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YOU FOOTBALL Salem's I94I tootball season was a tragic case ot too little and too late. There was a serious laclc ot material and an equally serious laclc ot preparation tor gridiron wartare. Resignation ot Coach T. Edward Davis, atter I8 years in the athletic department, gave the Salem athletic cause its tirst jolt. Davis' successor, C. Samuel Kistler, one-time Salem grid and cage star, resigned his new post during the summer, atter his promotion from physical education director to director of athletics. The man who played the leading role in Salem athletics this year entered on the scene just a tew days betore school opened. Pennsylvania-born John l-l. Moore, who served as coach and principal ot public schools in and about Portsmouth, Ohio, stepped in as the new Tiger boss. l-le promptly named Vance Vennari, erstwhile Tiger as his assistant. Grutl-spealcing, conlident Coach Moore is an old W. Va. Wesleyan lineman who played in the days when the Buclchannon Bobcats were in their heyday. l-le played two years under Bob l-liggins and two years under C. B. Ross. After he graduated, he
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. . . . SPORTS Golden Pilati Williams t.cwiS Fernandez White Martin Bracken H did graduate work at Northwestern, the coached the Wesleyan line tor one season. e University ot Pittsburgh, and the University ot Wisconsin. He received honorable men- tion in AllfAmerican football in 1924. The best that can be said tor Salems l94I season still adds up to a distresstul zero. ln six games ot a rough schedule, the Tigers tailed to score a point. With eleven starters and a scant handtul ot reserves, Moore managed to keep Salem represented on the gridiron until the season closed. lnjuries forced the Tiger mentor to rearrange his lineup atter every game, and on occasions, torced him to play his men tour quarters without substitution. The early part ot each week was spent in painstaking rearrange- ' h ieces just didnlt tit. ment, but the weekls e nd inevitably showed that t e p IO. Highlight ot the season was a scoreless tie with Bethany in the panhandle, October The worst defeat was the opener with Morris Harvey in Charleston. The Golden Eagles amassed 44 points at our expense. Emil Fernandez, Clarksburg senior, was elected captain and did much ot the quarter backing. Other seniors included Nino Pilati, Ross White and Wayne Romine.
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