North Park University - Cupola Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The 1952-53 Viking basketball rec- ord does not show as many victories as it probably should have. Coach Hedstrand ' s cagers fared quite well, however, when all the factors are con- sidered. Building a team from last year ' s last place club was no easy task. Conference competition was ex- tremely rugged, and inexperience added to the handicap. Despite many disappointments, we will long remember . . . The wel- come addition from Iowa . . . The sea- son ' s opener . . . Adell ' s spectacular play . . . The Minnehaha game . . . Witt at center . . . The annual Alumni game . . . Homer ' s mohawk . . . Christmas vacation practices . . . The first league game . . . Frenzel ' s encouraging lead- ership . . . Dave Johnson in the Parker

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. . . BASKETBALL 1955 N cs £ DAVE WITT DICK MITCHELL JOL FRENZEL, Captain l()ll SWANS )

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tilt . . . VerHuel ' s jump shot . . .The dis- appointing Wheaton clash . . . Mitch- ell ' s dogmatic floor play . . . The trip to Racine . . . the double unlucky overtime . . . Adell ' s 41 points at Luther South . . . The Coach ' s untiring patience . . . Swanson ' s determination . . . The over- time thriller at Christian . . . The Tour- nament games . . . Adell ' s election to the all-conlerence squad . . . The final horn which made the basketball sea- son just another memory. SCOREBOARD North Park 45 Sullivan 72 North Park 55 Luther South 37 North Park 37 Talt 61 North Park 44 Minnehaha 60 North Park 49 Luther 48 North Park 46 Alumni 49 North Park 53 Harvard 70 North Park 42 Latin ' ' ' 53 North Park 43 Parker 39 North Park 58 Todd 43 North Park 45 Harvard 55 North Park 49 Wheaton 50 North Park 41 Luther 66 North Park 37 Racine 39 North Park 70 Luther South ' ' 58 North Park 38 U.High 62 North Park 51 Christian 49 North Park 48 Wheaton 61 (Tournament)