Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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OLIX7E'F AT CHARLOTTE JANUARY 30 Playing on the small iioor at Charlotte the Nlaroou and Cream cagers annexed a 34-25 victory after a hot battle. Captain Carty leading the offensive and Shaver playing his usual defensive game were the outstanding stars of the tilt. I-l11.LsnAL1z AT I-IILLSDALE JANUARY 31 Alma advanced another step towards the much coveted championship by taking the Hillsclale court men into camp by a 39-I7 score. The Blue and White seemed somewhat bewildered when they took the floor and the game was soon cinched by the Presbyterians. BXIICIIICAN STATE NORMAL AT XVPSILANTI FEBRUARY 6 Alma again demonstrated to the satisfaction of all concerned that her first victory over the Normal was not a fluke by winning by prac- tically the same score, 34-18. The entire team gave a line display of basketball over the entire route. ST. NIARY,S AT ORCI-ILXRD LAKE FEBRUARY 7 The night following the Ypsi game Alma played the strong Orchard Lake quintet. A tired Alma team was playing a fresh and ex- ceptionally clevcr group of court stars. After a hot battle for the evening's honors the Camp- bell men were forced to yield 32-27. CENTRAL STATE NORMRXL AT MT. PLEASANT FEBRUARY II Perhaps the most gruelling battle of the season was played at the Normal gym for the purpose of determining the championship of the Alma-Nlt. Pleasant League. Alma was out i11 front at the half with a zo-I7 score. , The teachers started an offensive attack at the opening of the second half that seemed to insure victory for Central but VVelhoelter and Gaelor were sent back into the battle for the purpose of countering with 'an Alma drive. The drive started and never stopped until the end of the game with the score reading 34-31 in favor of the Presbyterians. ' 3 CUDDY,, SHAVER - ALMA COLLECE Eighty-,res'en

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On the trip taken during Christmas va- cation the team played six games. They won four of the six encounters played although the team was unable to practice between games. The teams that Alma conquered on the trip were: Hazen Cuyler's crack I. M. AA. team of Flint, the Pontiac Oaklands of Pontiac, the Detroit College of Law and the Flint Y. lvl. C. A. They lost to the People's State Bank team of Detroit and to the Metropolitan M. E. Church team, also of Detroit. The hrst Week after vacation the team again journeyed to Detroit Where they trimmed the speedy De- troit HY team by a 42-23 score. THE SEASON YPSI NORNIAL AT ALMA january 16 The M. 1. A. A. basketball season was op- ened by handing the Ypsi teachers a neat 34- 18 beating. Displaying an offensive attack that had the teachers stopped Alma had little difficulty in winning the Hrst M. I. A. A. tilt of the year. 4 ALBION AT A1.BION JANUARY zo Alma kept up the high scoring habit by tak- ing the Albion cagers into camp 49-20. The Albion coach commenting on the game re- marked that the team that couldstop Red Carty would have to be a mighty clever com- bination. The Methodists were outclassed from the start of the game and never threat- ened the lead that the Campbell men had piled up. , UNIVERSITY or DETROIT AT DETROIT JANUARY 24 Alma took sweet revenge for the football defeat which it received during the football season by winning a hard fought contest from the U. of D. men 20-I7. The small gymnasium handicapped the Work of the Alma cagexs to certain extent but by displaying a brilliant defense during tlIe closing minutes of the fray they were-able to add another victory to the credit of the Maroon and Cream. ' iiRED,, CAILTY ALMA COLLEGE T 9 Eighty-Tix

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KALAMAZOO AT ALMA FEBRUARY I3 The march to achampionship was continued with success in this rather uneven contest. The Kazoo cagers were off form and took a 3I-9 beating. The Alma defense was so tight during the second half that the Celery City men could not shoot a single basket. ' HILLSDALE AT ALMA FEBRUARY zo The early season defeat which Alma handed the Baptists was again duplicated on the Alma Hoor. The score at the end of the game was 43-24. Hillsdale did very little in the way of caging baskets until the latter part of the second half when Coach Campbell injected an array of substitutes into the game. KALAMAZOO AT KALAMAZOO FEBRUARY 27 Alma clinched the 1925 basketball cham- pionship by winning from Kalamazoo College 39-16. The work of Vifelhoelter and Shaver on defense was so tight that Kazoo was able to make only one close shot all during the game. ALBION AT ALMA MARCH 5 Oh what a slaughter! 63-24 tells the tale of a terrible beating that the lVIaroon and Cream administered to Coach Betchel's men. Captain Carty broke all existing records for points scored in a single game by caging I4 baskets and two fouls for a total of thirty points. The Methodists used numerous sub- stitutes in an effort to stop the onslaught but 'Campbell's tossers would I1O'C be denied the right to drop the ball through the netted circle. L'WoLEE lh'l:ACDONALl7 CENTRAL STATE NORMAL AT ALMA MARCIYI I3 Central Normal appeared on the Alma court with practically a new team due to the wholesale removal of several men from the Central line-up. Wlmile the new team was not especially brilliant on the basketball court, they certainly were artists in the art of stalling. They hoped to hold the score down by playing with the ball as much as possible rather than letting it get into the hands of one of the Alma Hashes. The final score was 31-20. This game marked the last appearance of Captain Carty, Shaver, Catherman, and Wright on the Alma court. ' -J. H. NISBET, Athletics Editor. F mi RA .l, MA COLLEGE lfiglzly-eighl V