St Marys College - Dial Yearbook (St Marys, KS)

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Capt. Batson As the ANNUAL glances back over the football season of 1922, it notes the proud bearing and smiling front of the team after one memorable game, namely, St. Mary’s second consecutive victory over Washburn. For many days Coach Conway had been hardening both line and backfield for the day when the “Icha-bods” should come. They came. After three minutes of play the greater strength of the “Irish” began to show itself and by the end of the first half, Rose had crossed their goal three times and broken the opponents’ hopes. In the second half while Washburn was trying to stage a come-back, the line held like a wall, and Mahoney and Bergman won rousing cheers from the sidelines when each caught passes and dashed for touchdowns after runs of eighty and sixty yards respectively. The final chalkmarks were 32-7. However, to recall the games in the order in which they were played we have first the clash with St. Benedict’s. A good fight was put up by the men representing St. Benedict’s, but Capt. Batson and his men came through with a four-touchdown victory, two of them being accredited to Mahoney. The next week found the Blue and Whites at home with the experienced and heavy Normals from Emporia. The encounter was a terrific battle from whistle to whistle, although the “Saints” were defeated, they succeeded in holding the “Yellow-Jackets” down to a single touchdown, which was done by only two other teams during the season. “Fightin’ Jew” Mehren was the visitors’ greatest worry. During the next two weeks, S. M. gaining her feet again went to Ottawa and more than evened up an old score by defeating them 13-0. It was a hard game all the way through, both teams fighting to the limit. It was Bergman’s big day and with his old speed and sidestep the redoubtable “Carl” proved the most consistent ground gainer S. M. had. DIAL ANAFUAL |p One Hundred Twenty-One

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.-X ; - x k ot- x xirxx r=x xi=x r- The next week saw the “Tigers’' from Hays go clown to defeat before the onslaughts of the Conwaymcn under the weight of three touchdowns. In 1921 Hays defeated S. M. by a score of 14-7 and it was in retaliation for this that the “Irishers” fought. A1 Bahl. showing unusual skill and strength, made 160 yards from scrimmage and one of the touchdowns, playing one of the best offensive games at fullback seen on S. M. field since the days of Langhoff. McPherson came the next week and found us still in the throes of victory and a trifle overconfident, and so with the help of a muddy field they won by a score of 14-12. As a glance at the summary will show S. M. really had the edge, but the “Bulldogs” succeeded in making good use of the odds given them. Again in the mud S. M. wrestled with the Wesleyans and came through with the small end of a 6-0 score. As the men say, “It was some game.” For St. Mary’s Bergman seemed to be the only man capable of keeping his feet for gains. Next came the Washburn game, and following it on Thanksgiving Day was the Alva Normal game. .Elated by the Washburn victory the “Saints” felt too confident and consequently the big jump of the first half went to the opponents and although we came back in the last half with great force and with some terrific line smashes by McDonnell we were unable to gain the lead. The score was 31-19. The final result of the season was four games won and four lost, with our objective games recorded on the credit side. DIAL ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM One Hundred Twenty-Two