St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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T575 . f . Kentucky Normal November 15. EFORE a crowd of four thousand football fans, St. Xavier proceeded to squelch Western Kentucky State Normal in the afternoon sun- shine of November 15th; 29 to 0 was the sad story carried by the Kentuckians to their haven, somewhere in the dark and bloody ground of a pioneer state. Xavieris line played a real game of football against the Normal aggrega- tion. Their offensive work was faultless. The backfield was protected in the execution of every play by a forward defense that never faltered against heavy onslaught. Especially to Mike Queenan do we tend the laurel, for his play was conspicuous throughout the thickest of the fray. The backfield, too, gave a fine account of itself. Snappy shifts, clever footwork, effective line bucking, and good passing made this performance the best up to date. The home team employed every scoring device in run- ning up her points;-line buck, end run, forward pass and field goal were worked equally well. Her defense was unwavering, her aggressiveness per- sistent. There was co-ordination at all times between line and backfield. The Xaverians counted in each of the first three quarters and brought the ball to the one yard line twice in the fourth period. Normal played a defensive game throughout. The only bright spot in their afternoofs work was an intercepted pass in the final stanza, which was run back through the green team for sixty-four yards. The timekeeper's gun barked twice. A jubilant crowd marched through the exits of Corcoran Field, a crowd confident that a world of ability was wrapped up in local green jerseys, and that it was just beginning to find its way out. Page One Hundred Sixty-four

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Kenyon November 8. DEAL football weather welcomed the gridders of Kenyon College to the lists of St. Xavier. The game started with every wearer of a green jersey determined to show his faithful followers that the Xavier squad of '24 had something of the winning element in its makeup. But they say we improve by degrees; and the best that a hard battle produced was a mutual division of the spoils by two wornout contenders. The fifth game on Xavier's schedule ended in a '7 to 7 tie. The sparkling feature of this conflict was undoubtedly Beattyts seventy yard run through the entire Kenyon team. There was something familiar in the tingling sensation experienced, in the encouraging cheers of the crowd, as each Purple tackler sprawled in the tracks of the fleet-footed halfback. The teams seesawed until the third quarter, playing mostly a defensive game, always punting out of danger. But in this period Kenyonts kickoff was returned to the thirty yard line, the ball Was given to Beatty, and the speedy back proceeded artistically to cover the seventy yards between the line of scrimmage and the counting mark. Wenzel's kick was true. In the same round Kenyon bucked her way to Xavier's goal line. The Purple warriors opened the final quarter by completing a pass that netted six points. A fair kick knotted the score and the remainder of the game passed without danger to either team. Page One Hundred Sixty-three

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e t v. - - W1: war:- Otterbein November 22. T. XAVIER gave the Old Boys a glorious reception on Homecoming Day, Saturday, November 22nd, by smothering Otterbein to the tune of 48 to 0. Without fear of contradiction, we may say that this game marked the stellar performance of Xavier's '24 football squad. A dizzy pace was set with the first rippling note of the whistle. a pace entirely too fast for the Otterbein crew. George Reynolds established a record in forward passing that has never been paralleled in this neck of the woods, and one that is likely to stand for quite a while. He hurled the oval successfully nine consecutive times! Of course, much credit is due to the boys on the receiving end, for they were forced to make'a few ch'cu: catches despite perfect timing and accurate direction on the part of Rey- nolds. King and Wiener both showed class in holding down their win: positions. Wenzel and Ferguson also came in for their share of the glory The big lineman booted the ball squarely across the bar on every try for point, and Ferguson tore the Otterbein line into shreds time after time, The line play of the Avondale gridders left nothing to be desired. Cap- tain Knecht and Herb Rapp played their usual steady game. Queenan at left guard duplicated his showing against the Kentucky Normal outfit and earned the right to start against Haskell. The green team scored in all four quarters, making seven points in the initial period, twenty-one in the senond, thirteen in the third and seven in the fourth. The Westerviile eleven showed little strength either aggressively 0r defensively. Carroll and McCall were their best men. Page One Hundred Sixty-five