1917 Cedrus Yearbook

19 dc Boys' Basket Ball 17 T HIS year brought to the basket ball fans of Cedarville some of the best basket ball that the college has furnished for several years; in fact the best since back in 1909 when Palmer, Williamson, Dixon and Co. represented the college. When the first call for practice was given the largest and most likely looking bunch of aspirants that we have had for several years came out. There were fifteen in all: five of last year's varsity; Kennon, J. Collins, Chesnut, Cornwell and W.Collins,R.Collinsfrom the year before; Smith,Foster and William An der- son from last year's second team and six new fellows, McClure, Horton, Creswell, Wallace Anderson, Clark and Wright. Tom Kennon,who has had two years of experience,was elected captain,and practice began immediately for the first game. , Before the first game was played the captain selected nine men for the first team squad; J. Collins, R. Collins, Kennon, Cornwell, W. Collins, Horton,Mc- Clure and Chesnut. The first game was played on December 15th with the Springfield Y.M.C.A . Pirates. Although having had but two weeks of practice, the team put up a fas t game and won with a score of 52 to 20. A game scheduled for the next week with Bliss College had to be cance lled because of the scarlet fever epidemic. On the first Friday after vacation,without having had any practice for t hree weeks and with one of our regulars out of the game,we went to Wilmin gton and lost the first game of the season to that college, 34 to 15. The next two games,with Sabina Crescents and Bethel Collegians,were eas y victories,87 to 31 and 61 to 31. The next two games were played away from home; one with Ashland Col lege and the other with Muskingum College. In the game with Ashland we won, 32 to 21. The game with Muskingum on the next night was about the fast est of the year. Muskingum has acquired quite a reputation in basket ball in the las t few years. They expected to "snow us under, as they did three years ago. How - ever,wesprang a little surprise on them, holding them to a 51 to 40 score. The next week we got revenge on Wilmington College for the defeat they handed us earlier in the season, defeating them 36 to 24. On the next Saturday night,with three of the regular team on the crippled list, we received the only bad defeat of the season, when Antioch"snowed us un der" on their floor, 57 to 24. After the Antioch disaster we rested up for several days and then went after it "hammer and tongs"to even the score with Antioch. In the meantime we won a fast game from Willis College, 58 to 34. Space will not permit much to be said, concerning the second Antioch game, but it is sufficient to say that we gained revenge in the fastest game pl ayed at home during the season by the score of 26 to 20. With six straight games won on our own floor we hoped to finish th e season without losing, but Muskingum destroyed this hope by defeating us on March 1st; score 36 to 26 On the following night we finished our home schedule by winning f rom the Indiana State School for Deaf; score 42 to 26. Two weeks following we went to Columbus and played the State School for Deaf, having had but one practice in two weeks. The Mutes had not lost a game during the year:so we decided not to break their record, and s o we lost the game by a score of 89 to 34. 70