St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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DACEY VOLLMAN KENNEDY Student Managers AVE you ever stopped to think when you were out there in the stadium watching the team perform, that each article which they are using has had the personal supervision of one whom few on the outside ever see in his official capacity, one who is as important in his way as the star in the game? Most people never give this most indispensible fellow, known as the Student Manager, a passing thought, yet he is the boy who keeps the players from the pass of playing under the handicap of misfit, tattered, dirty, or otherwise uncomfortable togs. He is the man behind the gun in his way and is a hero. Instead of one Student Manager for this year the team was blessed in having two to look after them. Phil Kennedy and'Jack Dacey are the solici- tous, mailing and toiling fellows who kept the wardrobe intact, always had clean towels and soap on hand, dispensed bandages and linament, massaged bumps, and gave the cheering word when things were breaking badly. Traffic in the stadium was officially and capably handled by George Vollman. They came early, and were the last to leave, . They are the ones who really can boast of school-spirit that is more than schoolvspirit. They are students and managers, they were and are simply, great, good pals of the athletes and the Whole school. Great stuff boys! Page One Hundred Forty-nine

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JOSEPH A. MEYER DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Page One Hundred Forty-eight

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Bill Kneelit, Captain of 1924 Football Team HEN the graduates 111' '25 receive their sheepskins, there will be one 11111111112: them who deserves a ward 011 this page, Bill Knecht, star lineman fur three years anti captain of the varsity football squad in 1924. It is hard for us to say of Bill, in way of athletics, anything: that is not 111- ready known. But as we feel he Will always cherish this book, the esteem of his fellow students, demands a place of pe1manence. Them is 110 athlete wealing the monogiammed sweate1 Who played steadier, cleane1 football than Captain Bill Knecht. He was always a dangeious man to the hostile backfield and a powerful wedge when his own team was carrying the ball. His ability was recognized by every team in the Ohio Conference; he never entered battle an unknown quantity. His reputation was won playing against men who watched him closely, who were waiting for him, but who failed to stop him. We know how Bill felt Thanksgiving! Day when he slipped from his uniform and hung it up to wait for the man who could fill it as ably as himself. He loved the game and gave it all that was in him. And so we bid a hearty farewell to Bill Knecht, an athlete. and gentleman. We wish him the success in life that was his 011 the gridiron. and when that suc- cess is assured he can return to his Alma Mater and find the same pride that she felt in him when he honored her name 011 the battlefield. George Reynolds, Captain-Elect EORGE YATZ REYNOLDS backfield star and last year's quarter-back will lead the St Xavier College Football Team of 1925 upon the field next fall. His team-mates decided this when they elected him captain, and they certainly choose a man worthy of the job. For two years George has rendered invaluable assistance to the team. He has been a good runner, an expert quarter- back, but best of all was his wonderful forward passing ability. In this last 111entim1ed capability a better man has not been developed around Cincinnati. Accuracy, distance, speed, he had all and each one in a high degree. Without stretching a point and in justice to him, it may safely be said that Georgels passes saved many a game. The captain-elect is a true example of the modern player. A clear thinker, quick to act, earnest in effort, great in spirit, possessed of all around ability. If the members of the squad imitate their captain, the team cannot help but be a winning Icombination during the season of 1925. Paste One Hundred Fifty