NOV. 2, 1946 HOMECOMING OBERLIN vs. BOWLING GREEN STATE Bowling Green, Ohio 25c General Information LOST AND FOUND ARTICLES—Any- one finding lost articles should take them to the office of Athletic Director Harold Anderson in the Men's Gym- nasium. Persons seeking lost property LEHMAN'S may inquire there after the game. MEN'S WEAR PRESS BOX—The Bowling Green CENTRE DRUG State press box is for the working press only. Admission is restricted to news- STORE ARROW DOBBS papermen and football scouts. The SHIRTS HATS press box is in charge of Paul Jones. THE DRUG STORE ON COMFORT STATIONS—Beneath the THE SQUARE "A MAN'S SHOP" stadium and in the Men's Gymnasium are located convenient rest rooms. SUITS TAILORED TO MEASURE SALES TAX—The sales tax has been WALGREEN AGENCY prepaid pursuant to authorization by the State Department of Taxation. We 175 N. Main St. Bowling Green, O. are, therefore, not required to issue pre- paid tax receipts. M. LEITMAN, Prop. BUS STATION DRINKING—The drinking of intoxicat- Class '30 ing liquor will not be tolerated in the Stadium. Violation of this rule will result in your ejection from the game. ANNOUNCEMENTS—No persons will be called over the Public Address sys- tem unless it can be shown that they have to do with urgent or emergency situations. OixUdck % 3. Q. We share with thousands of others, an active interest and pride in the rapid progress recorded by Bowling Green State University in all fields of academic, social and athletic activity. Since 1899 THE CYGNET SAVINGS BANK COMPANY CYGNET, OHIO Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation L *7<4e fycdcosuGsi Volume XVI November 2, 1946 Number 3 Represented for National Advertising by DON SPENCER COMPANY, INC., 271 Madison Ave., New York City. Published by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Bowling Green State University, W. Harold Anderson, Director. Program Manager, Ivan E. Lake '23. DR. FRANK J. PROUT, President To Our Homecoming Friends: The day we have long been thinking about is here. We are happy, as you are, that after four years the war conditions are ended and we are privileged again to assemble at a homecoming and meet our friends of old. You are finding conditions changed. With our 3900 students we are crowded to the place where it is not pos- sible to provide you with the housing and eating facilities which, as hosts, we wish we might give you. We ask you to be tolerant and understanding and trust that you will adjust yourself well to our new conditions. Please be sure that we are very happy that you are here. We welcome another group of guests this afternoon—the football team and its friends from Oberlin College. Over a long period of years Oberlin has been noted for its excellent athletic teams and its perfect sportsmanship. Our greetings to this fine group of friends. We are honored to have them participate in this homecoming ceremony. Cordially, FRANK J. PROUT Page 1 HONOR ROLL We salute the hundreds of Bowling Green State University men who served so well with the armed forces in World War II — and — We mourn the death of 39 or more men who paid the Supreme Sacrifice OUR HONORED DEAD FOOTBALL BASKETBALL PVT. GEORGE BURKHOLDER, Bluffton, x'45 LT. RICHARD BILLER, Attica, x'41 SGT. ROBERT W. ECKERT, Bowling Green, '43 PFC. WILLIAM H. QUALMAN, Toledo, x'46 S/SGT. ROBERT J. MIGHT, Fostoria, x'45 PVT. HARRY SAMPLE, Port Clinton, x'44 CROSS-COUNTRY SWIMMING LT. KLOR HEFNER, Maumee, x'42 LT. A. DANIEL GLENN, Bowling Green, x'44 THE LIST OF THOSE WHO WERE NOT ATHLETES SGT. ROBERT M. BERARDI, Sandusky, x'44 LT. ERVIN H. MORRISON, Van Wert, x'42 LT. JOHN C. BARKER, Carey, x'45 LESTER E. POWELL, McComb, x'45 YEOMAN WILLARD J. BIRD, Marblehead A/S GERALD E. McDOWELL, Canton, V-12-43 LT. GEORGE BISHOP, Bowling Green, x'41 LT. ROBERT PRESTON, Xenia, '40 LT. DORRIS B. BRANDON, Holgate, '41 LT. CHESTER LYNN RIESS, Bowling Green, x'39 PFC. TED SHERIDAN BROWN, Youngstown, '43 LT. WALTER B. SHAMBARGER, Montpelier, x'44 T/SGT. JERRY CARTER, Bowling Green, x'42 PVT. ANDREW SIRAK, Lorain, x'46 LT. WILLIAM E. DAVIS, Crestline, '42 LT. GEORGE Y. SMITHERS, Toledo, x'45 A/C GORDIN L. ESKILSEN, Findlay, x'45 ALBERT R. STAUFFER, Ottawa, x'43 LT. JAMES FALLS, Bowling Green, x'42 LT. PHILLIP D. STUCKEY, Wooster, x'41 LT. (j.g.) RUBEN GORANSON, Bowling Green, x'44 CPL. JAMES SULLIVAN, Bettsville, x'45 LT. GAYLORD GROFF, Custar, '42 A/S ROBERT WALL, Buffalo Falls, V-12-44 LT. (j.g.) THOMAS J. GLUVNA, Lorain, x'41 LT. JOSEPH WERLEY, Marion, x'46 LT. DON E. HENDRICKS, Vanlue, x'43 SGT. GLENN WHITACRE, Bowling Green, x'45 M/S THADDEUS M. KOLODZIEJ, Cleveland, x'43 LT. E. JAY WILLIAMS, JR., Perrysburg, x'44 LT. PAUL R. LADD, Bowling Green, '41 When the last honor roll list was compiled, these men were listed as missing in action and the University has not learned since of their eventual fate: LT. JOHN R. CURTIS, Flint, Mich., x'46 PFC. DONALD E. KEYSOR, Van Wert, x'45 LT. FRANK E. HENGESBACH, Mentor-on-the-lake, PVT. RICHARD THOMPSON, LEIPSIC, x'46 x'46 PVT. PAUL R. MYRON, Hamilton, x'45 LT. WILLIAM KIGGINS, Toledo, x'46 If you have any additions to make in the list above, please contact I. William Miller, Alumni Bureau secretary, here at the University, and give him the proper information. ALMA MATER HYMN Home of aspiring souls, our college stands On fertile plains where once roamed Indian bands Where gorgeous sunsets tint the bending sky, Where pioneers strong in dust now lie; Keep high the flame enkindled at their shrine Our hearts in beauty to entwine. Page 2 THE DECIDING PLAY!! In any game there is usually one play that decides the final out- come—that one play decides the winner! And in industry too, there are certain factors that determine the leaders. We at Daybrook Hydraulic are proud of the quality and endurance that is inbuilt into every Steel Dump Body and Speedlift Hydraulic Hoist that leaves our plant. We're proud that our custo- mers are assured of complete dependability when the job is at its toughest. THE DAYBROOK HYDRAULIC CORPORATION MANUFACTURERS OF STEEL DUMP BODIES AND HYDRAULIC HOISTS BOWLING GREEN, OHIO Page 3 Bowling Green's First Football Team—1919 First row (left to right) — Orville Raberding, Claitus Stough, Dale Treece, H. Kenton Moore, Ralph Schal- ler. Second row—Capt. "Clive" Treece, Ivan E. Lake, Dallas March, Charles Clucas, Dal- las Lawrence, Robert Vail. Back row—Thomas Noyes, Royal Chamberlain, Lester Stough, Lawrence Johnson, Gurney Frey, Herbert Troy- er. (Cut courtesy of 1945 Key, which incidentally erred in identifying this group as the "1924 Falcons footballers.) THE HOPE OF YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT: Governor Frank J. Lausche U. S. Senator James W. Huffman AND THE ENTIRE TICKET VETERANS AND OTHERS INVITED TO JOIN THE WOOD COUNTY YOUNG DEMOCRATIC CLUB. WOOD COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Karl E. Mollenberg, Chairman Page 4 THE BEGINNING OF FALCON FOOTBALL By Ivan E. Lake, '23 Bowling Green football has advanced a long way were; Royal Chamberlain at left tackle, John since the bright September day in 1919 when the Gillespie at left guard and Ivan "Doc" Lake at gridders above gathered in front of Jim Walker, fullback. the town's leading photographer, to pose as Bow- ling Green's first football team. Hundreds of Despite widespread efforts to secure opponents, candidates have come and gone since then with only one more could be slated and that was Michi- many leaving indelibly recorded great feats on gan Normal, of Ypsilanti. They came down to play the annuls of the university gridiron. here on Wednesday, Oct. 22. They scored a field goal in the first quarter but were held even from No coach posed with them because Dr. H. B. then until the final period when a Beegee drive Williams had not yet succeeded in finding a per- moved to the Michigan 5. At that point the direc- manent mentor and the team was being drilled tor of athletics, in his fervor to help cheer the under the guidance of Attorney Raymond E. Ladd, team to victory, was charged with coaching from the a former All-Ohio player from Denison, who is now sidelines and the B.G. team was penalized 25 yards, Wood County's Probate Judge. He decided not which was the last straw and prevented the first to pose with the team because he was only filling B.G.football team scoring any points at all. Ypsil- in temporarily, volunteering to serve until a coach anti scored in the final period just three minutes was found. before the game ended and won 10-0. Finally a week before the opening game, John The same fourteen players appeared in this Stitt, a former Western Reserve star, took the job game against Defiance; the eleven starters and and directed the "Falcons" who were then known three subs seeing service. as the "Normals." F. G. Beyerman, now a Bowling Green insurance man, was then head of the physi- As is obvious in the picture, the brawny muscles cal education department. of those "ancients of the gridiron" were scantily protected by pads. The headgears were light felt Beyerman's office was in the room now housing affairs with no protective interior cushions and cov- the offices of the speech faculty. The men's locker ered with thin leather.