1915 Cedrus Yearbook

The Stadia LTHOUGH Cedarville College is a comparatively young institution, the his- tory of her athletic ability is something of which she may justly be proud. To be sure she has had her up's and down's, but the red days have far ex- celled the black. From the first she has manifested an active interest in all athletic sports. In looking over her records, we find that for three successive years, beginning with 1896, she held the championship in baseball and football over all the surrounding Colleges. The football record for 1897 shows seven victories, two tie games, and not a single defeat. On the team were Morton, Orr, the Iliffes, and a number of others who are now playing the game of life with thesame zeal with which they played football. In the fall of 1902, Dr. Alford presented the College with a much-needed gymnasium. Immediately the basket ball teams were reorganized and practise com- menced. Ever since there has beenan active interest in basket ball, both by boys and girls. Although there have been failures and are yet, still there has been steady advance- ment. In the winter of 1910-11 the girls held the championship honors of the state. That year they won every game but two and weresuccessful in defeating the Miami University team that had not been defeated in nine years. Our boys' team has also always had a good record. Owing to the fact that all our players were new, some of them having never played before, the teams the past winter were at a disadvantage. However, their attempts were not all defeats, and even the defeats have only served to show them their weak points, and enable them to strengthen themselves more and more for each succeeding contest. Both boys and girls have done some splendid work, and the outlook for next winter is very encouraging. Early though it is, the boys are already enthusiastic over baseball, and are receiving every encouragement from the student body. There are several good players in school andthe prospects are brighter than they have been for two or three years. Besides baseball and basket ball, we also have a fine tennis court, and a number of students who are much interested in that sport. During the sunny days in the autumn and spring the court is nearly always occupied, and much enjoyment is obtained from the game. While in some ways the past year's record has not been very good, the outlook for the development of athletics in our College was never more promising and we are antici- pating better things in the future. 74