Albion State Normal School - Sage Yearbook (Albion, ID)

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QHJIBUKB By John Hillman In the earlier part of the life of the Albion State Normal School, athletics did not play a very important part. Later the school took up track exercises and b.aseball. Track meets were held between the so-cieties, and between the classes. Baseball was played with the town team. After a time track exercises were abandoned al- together then foot-ball was taken up and Pro- fessor R. C. Thompson secured as coach. Pro- fessor Thompson proved to be one of the best coaches in the state. In two years from an inex- perienced mob of boys who had never played a game of foot-ball, he made a championship team. The first foot-ball team was formed in nineteen- five. Not a player on the team had ever played before so it was not surprising that this team went down to defeat. The first game was played with the Academy of Idaho and resulted in a score of fifty-four to nothing in favor of the Academy. The second game resulted in a score of thirty-four to nothing in favor of the Academy. In the fall of nineteen six the tables were turn- ed. The Erst game was played on the Albion grounds, neither team scored. Then the Albion team went to Pocatello and defeated them six to nothing. The base-ball team of that year played its first games with other schols. Albion lost one game to Pocatello Academy and won one. The Academy basket-ball girls defeated the Al- bion girls once and were themselves defeated once. The football season of nineteen seven opened with a game between Albion and the Pocatello High School. Neither team scored. Then Albion easily defeated the Idaho Falls team. After this game, the Pocatello Academy was brought to Albion for a practice game. The game resulted in a score of six to two in favor of the Academy. Albion went to Pocatello a few weeks later to play for the championship of the southeastern di- vision of the state and was defeated by a score of eleven to nothing. -In base ball that year Albion won every game on he schedule excepting the one with the Academy. After a hard-fought game of ten innings the Acad- emy won by a score of eleven to seven. The basket-ball girls lost one game and won one from both the Academy and the Twin Falls High School. Tl1e foot-ball team of nineteen-eight began the season by defeating tl1e Twin Falls High School. The score stood fifteen to nothing in favor of Al- ion. The next game, played with the Blackfoot High School was another victory for Albion. ,The op- posing team did not score. Albion scored, eleven points. I I Albionis next game was with her old rival, the Pocatello Academy. In this game Albion made her highest score of tl1e season, defeating the visi- tors twenty-one to nothing. Up to this time no team had crossed the Albion goal line. This left Albion champion of the southeastern division of tl1e state. ' After a hard trip to Caldwell Albion was de- feated by the College of Idaho, Thanksgiving day, eleven to nothing. The girls' basket ball team made a splendid record this season, defeating the Twin Falls High School once and the Pocatello Academy once, but losing the championship to the Academy in the last game.

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! ! !CHEER ! UP! ! ! We can make you happy! You are never too old to try ,, Ml , V , Gfficers Coach, A. Lewis, Captain, V. Helsley: Lineup-Forwards, Pratt, Albertsong Guards, Turner, Helsleyg Center, Mindar Subs., Beecher, Zpevacek