Viking_Yearbook_48

FOOTBALL Hail to the vir/ors! This salutation, il'Onic as it may seem, lends itself per­ fectly to the description of Vanporf's first footbaH team. Although it belies the actual record (9 games; 8 losses, l win), the team wholly redeemed themselves in the eyes of their Vanport boosters in the thrilling Thanksgiving day game when they subdued a rough Sanu Poim Naval Air station team 36-7. There was talk o[ changing to a single wing. radi<:al changes in the positions of the various players, etc., bm lhis is part of the aura that surrounds any football team. Some of the players who plan to return to Vanport next season voice emphatic hopes [or a really fine squad to carry the V.E.C. colors. Not. until their final gallle of the season did the Vikings discover that by workillg together as a teal II, and not as individuals, they were a formidable offensive machine. On this thought we close this tribute, encourag-ing next year·s Vikings not to forget the team spirit which was shown in the Thanksg-i ving ga 111(,.