1922 Cedrus Yearbook

The Season In the Court T HE basketball season of 1921-1922 has furnished its full quota of thrills and surprises: With the boys' team, the thrill of the joys of victory for the other team,and the thrill of surprise and defeat to the College and community because they lost. Fortunately we had a girls' team that knew how to reverse that process and so we were presented with all kinds of thrills. If variety is the spice of life, we have had plenty of spice in the last season and ought to be satisfied. But college students seem to be so constituted that they are never satisfied unless all their teams win all their games; and though our girls'team nearly reached that goal, our boys'team fell so far short that we are far from content. We do not wish to leave the impression, however, that we are en- tirely dissatisfied with our boys'team. The team,taken as individuals, is made up of really good players; and, although handicapped at the start with the neccessity of learning a new system of play, it has shown steady improvement. Indeed,from the results of the last three games played, we draw the conclusion that the team was just rounding into its stride at the end of the season. The players are to be recommended also for their spirit in the games. Every man played his best and gave everything he had for the team. It was only in the failure to carry some of the same spirit, of giving the college and the team their best, away from the floor and through the intervals between the games,that we would criticise some of the players. For several years past the girls' team has been the shining light in Cedarville Athletic history. To date they have lost only two games out of a total of nine played, and one of those losses was amply re- venged when Wilmington played her return game. Like the boys'team, the girls' team has shown steady improvement. The spirit of the girls is especially commended,for they have set the boys an example of faith- fulness and devotion to the team from the start. In the last statement the whole squad is referred to, and not the team alone,for the team could not have been what it is today except for the girls who came regularly to practice, even though they could not make the team. In conclusion, we can only say that it is the hope of the whole student body that the experience and the hard knocks of the season will be remembered and used as stepping stones toward winning teams next year. J. C. K. 65