Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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VARSITY BASKETBALL Back row: Coach Macdonald, H. Dean, J. MaThews, C. Elder, J. Fraker. FronT row: N. Geyer, P. Cicinelli, K. OTis, A. SmiTh, R. Adams, D. SmiTh, T. Plowman. -L The ScoTs opened Their l938 baskeTball campaign minus The services oT Tour regu- lar Trom lasT Year's squad: Johnson, guard and cenTer, KegloviTz, Torward, Ewer, Tor- ward, and Dawe, capTain and guard. The ScoTs Tinished TourTh in The TiTle race, louT wiTh one OT The sTrongesT Treshman Teams in The hisTorY OT The college, and only one member being losT Trom This year's varsiTY. prospeclrs Tor a championship Tor nexT Year are good. 82

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FRGSI-T FCDCDTBALL Back row: A. Russell, R. Richardson, G. Olsen, W. Wrege, F. Kain, J. Fookes. Middle row: Coach Ewer, G. Runkle, R. l-lanzel, J. True, A. Juhola, E. Ziem, S. Moran, W. Moran, J. Mead, Coach Macdonald. BoTTom row: F. Hill, B. Frier, T. Purdy, R, GinTher, S. Cicinelli, F. McMillan, D. Mole, G. Judd. AlThough They losT Three oT Their Tour games played, This year's Frosh FooTball squad, The largesT in many years, broughT To lighT some Tine Timber Tor nexT year's varsiTy eleven. Jesse W. Ewer acTed as coach Tor The TirsT year men. ln Their TirsT game, The green gridders Trimmed The l-lope Frosh, and Then bogged down To drop Two games To The sTrong CenTral STaTe Frosh and a nighT game To The Albion Frosh. Fred l-lill and Bob Richardson, producTs oT lasT year's Alma i-ligh's Six B. champions, gave The opposing Teams plenTy To worry abouT when They Tried circling Alma's ends. Arvo Juhola and Floyd McMillan held down The Tackle posTs, while Tom Purdy and Gerry BarneTT kepT The guard posTs inTacT. Ed Ziem was probably The ouTsTanding player on The Team aT his posT aT cenTer. ln The backifield, CapTain Dick GinTher, Gordy Olson, Wally Wrege, and Freddy Graham looked good. OTher numeral Win- ners Were John True, Bob Munger, Jimmy Fookes, George Judd, Francis Kain, Bill Frier, Bill Moran, STewarT Moran, ArT Russell, Sal Cicinelli, Don Mole, DeWiTT Davis, Bob l-lanzel, Jim Mead, and Gil Runkle. i l COACH JESSE EWER

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Capfain Arf Smifh, forward, Mafhews, guard, Elder, cenfer, Don Smifh, forward, and Adams, guard, furned in fine games during fhe season. Arf Smifh is fhe only one graduafing from fhis sfarfing five. Adams led fhe Scofs in lVl.l.A.A. scoring wifh l02 poinfs. Ofher members of fhe squad were Eraker and Dean, senior guards, Geyer, and Ofis, guards, and Plowman, Cicinelli, and l-lumisfon, forwards. Alma opened fhe season af Ferris lnsfifufe. The Scofs were nosed ouf in fhe final minufes of fhe game 35 fo 29. Don Smifh led fhe Alma offense wifh 9 poinfs. The Scofs mef Lawrence Tech af Alma fo open fhe home season. Alfhough fhe Scofs peppered fhe hoop wifh innumerable shofs, fhey were unable fo connecf wifh any amounf of accuracy and dropped fhe game 39 fo 20. Arf Smifh's 7 poinfs led Alma's feeble affaclc. Alma defeafed l-lillsdale 29 fo 28 prior fo fhe holiday season. The game was close fhroughouf, and if was only in fhe final minufe of play fhaf Elder dropped a buckef fhaf puf Alma ouf in fronf. Elder and lvlafhews wifh 8 and 7 poinfs respecfively led fhe Scof scoring. The lvlacdonaldmen fhen wenf fo Defroif fo meef fhe Adams Y.M.C.A. feam and Lawrence Tech, bofh games ending disasfrously for fhe Maroon and Cream. The Y.lv1.C.A. feam overpowered fhe Scofs- 50 fo 20, and Tech fook fheir game 38 fo 26. Following fhe Chrisfmas vacafion, fhe Scofs defeafed Olivef 45 fo 3I. Affer a close firsf half, Alma pulled away fo win. Five of fhe Scofs gof af leasf 7 poinfs- Kalamazoo's fop-scoring Don Spalsbury was foo much for Alma, and as a resulf, Kazoo beaf Alma 36 fo 27. The game wenf fhree minufes before eifher feam scored a baslcef, and fhen Adams flashed fhrough wifh a hoolc shof fo break fhe ice. Score af half fime was 20 fo I4. Don Smifh led Alma's scoring wifh l2 poinfs. The Scofs defeafed Adrian in fhe year's mosf fhrilling game, 42 fo 33, wifh Bob Adams scoring 7 poinfsiwifh only a few minufes leff in fhe game fo snafch fhe game from fhe fire. lvlafhews, Arf Smifh, and Adams gafhered 32 poinfs befween fhem fo supply fhe scoring power. l-lope College, leading fhe conference af fhis fime, was fhe nexf foe for fhe Scofs, and playing on fheir own floor, decisively beaf fhe Scofs 6I +o 3I. Adams led fhe Maroon and Cream scoring wifh I0 poinfs. ...h.?l...a-. ck .. .... . , M ,, K., .. ,, . - 1,