Review of the Varsity Basketball Season

11 hP vn r sity La s kct lrnll team of ':3:3 and '34 had a fairly s u cCL'ssfn l sf'aRO H Un d c l' th e coac hi11 g- of Mr Dietrich thP tPam won ten on!, of 11i1wtc P11 ganll's. man 011 the Sf!Uacl is deserving of worthy praise for hi s l1 ea rt y team work and cooperation, especially, No un,;e, urnl Ross, who played excep tionall y fine g·mnes on tlH1 fol'ward li1w fo the follo>ving game, j)la yc d at An cl erson, Howe s uff ere d its secon d d ef Pat of the ye ar, the sco r p being 51-1 5 . Although outclassed by a s up erior team, the "Wildcats" were never out-fought. rn a return g am e with Lima, Howe barely escaped defeat, but in n last quarter nilly a s pirited surge made the much-needed basket.

A rt e r a fpw s !J o rl w<:eks of i11t ens iv e practice the "vVilclcats" met urn1 pn.·ily ovC'rcanw L11eir first opponents of the season, Brighton, with a scon: ' of 28 -2 4.

On December 6th they rn ct Ol'lancl High Sc hool and defeated them by ih e ovPrw li C' lmin !!: sco r e of 47-17.

TlH' n ex t game was tl1 e fir st to be played away from th e cnm pu s and i L was also th is ga m e i11 which the Maroon and White s qua(l mct tl1 <..1 ir flrst d efeat, by Orland, with a score of 22-28.

Mo11go \\ ' as iltl' s n cceec1in g game on the sc li etlul e and the cadets kept their h onw r ecor d c lenn by a victory of 2 1 -17 .

Lima Hig-L 8cl1ool wa s thP 11 ext opponent for thP "Wildcnte" and in thi s gml1e Howe provpd to be a hig·h scor in g quiutet by swamp in g Lin1a , :H- 11.

011 .Tamrnry 13th Bristol play e d Howe for tl1c Recornl time of the seaso n. rr11is tinw th e game was played 011 th e homo court a nd th e c::1<l etR tumPd the tables by winning a comparat iv e l y Pasy g am e by tlil• sco r e of 26-20.

January 27t lt marked the tlate on wliicli the cac1ds journeyed to Detroit to play Cnmbrook. '.Pho Maroon 11rnl Wliile <lifl not play their best Ln:rnd of ball until the la st quartl'r; but then it was too late to overcome Cranbrook's 1Pa<1, and thL• ca d ets were forced to succumb. Tlie r-;con• wcts 26-38. ·

On FPbruary 7th, Westminster, a team from the South Bend Church League, rnet defeat at the lurn<ls of the cadd fivL• i11 a very spirited co11Lest, 24-17.

Over th week-end of :F'ebruary 7th nnd Howe took th<: longest roa<l trip of the season ancl engaged. Ute Bowling Green High School team on the 7th, and Poiut Place on the 9th. Howe, how ever, spotted their opponents a big l end in tlte first l1Rlf of both games and then came hack to outscore the ot her t<"am in the la s t Lalf only to lo s0 by the score of 1 B-30 find 13-l:J.

It was in the next game with To]leka High that Howe took: out her revenge for past defeats and fmccessfu ll y swamped Topeka 45-12 in a very one-sided contest.

On Febrnary 17th the "Wildcat" quintet went to Hicksville to play them for the second time of the 8enson . But in this g·ame, as in the first, Howe was defeated, l8-2G, after putting up one of its characteristic battles for victory.

The next game with A11gola proved lo be very c1isastrous for the cadets, aH tl1L'Y w ere forced to bow to th0 Angola five, 44-2().

In the next game, Howe encountered li er old rival, White Pigeon, and easily d efeated them, clue to a fnst arnl well planned attack, 32-15.

Coldwater, how ever, in the following game reversed the tables on Howe, and Ute "Wildcats" were c1rubbe<1, 20-30.

March 3rd was the clay that the Maroo11 and White successfully end eel the sea8on by overwhelming Park School, 37-19.

Thus enclcd another basketball season for Howe. Howe has perhaps prodnce<l better quintets in the past, but no team will ever show better spirit and aggressiveness than the 1933 and 1934 team.

Captain

Fi11 i:; one of Ill e srnall cs t , yrt onP of the fin e8t forwards Howe ha 8 had for so nic tim e. Boc mrn e of hi s Jin o qualities as a lt>a<l e r and pla ye r, lw wa s c ho se n n s Cap lain for this yea r' s team.

Brinker ( Guanl)

"Brink" was one of the 8te adi l'st men on the squatl. His :fine senso of' teamwork provPcl a d oc icling factor in many a game.

Gould (Guard)

Again, we hav (• "Wl1iwpy," wl10 pla yed a fast co n s i stent ga m e al p;nanl. lt w1-1 s Hl' l(lom tl1at "Whimp" let anyone in :for a clo 8c s hot at th e ba s ket.

Kemper (:Worwarcl)

"CJiarlie" proved to be one of the best forwarck He covered plenty of g round, a;ucl l1i s ability to find th e basket in a s hort er time, made him a valuab]p man.

Leslie ( Ue11 te r)

To "Bob" tJ1e task of getting t-11e tip-off, and it was se ldom that he failed in liis job. Bob ''' aH also high scorer and was an assets to th0 team. Ht· had a ca11ny cy<• for the basket, as well as spee d. Just mik "Bob" about the· 1-wcoll<I Lima g'HlllP. "Bob" also has anotlwr year on tlH• varsity.

Nourse (F'orwarcl)

NourRP lrns a lnu.;ketball form that is very hm·<l to match . .Being a c::tnny Rl1ot und very fast, J ·ack did somp clever work on the forwnrcl line. Noun><.' l1as two more y<-'ars o l' compctition.

Penn (Guanl)

"Rusty" was tile fastest man 011 tile• sqm1cl, and also second to LesliP in scorii1g. Long shots wen> his specialty.

Snyder (Guard)

"Our Gene" played a whale of a game at guard. Many a game was broken up by one of liis spcctaci.1lar long buckets. "Snits" will be holding his pm;ition again next year.

Werner (Center)

Werner carried his six feet, five inclws around witl1 comparative Pase. His hriglit was a great advantage to his team. His WOl'k under the baRkct wi 11 Iong be rernem be reel.

Varsity Track

The V a.rsity rrrack Team of 1934 shoultl be a very well balanced squad wodhy of the leadt-rsl1ip of Coach Snow.

Tile team will be comprisPd mostly of new men, Everlrn rt and Garro 111 the <htRhes, 8ny<ler and Everhart in the lrnnll es, and Hoss and Kinse l competing- in the half mile. In the 440 Orcutt ancl Garre ]rnve been making good time trials, wl1il0 in the milP run Penn and Emanuel have takPn on the duties wc•ll. Ro far this year the shotput l1as been the most crowded <.'vent, with lDwald, Leslle, R. F., Barry, aml Stuckey doing· the putting.

Other events, such as the high-jump, brnnd-jurnp, and pole vault have yP1" to be cleciclecl, and, becausp many boys are trying out for tlieRc events, it will takP timP bt.•fote the best man can be decided upon. (69)

Varsity Baseball

The 1 9:34: b aseba ll learn lin s all tlic ap1wanmces of completing a s uccessful s<'as on Mm1y vctrnms an· lef t from l ast year's squad They are a s follows: 8tuckcy, Gon lc1 , Kemper, Snyde r , Kreis. Gou ld l <•<l tlte team in lml ti11g lmd yf•a r and s hould r·ctum to his top form thi s SN1so 11.

On Ap ril 18th the "Wi ld ca t :-;" plRye(l th ei r first game of the se ason with their old i·ival, ljima, whom they swamped comp l etely by the 01w-si d e< l score ol' 1 5- 1. Howp exhibitf'<l g r eat hittin g power in U1i R µ;anw. If tlu• samp J HI CP is mainl ained, the team s hould have an c.xcppt ion a ll y goo d HPason.

The nrw nH•11 011 t lH1 tc•au1 thi s year arc Edson, Penn, Anderson, arnl Ewa Id. Ewald 's pit c hing l ie l<l Lima to one 11it in the opening game

Th e tPam i s urnl<'r thP direction of Coach Diethricb, who shoulc1 turn ont H wim1ing brnnd of ball playing.

Baseball Schedule

April 18 h .... . ....... Lima

Apri l 35tli .... . .. .... Lim a

:1fay 5t h ............. Oranhrook

:May 9th ............. Oo ldwat. cr

Mny 16th W J1it e Pigeon

May 19th Pa rk

MRy 23rd Co ldwat e r

May 30th White Pigeon

.Jun <' 9th ........ . ... Al umni

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