1918 Cedrus Yearbook

19 PO E-A.LA 18 C. C. BASKET BALL F the 1917-18 basketball season were to be judged by the number of games won and lost it would seem that it could scarcely be called a successful one. But, remember, there is another standard by which the C.C. basketball fans count success in the game. No doubt you are all acquainted with the fact that there are a number of colleges in the State of Ohio, but when it comes to basketball there are only two that really count in the minds of C.C. fans, Antioch and Wilmington If a Cedarville College team succeeds in defeating these two teams in any kind of sport, be it basketball, baseball, or marbles then the season is counted a roaring success. Following outi this line of reasoning you see the season just past was a roaring success of the first magnitude; for on February 15 our Quaker friends from Wilmington came to town with hopes high and expectations higher; but after forty minutes of real basketball they proceeded on their homeward journey with spirits low and their end of the score lower. We just evened up some old scores to the tune of forty-two to sixteen. The season put in its appearance in November and departed this life on March 15. A six weeks' intermission on account of small-pox and Christmas vacation and another one of two weeks on account of vaccinated arms played havoc with practice and made it necessary to cancel three games. The schedule consisting of fourteen games was completed in November but when small-pox, blizzards and other evidences of Fate had taken their several and respective shots at it, the aforementioned schedule had all of the appearances of having been run over by a British tank or had attempted to dispute the right of way with a German shell. It included in its theoretical stage two games each with Otterbein, Mus- kingum, Wilmington and Antioch Colleges,Columbus Deaf Mutes and DeGraff In- dependents, one game with Co. F, 330 Regiment from Camp Sherman and one with the Alumni. Three of these games, two with DeGraff and one with Wilmington were cancelled, leaving only eleven games of which three were won and eight lost. But then, small-pox makes a good goat so why not give it all of the blame and say no more about excuses. Early in November practice was begun; "011ie" Cornwell was chosen Captain and a squad of seven men were picked for the team. These seven were as follows: Cornwell, R. Collins, Creswell, Kennon, W. Collins, Thorn and Chesnut. Chesnut was unable to finish the season but Wright filled his place in splendid fashion. Kennon, our mainstay at guard received a broken nose as his share in the spoils of the Wilmington game,thus being kept out of the game until the last game on March fifteenth. The regular line-up during the season was: Cornwell—Center; R. Collins—Left Forward; Thorn—Right Guard; Wright—For- ward; Kannon—Left Guard; Creswell—Right Guard; Chesnut—Forward; W. Collins— Right Forward. —W. R. C. 83