1924 Cedrus Yearbook

The CEDRUS 1924 Athletic Review ITH THE FOOT-BALL and basket-ball seasons at Cedarville over and prospects of a good base-ball season in sight, we can safely make the statement that the athletic seasons of 1923-1924 at Cedarville have been the most successful, financially, in the history of the College. Al- though there may be a small deficit, it will not be as great as in for- mer seasons. From the standpoint Of games won, the foot-ball season was an unsuccessful one indeed. One game won on the entire schedule. At the first of the season with over two teams in uniform( on the gridiron things looked well for a very suc- cessful season. However, before the season was well under way the squad had dwindled until at times it was hard for the coach to get a full team for practice. Lack of observance of training rules was also in evidence, as our team on several occasions played their opponents to a stand-still the first part of the game, but were not able to stand the pace the second half. In the first game with Antioch, ten days after the opening of school, it was lack of sufficient time for conditioning and not because the boys did not try their best. They out-played Antioch in all de- partments of the game the first half, but were completely worn out at the close of the third quarter. In other games later on in the season the fellows showed lack of interest and fight. An "Oh, what is the use" attitude. We have men with the ability to put out a winning team. To make a winning team the men must appear daily for practice; observe training rules; have the support and proper co-operation of the Faculty and Student Body. The same can be said of the boys basket-ball season that has been said of the foot-ball. Lack of faithful practice; lack of co-operation among players and with the coach; no observance of training rules. The final game with Antioch was one of the bright spots. In that game the boys demonstrated what they could do with co-operation among themselves and the backing of the students and commun- ity. With such playing throughout the season the scores would have been quite different. Again in the Defiance game at Dayton with the score 19 to 9 against them at the end of the first half, the boys came back with the old determination and won the game 25 to 23. That's the kind of spirit we want at all times. The girls' basket-ball team is a different story. From the standpoint of num- ber of games won, in the number of girls who daily appeared for practice, and, in the splendid spirit of co-operation among the girls on the squad and toward the coach, the season has certainly not been a failure, but a credit to the girls them- selves as well as to the College. They won a majority of the games scheduled; tak- ing two from Wittenberg and two from Wilmington; losing two to the Antioch girls by small scores. Hurrah for the girls! Just one qther athletic activity needs to be mentioned. The tennis club hopes to put a team on the court to contest nearby colleges. Heretofore they have had tournaments among the members, only with an elimination contest, the winner of which receives a prize. We wish the new venture success. ///470 y(f)ZfkiA, — — - •%11 L.) —s4 Forty-eight