The Key West citizen., 1940-12-10

and Tennessee-but they're just
as proud of their performances.
And an unbeaten season was just
as hard to achieve for teams of
their class.
Pacific Lutheran, located near
Tacoma, Wash, is a coed college
with $50 students. The Luther
ans practice on a pebble-strewn
picnic grounds. Coach Cliff Oh
son leaves the games to the kids
and allows them to make their
own decisions on the field.
Some of the things they try
out there really scare me-, he
cOnfesses.
Success isn't new to P. L. A
year ago they won z of 8 games.
Lutheran'S stars are Marvel
Harshman, 2O5-pOund fullback
who IS the Far Vests highest
scorer with 68 points; Earl Platt,
an end who caught 80 passes for
667 yards and 6 touchdowns, and
Marvin (Tommygun) Tommer-
vik, halfback who completed So
of 12O passes for 1,089 yards dur
ing the regular season.
Pacific Lutheran won 7 games
in the regular season, scoring
100 against 40. and then beat Con
zaga in pOst-season game.
Others On The List
Other unbeaten small college"
teams were Springfield (Mo)
Teachers, Hardin Simmons of
Texas, Milhgan of Tennessee,
Eastern Kentucky Teachers, Wit
tenberg of Ohio, Shurtleff of Illi-
nOis, Millersville of Pennsylvania,
La Crosse of Wisconsin and La
fayette of Pennsylvania.
Hardin-Simmons, with 9 tri-
umphs and 229 points against 76.
is coached by Frank Kimbrough,
brother of Jarrin' John, Texas
Aggies' All-Amercia fullback.
Under Kimbrough, Hardin-Sim-
mons has won AZ, lost 8 and tied
3. Among their victims this
year were Catholic of Washing
ton, San Francisco u. and Loyola
of Los Angeles.
It's z pass-conscious team-in
the West Texas State game a year
ago 72 passes were thrown. H. c.
Burrus, end, and Owen Good
night. halfback, were the 1910
outstanding players.
Unbeaten teams are no novelty
for Wittenberg college of Spring
field, o., coached by T. w. Stobbs.
1t has had five, three in a row
1918-1920-and 1881 and 1910.
Wittenberg's star was Captain
John Kostyi. a halfback who tai
lied 81 points to lead Ohio. He
rang up touchdowns, place
kicked 13 extra points, and passed
for 10 other touchdowns, account
ing for 10 of the teams "a touch
downs. A senior tackle, John
Johnson, called signals, and a pair
of brothers at end. Richard and
Robert Cation, each scored four
touchdOwns on passes from
Kostyo.
Good Three-Year Mark
Springfield (Mo) Teachers has
won % of 26 games since How
ard (Red) Blair became coach
three years ago. This year it
scored 279 points against 20 in
ten victories. The club used 75
plays, without a single straight
line thrust. Blair likes his backs
under l65 pounds, preferring
speed to weight His club has won
IA straight games. Dwight Bump
us, a crack paSser, and Guy Bras
hear, a 155-pound linebacker are
the standoutS.
In accomplishing their first un-
beaten, uptied season, the Mil
lersville Pa) Teachers, with on
ly $50 students, put on one of the
finest comebacks of 1910. A year
ago they won only two of seven
games. They won seven this sea-
son, scoring 166 points against
Is. Ivan ]. PosS) Stehman coach
ed this team which featured Cap
tain Danny Miller, a tackle who
has played so minutes of every
game during the last two years.
Eastern Kentucky Teachers
whose rivals came from six sta
tes, won eight games, scoring
273 to 81 under Coach Rome RAN
kin. End Charles SchuSter and
Quarterback Wyatt Thurman
starred for this Notre Dame sys-
tenn squad.
Although Lafayette has only
1000 students, it generally IS not
listed along with ''small-college'
teams because it usually has q
team that successfully tackles big
league opposition. The Eastor
Pa, outfit hung up its second
perfect season since 1887, win
ming nine games and scoring 23S
against 33, under Coach E. E
Hooks) Mylin. Fuilback Walt Ii