St Josephs University - Greatonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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THE GREATONIAN 1934 Football Review NE of the activities, to which St Joseph's points with pride, during the I933-3fl scholastic year, is the showing of the football team. Now, most colleges are apt to minimize a football squad, whose best efforts were two victories and a tie, as against' five defeats. The followers of the Hawks, however, remember the lean years in which only on triumph was scored ancl consider last fall a distinct advance, The eleven, students think, played fine ball at all times and showed a spirit which gives promise of better results next fall, Victims of the l-lawks were West Chester Teachers and Washington College. The deadlock was with Delaware, The losses were to Muhlenberg, Ursrnus, Susquehanna, Albright and P. M. C. Only by the latter pair were the l-lawks badly vanquished. ln the other games, the charges of Emid Thomas and Bill Morris gave a good account of themselves, bad breaks playing their part in the defeats. Particularly pleasing was the play of such newcomers as Frank McDevitt, '35 tplaying his first' college footballl, Bill l-lemsley, '37, Stan lvlancauskas, '37, Duncan Cheeseman, 37, Joe Welsh, '37, Ed Palmer, '37, Jim Auch, '37 and Al Zeldin, '37, These men, together with Cookie McCusker, '35, Johnny Pluck, 36, Frank Sellinger, '36, Nlomert' Oreszko, '36, Martie Riley, '35, Jack Bolger, '35, Jimmy Mcfuonegal, '35, Al Getson, '36 and Stu Campbell, '35, will form the nucleus of next' fall's Joe Morrow Ted Gross Cookie lVlcCuskQr End Nlanaoer End One hundred sixteen

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JOHN E. KANE CAPTAIN

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1934 THE GREATONIAN eleven. Lost are Captain Johnny Kane, Victor Slivka, Gerry Becker, Jock Meyer, Jim Dougherty and Joe Morrow, all members of the Senior Class, Of those lost by graduation, only Kane and Slivka were regulars last season. With a few capable additions to the Freshman Class this fall, Thomas believes St. Joseph's will have a better than even break in its schedule next fall. The men listed above were awarded letters at the Greaton Club dinner to the squad. Franklin Connor, of the Senior Class, injured in the opening game of the i932 season and unable to play since, was also honored. The i933 season? St. Joseph's, O, Muhlenberg, l2. The Hawks gave signs of imminent success by their showing against the Mules. The backfield of Cameron Donato, Frank McDevitt, Jim McGonegal and Johnny- Kane performed notably before the largest crowd ever to witness a game at Muhlenberg's field. l-larrison, l-lawk center, suffered a slight skull-fracture in this game. St, Jaseph's, 7, West Chester State Teachers, 6 Jim McGonegal scored the touchdown and Cookie MCCusker converted with a drop-kick for the l-lawks' first victory. Donato and McDevitt, too, performed ably, but the honors go to the first pair. By his sterling play, McCusker recalled the immortal Vince Desmond to all Hawk fcllowers Jack Meyer Stu Campbell Frank Halfpenny Line l-lalfback Line One hundred seventeen