General Jose ph Stilwell - Farmer football .player at West Point is today a hero to China's millions. By Joe Cahill E ERAL JOSEPH W RREI STILWELL at the replacement for a slightly injured quarterback. By G age of 61 can k ep on the jump twenty hour a thi time the la t few minutes of the game were rapidly day. He continually outmarche hardbitten experienced approaching. Every play counted. rmy wa on the Chine e warlords. He speak and write Chinese and march to "pay dirt' when an over-anxiou back fumbled i an expert at Chine e Art and Literature. \'\'hen you on the Chicago ten. ensing a punt by the great Eck r- add the e qualities to an aggre£-s ive spirit, a sharp ail, Stilwell dropped back. ure enough the ball deci ive mind and a talent for oldiering you can get came pirall:,ng directly into Joe's hands on the 45 a good idea of what it take to deliver the good in yard line. He might have tried to carry the ball, but one of the toughe t a ignment in the pre ent war­ he was certain to be tackled. Time was again·t any commanding the Chine e Army and the United tates long march to the goal. And out of the corner of his force in China, India and Durma. eye he could see an ambitiou ~ 'esterner all et to smack him. tilwell decided to "hold." The We Lerner Born in Palatka, Florida, in March, 1883, the color­ interfered after the fair catch signal was given and ful four- tar general i known the world over as Chicago was penalized 25 yards giving Army the ball "Vinegar Joe." ome years ago while in t ructinu in­ on the opponent' 20 yard tripe. Army gambled on a fantry tactic at Fort Benning, Georgia, he had the field goal and made it winning the game 10-6! tilwell occa ion to lay down the law Lo one of hi ubordinate led the way. young officers. The youna shavetail, som what of a cartooni t, returned to his barracks and immediately Today, ju t a in the big game General tilwell has drew an acid caricature of hi sharp-tongued superior. " dropped back" sernral time to play a "holding The cartoon depicted a vin gar bottle which took on game" in the Burma campaign before moving up for a the featur of General tih,ell. omehow or other the field goal on the Chine e coa t. clra, ing, a richly popular with the men in the com· tilwell' biography in outline is the biography of a mand and it found its way to the company bulletin oldier. He went to West Point at the age of 17, was board where the good-humored tilwell noticed it. Get­ graduated in 1904,, and commis ioned a second lieu­ ting a big kick out of it, "Vinegar Joe" took the car­ tenant of infantry. Before the World War he erved in toon home with him where it remains in his treasured the Philippines, and wa an instructor and football collection. WHETHER you are Ii tening to exciting torie of far a, ay land· coach at the United tale Military Academy. Weighing slightly more than 115 pounds during his or neaking a nap after dinner, you will find that a coll Lawn In December, 1917, he sailed for France and was on cadet day at West Point, tilwell turned out for prac­ observation duty with the British near oyon until on the calendar. Because of his provide a etting that' hard Lo beat * * ext pring treat our ticall y every port 1Iarch, 1918, when he was detailed to duty with the light tature and the led"e-hammer type of football military intellicrence divi ion of the general tafI re· , yard to cott Seed and Turf Builder. Own an outdoor living-room played at that time, 'Vinegar Joe" played on the Army ceiving the Di tinguished ervice Medal for "military second team most of the time. attainments of a high order" during the St. :\Iihiel the ntire family can enjoy * * If your dealer can't upply ou write Offensive in World War I. It was November 14, 1903. in an all-important game with Chicauo that Cadet tilwell first di played some ~ hen he was made Chief of Staff to Generalissimo 0. I. TT AD OMP Y, M RY ILLE, HIO IV rite for a free subscrip1iu11 of that plit- econd deci ioning and the saving of hard­ Chiang Kai- hek in 1942 the Chine e exulted: " It was to Lawu Ca re. These bu/. for today. letins are chock·full of bet· earned yardage he i o prominently noted like adding 100,000 men to our Army." ter lawn recipes. Chicago' great Ecker all attempted a field goal that "For extraordinary heroi m and con picuou bravery mi ed the uprights and the alert West Point halfback, in action while in command of Chine e Forces in Fam worth, toted the ball for an Army touchdown. Burma during the pring of 1942," General tilwell EED ani:J TURF BUILDE ... lHE The arou ed and much irritated Chicago team charged was awarded the Distinguished ervice Cro s. down the field to tie the core a few minut s later. And there the score stood knotted at 6-6 a the remaining " ncle Joe," as hi men call him, means bu ine s. "We p_RQVEN COMBINATION FOR BEAUTIFUL LAWNS minutes and econd gradually ticked th t: aame away won't be sati fi d," he "aid, "until we see American until young Joe Stilwell galloped on to the field a a and Chine e troop together in Tokyo." I GREAT LAKES - OHIO STATE Wilbur E. Snypp, Editor William A. Woodruff, Advertising Manager William S. Guthrie, Circulation Manager • Football Pays Dividends In Battle ____ 1 Ohio's Service Record ________ -------- 2 12,292 Ohio State Players and Assistant ~ Coaches -----------------· 4, ll, 13, 30 Ohio State and Great Lakes Squads ____ 5 OCTOBL:~ 21, 1944 L. W. St. John, Ohio State Athletic Director --------- - ----- ----------- 6 • 234 • Commodore Robert R. M . Emmet, USN . _ 7 Rear Admiral Arthur S. Carpender _____ 8 DEAD Lt. Paul D. H inkle, athletic officer ______ 9 Presenting The Bluejackets_ ___________ lO 62 Ohio State Roster (alphabetical) _____ 14 MISSING Ohio State Numbers (numerically) ____ }6 Great Lakes Numbers (numerically) ___ 21 56 Great Lakes Roster (alphabetically) _____ 22 Lt. Brown Returns to Ohio ___ _ __ 24 Great La'.< es Players -------- _ 25-29 The Story of Great Lakes ____________ 27 Ohio State Scores of 1943 ____________32 Cross Country Schedule ___ __________ 32 Last Scores with 1944 Opponents ____ 34 • NationaJ Adn,rtising Uei,rcscntath t' THE DON SPENCER CO., INC. 271 Madison A ,•e. New York City ;p}'/!Q;r, CAN/Ff ""' 3 2 • OH 10 STATE VARSITY SQUAD OLLIE CLINE LES HORVATH GORDON APPLEBY Fullback Quarterback-Halfback Captain-Center Fredericktown, 0 . Parma, O. Massillon, 0 . Front row, left to right : Robert Mayer, manager ; Kendall Herron, Rodney Swinehart. ( now in Army ); Ceorge Toneft, Ceorge Cordon, Myron Powelson, John Ehrsam, Cene Janecko, Robert Dove, Tony Stranges, Jack Craf, assistant coach. Second row : C. C. Widdoes, head coach ; Tom Snyder, Leslie Horvath, William Willis, William Hackett, Russell Thomas, Jack Dugger, Cordon Appleby, captain ; Cecil Souders, ( now in Navy); Warren Amling, Ollie Cline, Richard Flanagan, Robert Brugge, Homer Eding ­ ton, assistant coach. Third row : Paul Bixler, assistant coach ; Ray DiPierro, Charles Renner, Paul Maltinsky, Tom Keane, Ceorge Neff, Robert McGinnis, Kenneth Boxwell, lack Redd, Bob Wallace, Traian Dendiu, Ceorge Carasic, Ernie Biggs, trainer ; Dr. Walter Duffee, team physician. Back row : Ernie Codfrey, assistant coach ; L. W . St. John, athletic director ; Ernest Cottrell, Richard Jackson, Charles Diamond, lerry Tuttle, Joe Mascio, lohn Motejxik, Richard Wandke, M. N. Hamil ton, Matt Brown, Norman McElheny, Max Schnittker. Ed Bruckner, assistant coach. GREAT LAKES FOOTBALL TEAM i;RNII GODFREY PAUL BIXLER Assistant Cooch Assistant Coach Seated : (left to right) William Crawford, CSp. IA ); Lieut. Wilbur C. Ewbank ; Lieut. l jgl Paul E. Brown ; Commodore Robert R. M. Emmet; Lieut. Commander Paul D. 0 Tony" Hinkle ; Lieut. ( igl Leonard Rector ; Lieut. Luke Walton. First row : Cene Delaney, Rocky Palladino, lames Hoben, lames Mello, Edward Saenx, James Youel, Francis Sullivan, Alois Vogt, DICK FLANAGAN TOM KEANE BOB BRUGGE William Baughman, Ara Parseghian, Donald Mangold, Allen Hamil ton, Peter Krivonak, Harold Duddridge. Middle row : Carmen lx:ro, Major Files, Ralph Eggers, Ernest Bauer, lesse Hahn, Donald Lesher, Robert Hanlon, Chester Fritz, Charles Halfback Quarterback Halfback Avery, Paul Crosby, Ceorge Spencer, Jene Holt, Lewis Rose. Sidney, 0. Bellaire, O. Parma, 0. T~p row: Chester Moore, Donald Farrell, lames Reeder, Harold Mui lins, lames Keane, Ernest Williamson, James Wagstaff, Ernest Plank, George Young, Arthur Teixeira, William Marshall, Robert Schnee, 1 ..... m~s Rees. 5 * • COMMODORE ROBERT R. M. EMMET, USN Commander, U. S. Naval T raining Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. * Commodore Robert R. M. Emmet, commander of the The Hague, etherland . He commanded the U.S.S. , one of the fine st battleships of the fleet. United States aval Training Center, at Great Lakes, 111., TEXA was born in 1ew Roch elle , :'\ . \'., in 1888, and entered the His service during the present conflict has not been at U. S. aval Academy in 190-l . Great Lakes entirely. It was after his outstanding per­ formance in the Mediterranean theater that he was as­ During World War I, he was the e xecutive officer of signed to command the aval Training Center. Commodore the U.S.S.