Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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through consistently at tackle and around end. The final score of the game remained 7 to 0, in favor of the Crusaders. Things looked rosier on October 19, when the Swarth- more team took the measure of Earlham College for a 13 to 6 victory. The whole game boiled down to our running attack versus their passing, with the Garnet making more yardage on the deal. Swarthmore took the first kickoff to march 92 yards for a touchdown, scored by Richards from the 3 -yard marker. In the final frame both teams made pointage. To begin things the Garnet ran back an intercepted pass from its own 48, blasted its way down the field, and made the score when Lin Wolfe went over from the 4-yard stripe. With 45 seconds left in the game, the Hoosiers saved themselves from an inglorious whitewash by a last-minute drive and a successful pass across the Garnet goal line. The game with Oberlin was a tough one to lose. The Garnet squad looked decidedly superior in power and deception during the entire contest, but an inadequate pass defense on the part of the home team gave the visiting Crimson and Gold the game by the margin of one conversion, 14 to 13. The first half of the struggle pointed the way to what seemed to promise a Swarthmore victory. Starting on his own 23, Richards gained through the line, and Wolfe reversed his field for a beautiful run .iu IXR ,01 ES

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p VERSOM SHlMN DEGUTIS field took a serious crack at the scoring column when they blocked one of Ed Hannum ' s punts and took off from the Swarthmore 47. Line smashes and a pass brought the ball to the Garnet 20. Even the return of the Little Quaker startmg lineup to the game didn ' t block a pass to the ten-yard marker, and a cutback three plays later knifed through for the tally; the conversion was good and knotted the score. The second Little Quaker touchdown emerged like some major miracle from a threatening Washington onslaught: a Garnet attack bogged down on the Shoremen ' s 10, and Washington got the ball. Yerkies, the Sho ' men ace, whipped off another of his passes which was juggled by the receiver into the waiting arms of Lin Wolfe; picking up interference from nowhere, Wolfe zoomed down the sidelines for the end zone. Hannum ' s accurate placement set the final score at 14 to 7 in favor of Swarthmore. The second stanza of the game with Susquehanna on October 12 was fatal for the Swarthmore team. The Garnet team was driven back to its own l-yard marker by a long Susquehanna kick, and Wolfe ' s punt out of trouble was downed on the Swarthmore 33. Sparked by Crusader fullback Zeravica, a drive on the goal fol- lowed, which gained through tackle smashes and straight ground plays for a touchdown and a good conversion. The lone Garnet scoring threat in the fourth quarter was paced by Wolfe ' s passes, and came to an uncharitable end on the enemy 24 when Reed fumbled the ball. Throughout the game, the Swarthmore line demonstrated little ability to hold back Susquehanna thrusts that knifed rAViSEY RICHARDS LXza ' f- SilPI;

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to the enemy 36. Two aerials, Richards to Dugan, brought the ball to the 1-yard stripe, and Wolfe made the touchdown. Next, in four first downs, the Little Quakers drove from their own 38 for another touchdown, sparked by Lin Wolfe ' s end drives; Bill Richards took the pigskin across through a hole at center, but the vital conversion failed. The second half was a slightly changed picture, with the air black with Oberlin passes. The potent passing combination, Briggs to receivers Mul- hauser or Worchester, advanced the ball to the Swarth- more IS. A pass to Mulhauser in the end zone looked like the real thing to Yeomen rooters, and a good conver- sion didn ' t shatter the illusion. But that wasn ' t the end. From the Garnet 28 Ken Briggs wafted a beautiful long express into the arms of Beers in the touchdown area, who made the tally despite potential Garnet interference in the vicinity. The game was won by the subsequent fair conversion by Wilson. Intercepted passes and the Penn State delayed reverse were big factors in the four Swarthmore touchdowns that massacred Hamilton 26 to 6 on November 2. Things began to pop after the second half whistle sounded; a Penn State reverse was good for a touchdown as Fred Reed scampered across from the liamilton 32. On the next Hamilton punt, Reed ran the ball up to the Con- tinental 26, and again the Penn State reverse clicked for 25