University High School - Tower Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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ROCKWELL STORMENT because of their fighting spirit. Too, the Maroon machine failed to function in the second conference game as it had functioned in the initial one. Abe Martin, co- captain, was absent from the Teachers' lineup which further handicapped the scoring possibilities of the Southerners. Foley and Patton, both backs, were injured and conse- quently removed from the game. The brunt of the battle fell on the shoulders of Dago who bore it well. It was his excellent punting that kept the Irish always on the defensive. Eovaldi and Lauder counted the Teachers' two touchdowns. In a return game played on the home Held the Maroons inflicted a second and more decisive defeat on the Cape Girardeau Indians. The score was 19-0. At no time during the game were the Southerners threatened by the much heavier team from the Missouri State Teachers College. Although the Maroons were tardy in starting their offensive, they soon developed a punch that was not to be denied. Even after misjudging a punt, Lauder distinguished himself by turning in one of the prettiest runs of the season. Abe Martin sailed around end for two of the S.I.T.C. touchdowns, and Dago Eovaldi accounted for one marker on a crash through center. Displaying a sweeping interference and an amazing aerial attack, the Maroons defeated Shurtleff at the Shurtleff Homecoming, 32-0. It was probably the best played game of the season for the Southern Teachers. Working as a machine they went around, under, and over for five touchdowns while holding Shurtleff to no score and few first downs. The Maroons were forced to punt but twice during the melee. Touchdowns came from long runs by Martin, and short line smashes by Edvaldi. Bricker also counted on a long pass from Dago in the waning moments of the game. The game which eventually decided the championship of the Conference was played One Hundred Tbirly-nine

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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

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against the Charleston Panthers on the Carbondale Field. The thoughtlessness of a Panther punter who stepped out of the end-zone just as he prepared to kick from behind his own goal line gave the decision to the Southerners, 2-0. However. the battle was all Carbondale. Twice the Charleston goal line was crossed, once by Dago,' and once by Martin, but the efforts did not count. Both teams played the game of their careers. After getting the two point advantage early in the game, Captain Martin crawled into a shell and refused to experiment with any trick plays during the remainder of the contest. Keeping the Panthers in their own territory the Southerners held tena- ciously to the thread of a lead given them by Hana, the upstate punter. Three times the Maroons were within Charleston's 15 yard line and not once were they able to develop a scoring punch. Only once did the Panthers get the 35 yard stripe defended by the Maroons and then the Panthers lost the ball on downs. After the game both teams remained with their goal line uncrossed in conference competition. In the flnal game of the year the Maroons ran rough shod over the McKendree Bearcats, running up a score of 44-12. The battle was a more one-sided affair than had been predicted by the dopesters. Southern scored at will and with all manner of plays. On the first play of the game Martin passed to Patton for a touchdown. The half ended 25-6 for the Maroons. It was a brilliant game throughout, and the Bearcats never failed to fight on every play. The victory clinched the Southern Teachers' claim to the Little Nineteen Championship and ended the most successful season ever enjoyed by a S.I.T.C. football team. The students presented the team with a shield as a recognition of the honor which they brought to the school. The shield bears the record of the games won, the scores and the data concerning the champions of the Little Nineteen. The Carbondale Junior Chamber of Commerce presented miniature gold footballs to each member of the team. Om- IIn1nln'1l I'urly iff vfvf + , 5:1:i1:44-'fwfr - fi :ei . r V , . ' -' .' ': r 'UF' .rg l . ,f r i' .. 'Viv 1 D P ff: ,., I psi- 2 ' E 'f ! , lillfas ,rn Lt' 'f.7 f'4V:mJim Ir ! '51, W -' :fir 'lla -'?'i2Q sj' gn: il , I U ., Nsglipgfgilgymc -rv ! if .w-,av he lr ef. 1, r .N . PM ef., -r .:- 2. H,