Alma College - Scotsman Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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HB BASKETBALL TEAM Back Row: Durell Emling, Bill LaPough, Murray Hanna, Bruce Butler, and Paul French Fronf Row: Francis Cappaerf, .lack Hensel, Walter Maitison, and Coach William Carr. SCOTTIES' SEASON RECORD Alma 28 Carr's Crushers .......,.. Alma ........ ......... 3 4 Central Michigan ............ Alma ......... .,..,,.. Bay City Business College.. Alma Hope .,.....................,....,..... Alma Bay City Business College Alma Consumers' Power .............. Alma Alma Hope .,.,....,.............. Central Michigan . .,.. . 56

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U72 Kirby and U01 .lake Howe watch for rebounds in an at- tempted basket play. Two of Alma's best home games came next. Alma outclassed a scrappy Tri-State flndianaj team to win 44-35. The Indiana team had great power in Schoon, 6 ft. 7 in. center, and high-scoring freshman guard, Mahnensmith, who scored 25 points in the enocunter. Alma played its best game of the year in downing the fine Western Michigan College quintet on the Alma court 6I-50. Carey pushed through a total of 30 points to outscore the Western ace, Gensichen, who was held to 'I6 points through the fine defensive work of Kirby. Jack Howe also netted I9 points for Alma. At Angola, Indiana, the Scots had a difficult time coming from behind to beat Tri- State in a hair-raiser, 44-43. Jack Howe's center court shot with 30 second to go, tying the game, and Rex Holmes' foul shot in the last six seconds pulled the game out of the fire for Alma. The Scot machine bogged down when they met Western at Kalamazoo. Missing many uncler-the-basket shots and free throws, and unable to hold Gensichen, Western's scoring ace who swished 25 points, the Scots lost 48-42, ending Alma's fifteen game winning streak. The same week, still off stride, the Scots had a difficult time in winning the crucial MIAA game with Hope at Holland. Rex Holmes, playing the best game of'his career, provided the needed punch as the Scots barely nosed out the Dutchies by a score of 48-46. The following night, the tired Scots were unable to match the keyed-up Michigan Normal team in the game played at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit as the Hurons won 5I-4I. Ed Penner's swishing out-court shots were the principal factor in the Scots downing the Central Michigan Bearcats at Alma, 32-29. The Scots rang down the curtain by winning over Kalamazoo at Alma, 52-46, in a game which saw Carey, Kirby, Penner, and Holmes playing their last game for Alma. 55'

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Faced with a green and unseasoned squad, Coach Carr brought his junior varsity cagers along slowly, and their strong showing and development as the season pro- gressed is evidence of their work and seasoning. From the B varsity, several achieved berths on the varsity and give fine promise for next year. Durrell Emling led the Scotties in scoring this season, scoring 72 points while playing in only seven of the eight games. Other players giving strong promise for next year and showing improvement during the year were Jack Heimforth, Carl Wickham, Mur- ray Hanna, Paul French, and Jack Hensel. Max Tullis was a valuable asset this season, but has been lost to the army, and he cannot be counted on for the next season's prospects. Late in the season Bill LaPaugh strengthened the Scotties' roster, but, being a senior, will not be back for varsity play next year. The Scotties played their strongest game in downing the Cental Michigan Bearkittens in their last game ot the season, 49-43. With the varsity losing four of the starting quintet, Coach Macdonald will Iook to this group for the material which will supple- ment his championship squad when they start the defense of their title next season. With the two Howe brothers, Jack and Bob, Silvio Fortino, Rocky Walker, Gayle Sax- ton, Durrell Emling, Carl Wickman, Paul French, and Jack Heimforth returning from this year's varsity, Coach Macdonald will have a formidable group around which to build his 1942-1943 aggregation. VARSITY CAGE STATISTICS TOTAL GAMES MIAA GAMES Player SP FT SP PT TP G FG PF TP Jack Howe .... 382 39 .764 31 297 'IO 59 19 137 Keith Carey ....... ,.....,., . 474 53 .669 29 289 10 41 25 107 Robert Kirby ..... ,...,.... 2 70 38 .575 40 148 10 30 18 78 Bob Howe ...... .407 16 .551 11 108 10 20 8 48 Ed Penner .246 13 .590 49 91 10 22 5 49 Rex Holmes .... 240 13 .514 47 82 10 13 8 34 Silvio Forlino ..... .,...,... 2 30 7 .466 19 31 10 9 2 20 Rocky Walker ..... , ....,.., 440 2 .333 9 24 4 8 0 16 Gayle Saxton 333 3 .375 9 23 9 7 3 17 Dud Emling ....... ..,...... 2 94 'I .250 5 11 8 2 0 4 Max Tullis ............,...,.,.,. 090 0 .000 4 2 3 1 0 2 Jack Heimforth .000 1 1.000 1 1 6 0 1 1 Bill LaPaugh ..... .,.,.. . 000 0 .000 O 0 3 0 0 0 Bucky Walters ...,.. .000 0 .000 3 0 1 0 0 0 187 191 .604 257 1107 10 212 89 513 Total opponents' points-B22 TOIGI opponemsl Key-G, games played in, FG, field goals, SP, shot percentage, TP, total points. 57 points-304 FT, free throws, PF, personal fouls,