University High School - Tower Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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LAUDER Sworrono Honciz a string of shutout victories which concluded only with the last game of the season. Combining efficient work in every department of the game the Maroon eleven scored against the Aviators at will. The Scott Field aggregation was composed of experienced players, many of whom were former college celebrities. Shanks of Scott Field especially exhibited ability in his several open Held runs. Five men contributed touchdowns to the cause of the Teachers. The final score read 32-0 for the Southern Teachers. Homecoming and the initial Little Nineteen Conference game probably prompted the Maroons to handle the old Normal Redbirds with very little care. Before a crowd of loyal celebrating grads and students the Southerners trounced the upstaters 39-0. This was the highest score ever made by a local team in the history of this college's Om' Hllfnlrrrl Thirty-.rrurn

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Fox Fouav McKINN1s composed of the elite of two states, the Maroons ran rough shod over the Cape eleven. A major portion of playing time, the ball was in the possession of the Carbondale players who twice worked their way down the field to score. Featuring the game were the two blocked punts by Hippo Brown and Bob Doty. Only in the last few minutes were the Southerners really threatened. Witli but four minutes to play, the Indians wrought a very effective aerial attack that netted their lone touchdown and promised another which failed by feet. The win over S.I.T.C.'s strongest rivals was especially pleasing since it kept the record established by the Maroons in not losing to the Missour- ians in the last six years. With the home game against the Scott Field Aviators the Southerners, inaugurated l Our Huudnwl Tlzirfy-tit

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WATsoN S'rEvENs Bnowbr Homecomings. Too, it was the largest score made against the Old Normal eleven in several seasons. The game was fairly close during the first half, but the second period saw a different' situation. The Southern Teachers machine worked without flaw during the last half in which 33 points were scored. Interception of wild Redbird passes led to the scoring of most of the Maroon touchdowns. Dago Eovaldi's punting featured the game with his spirals averaging S5 yardsg he kept the Redbird attack at bay and forced them on the defensive. The Maroons met and vanquished perhaps the scrappiest team in the conference when they won over the Irish of St. Viator, 12-0. From beginning to end the game was a tussle. Although outclassed, the Irish made their forward wall impregnable chiefly .. Om' Hlnrlrlrml 'l'lzi1ly'1'igl1l