Butler Community College - Grizzly Growl Yearbook (El Dorado, KS)

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Formerly it has been the custom to look at the paper and see how near the bottom the Juco team was. This year, however, the basket ball team broke all precedents and won the Western division. There are several explanations why we won the Western division. First, we had a new coach, Hersh Cornwell, who really seems to know his stuff when it comes to basket ball. The second reason was that we had a wealth of good material, a veritable coach ' s dream. There was the tall lanky Beaumont who could flip a ball through the hoop with either hand. He, by the way, was an unanimous choice for the Junior College All Star Basket Ball Team. Then there was Hower, a shifty, clever, guard who always seemed to block the opponents ' moves. He also made the Junior College All Star Team. Turner, Wilmarth, and Hullihan were placed in the honorable mention column of All Stars. The whole team had a style that baffled their opponents. They stood back near the defense line and while the puzzled opposition ran dazzedly about waving their hands, the E.J.C. boys casually looped balls into the basket. Turner, Hullihan, Wilmarth, and Thompson seemed to be positive geniuses for making setups. We won most of the games played. One of the most thrilling games this year was the game with Arkansas City. The game was close until three minutes before the end. The score was 33-29. Then El Dorado woke up. In three minutes she made twenty-five points, the final score being 39-54. Parsons, our most important opponent, seemed to have a hoodoo sign on us. They were victors over us four times, twice in play-offs for the State Championship. Leo Cross, Larry Beaumont, Bob Hower, Leo Hullihan, James Logan, Jodie Ray Lowrance, Bill Moter, Arthur Thompson, Lewis Turner, and Tom Wilmarth were all this year ' s lettermen. — Oscar Brumback.

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BASKETBALL JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCHEDULE 1937 ♦ 1938 We-They Dec. 2 Friends University Here 31-29 Dec. 11 Parsons There 22-44 Dec. 18 Parsons Here 30-39 Dec. 20 Dodge City Here 29-28 Jan. 1 Kansas City Here 43-34 Jan. 14 Dodge City There 26-25 Jan. 15 Garden City There 39-16 Jan. 21 Hutchinson There 27-29 We-They Jan. 22 Garden City There 39-16 Jan. 28 Arkansas City Here 54-39 Feb. 3 Southwestern B There 25-44 Feb. 11 Hutchinson Here 22-26 Feb. 12 Chanute There 48-44 Feb. 17 Arkansas City There 32-29 Feb. 25 St. Johns Here 48-37 March 4 Parsons Here 34-50 March 11 Parsons There 17-25 Championship play-off games.