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1914 Yearbook

1914 Yearbook

Title

1914 Yearbook

Description

Foot Ball.
THAT FOOTBALL did not make the advance this season
as in previous years is not to be attributed to the
lack of proper spirit and enthusiasm on the part of
the Management and Student Body, but rather to
the fatal accident which claimed as a victim our star
and captain, Edward Morrissey. The material for
the 1913 Football Team was of no mediocre caliber,
but was composed of the pick of last year's team. Everything at the
beginning of the year pointed to a most successful season in football.
At the Annual Banquet, marking the close of the 1912 season,
"Big" Edward Morrissey was the unanimous choice of the "A" men to
lead the Blue and White through another season of victories, even more
brilliant than had been the record of last year's team. He was well
deserving of the honor, for no man on the team did more to obtain its
string of victories than he.
September 15 saw Captain Morrissey and most of the old stars
back for the season's grind, including Dowd, the 1912 brilliant Center,
Ends McGinnis and Baxter, Quarter-back Hynes, Tackles Montgomery
and "Bill" Schmidt, Half-backs O'Malley and "Kollie" Schmidt, with
valuable men from last year's Second squad to take the position of
absent veterans. Because Coach McManus had left the city in the
interest of his business, the Athletic Management was forced to secure
the services of a new coach. Fortunately Victor Littig was secured to
direct the play of this year's team through the hardest schedule that
St. Ambrose had ever tackled.
The first game of the College schedule was with the Alumni, and
Captain Kennedy of the former stars had gathered together a formidable line-up. The referee had blown his whistle and Hynes had kicked
off, when the accident occurred to Captain Morrissey which ended in
his death and which led to the abandonment of football for the season.
He had rushed down the field to tackle his man, and in attempting to
sidestep Center Koch of the opposing team, he twisted and broke his
leg. He was immediately rushed to Mercy Hospital, where he received
medical attention and it was thought that he would soon recover from
the severe fracture. Infection, however, set in, and the physicians
found it necessary to amputate the limb. He was on the way to
recovery, when some weeks later he contracted pneumonia, which

Date

1914

Identifier

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