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

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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

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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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Girls' athletics at the A. S. N. S. have hitherto been almost unnoticed, but last year witnessed a victory for the basket ball team, which somewhat renewed the interest of the school. Early in September, '08, two girls' basket ball teams were organized, a new coach chosen, and work began in earnest, and continued so through- out the season. The first game was played with Twin Falls High School at Albion, on a very disagreeable day. It ended in a score of 14-5 in favor of the Twin Falls team. But this did not discourage the girls, on the contrary it seemed to make them work all the harder, preparing for what was expected to be one of the hardest fought games of the season. On November 6th the Pocatello girls arrived and the next morning a scared, but determined set of girls, marched out to the ball grounds. When the whistle blew the crowd expected to see the ball knocked easily down to Pocatello 's goal and go into the basket with no opposition at all, but the Albion girls stepped in just at that moment. The spectators awoke to the fact that the home team was there ,and that their team-work was fine.. The game ended in a victory for Albion, the score be- ing 14 to 10. The next game was played at Twin Falls with the High School. Their grounds were muchtoo large, and the baskets not in good condition, but by team-work and quick playing the game was won by Albion with a score of 15 to 13. The trip was thoroughly enjoyed by all, thanks to Mr. Hun- ter. There was now one game left to play with Po- catello on their own grounds. On the 12th of Dec. We went to Pocatello to play the game for the championship of Southern Idaho. The weather being very cold we were compelled to play in the gymnasium, where a gallery around the entire top of the court was a great obstacle to the Albion girls, for the Pocatello guards would force the forwards under this platform and they could do their usual goal throwing. It was a hard fought game, but the team work of Albion was acknowledged by all as being far superior to the other team. . The game ended 10 to 9 in Pocatello's favor. Thus Albion lost the championship. I-Iad the game been played on nuetral grounds, the score would probably have been the reverse. The team practiced until nearly time for the spring season, where it 'was learned all the op- posing teams had withdrawn and nothing was left to Albion, but to withdraw also.