Upsala College - Upsalite Yearbook (East Orange, NJ)

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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

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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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Hold that lineh BILL ANDERSON, end uIZZYn VALLORANI, center Jimmy Kee. The visitors pushed across a rapid first quarter touchdown before the crowd had settled in its seats. They missed the extra point, and this proved costly. McKinley and Johnson started ripping Northeastern Wide apart and in the second period Kee passed to Schaffer for an apparent touchdown Which was ruled illegal. Not to be denied, Kee passed to Mercog- liano in the third period and Robinson booted the all-important extra point. The score ended, 7-6, although McKinley and Johnson twice advanced the ball to scoring position only to have fumbles halt the march. JOHN PANDOLFE, halfback BUCKY WALTERS, guard