University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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Qnnu 3KegniZBuntu1fi5 Qllleni Qlertiu' fastball N the first of last September there was a good deal of uneasiness in the minds of all the football fans on the score of the chances of the team. As usual, the majority of last year's squad had vanished from one cause or another, leaving only Captain Bush, Rudd and Criley of last year's letter men, supported by a few second string players, notably the Quicks and Dan Lewis. But, as usual, the calamity croakers were in for a surprise. The first game of the season was scheduled with Westminster, one of the strongest teams in the conference, and while no one openly expected defeat, every one was prepared to console himself if our new team could hold the big veterans to one touchdown. That game decided the conference title, or at least it showed who was going to win that title. Westminster played a strong, hard game, and was by no means swept off its feetg but it was thoroughly outplayed by an evidently superior team. From then on it was only a question of holding the pace. At Missouri Wesleyan the weather and the spectators combined forces to defeat the Normal by one touchdown. It is pretty hard for any group of fellows who are used to the ordinary decencies of life to keep up to the highest point of nervous energy in the face of practically universal abuse. The following week Washburn proved too big for the Normal, and the hopes inspired by the initial victory over Westminster were beginning to be dispelled when a timely victory over Central restored confidence in the ability of the team to produce the goods in time of need. I Even the third defeat of the seasonsustained the next ALVA BUSH, Cam' VI4' week at St. lVlary's did not cause the school to lose hope or the team to lose confidence, since every one knew that the team had notfelt very keenly the imperative necessity of beating St. lVlary's.l . The 76 to 0 defeat of Kirksville Normal marks-the beginning of the second phase of the season. The decisive character of this game put so much confidence in the team and the school that every one began to consider the championship already won, and it became necessary for Doc to tell us that we would have to stop gloating and work to win another game. This psychological treatment showed its effect in the defeat administered to Tarkio. The sensation of the season was the Jewell game. Outweighed several pounds to the man, we had an uphill fight of it. With the score 7 to 7, and the Jewell team pressing right down to the goal line, it looked once as though nothing could avert another Jewell score. But just at this moment Captain Bush saved the day by bellowing over to the side lines, Let's have some ' o' them big guards. Now's the time we need 'em. The big guards did the business: the line held, and the threatened touchdown was averted. But the most exciting minute in the game came at the end of the fourth quarter when the team fought the ball into the danger zone, and held for a spectacular place kick that won the game and the championship. Page 1z8 6...-va -fs.-r-v--T.,-ls...-.,.,w .v.-1--,i,7,,-,sT.a,.,...,,f,.-t.......-.-..?a -- -,,-..,-.-f...--2... W.. E . .,. H. ,, ,-.vW...,..--..........,.,.a....- -...T-.,-is K, ,. , W, .,, , X to gal lni on W1 th: pic wa M sef fel sir is we wl thi v-l. - ---l- -