Weekly Messenger - 1916 November 18

              Vol. X V I .
Devoted to the Interests of the Student Body, Washington State Normal School
B E L L I N G H A M , WASH., SATURDAY, N O V E M B E R 18, 1916 No. 7
The Cogs of the Football Machine
Now that the whistle has sounded on
the last scrimmage, and the football
togs have been laid away in Coach
Sam Carver's big locker to await an­other
September, it is altogether prop­er
that the Bellingham Normal School
should sum up the individual prowess
of those who have striven so nobly to
make the Blue and White banners sym­bols
of victory. And this should be
before the many victories become but
hazy memories. Therefore, listen:
SAM CARVER, COACH.
First and foremost of those who
have made our team a success is Sam
Carver. He began working long be­fore
the first hero appeared on the
Normal campus and was the very last
to quit. He spent two months studying
the game in all its phases at Berke­ley,
and a great part of the month of
August in arranging games and equip­ment
for the team. The first week
of school found him on the field with
his squad, and, from that time on,
scarcely an evening passed but he
was out developig the team into a ma- : __j _^
chine that, before the end of the sea­son,
became recognized as one of the him "a past master of football strat- ROY POWELL, CENTER. the team who played up to all expec-best
in the Northwest. The players egy." Before the season was over he Though playing in a new position, tations. It, of course, follows that he
were able time and again to escape also developed an accuracy in heaving p0well easily outplayed all of his op- w a s m the S a m e a t a ^ times, opening
the work for one evening, but the the forward pass that netted the Blue ponents and gave promise of develop- n o l e s f°r his backs, smothering the
coach was on hand every afternoon and White many points. in g j n t 0 a linesman of university cali- Pl aYs °f n i s opponents, and at times
thru wind, rain, mud and ice. Coach RIPHT HAI F b e r - A S r e a t m a n y o f Wold's and Gaff- carrying the ball for good gains. Ed's
Carver is not a believer in many com- , A K & U U M t K L A N U ' K , u m " M A U h ney's gains through center were made o n l y handicap is modesty; his only
plicated trick plays and formations. This was another veteran of the possible by Powell. He also did most l°ve> the Sporting Editor of the
He thinks that a few plays well exe- team who did stellar work after he 0f the place kicking in the final games. Reveille.
cuted are much more successful than once got started. Some thought, after A phase of the game most enjoyed by WILL (RED) BEARDSLEE, LEFT
many plays and formation, for these watching the first few games, that the Ro y w a s the attempt to cause the op- TACKLE,
tend often to confuse the team using old-time Star had lost his cunning, but p o s i n g center's head to pass the ball on we had a "Red" Beardslee with us
them, as well as their opponents. with the first C. P. S. game he came it s way back to the enemy's quarter, last year whom we thought a star,
Bottom row, left to right: H. Davis, Horst, Johnson, C. Campbell, Ford, Uddenberg, Coach Carver,
Top row—Juvet, Schidler, W. Powell, Shobert, Selby, Capt. Wold, Southerland, R. Powell, Gaffney, Davis.
CAPTAIN WOLD. to his own and from that time on was H e also enjoyed dumping (?) Jenne, but he surely had nothing on "Red,"
The first of the players to be con- a t e r r o r t o opposing lines and second
sidered, of course, must be Captain, ary defenses, especially in off-tackle
and Fullback, Wold; the man who has Pl ays -
made the "bulldog" famous from Ta-coma
to Ferndale. Playing his third
year of Normal football, he has be­come
the terror of every line that has
opposed him. If a few yards were
needed, the ball was always given to
Wold and they were sure to be forth­coming.
His punting this year was
LEN ANSTETT, LEFT-HALF.
of Mt. Vernon.
"STUB" JOHNSON, RIGHT GUARD.
"Stub" was the lightest man in the
regular Normal line, but by no means
the younger. If there are any. more
at home like the "Reds" we have
seen, we hope. that they soon make
their appearance in Bellingham. The
"Red" of this season was not only a
demon on both offense and, defense,
. . . . . . , but he carried back the ball from.the
His. greatest ability was shown in the time during the season was a real M d K > f f b e t t e r ^ ^ Qf M g t e a m_
backfield. With Shobert out, he was S a m m a d e through him, and many
the fastest man on the team and soon times, especially in the Mt. Vernon
developed the real football run. He Sa m e . n e got through and spilled end-
This was a new man to the game the least powerful. He was a tower
and he was wsed at end several times. o f strength on the defense. At no
better than ever, before, Larsen being M t t h e l i n e h a r d e r t n a n a n y of t l i e " ^
"Stub" was never to be seen
the only opponent to best him; and
his defensive work, especially in
breaking up forward passes, was the
best shown by any fullback on the b r o w that _ disappeared with the final
mates. Five or six men were as noth­ing
to him, and only the referee's
whistle prevented the scoring of sev­eral
touchdowns by the redoiibtable
backs and was exceedingly hard to without his head-gear, and possibly Bothell hero. The ...ladies had no
stop on his end runs. He owed a great this was the reason he was never in- ^ ^ fo"r" "this gridiron* warrior, but
deal of his succesc to a misplaced eye- Jured.
teams here this season. game of the season.
TOM GAFFNEY, QUARTER.
It was feared at the opening of the
OSCAR SHOBERT, LEFT-HALF.
This quiet, unassuming fellow was
season that Gaffney's bad ankle would greatly handicapped by injuries
keep him out of most of the games, throughout most of the season, but in g o o d n a t u r e ' A^lloescLue form, and
but, although it did slow him up con- the few games in which he was in con- k n o w l e d S e of tne weaknesses of the
siderably, he was there every game dition, he was a sensation. He was w e a k e r ( ? ) s e x -
directing the team in a manner that easily the best defensive back the
caused the Tacoma Ledger to style Normal possessed.
now that the season is at an end keep
"FAT" CAMPBELL, LEFT GUARD, your eyes on him. Such "fussers" as
"Fat" was the heaviest man on the Sheldon, Dan Johnson and Horst will
line and aided Roy Powell and Johnson find that they still have a great deal
in making the center of the Normal to learn.
line impregnable.. "Fat" is famed for HERMAN UDDENBERG, RIGHT
END.
Although a new man at the game,
ED HARACICH, RIGHT TACKLE.
Haracich is one of the veterans of
Uddenberg played more quarters at
this position than any other man. His
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