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THE CO-NO PRESS 3 THE FOOTBALL SEASON Victory Restaurant A Good Place to Eat Home Cooking Regular Meals Short Orders A Restaurant Worthy of your Confidence 54 MAIN ST. Tel. 320-J A Life Insurance Plan for Jane Smith, Age 22 Five Thousand Dollars -- Thir ty Year Endowment PREMIUM — $17.30 a month for ten months or $173 a year. Total investment — $173 times 30 equals $5,190. Cash value at age 52 (at present rate of divi dends) equals $8,220. Gain - $8,220 — $5,190 equals $3,030. Increasing disability benefit pays $50, then $75, and finally $100 a month besides premiums and dividends. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York U. F. AXTELL,, Cortland Representative SANDERS For SPORTING GOODS NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES Agent for A. G. Spalding & Bros. “ Put Your Savings in a Savings Bank ” Cortland Savings Bank Cortland, N. Y. By Willard P. Ashbrook When one looks back upon the Cortland Normal Football Season of 1925, the outstanding impression on one ’ s mind is a succession of muddy fields that in a measure equalized the contending teams, and caused the cur tain to drop on many a knotted-score game. Never before has a team jumped to glory overnight as Cortland Normal Football team. When we stop to consider that up until 1924 our insti tution was without a football team for a number of years, and then hardly without any warning whatever our team loomed forth into the sporting column of the newspapers. Not by way of honorable mention as being a competitor of some unheard of opponent; quite otherwise. It was the announcement of her victory over some worthy opponent, whose foot ball prowess had never been disputed until the scrappy eleven from Cort land Normal proved her Waterloo. Institutions whose policy has always been to have winning teams, yes, those schools which had winning teams when Cortland Normal was not chas ing the pig skin, have bowed down before the sterling players of a “ Two- year Old ” team. In two years we have turned out a football team that can hold its own with any Prep School, Normal School and College Freshman team. We have the undisputed Nor mal School Championship of the State of New York, and our record among the Normal Schools of Penn sylvania is of a high degree. And when we take into consideration the Fresh men student body of Syracuse Uni versity and Colgate University as compared to our small group of men, it can be said that they have done well to make a good showing against one and an excellent performance against the other. After winning a clean victory over Colgate by the score of 6 to 0 in one of the most bitterly fought and inter esting struggles ever staged in the Normal Stadium; after emerging vic torious with a 2 to 0 score from a battle held on a cold, raw, windy day, and on a snow-covered field with Slippery Rock Normal; and after taking a well-played game by the score of 13 to 0 from St. Bonaven- ture Junior Varsity, the Red and White journeyed to Stroudsburg to encounter the heavy Pennsylvanians, and fought for four quarters in a sea of mud and snow to a 0 to 0 finish. Had it not been for this tie game Cortland might join the ranks of those who lay claim to the Inter-State Nor mal School Championship. On for eign territory the Cortland scrappers next took Mansfield Normal into camp to the tune of 6 to 3 in a game which was stiffly contested and which can by no means be judged by the score. On Armistice day, Cortland entertained Oswego Normal in the final game of the season, and came off victorious with a 20 to 0 score. The team should be commended for its excellent record. It is the undisputed Normal School champion of the State, and for potential power, one of the strongest of its class in the State de spite the defeat in the first game of the season by Syracuse. Cortland possessed a strong running attack and it was shown in the fact that the team was fortified with play ers like Capt. Covert, Eppolito, Foster and Youker, who could smash off- tackle, skirt the ends, and drive into the line. The offense was further strengthened by the smooth working overhead plays by Dexter and Foster, which were executed in the desired complicated manner. Our team em ployed line shift to help the offense, followed up by a clever backfield shift. A number of the uncanny for mations were sprung from behind an unbalanced line. Class, center and captain-elect of the team, is a great player; in fact, many critics consider him to be the best center in the state. and as steady a player as a coach could wish for. He is an unusually ac curate passer, and during the whole rainy season there has not been one miscue. On defense Class is just as hard to keep out of a play as the “ brutish charge ” of Smith and Hansen. Egan, Lundy, and Blake come in for a share in the great defensive work of the team, and their work is very com mendable, for they spent their time down in the “ muck-of-the-line ” out of sight of spectacular plays and individ ual glory. The sensational work of Reifsteck, Kress and Lynch at ends was of high order. They showed excep tional skill and courage on offense and defense in handling passes, in hurrying the passer, in blocking kicks, in getting down under punts and in revealing the opponents ’ play before they were ready to “ sell it. ” It has been a successful season in every sense of the word and the men deserve a great deal of credit. Normal Students should be proud of them and know they have a “ two-year-old ” football team that has proved itself to be better than the “ old timers. ” They have fought a good fight, they have finished the season, and the honor is theirs. “ C ” MEN 1925 Football Sydney Covert, Capt. George Foster Sam Eppolito Francis Dexter William Class, Capt.-Elect William Hansen Herbert Smith Francis Blake Henry Lundy Arthur Lynch Harold Youker Raymond Egan John Kress Francis Allen, Mgr. REVIEW OF SOCCER By F. J. Moench A resume of the soccer season for 1925 is very satisfactory to both mem bers of the team and student body. The almost unheard of game of soccer, or association football as it is called in countries where the sport is very popular, has found a permanent place among varsity sports of Cortland Nor mal. It comes justly into its position because of the fine record of the team, the first to represent our school. A group of Rochester and Canan daigua boys formed the nucleus of the team, and it was their previous ground ing in the fundamentals of the game that assured from the start a successful season. Captain Fox, Reed, Bradbury, Way, Stevens, and Williamson were the only experienced members of the group who answered the first call of the coach early in October. Lack of space of the ath letic field necessitated the use of the old field for practice, and later for games. This meant an additional hardship of several miles each after noon for practice. At an early date in October, our soccer team, a team in numbers only, met the strong Sherrill High School team at Sherrill. The result was satis factory, however, although Sherril won. Individual play was promi nent, but team play was lacking. Experience was the necessary teacher and several weeks later, a formidable group of soccer players met the Sherrill High School team in the return match at Cortland. The result, a victory by a large margin, was encouraging. Very pretty evidences of team play and expert handling of the ball by the forward line gave confidence to the players for the remaining scheduled games with Syracuse Freshmen and Manlius. The result of two games is now his- ( Continued on Page 8 Col. 4) Lane-Walsh Millinery 20 Central Ave. Style and exclusiveness in Millinery is featured by us. We also have a very complete line of dainty Lingerie. — - Both Lines Moderately Priced — Lane - Walsh Millinery Sale Agents for the New Official State Normal Class Rings and Pins We also carry the Pins for all Clubs and give special attention to Jewelry wants of students. 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