Inspire, Spring 1995

Basketball games at Cedarville offer many familiar sights—the pep band,the "bee," the cheerleaders. But there are no more familiar faces than those of Dr. Shirley Schneider'86H and Mrs. Nedra Callan '84H at the scorer's table. For the past 25 years,the two women have assisted Coach Callan by keeping detailed statistics at every Yellow Jacket game. Dr. Callan says,"They're invaluable to me.They were here before we had a sports information director, and their faithfulness gives a real consistency to the scorekeeping. All the officials across the state know them by name." i.e For the past 12 years, Cedarville College has hosted the Greene County Special Olympics. In 1994,over 220 athletes participated with enthusiasm. Kurtis Summerville'88 became involved with the program as a student volunteer,and today acts as the area director for Special Olympics, overseeing nine counties in Ohio. Kurtis shares that winning is not the most rewarding aspect in recreational activities."What I like to see," he conveys,"is growth—each athlete achieving a goal set at the beginning of the season,even if it is just to make one basket during the season."The 1995 Greene County Special Olympics will be held on Cedarville's campus May 20. Heritage Corner Did You Know? Cedarville's most successful athletic squad in the early 1900's was the women's basketball team.One ofthe first women's teams in the area,the"Lady Jackets" enjoyed an undefeated season in 1910-11.They defeated a Miami University team that had not lost a game in nine years,and brought home the unofficial"state championship" to Cedarville! The greatest defeat in Cedarville's sports history is one for the record books.On November 19, 1931,the Cedarville College football team lost to the West Liberty Teachers by a score of 137-0!The shameful drubbing attracted the attention of national radio personality Lowell Thomas,and to this day ranks as the worst college football loss ever. Before the turn ofthe century,colleges commonly drew upon available, able- bodied young men for their athletic teams,even those who weren't students. Thus it happened that perhaps the only person to have ever played baseball for both Cedarville College and a major league team was never a student at the school. Charles"Bumpus"Jones quit school in the fourth grade,but he became a legend for his pitching feats—like the time hejoined the Cedarville squad for a game at West Jefferson and struck out 27 straight batters. I I Book ofSports Records The 1910 Cedarville College Women's Basketball team. Front row:Professor Palmer(coach), Ethele Spencer,Alberta Creswell, Ethel Morrow,Bertha Stormout, Wilamena Mitrey, Bertha Anderson, Florence Williamson. Back row:Grace Morton,Josephine Orr. Hearing ofthe small-town wonder,the Cincinnati Reds signed Bumpus in time for him to pitch the last game ofthe 1892 season.He threw a no-hitter in his major league debut,beating Pittsburgh 7-1 on October 15.Bumpus had little success the next season,and was soon out of baseball.But his feat of hurling a no-hitter in his first major league game has been equaled by only one other pitcher,"Bobo" Holoman,who did it for the St. Louis Browns in 1953. Charles"Bumpus"Jones was buried in 1938 in North cemetery,next to the Cedarville College campus. Heritage Alumni Activities Calender Mark your calendars now for these activities, and watch your mail for further details! May6 June7 Heritage Luncheon and Matinee: July 10 Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing Heritage Alumni Day in Cincinnati,Ohio TBA Enjoy a luncheon and riverboat cruise with friends and classmates. Heritage Alumnae Educators Luncheon Alford Annex,11:30 a.m. In August,a trip to Utica,Ohio for some old-fashioned,hand-churned ice-cream and lunch at the Velvet Ice Cream Company Varsity Sports Schedules Spring 1995 Men's Baseball March 6 13-18 20 24 28 30 April 1 4 6 8 11 15 18 22 25 27-29 May 6 10-13 at Graceland University Spring Break Trip to Chattanooga,TN COLLEGE OFMOUNT ST.JOSEPH at Central State University at Ohio Dominican College WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY MOUNT VERNON NAZARENECOLLEGE at University ofFindlay WILMINGTON COLLEGE at Tiffin University UNIVERSITY OFRIO GRANDE at Urbana University at Walsh University MALONECOLLEGE SHAWNEESTATE UNIVERSITY at NCCAA Districts URBANA UNIVERSITY MOCPlay-Offs Men's Golf AprilI at Shawnee State University 3 CEDARVILLEINVTTATIONAL 4 at Ashland University 6 at Urbana University 7-8 at Malone College 10 at Tiffin University 12 at Franklin College,IN 17 at Walsh University 22 at Mt. Vernon Nazarene May 2 at Spring Arbor,MI (NCCAA Regionals) 15-17 at Marion,IN (NCCAA Invitational) Men's Tennis March 16 at Tusculum College 17 at Lincoln Memorial university 18 at King College 24 at Mt.St. Joseph 28 at Northern Kentucky University April 3 EARLHAM 4 at Wright State University 6 at Findlay 8 TRANSYLVANIA 10 WITTENBERG 11 TIFFIN 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 12:00 noon 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 12:00 noon 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. TBA 2:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. TBA 3:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA 3:00 p.m. 14 MALONE 10:00 a.m. 19 at Kenyon 3:30 p.m. 20 at Tiffin 3:30 p.m. 22 WALSH 11:00 p.m. 24 MT.ST.JOSEPH 3:00 p.m. 26 at Earlham 3:00 p.m. May 2 OHIO WESLEYAN TBA 4-6 Great Lake Regional(Malone College) TBA 22-27 Nationals(Tulsa,Oklahoma) TBA Women's Tennis April 1 at Shawnee State University 4 at University ofFindlay 8 MALONECOLLEGE 11 at Wilmington College 13 EARLHAM COLLEGE 20 OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 22 WALSH UNIVERSITY 24 at Earlham College 25 at Wittenberg University 28 TIFFIN UNIVERSITY 29 BLUFFTON COLLEGE May 2 OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY 4-6 MOC Conference Tournament(Tiffin University) 22-27 NAIA Nationals * Match will be played at Greene County Fairgrounds,Xenia,Ohio ** Match will be played at Springfield Racquet Club,Springfield,Ohio 1:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m.* 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.** 2:00 p.m.** 12:30 p.m.* 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.** 1:00 p.m.* 2:00 p.m.** TBA TBA Women's Softball March 13-18 Spring Break Trip to Florida 21 at College of MountSt. Joseph 3:30 p.m. 23 WILMINGTON COLLEGE 3:00 p.m. 28 at Urbana University 3:00 p.m. April 1 MALONECOLLEGE 1:00 p.m. 4 BLUFFTON COLLEGE 4:00 p.m. 6 TIFFIN UNIVERSITY 3:30 p.m. 8 at Walsh University 1:00 p.m. 11 MOUNT VERNON NAZARENECOLLEGE 3:30 p.m. 12 URBANA UNIVERSITY 3:00 p.m. 18 at Ohio Dominican College 3:30 p.m. 20 UNIVERSITY OFRIO GRANDE 3:30 p.m. 21-22 at NCCAA District Tournament(Grace College) TBA 25 at Shawnee State University 4:00 p.m. 26 at Wittenberg University 3:30 p.m. 29 at University ofFindlay 1:00 p.m. May 2 COLLEGEOFMOUNT ST.JOSEPH 3:30 p.m. 4-5 at MOC Tournament(Shawnee State University) TBA 5SPRING '95