Albion High School - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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1950-51 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE ALBION OPPONENT 70 Olivet 49 69 Alma 75 61 Buffalo State 69 51 Toronto 56 59 Hillsdale 76 51 Wooster 73 52 Mount Union 54 51 Wooster 65 72 Ashland 74 64 Kalamazoo 57 98 Olivet 43 73 Hope 67 92 Adrian 36 72 Univ. of Chicago 53 95 Wabash 62 74 Alma 57 64 Hillsdale 49 77 Kalamazoo 64 68 Univ. of Chicago 38 101 Hope 65 48 Adrian 43

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The Briton basketball team captured its first MlAA basketball title since l947-49 last winter by annexing a victory streak of l3 consecutive wins and mounting a season's record of l4 victories against seven losses. After opening the season with a victory, the Britons slumped into a losing streak that carried two MIAA games and the annual trip east and through Ohio. How- ever, in the first game back in Michigan the Britons snapped the streak and turned in a win over Kalamazoo college. From then on, it was only on the victory side of the ledger for the Britons. John Porter, Albion's sharp-shooting and quick- stepping guard, paced the team to the MIAA title by setting new records for MIAA scoring with l5S points and a total of 277 points in a single season. Dick Allen, the elongated center, completed his col- legiate basketball career by accumulating a scoring total of 725 points to set a new Albion college record for four years. lt exceeded the mark set last year by Lou Black. ln all, the Britons tossed some I476 points through the hoops during their 2l game tour to average a score of 70.28 points. However, the scores ranged from a low of 48 against Adrian to a high of lOl against Hope. Named as co-captains of the team for the year were Allen and Bob Eggleston, Porter's running mate. Eggles- ton was fourth in team scoring and was particularly noted for his defensive tactics and elusive ball-handling.

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Conquering all opponents within its class, the Briton cross country team annexed six victories while losing only one dual meet to capture their fourth straight MIAA title. Led by Captain Ted Hagadone, the Britons met all comers and fell only once before the team from Bowling Green State university in Bowling Green, Ohio. Against MIAA opponents, Albion now has taken the last 24 runs. Opening competition against the University of Illinois, Chicago branch, the Britons triumphed, 20-35. It was in the second meet that they lost to Bowling Green, 24- 23, Against Adrian, whose Tom Hewitt won the indi- vidual championship, Albion won Z0-43 and followed that with a lop-sided IO-40 count over Kalamazoo. In a triangular run, Albion placed 26 points, with the University of Chicago, 37, and Toledo university, 53. At Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio, the Purple and Gold run- ners out-sped all opposition to an I8-45 score, and then bounced back to MIAA competition to down Alma, I5- SO. They closed out the dual-meet season by trouncing Hope, I7-48. In the annual cross country run, this season at Adrian, Hagadone and Don Vandivort paced the field until the final mile of the four-mile course where Hewitt took the lead and retained it. Vandivort and' Hagadone tied for second and third. Jim Holmes placed fifth, Jack Sharp, eighthg Carl Cappel, tenth, Keith Wilson, twelfth, and Jim Hadden, sixteenth. 'Y-J ,ia f 'Mir Al, f 7z