University of Dayton eCommons The nivU ersity of Dayton Magazine Marketing and Communications 9-1-1957 The niU versity of Dayton Alumnus, September 1957 University of Dayton Magazine Follow this and additional works at: http://ecommons.udayton.edu/dayton_mag Recommended Citation University of Dayton Magazine, "The nivU ersity of Dayton Alumnus, September 1957" (1957). The University of Dayton Magazine. 145. http://ecommons.udayton.edu/dayton_mag/145 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The University of Dayton Magazine by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. ON - September 1957 IN THIS ISSUE ••• Established 1929 WI'H a little late getting to you with this Issue of THE ALUMNUS. Vol. XXIII September, 1957 No.3 With homKomlng later this year than In tho past and with t"l• i11ue traditionally tumed over to homecoming, publication date was Bro. Elmer C. Ladcner, SM Alumni Director pushed back a f- weeks. We'll resume early·lnoth...,.onth publica· lion with the December number •••. Mary Shay, '44 Alumni Secretary Richard F. Beach, '52 Wtor Pepper Wilson's "50 Yean of Football" story w• one of tho last of his writings as a UD staffer. He resigned as director of sports Joseph J. McLaughlin SportsWtOI lnfonnatlon In Juno to become public relations director for tho Cin­ "lintued u INlCOild dus matter April IS, 1940, at the Post cinnati loyals pro basketball team. We think yov'll onloy his history Office, at Daytoa, Ohio. under the Act of March 3. 1879." of football at SMI, SMC and UD •••• For wills and bequesu, the lepl tide of the corporation is "The University of Da)'tOG; Dayton, Ohio.'' On PGtfO 19, wo•ve reprinted a fow Iofton to tho odito,......... fea· Published Quarterly for the University of Dayton Alumni ture -·d llko to make a regular part of tho magazine. If you Association by the Public Relations Office, University of have any comments on topla you fMI would be of llltorest to follow Daytoo. 300 College Park Avenue, DaytOn 9, Ohio. alu-, drop us a t.w llnos for tho Iofton col11111n • • • • Subscription price $2 per year. My dear Alumni and Alumnae: Again it is my pleasure to address a few words to you, the uold boys and girls" of the University. At this time of the year our thoughts are naturally turned to the annual Homecoming Day and the joy of meeting all of you again. I wish to extend to all of you a cordial, gracious, and sincere invitation to visit your Alma Mater on this occasion. There are so many things that I would like to write about but space does not permit it. We shall save all the news until we meet you in a few months. The present faculty and students are extremely grateful to you, the graduates of the past, for your continued interest in and support of the University. May Almighty God and His Blessed Mother keep all of you in good health, may They prosper your endeavors and accomplishments, and may your lives perpetuate the lessons which you have learned in daily contact with Them. Sincerely, """""'~....... ~IW'-4""'-· fo c .t...L4/ . ~ Very Reverend Andrew L. Seebold, SM ALS:mak President UD sports 50 YEARS OF FOOTBALL By Pepper W ilson HEY CALLED IT RUGBY .. and in the beginning it A number of "national" figures as well as prominent local T was banned. men directed the Dayton football fortunes from 1906 until When the weather proved too rough and raw for baseball 1922. From the national scene were Nelson Talbot, later a in 1904, the senior students of St. Mary's Institute-so history brigadier-general in the U.S. Army, and Rollie Bevan, late head tells us-"bought a rugby football and commenced practice." trainer at West Point. Apparently the practice was as rough as the weather, how­ Besides Dr. Freshour, other coaches included Orville Smith, ever, because school authorities soon banned the sport. But, in Louis "Foose" Clark, Charles Way, Van F. Hill and a prom­ 1905, the "rugby mania took a mighty hold on all students" and inent Dayton athletic figure, Harry Solimano. restrictions were lifted. The school's first spring football practice was inaugurated The SMI Regulars were formed with the late William Schoen in April, 1922, under Charles Way and the first frosh football as captain, manager and left halfback. Three games were played squad was formed in 1926 with Armin Mahrt as coach. that fall of 1905 as SMI, fore-runner of the University of Day­ OOTBALL CAME OF AGE AT UD in 1923 with the ton, launched its modest football program. F appointment of Harry C. Baujan, a Knute Rockne product, The SMI team lost its opening garne 6-5 to the Riverdale as head coach. A new era was launched in which the Flyers be­ Athletic Club despite Red McKenny, SMI right end's "magnifi­ came one of the nation's outstanding small college teams. In cent run of 80 yards, bringing the ball within five feet of its new football stadium in 1925, UD defeated John Carroll Riverdale's goal" from where "a mass play followed, Schoen University of Cleveland 17-0 in a dedication game witnessed by being pushed over the line for the first touchdown." McKenny, Rockne who had coached both Baujan and his assistant, Arthur however, failed to kick the extra point and Riverdale's right "Dutch" Bergman, at Notre Dame. halfback, Nuess, ultimately scored and kicked the winning point. From 1923 until1942, Baujan fielded respected, feared, win­ SMI played a team from Tippecanoe City (now Tipp City, ning teams at UD. Football was discontinued during the 1943- just north of Dayton) in a home-and-home series, with SMI ,44-' 45 seasons because of World War II, but the Flyers re­ losing the first game 11-0 and the second 36-5. turned to the gridiron for a 6-3 season under Baujan in 1946. Thus SMI had to wait for the opening game of its second With Baujan as coach, UD won 124 games, lost 64 and season, 1906, to register its first football victory as it defeated played eight ties. In 1947, he retired from coaching and be­ Germantown, 29-0, and went on to win five and lose one game came the school's first full-time athletic director. with one of its conquests being a 36-0 victory over Wittenberg Joe Gavin, later slain by a berserk gunman in a Dayton College, its first collegiate opponent. bank, became the second of four straight Notre Dame grad­ Dr. James C. Freshour, who had refereed SMI's first game uates to coach at UD (Gavin's 1951 team became the Univer­ in 1905, took over as the school's first coach in 1906. sity's only bowl team. The Flyers dropped a 26-21 decision to The line-up of that first team fi elded by SMI in 1905 was : Houston University in the Salad Bowl at Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. Floyd Foster, LE; Joseph May!, LT; William Kraemer, LG; 1, 1952.) Paul Wenigman, C; Charles Schaefer, RG; Earl Smith, RT; Pat Hugh Devore, now chief of the pro Philadelphia Eagles, McKenny, RE; William Ryan, QB ; William Schoen, LH; Ber­ headed the Flyers in 1954 and 1955, and Bud Kerr became the nard Topmoeller, RH, and Rex Emerick, FB. fourth Notre Darner to take charge, moving in for the 1956 Later, the first season roster included Clem Rosenbach, RT; season. August Waarich, LG; Louis Clark and William Irwin, LT; The University is a member of the NCAA but has no sectional Leonard Mulligan, LH; John Monnig, RG, and Thomas Gra­ league ties. The Flyers' stepped-up football program has brought ham, RE. advancement to the "major college" bracket as determined by Through the years, SMI's schedule continued to grow, both the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau (NCAB) and the in number of opponents and in caliber of opposition. The Football Writers Association of America. nickname Regulars was replaced by Saints, and as the seasons UD was elevated to the major ranks last year and this fall progressed the institution's teams were known as the Hilltop­ moves into its second season as a "major." The football record peri, South Parkers, Red Devils, and just plain Varsity. from that first team of 1905 through the 1956 season included SMI became the University of Dayton in 1921, and in 1923, 401 games of which the Flyers won 235, lost 151, and tied 15. at the suggestion of Bro. Charles Arns, SM, adopted the name The 1957 team will be the 50th the school has sent into Flyers-a logical selection since Dayton, home of the Wright competition. This, then, is the Golden Year of football at UD Brothers, is the home of aviation. -a sport that was banned almost before it was started. September 1957 3 A third Bockhorn, Harold, will be ready for action this season and there could be three Bockhorns on the floor at the same time. Joe's JoHings ... Pessimistic Tom: Paul Shafer, Ray Atherton and Dick Bogenrife are the other varsity veterans His Usual Self still on the squad. Another important sophomore aspirant is Hank Josefczyk. Hi. Not many of you know me. I'm new here. Got my job because Pepper Wilson is now Peeping in Cincinnati for the Roy­ Ever-pessimistic Tom Blackburn is his als, a professional basketball team. Oh, usual self this fall.