Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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eight ordinary football men, backed up the Gorilla line to perfection. German played his usual out- standing game and was especially good on de- fensive work. The Gorillas outgained the Tigers, 159 to 117 yards, and got seven first downs to the visitors' four. The first out-of-town game for Pittsburg came Oct. 17, when they traveled to Topeka to tangle with the Washburn Ichabods in a conference tilt. The Gorillas lost a heartbreaker there 13 to 12. It was a rough ball game with the Pittsburg team fighting hard to bring home a victory. The first three quarters netted nothing for the Morganmen, but in the last quarter they unveiled a passing attack that brought two touchdowns and came very close to bringing two more to the Pittsburg side of the scoreboard. Schuette and Lorenzen hit Winters, Johnson, Tolle, Nogel, and Lester for good gains. German scored the first Pitt touchdown when he went off tackle to pay dirt from the six. Gooch Lorenzen coined the second six pointer for the Locals when he went over on a quarterback sneak. Washburn scored early on a 65-yard run by Mel- vin, outstanding Ichabod football and basketball player. To name any outstanding ball players for Pittsburg in this game would be folly. Every man who made the trip fought his heart out to bring home the bacon. Uri Oct. 24, Pitt traveled to Winfield and was A promising backfield combination for next season receives in- struction on a T-forma- tion play from Coach Charley Morgan. They are Steve johnson, Carl DeRiso, Scotty Moher- man and Leon Foster. defeated 7 to 0. The Moundbuilders scored in the third quarter on a fake try for a field goal with Swofford taking a pass from Boone to win for Southwestern. The game was played in the mud which slowed down the offensive thrusts of both teams. The Gorillas outgained Southwestern and also rolled up more first downs than their oppon- ents. The ball game ended with the ball in posses- sion of Pitt on the Moundbuilderis one yard line. After frowning on the Gorillas for six games, Lady Luck finally gave them a few breaks on Saturday, Nov. 1, as the local eleven pounced on the hapless St. Benedicts Ravens beating them 19 to 6 on a soggy Brandenburg field. Tiny All- mon leaped up from his tackle position to haul down a St. Benedict's pass on the 32 that led to the first touchdown for the victors. A penalty, a running play, and a bullet pass from Leroy Schuette to Tom Lester in the end zone added six points for Pittsburg. Lester injured his knee on that play and was out for the rest of the season. Lesco, slippery back from Neodesha, skidded into pay dirt from the five for the second Pitt touchdown. Running drives by Lesco, DeRiso, and Tolle were outsanding in the next Gorilla touchdown drive that was terminated on a beauti- ful pass from Lorenzen to Lesco, The halfback took the pass over his shoulder on the ten and went over standing up. Jones, rugged Raven full- back, provided a thrilling play as he smashed off Page 18

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countered on a line plunge for the home eleven. Pittsburg's offensive threats were held to a mini- mum by the Kirksville line, but their defensive work was somewhat better. Big Jim Gumfory was easily the most outstanding Pittsburg lineman. The Locals entertained the College of Em- poria Presbyterians on the night of Sept. 26, and after a slow first half defeated them 21 to 0. C. of E., operating from a short punt formation, looked smooth in the first half and the Gorillas couldn't get moving. The half ended in a score- less deadlock. Don German, playing his fourth year for Pitts- burg, opened the scoring for the locals as he smashed over from the ten. A combination of good blocking and brilliant ball-carrying netted the next touchdown as Dale Morrow scampered over from the 22-yard line. Speedy Glen Tolle, who had his best season since he starred for the Pitt team in 1942, slipped around end and went in from the ten-yard line. Passes from Hogue to Dutch Nogel netted many gains and the Pittsburg line, led by Don and Dud Stegge played excellent football. Jack Grim played good ball both defensively and offensively. Page 17 Little Leon Foster, playing his second year for the Crimson and Gold, kicked three extra points, one from the 25 after a penalty, and did a nice job in the quarterback spot. The powerful Springfield Bears came to town on Oct. 3, and humbled the Gorillas 21 to 0. The Pittsburg offensive was stopped cold by the Bears and the locals had a difficult time in holding the Springfield aggregation to three touchdowns. Playing before a homecoming crowd of 7,000 fans on Saturday, Oct. 11, the Pittsburg gridsters and the Hays Tigers battled to a scoreless tie. The Tigers came to town highly favored, but the Goril- las out-played them by far and did everything but win the ball game. Shifty Glen Tolle scored on a nice 20-yard run in the early part of the game, but the play was called back because of a Gorilla penalty, so the Morganmen had to be satis- fied with a moral victory. Big Tom Lester and Dutch Nogel were excellent in slowing down the Hays end runs and in snatching passes on the Pitt offensive. John Hottenstein played a good defensive ball game for the Gorillas as did Firman Mall and Joe Gray. J ack Wallace, who has more hustle than

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tackle and went on a 90-yard journey from his own ten-yard line to counter the only score made by the visitors. Chet Heidman, Ernie Hebenstriet, and Bud Boman were smashing their way to- ward the goal line when the final horn sounded. The line play of Lester, Nogel and Hottensteirf stood out. On Nov. 8, the Wisconsin State Teachers of River Falls, Wisconsin, powered their way to a 19 to 6 win over the Morganmen, who were not at full strength with Lester, Dud Stegge, and Tiny Allmon on the sick or injured list. Speedy backs, Shock and Feiler, operated from a T-formation on quick opening plays to strike early in scoring their 19 points in the first half. In the second half the Gorillas played ball on an even plane with the boys from River Falls. The local's score came on one play that net- ted 70 yards as Gooch Lorenzen fired an accurate pass to end Al Cerne who stayed two steps in front of the Wisconsin safety on a 35-yard race to the end zone. Pittsburg later drove to the two yard marker, but lost the ball on downs as a Lorenzen pass failed. The Arkansas State Teachers College kept their undefeated record intact by downing the Pittsburg Gorillas 20 to 0 at Conway, Arkansas, on Nov. 14. The Arkansas team added six point- ers in the first, second, and fourth quarters with long runs featuring their attack. In their last non- conference tilt of the season the Crimson and Gold drove to the six-yard stripe in the final period, but were unable to score. Nov. 22, at Emporia, saw Pitt in its final action for the season as the Emporia Teachers clinched the CIC crown with a 28 to 7 victory. The Hornets scored early in the ball game, and a few minutes later the Pitt team drove to the eight-yard line where Dale Morrow smashed off tackle and across the pay-off line. Leon Foster split the uprights to raise the Pittsburg total to 7. The Southeast Kansans threatened to score in the second quarter when Ray Denny took a pass from Schuette and dashed to the 25 where he was hauled down from behind, but Pitt was stopped there. In the fourth quarter Winchester plunged over for the Hornets and Baronoski's kick made it 14 to 7. Seven Gorillas received post season honors by being selected to play in the second annual Mo-Kan bowl game in Kansas City, Dec. 7. They were Leroy Schuette, Johnny Hogue, Don German, Dutch Nogel, Dale Morrow, John Hottenstein, and Glen T olle. ' The Associated Press picked Don German as their first team fullback for the second straight year. The honor bestowed on the hard hitting full- back was a result of his stellar ball-carrying abili- ties and his outstanding defensive play. Don Stegge was chosen as a guard on the second team and honorable mention went to ends Nogel and Les- ter, tackle Dud Stegge, guard John Hottenstein, and quarterback Johnny Hogue. In the backfield are Tolle, German, Hogue and Morrow. The line is composed of Nogel, Allmon, Mall, Wallace, Don Stegge, Crouch and Lester. Gumfory, Lorenzen, Dud Stegge and Hebenstriet were not present at the time the pic- tures were taken. Page 19