters were as numerous as the home- towners. This was the Wildcats second Iowa Con- ference victory. COLUMBIA 7, PARSONS 2 This conference tilt, played on a muddy, slippery field at Dubuque, finally proved the one which was to mar the Wildcats league record at the close of the season. The wet condition of the held and the hand of Lady Luck wre the nemesis of Coach Frank's men. Columbia won the toss and chose to receive the kick. On this initial kickoff of the game, Croaker of the Duhawks grabbed the ball and slipped through the Parsons team for a touchdown. Broderick converted on a placement to give the hometowners a quick seven points. It was now Parsons turn to with the old pigskin, and the boys from Fairfield responded remarkably well. Taking the ball on the following kickoff by Columbia they carried it on running plays to the Duhawks two yard line where an unfortunate fumble lost them a fine and almost certain scoring chance. During the remainder of the game the Columbia team played almost entirely on the defensive, being continually backed up by the Wildcat offense. 'Parsons was credited with twelve hrst downs to one for the Duhawks and also with some two hundred yards totaled from scrimmage plays. Several times for- ward passes brought the pigskin deep into enemy ter- ritory but their opponents held desperately. The Wildcat forwards blocked five punts besides, but they were able to score just two points. In the last quarter the whole line crashed through to block a kick which a Parsonite recovered in the end zone to score a safety and give his team their lone score. Frankie Mertz and Sidney Spencer played outstanding football. Columbia had tied Wesleyan but their win over Parsons proved to be their lone conference victory, as it was Parsons' lone defeat, robbing them of a claim to the title. PARSONS 10, DUBUQUE UNIVERSITY 7 One week after their loss to Columbia the Wild- cats came right back on the victory trail with a re- LYLE TINCHER-End Black goes around left end against Wesleyan Ross WESTERLUND-Guard BERNARD BLACK-Back

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placing the pigskin on the one yard line, from where, thre plays later joe Norvell grabbed a sweet one out of the air and tallied Parsons their touchdown. The try for point again failed but Coach Frank's men successfully batted down the desperately thrown Simpson passes and even finally worked the old hog- hide to the Methodists' eleven yard line as the gun sounded. Parsons 18, Simpson 14. The first con- ference victory. PARSONS 13, PENN 7 On October 19 Coach Frank took his pink and green gridders to Oskaloosa where they came through in a sea of mud and rain and won their third victory of the season. The Wildcats scored in the first and final quarters while tied the count at 7 all in the second. In spite of the rain the re- puted air attack of the locals functioned well. Quarterback Brawner DuBois dropped one in joe Norvell's anxious arms about the middle of the initial stanza. Norvell strode on for the touchdown and Langston Parks, who failed to convert on any of his attempts the week before, carefully booted the extra point. A blocked punt that gave the Wild- cats possession of the ball on the Quaker thirty-four yard line was responsible for the first Parsons score. Parks smashed through center for fourteen yards and on the next try gained thirteen. The DuBois to Norvell pass play then scored. Penn had their big time in the second period as McCormick and Rhiner carried the ball to the locals two yard line with a lirst down. Held tight by the Wildcat line and penalized fifteen yards, the Quakers tossed a completed forward for a touchdown and another for the extra point to tie the count at seven all. In the third quarter Parsons blocked two more Penn kicks and finally took one of them on the forty-yard stripe. Here Black gained twenty-three yards on an end run, setting the stage for the Statue of Liberty play which functioned well. Norvell and Heston smashed and plunged to the eight yard line and then after Heston took it to the one-foot- away line, Norvell went over. Yount came into the contest to try for the point-after-touchdown but the ball slid from his slippery foot. The Quakers did their best to score via the air route but the alert u Homecoming A JACK BLOUG1-I-Center BOB HESTON-Guard FRANK MERTZ-Guard

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bound and downed a dangerous Dubuque University eleven 10 to 7, on the Alumni Field. This was the locals' third Iowa Conference win and kept Coach Frank's rose and green gridders near the top. Parsons scored seven points in the first quarter on a long run by Hill only to have the invaders tally a similar count early in the final period. With a tie contest in evidence, Langston Parks calmly kicked a field goal. The Wildcats had possession of the ball on the Spartans five yard line as the game ended. The Parsons team very successfully bottled up Gibbs, Dubuque's star ball carrier the entire game. At the time the tilt was played the visiting colored back was one of the leading scorers in the nation. From the opening kickoff the play was about even until Hill and Tincher's spectacular touchdown play in the middle of the first period. Dubuque had possession of the ball on about the center stripe and in an endeavor to shake their backfield star, Thea Gibbs, loose, tossed a lateral on a wide play around the Wildcat left end. Wayne Hill was right in the midst of the proceedings, intercepted the pass and started goalward only to have a lone Sparron tackler loom up before him. Lyle Tincher the Parsons right end came smashing over, took our the touchdown obstacle, and Hill traveled fifty yards for a score. Claude Yount made a successful conversion and the count stood 7 and O with the Wildcats on the long end. From thence it was a tossup game and finally Barron of Dubuque went off his own tackle for a touchdown in the fourth stanza. He plunged to score the extra point. With only a few minutes of playing time remaining, Norvell and Lovett carried the pigskin to within scoring distance. Tincher came around on an end-around play and tossed a forward to Hill who was downed on the eight yard marker. Two plays later Parks booted a beautiful twenty-six yard field goal and Parsons had won her third conference game as the gun halted them on the Dubuque five yard stripe a minute or two later. PARSONS 7, CENTRAL 0 Before 2,000 Homecoming fans Coach Frank's Parsons gridders outfought and outclawed Central college, 7 to 0. lt was the fourth Wildcat confer- ence victory and left an almost perfect setting for Tincher tries an end around against Wesleyan RHYNAS MINER-Tackle LANGSTON PARKS-Batik ODELL 'TUFTY-Guard