St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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THE XAVERIAN NEWS Thiriy-swen WALTER S. SCHMIDT Chairmanl St. -Xaiyier ; Athletic Council Athlet1c,s Council Student activities in all departments of athletics. which are encouraged by the College authorities in proportion to their importance, are under the control of the Athletic Coun- 'cil. consisting of representatives chosen from the Faculty, the Alumni Association 'ancl the student body of all cle- partments. t g The encouraging records of all Xaverian teams for the past ,few years have been due to the activity of Walter S. Schmidt and his energetic group of co-workers. The offlcers of the Athletic Council are: Walter S. Schmidt, ,05. Chairman; John E. Hoban, '03. Secretary: J. D. Cloud, ,03, Treasurer; A. W. Leibold. '05, Chair- man Organization -Committee; Thomas M. Geoghegan, '02. Chairman V'Schefdules Committee; Sylvester 'Hickey. ,13. Chairman Publicity Committee; Harry J. Gilligan, '12, Graduate Manager; Henry Bunker, 'Zl ; Arthur, R. Frey, O. A. Simmes, Edward F. Maher, 5. J., Faculty Repre- sentative. n 5C. XGDISR aoLLece. ,gu , acnwmc councIL f7;- LVN E LEOHHRD muexm VHSINNIES LHWEHKE NYTE

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Thirty-six THE XAVERIAN NEWS St. Xavieris Heroes JOSEPH MEYERS Athletic Coach With every letter man of the preceding year, the foot- ball squad, under the leadership of Coach Joe Meyer and his able assistant, Yellow Houser, began the most suc- cessful season in the history of St. Xavier College. And in making this statement we might also add that this Xaverian team was better prepared to meet the attack of the enemy than any previous one. We had the best of equipment. the finest playing field in this part of the State. and a coach who, in our own opinion, stands amongst the leaders. both in knowledge of the game and coaching ability: We started this season by taking Morris Harvey'inm camp to the tune of 21-7, and on the following Saturday handed our ancient enemy, Dayton, 3 lemon. while we were gathering two touchdowns and a goal.. These scoresmight havebeen largerybut we were keeping everything under cover for the widely heralded Kentucky i Colonels from Danville, later conquerors of Harvard. We threw a mighty scare into them when we pushed one across in the first 10 minutes, and played them neck and neck until near the end of the third period, when our reserves were exhausted and they slowly beat us down. the game ending 28-6. It was from this game that we gained nation- wide fame, for we crossed the goal line that even the mighty Harvard backs failed to mar with their footprints. Flir- thermore, it was in this game that .our own little star, Herb Davis, showed Alvin Bo McMillan that he was notthe only chicken on thevfootball roost, and gained for himself a place on Walter Eckersalis all-western team. ' Next wevdedicated our new stadium by cleaning itjvup with Rose Poly, 44-0, and a weeklater gathered 28 points. while St. Ignatius found their whole sackful of wild forma- tions null and void when it came to registering poifits. Then came Creighton from Omaha, arid sad to say, we Ibst to them 14-7, but in our hearts we believe we should have had at least a tie score, for the umps called Davy beck after he had: made a beautiful 60-yard run for a touchdown. Saying he was but of bounds by a fraction of an inch. tlfIt sure was a heartbreaker. , The semi-tin'al played with Hanover was easily anneited by ;a 3570 scotc. The grand finale was a hard-fought etm- test with Ohio Northern on a field that resembled a mild- hen camp. The Saints i proved better muddersf eihd came out'on the leng end of a 13in score. The grand and glorious finale was the football banqtlet at the University Club. Here,s hoping that Captain Hejrb Davis, elected 'on that memorable evening, will have the honor of heading an even more snecsesful! elevent'next year.

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Thirty-eighl THE XAVERIAN NEWS XaVIer Shows Well In Conference The basketball season having long since passed, it is indeed fitting that sonic mention he made of the splendid work shown by the Blue and White team for the season of '21 and '22. It was only through the persistent efforts of all the men under the excellent drilling of Coach Joe Meyer that Xavier turned out the splendid squad that she did. ,Tis true the season began rather slowly for the bdys, and they dropped a couple of games. but as they proceeded they constantly grew better. Their defensive game was hard to equal. and' many of the best teams in the state fell before their terrihc attack. A great many of the perspnnel of the team were football men, and Coach Meyer had some difficulty in the beginning I to get his men accustomed to the play upon an enclosed court. This is, perhaps, the direct cause for the slow start made by the team. The season score sheet shows. that as the team became more accustomed to the indoor game, the scores became of a larger dimension. Some scribes hold that football men usually get slow starts in basketball until they can accustom themselves to playing on the small indoor 11001. At the end of the season Xavier was going like a top. Strong 1n suhstitiites, as well as in every department, there was hardly a time that Ceach Meyer could not place an almost entirely new team on the 11001 and have it work as smoothly as the Erst team. ' The individual work of several members of the team will remain long 1n the memory of the oppotlents. Cushing. Davis, Hart and Weiskettle merited honorable. places 1n the Conference standing. uYoke especially playing the best all-around game of anyone on the team.Captai11 John Noppenberger 15 to be greatly commended for his finished game as a standing guard. Very few got past Nappy when he was going good. Bartlett, Mamell and Irv.Ha1't also accomplished rare tricks 1n the guarding game, while the goal tossing of Davis. Hellenthal and Eberts :was a joy to look upon. The two rangy men that held dow11. or rather held up center, Rich Weiskettle and Bill Bechtold were the terror of most of the opponents. Weiskettle scored the secohd highest number of points for the season. There will still be a great number of last year' 5 men for the 23 squad. A few competent Freshmen will he added also.