1922 Yearbook
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1922 Yearbook
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The Ambrosian
seated on the Ancients side of the field:—Ruth the Gleaner ; Bill Shakespeare; King Henry the eighth with an armful of vamps; King Arthur surrounded by his hungry round-
the-table, free-lunch hounds; the King of Siam (made famous by F. J. B.) ; Socrates; Pericles; Cicero; Ananias,
who claimed that he had lost his ticket, and, seeing that he
was such an honest and innocent looking chap the officials
let him in; Alex-the-great; Hiero the first, second, third,
and fourth; Joseph, looking quite spiffy in his flashy rainbow
coat; Mark Antony; Nero, the fire-bug; Caesar Augustus;
Caesar Disgustus; Marty Luther; William Tell; The Lady
of the Lake; Solomon and his wives, ten thousand strong;
Cyrus the Great and Cyrus not so great; Nabuchodonosor ;
Cromwell, who holds such a warm spot in the hearts of all
good harps; Romeo and Juliet; Columbus; Magellan, the
globe trotter; Cortez; and a few million more with whom I
wras not so well acquainted, and besides, bearded up as they were one could not tell
them apart.
The Ancients trotted onto the field amidst the thunderous roar of their followers,
and while they were running signals, snappy-like, the maroon and pink clad modern
gridders paced out upon the white lined green. Then the score-board monkey hung
up the following lineups: Ancients—Goliath, C.; Samson, R. G.; Horatius, L. G.;
Othello, R. T.; Hercules, L. T.; Launcelot, R. E.; Galahad, L. E.; Napoleon, Q. B. ;
Ulysses, R. H. B.; Pompey, L. H. B.; Attilla, F. B.; with D'Artagnan and the
Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, as substitutes. Moderns—Sam
Langford, C.; Jess Willard, R. G.; S. Zybisco, L. G.; Tom Mix, R. T.; Bull Montana, L. T.; Jack Dempsey, R. E.; Jan Van Albert, L. E.; Mike Gibbons, Q. B. ;
Doug Fairbanks, R. H. B.; Charlie Paddock, L. H. B.; John L. Sullivan, F. B. ;
Paddy Driscoll, A. Devine, Jim Thorpe, Geo. Gipp, Wallie Reid, and Frank Merri-
well as substitutes.
As the opening whistle shrilled Ulysses booted the pigskin high and far down the
field and into the arms of the waiting Sullivan. John L. was savagely brought down
by Samson and Hercules on his own 15 yard line. "Phantom Mike" immediately
booted to Napoleon, who was downed in his tracks by the rangy Van Albert. Here
an interruption, a violent one, took place. The "Utah Mauler" planted his bone-
crushing right flush on Napoleon's jaw, landing that gent in the last row of the two-
bit bleachers. Was he out? He was out for eternity. Jack was then permitted to
wrap a blanket about himself and warm the old oaken bench. Wallie Reid took
Dempsey's wing position. Caesar then sent in a whole new back-field, composed of
D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the frog blade-wielding butchers. The absence of "the greatest battler that ever
battled" seemed to dishearten the modern boys, for the frogs,
using simple smash plays, soon scored a touchdown. D'Artagnan, never knowTn to fail, failed to boot the ball between the
bars. Here the Jinx family moved right in. "Doug" lost his
glittering smile and broke his leg. Paddock was knocked for
a row of Chinese Oyster Houses. John L. and Ulysses were
disqualified for taking part in a fistic encounter, which resulted
in the latter losing both ears and one eye and having his Roman
nose spread all over the western half of his face. Paddy Driscoll and George Gipp, one of Notre Dame's fighting Irish, and
Jim Thorpe, a redskin, but not the famous one that bit the
dust, were rushed into the fracas. Yes, Driscoll was ushered
into the fracas and after the very next play he was collected
One Hundred Seventy
seated on the Ancients side of the field:—Ruth the Gleaner ; Bill Shakespeare; King Henry the eighth with an armful of vamps; King Arthur surrounded by his hungry round-
the-table, free-lunch hounds; the King of Siam (made famous by F. J. B.) ; Socrates; Pericles; Cicero; Ananias,
who claimed that he had lost his ticket, and, seeing that he
was such an honest and innocent looking chap the officials
let him in; Alex-the-great; Hiero the first, second, third,
and fourth; Joseph, looking quite spiffy in his flashy rainbow
coat; Mark Antony; Nero, the fire-bug; Caesar Augustus;
Caesar Disgustus; Marty Luther; William Tell; The Lady
of the Lake; Solomon and his wives, ten thousand strong;
Cyrus the Great and Cyrus not so great; Nabuchodonosor ;
Cromwell, who holds such a warm spot in the hearts of all
good harps; Romeo and Juliet; Columbus; Magellan, the
globe trotter; Cortez; and a few million more with whom I
wras not so well acquainted, and besides, bearded up as they were one could not tell
them apart.
The Ancients trotted onto the field amidst the thunderous roar of their followers,
and while they were running signals, snappy-like, the maroon and pink clad modern
gridders paced out upon the white lined green. Then the score-board monkey hung
up the following lineups: Ancients—Goliath, C.; Samson, R. G.; Horatius, L. G.;
Othello, R. T.; Hercules, L. T.; Launcelot, R. E.; Galahad, L. E.; Napoleon, Q. B. ;
Ulysses, R. H. B.; Pompey, L. H. B.; Attilla, F. B.; with D'Artagnan and the
Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, as substitutes. Moderns—Sam
Langford, C.; Jess Willard, R. G.; S. Zybisco, L. G.; Tom Mix, R. T.; Bull Montana, L. T.; Jack Dempsey, R. E.; Jan Van Albert, L. E.; Mike Gibbons, Q. B. ;
Doug Fairbanks, R. H. B.; Charlie Paddock, L. H. B.; John L. Sullivan, F. B. ;
Paddy Driscoll, A. Devine, Jim Thorpe, Geo. Gipp, Wallie Reid, and Frank Merri-
well as substitutes.
As the opening whistle shrilled Ulysses booted the pigskin high and far down the
field and into the arms of the waiting Sullivan. John L. was savagely brought down
by Samson and Hercules on his own 15 yard line. "Phantom Mike" immediately
booted to Napoleon, who was downed in his tracks by the rangy Van Albert. Here
an interruption, a violent one, took place. The "Utah Mauler" planted his bone-
crushing right flush on Napoleon's jaw, landing that gent in the last row of the two-
bit bleachers. Was he out? He was out for eternity. Jack was then permitted to
wrap a blanket about himself and warm the old oaken bench. Wallie Reid took
Dempsey's wing position. Caesar then sent in a whole new back-field, composed of
D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the frog blade-wielding butchers. The absence of "the greatest battler that ever
battled" seemed to dishearten the modern boys, for the frogs,
using simple smash plays, soon scored a touchdown. D'Artagnan, never knowTn to fail, failed to boot the ball between the
bars. Here the Jinx family moved right in. "Doug" lost his
glittering smile and broke his leg. Paddock was knocked for
a row of Chinese Oyster Houses. John L. and Ulysses were
disqualified for taking part in a fistic encounter, which resulted
in the latter losing both ears and one eye and having his Roman
nose spread all over the western half of his face. Paddy Driscoll and George Gipp, one of Notre Dame's fighting Irish, and
Jim Thorpe, a redskin, but not the famous one that bit the
dust, were rushed into the fracas. Yes, Driscoll was ushered
into the fracas and after the very next play he was collected
One Hundred Seventy
Date
1922
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St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
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