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Show PETCOFF IS CAPTAIN OF OHIO STATE TEAM Leader of Buckeye Eleven Is Tower of Strength. .Seventi'iui ycnrs hko a six-year-old lad HiTiveil In tlm land of football, "AH-Aniwk'iin" scl(!ctlonH anil college rivalries with bis parents from Bulgaria. Bul-garia. Today the young man, Uonl I'eteoff, Is captain of Ohio State's foot-hall foot-hall eleven. After their arrival the family drifted to Toledo, O. PlugKing against odds, the lad made his way. He won a place for himself on the Walte high school football team. Entering Ohio State, he was looked upon as a promising candidate for the eleven. As expected, he made his first football "O" as a sophomore. By rea- f jy S'tA 9 $ I f f i -: i j A ( I II . ... .A,. . Captain Boni Petcoff. son of the presence of such stars as former Captain Huffman, Trott and Spiers in the regular lineup, however, Boni served chiefly In 1921 as a utility lineman. A year ago he seemed a bit s5i; .a "arriving." When he did "arrive," however, he came with a rush. He literally lit-erally dove his way to fame at Illinois In the last game of the season, a contest con-test in which he time and again stopped plays five yards behind the line of scrimmage. That Illinois game was Ohio State's lone Big Ten victory a year ago. Upon his arrival at Columbus to begin training train-ing for the impending season, Petcoff s sole promise was that the spirit which brought a victory in the Illinois game a year ago would mark the 1923 Buckeye Buck-eye eleven throughout the season. Boni reported down to fighting weight, 205 pounds. He worked for Uncle Sam all summer, delivering mail. Petcoff shines as a student as well as upon the football field. Like his two predecessors he is studying medicine. He is a linguist as well. As a member of the track team Petcoff shines with the discus. |