Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

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St:anford's Bones Hamilton . . . greatest asset, of course, was his speed. OTTO QTinyD GIGONE . . . Titusville . . . tackle . . . six foot . . . 210 pounds . . . Phi Sigma Pi . . . has the ability to mask his emotions, to cover up with apparent placidity the surging of his great competitive spirit. MICHAEL CMikeD KOMORA . . . New Kensington . . . Kiski Prep . . . GeorgetownU .... senior . . . tackle . fivefooteleven . . . 175 pounds . . . afriendly, serious man . . . perhaps the most dependable man on the squad. RUSSEL CRu.rfD KIMBER- LAND . . . Akron . . . Burgettstown High product . . . senior . . . five foot nine . . . 165 pounds . . . a fighting, determined, dogged tackler and blocker. FRED ELMER CTugD LEWIS . . . Turtle Creek . . . manager . . . senior . . . five foot seven . . . 150 pounds . . . varsity basketball . . . gymnast and tumbler of repute. MILES CMeD MILLIRON . . . Kittanning . . . senior . . . quarterback . . .five foot eleven . . . 155 pounds . . . a quiet unassuming clever signal barker . . . generous allotment of good football sense. DOMINIC Ulaorfyj MORELL . . . Rochester . . . senior . . . trained by Army's coach Hawk . . . guard . . . live foot six . . . 168 pounds . . . great skill as apunter . . . many times behind his own goal line he coolly booted long spirals to put his team out of danger. FRANK CHankD NOCERA . . . New Castle . . . junior . . . center . . . five foot eight . . . 165 pounds . a great struggle against handicaps that in the end proved to be overwhelming . . . Phi Sigma Pi. FRED CFreddyD ORTMAN . . . Ford City . . . junior . . . fullback . . . came IHEO his own with his bruising rushes through the line and his brilliant pass catching. MICHAEL CMikeD PERKOSKY . . . Turtle Creek . . . junior . . . guard . . . live foot ei ht . . . 168 pounds . . . one ofthe smartest, f1ghtingest, best all-around guards that ever cgug his cleats into the sod of the college bluff. HOWARD C.S'mittyD SMITH . . . Glassport . . . senior . . . end . . . live foot eight . . . 150 pounds . . . academic rating high . . . personal popularity IS shown by the fact that he has been president of his class for the last two years. GEORGE Cliedj STONIS . . . New Kensington . . . junior . . . tackle . . . six foot four . . . ZOO pounds . . . Phi Sigma Pi . . . three letter man . . . honor student . . . chosen on every all-opponent team that was selected. MILAN CTutj TATALA . . . McKees Rocks . . . junior . . . quarterback . . . live foot seven . . . 160 ounds . . . asafield general he absolutely made the best possible use of the greatest array of weapons any team could have. LOUIS Csf01Z6 Facej WEITZEL . . . Taylor Allderdice . . . junior . . . five foot eleven . . . 175 pounds . Phi Sigma Pi . . . KENNETH Clffmj WESTLAKE Slippery Rock . . . senior . . . five foot eleven . . . 180 pounds. THEODORE CTedD ZIEMENSKI . . . Ford City . . . junior . . . end . . . six foot . . . 175 pounds.

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ROCKETS Alphabetically speaking we line the Rocket gridsters up ready for the kick-ofT:JACK AIRD . . . Wilmerding . . . five foot eight . . . 158 pounds . . . abackfielder who can play the role ofa heady quarter- back, a smashing full-back, a blocking right half, and a swift, tricky left half. FRANK Cfljiej AFRICA . . . Pitcairn . . . five foot eight . . . 160 pounds . . . a scrappy half-back whose superior speed kept him very much in the running at all times . . . senior. ROBERT CHMQ DINSMORE . . . New Castle . . . junior . . . guard . . . six foot two . . . 230 pounds . . . although Bob is scarcely afuard of watch charm proportions, since he weighs some 230 poun s, he nevertheless moves over the turf fast enough to be termed as one. EUGENE Cfoel DUGAN . . . Pittsburgh . . . center . . . five foot nine . . . 165 pounds . . . junior . . . hard tackler . . . a well- developed ability to diagnose plays . . . an ability to break them up once he had gauged them. EUGENE CPemwt.rD FORKER . . . Grove City . . . senior . . . half-back . . . five foot six and a half . . . 164 pounds . . . a lad who thoroughly enjoys the rough contacts ofa man's game . . . acting captain in many contests. ORVILLE CBudj FREED . . . Mt. Pleasant . . . junior . . . five foot seven . . . 159 pounds . . . half-back . . . his speed and skill entitled him to play a leading role in the Slippery Rock attack. JOSEPH CfoeD GIBSON . . . Slippery Rock . . . Kiski Prep . . . freshman . . . end . . . five foot eleven . . . 161 pounds . . . a former teammate of

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0 0 MEN'S LL 19 '50, Everyone who so desires plays football at Slippery Rock. One might have distinctive qualifications and so merit a coveted position on the varsity squadg or perhaps he might not have marked ability, and so confines his talent to the intramural football league. Under the direction of Archie Dodds this plan is nothing more than an arrangement whereby players on the teams in the league are afforded an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the game without fear of embarrassment. The following spring and fall they are given the chance to display the results of their experienceg if worthy they are asked to join the varsity, if not, it is suggested that they return to the intramural league for further improvement. Many potential varsity players have been unearthed in intramural competition, later to become Slippery Rock stars of the gridiron. Can you give proper recognition to the intramural circles when we unveil the mystifying news that four regulars on Coach Thompson's champion grid eleven could have been found just a year ago giving their services to the Sophomore class? And who would have thought that the passing combination that won the 6-O victory over the juniors to decide the intramural championship,