1927 Cedrus Yearbook

-It )6••• "•`• '• •V' 'I"I1 ,'/ •'' /1 1,'I!A•I"•/1 ' 192,7 THE CEDRUS 192.7 strenously for the encounter with the "Green Tornado", because it was a game that held a position all its own and Cedarville wanted to win this game above all others. But during the game whenever Cedarville managed to score a few points in rapid succession, by some strange co-incidence they always committed per- sonals. By means of the penalties attached to these personals, Wilmington was able to maintain a slight lead throughout the contest. During the Christmas vacation Cedarville displayed the best brand of basket ball that they had yet shown. In defeating Defiance the team worked with the ease of a well-oiled machine, Orr alone collecting enough points to defeat them. After the holidays the team decided to keep up the good work, so they copped a very impressive victory from the University of Dayton Flyers by a single point margin. This marked the third straight year that the Yellow Jackets.have defeated the Irish in basket ball. Wilberforce was then met,and for the first time defeated, by a team represent- ing Cedarville College. Urbana and Findlay were then met and defeated, making a string of five victories. Capital's great team of this year took it as their duty to stop the winning streak of the Borstites and did a neat job of it. Bernlor's left-hook shot just couldn't be stopped, and with some nice teamwork walloped our lads. In the Home-Coming game the boys tried to outdo themselves, before the great crowd of Alumni and ex-students that had gathered to see them perform, by swamping Kent State Normal 25-9. Cedarville set up a defense that the up-state lads could not penetrate, and seemed able to score at will. The Wilberforce game at home was by far the most exciting and best attended game of the year. Fans swarmed to every nook and corner of the gym and this bunch nearly shook down the walls with their continuous rooting. Wu Fang Ward and four other colored boys were too much for the Yellow Jackets that night, but the victory was undecided until the whistle ended the bitter struggle. Earlham then came out of the west to display the fastest dribbling, shooting, and faking team that has played on a local court. Not being able to keep up with the speed of the Hoosiers, the boys lost their second game of the week.