The story I tell here happened, I think, the year after the 60 to 28 victory over Capital that I described in the story "A Special Football Victory. This time the game was played at Capital and again Otterbein won handily.
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After the game a group of Otterbein students attempted to tear down Capital's old wooden goal posts. However, they were quickly run off by Capital's security officers. It took more than that, however, to deter this bunch of students. They returned to Capital late that night and again attempted to tear down the goalposts.
This time they succeeded - almost. The goal posts were indeed torn down, but the students were caught. As I hear it Marion Chase, Dean of Men, (picture at right) had to bail them out. As punishment they were required to pay the price for Capital to replace the goal posts with new ones.
But, the Otterbein students had the last laugh. Having paid for them, they took the old wooden goal posts, sliced them into thin sections with a table saw, marked the score of the game on the slices with marker pen, drilled a hole, inserted a plastic lanyard, and sold them (for $1 each, I think) and made enough money to cover their costs.
I'm sorry now that I can no longer find the one I bought.