Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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Albright was tough Upsala,s football team bade temporary adieu to its veteran coach, Paul Woerner, by presenting him with one of the finest sea- sons in the history of the school. The Vik- ings, meeting strong opposition, turned in a record of four victories and three defeats. Muhlenberg, Panzer, Mt. St. Marys, and Northeastern were victimized by the Viking drive while Boston University, Albright, and Lebanon Valley trimmed the Woerner coached eleven. With a nucleus of seven seniors, flve more lettermen, and several men who might be considered experiencedt though non-letter winners, drills started late in August. An abbreviated Spring practice had been held the previous semester, but Woerner and his aides got down to the serious business of picking a starting line-up around the middle of September for the Muhlenberg opener on September 21. Muhlenberg had been met once before, in 1938, and on that occasion the Vikings had registered a 14-13 victory on Don Schafferk One Hundred Twme-faur late touchdown. The Mules were out for Viking scalps, and an exceedingly spirited local crowd turned out at Allentown on a balmy Saturday afternoon. Over one hun- dred Upsalans made the trip to Pennsylvania QCDOC AND ERIc-what would the team do without them?

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W'hoever thought weld really have one? superiors in style and beauty. And they well knew it! Wewe got it! What? A band! And that truly is something to give the heart of any true Upsala man or co-ed a thrill. What is there to rival the color and spirit that is added to a football game or even a rally by a band as sincere and lijivinh as the gang this uCORGYK our mascot year that really gave its all to provide that certain ilsomethingb that seems to have been so conspicuous by its absence here on campus? And it was just that which they gave us last Fall, the sense of unity and pageantry which we had looked at so wist- fully in the newsreels of other college foot- ball games. But it was more personal than that. Where else could you find a gang that would mangle a tune as they did, and get such hearty response from a student body? And those cheers! Remember the one at the Mt. St. Marys gameellCalifornia grapefruit eArizona cactus-u-We play you lguyst- Just for the practice? That was timely, for we won that game in the mud, 14-0. And those rallies! We,re still surprised that the roof of the gym didn,t leak after some of them. And it was sort of nostalgic when they swung into Anchors Aweigh,, when our coach, Paul Woerner, was introduced. And then the night of the pre-Muhlenberg bon- fire, when they playedi, by the light of the conflagration, then piled into cars, and sallied forth to serenade Prexyein front of the wrong house. And over all presided ilJohnnyKi And of course we can,t forget Corgyf the bulldog. One Hundred Twenty-tbre?

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and furnished a colorful setting for a bril- liant game. Woerner had nominated Co-Captain Mer- cogliano and Don Schaffer to start at ends, Vernon Doudt and freshman Harold Ar- nold, tackles, the veteran, Ed tBuckyi Walters and Marty Freedman, guards, and Izzy Vallorani, center. Jack Becker, also Co-Captain, was the CO-CAPTAINS BECKER AND MERK quarter back choice, Johnnie Pandolfe and Frank Tivenan, halfbacks, and Tom Stanley, fullback. After an early sparring period Upsala started hustling late in the first quarter as Pandolfe tossed two completed passes to SchaEer to place the ball in scoring position. As the second quarter started, Mercogliano took the ball on an end-around play to score from the four-yard line and then kick the point. It was 7-0, and the score stayed that way during the remaining 45 minutes. The Vikings had plenty of anxious mo-n ments in the second half but Pandolfe was playing the greatest game of his college COACH PAUL WOERNER career, and it seemed that, single-handed, the sturdy little senior could repell any Muhlen- berg thrust. He intercepted five passes, punted us out of danger on several occasions, and was given a brilliant hand when the game ended. An open date furnished Woerner with two weeks in which to drill his squad for the Boston University game at Boston, but unfortunately injuries removed several of the Viking stars from the line-up. Jimmie Robinson, who had played brilliantly as a blocking back in 1939, had completely re- covered from a knee operation and would be ready to play, but his return only slightly compensated for the loss of several other men. Upsala started out like a cyclone against B.U., faded to a zephyr in the second and third periods, then came back with a short- lived rally, and lost, 15-6. The Northeastern game followed and in this affair several backfield newcomers made the grade, but definitely. They were: Johnny Edack, Nate Johnson, Ken McKinley, and One Hundred Twenty-fiw