Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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MATHEWS ADAMS GEYER CICINELLI D. SIVIITI-I Cenfral 5TaTes quinTeT was The nexT Team meT by The Scofs, and in a rough game, came ouT To win 4I To 25. CapTain ArT Smifh garnered I0 poinTs for Alma. In The Their IasT game before semesfer exams, The ScoTs beaf I-Iillsdale, 41 To 3I. Alma opened The game by iumping inTo an early lead which They held aT The half, 20 To I2. Adams boosTed his scoring by collecfing I4 poinTs To Talce individual scoring honors. On January 28, The Team IosT To I-Iope for The second Time This season, 38 To 26. AI- Though many sTudenTs were home for The semesfer holidays, a large number of 5coT followers came To The game To waTch I-lope, raTed Tops in The conference, Win The game. Elder wiTh 6 poinTs, led AIma's scoring. Alma lcnoclced Albion from any share in The conference crown when They de- feafed Them 30 To 27 aT Alma, Albion held a I7 To I6 edge aT inTermission, buT The 5coTs easily erased This and wenT on To Take The game. Confrolling The ball from boTh boards, Ivlafhews Turned in The besT game of his career: also he collecfed IO poinfs To lead his maTes in scoring. Wifh Their inabiIiTy To hiT The neTs, The ScoTs dropped Their nexT game To The CenTraI STaTe BearcaTs, 39 To 28. The 5coTs spoTTed The Teachers Ten poinTs and iT was seven minuTes from The opening whisTIe before Alma scored her firsT poinTs, a foul shoT by ArT 5miTh. From Then on, ArT hil The board for I5 poinTs To pace The scorers. The ScoTs ended Their non-conference schedule on February I8, by defeafing The Ferris Bulldogs 50 To 46 in a rough game which saw one Ferris player eiecfed from The game for sTriIcing The referee. AT The sTarT of The second half, The Bulldogs ran

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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,

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up Ten poinTs beTore The ScoTs sTarTed scor- ing To pull up even wiTh Ferris. WiTh The score Tied and 30 seconds leTT To play, MaThews scored a Tield goal and Don SmiTh Tollowed wiTh Two chariTy Tossers To Take The game Trom Ferris. Elder and Don SmiTh coIIecTed I3 poinTs apiece. Follow- ing The Ferris win, Alma Took To The road and in Their TirsT game, The ScoTs were swamped 54 To 30 by Kalamazoo. During The TirsT Ten minuTes oT The game, The ScoTs ThreaTened The I-IorneTs as They erased a Ten poinT lead and pulled up wiThin Three poinTs oT Tying Kazoo. I-lowever, The vic- Tors wenT inTo a baske-T barrage, and wenT inTo a 24 To I4 lead aT halTTime. ArT SmiTh wiTh 9, and Adams wiTh 7 Topped The Alma scoring. Alma ended Their home season by ouT- classing OIiveT 37 To 24 in an uninTeresTing game. Alma led I9 To 7 aT The halT. OliveT came back in The lasT halT in a vain eTIorT To Tie The score. Alma, however, maTched poinTs wiTh The ComeTs and never relin- quished The margin oT Their lead. CapTain ArT SmiTh played his lasT game on The home courT, and coIIecTed I3 poinTs To lead The scoring. The Maroon and Cream invaded The home courTs oT Albion and Adrian on successive nighTs, February 8 and March I, To end Their basIceTball campaign, and dropped boTh games. Albion beaT The ScoTs 40 To 25, and Adrian beaT Them 42 To 37. In This lasT game, Bob Adams ran up I5 poinTs, and ArT SmiTh ended his Three years oT acTive varsiTy play wiTh I2 poinTs, CapTain ArT SmiTh, Bob Adams, and John IvIaThews received special recogniTion Tor Their Tine playing in The conTerence as SmiTh was placed aT guard on The All- MIAA second Team, while Adams and Iv1aThews were accorded honorable men-- Tion. FRAKER DEAN A. SIVIITI-I ICI OTIS PLOWMAN ELDER