Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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Everett Howerton Tackle Wesley Goach Tackle Ray Shonk Guard Edwin Ramsey Charles Kreyer End Quarterback Earl Gibson Quarterback 31 the proteges of Coach A1 Gehert did everything to the Gorillas but stop. Harold Brill had pitched and run his mates to a 33 to 0 shul- out.ljWith a victory-hungry crowd of Homecomers to cheer them on, the local gridsters broke their six game losing streak by turning on the heat to take Sterling College Warriors into camp to the tune of 20 to 2. It was the first time the Gorilla attack had clicked all year and the students and old grads had a big time celebrating at the “vic- tory dance’ afterwards, Getting back into C. I. C. play, the Pitts- burgers racked up their second consecutive triumph by bowling over Soutliwestern, 26 to 6, for the only league win of the year. The Go- rilla attack was functioning even better than in the Sterling game and the fans took a new lile as the Emporia Teachers game approached.

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a tussle with C. of E. The Preshies won 7 to 0 on the strength of an early touchdown via the lateral pass routed It was a forlorn ball club that went to Hays to open the Central conference race. Failing to tally in its first four games, Pittsburg wasn't even given a look-in with the defending champion Tigers. But they had the Western Kansans on the ropes from the outset, and at the intermission were leading 6 to 0. The Gorillas hung on 6 to 6 at the three-quarter mark, hut a 56-yard touchdown gallop in the last quarter gave the Bengals a 13 to 6 vic- tory. This was the locals best game of the season and one of Hay’s biggest scares It was a thoroughly whipped football team that came back to Pittsburg after meeting Wichita U.'s high-geared Shockers. For 29 minutes the teams had a nice sociable game, but for the next Harold Stith Guard Dean Summers Half bark John Sours Center Robert Olson Guard Henry Scork!ns Tackle Frank Turi Tackle

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Steve Walker End Edward Mackender Center Mas Pennington Halfback Glen Way man Halfback Arthur n3enz.ee Quarterback Harry McDonald Quarterback Leonard Swearingen Guard If In a razzle-dazzle affair that had the fans yelling for more, Empo- ria’s speedy Hornets clowned Pittsburg, 33 to 14, in their annual Turkey Day clash here. If the score-keeper had forgotten about the first quarter it would have been fine and dandy. The Yellowjackets chalked up 20 points in the opening chukker, hut for the rest of the way it was 14-13, Pittsburg. Lindell Petty was the fair-haired hoy of Lhe day. He was just like the ginger-bread man, for he ran and he ran and he ran. Twenty points were credited to this worthy and once he hustled a kick-off back 95 yards for a touchdown. The Gorillas were using the air for their two touchdowns. Gibson passed to McDonald for the first counter and McDonald pitched Pennington a high hard one for the other six-pointer. T| Yea verily, it was a gloomy season, but this hustling bunch of freshmen and sophomores look like they should go places next fall under the guiding hand of Charley Morgan, who was elected to the head football post when Edward “Blue” Howell took an assistant job at Louisiana State University. Morgan’s first lieutenant will he Prentice Gudgen, former Gorilla quarterback and successful mentor at the Pittsburg high school for five yr rs. Gorilla Gridiron