{"id":3523,"date":"1943-02-27T10:34:08","date_gmt":"1943-02-27T10:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2013-03-22T17:30:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T17:30:48","slug":"brentlinger-is-outstanding-athlete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/brentlinger-is-outstanding-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentlinger is Outstanding Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent years, Coach Gauthier or\u00a0“Little G” as he is familiarly known, has\u00a0not been bothered by an overabundance of\u00a0good athletic material. He has had one\u00a0blessing, however, in the presence of one of\u00a0Wesleyan’s greatest athletes. This talented\u00a0individual is one of the Sons of the Stars,\u00a0Bob Brentlinger, Lima Junior.<\/p>\n

In the fall, this versatile lad dons the\u00a0moleskins and becomes one of the famed\u00a0Battling Bishops. This year, Bob played\u00a0blocking back in the T formation, a position which involves little opportunity for\u00a0scoring. That this position was the least\u00a0of the coach’s worries is tribute to the\u00a0quality of play of Brentlinger.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that he was playing a\u00a0role in which he seldom got his hands on\u00a0the ball, Bob managed to finish the season\u00a0second in scoring.<\/p>\n

To prove his versatality, he not only\u00a0scored touchdowns, but he also converted\u00a0the extra points. In the “little college” upset
\nof the year, the Ohio Wesleyan defeat of\u00a0Western Reserve, 13-12, Brentlinger was\u00a0easily the star, scoring the tieing touch \u00a0down and then calmly kicking the winning\u00a0point.<\/p>\n

For this feat, as well as for his steady\u00a0performance, Brent was awarded with a\u00a0position on the all-Beta third team.\u00a0With the close of the football wars,\u00a0Brent’ turned to the hardwood courts and\u00a0basketball. Coach Wagner was only too\u00a0glad to give him a uniform, for Brent
\nwas one of the most valuable players on\u00a0the team.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t a flashy player, he wasn’t\u00a0brilliant, and he never stood the crowd on\u00a0its head with an exhibition of plain and\u00a0fancy shooting. No, Brent’ was what is\u00a0known as a player’s player. He was strictly\u00a0a team man, performing steadily and con \u00a0sistently and always for the good of the\u00a0team. His greatest force was defense, and\u00a0he loved the rough play under the basket.\u00a0Let trouble start and Brent was always the\u00a0first one there; but he was always the first\u00a0to extend the helping hand to an opponent.\u00a0He fought hard but fair.<\/p>\n

Brent’s outstanding performance on the\u00a0basketball court was holding Korysuyki,\u00a0B-W’s star to 4 points. When basketball
\nwas finished, Brent was still going strong,\u00a0for his attention was now turning on track.\u00a0Here again he was a steady performer and
\ncould always be counted on for a few needed points. Brentlinger has won six letters\u00a0in his two years of varsity competition, but
\nhis greatest honor is that he is considered\u00a0by all who know him as “a great guy.”<\/p>\n

\"Brentlinger<\/a> \"Brentlinger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent years, Coach Gauthier or\u00a0“Little G” as he is familiarly known, has\u00a0not been bothered by an overabundance of\u00a0good athletic material. He has had one\u00a0blessing, however, in the presence of one of\u00a0Wesleyan’s greatest athletes. This talented\u00a0individual is one of the Sons of the Stars,\u00a0Bob Brentlinger, Lima Junior. In the fall, this versatile lad dons the\u00a0moleskins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-3523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-news","category-theta-data","tag-1943-theta-data","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3523"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10526,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3523\/revisions\/10526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}