Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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FII ESIIRIAN IIASKETIIA LL l runt lfou'. l'ar1liff, Raymond, Bullock, Kenney, Stover. Sri-um! Ron-: Voaeh Spinks, Daikus, Witty, Ilolehouse, flool, Lippner, Pellieani, lI.YXl'.N'ft1Ilf l'Ullf'll w7ll0l1 Basketball was recognized as an intercollegiate sport at Bates, a student desire. that had been brewing' for several years, was satisfied. Although there were some who hated to see Hockey go, their numbers were so few as compared with those interested in Basketball. that they were willing' to give up and support the Basketball movement. Immediately plans for the first team to represent Bates in Basketball for a period of sixteen years were formulated. It was decided to introduce the sport with a freshmen team one year in advance of Yarsity competi- tion. This, it was believed. would help somewhat to match the foundation work that had been accomplished by our neighboring colleges through the medium of freshmen teams. Twenty-five prospective Basketball men. for the freshmen team. reported to Coach Spinks after Thanksgiving' vacation. Uf this group some had valuable background experience while others were beginning the sport for the first time. From the beginning the one thing that seemed to typify the squad as a whole was an enthusiastic willingness to work and apply themselves. This trait, essentially desirable in any team, developed as the season progressed into team consciousness and an indomitable fighting spirit. Following the procedure instituted in freslnnen football several years ago. emphasis on fundamentals was paramount, in all the work. It was believed that development in individual skills was more important than stress o11 game outcome. That. this might not have been a bad policy for innnediate game results is supported by the fact that the freshmen team lost. only one game out of an eleven-game schedule. Page one lll1ll1ll'O'll for!-If

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YYINTEII SPIIIITS Front Roux' Hailey, Taylor, coach Durgin. Morin, Goodwin. Second Ii0il'.'.'xl9X2ll11lt'I', Helsher, Harms, Ireland, Reiner, Purington. Third Roux' Hicker. hlCK96H,.'xl1lF6lIl, Hutchinson, Becker. Fourth Roux' f'urtis, Fisher, NYood. This past winter the direct antithesis of. the winter of the hlue snow, will probably he known as, the winter of hlue skiers. And so it was at Bates. The squad made up mostly of eager hut inexperienced skiers had hut few days on snow except during exam period. Luckily C'arnival fell in this snowy period and was completed successfully. We had hoped for some real competition with the other Blaine colleges hut the Dartmouth and Volhy C'arnivals. with invitations out hefore ours. prevented this. The Bates team was scheduled to compete at 1Iaine's Varnival. hut the snow did not stay and the events had to he cancelled. Perhaps the greatest damage done hy this mild winter was to prevent the development of our promising raw material. thus handicapping us in future years. for skiers cannot he Illilfltl without snow. However. in spite of the impending loss of George llorin and Norm Taylor hy graduation. prospects for another year are not too dreary. These two men have done much for our Varnival entertainments during their stay here. especially hlorin with his spectacular jumps through a paper hoop and excellent work in slalom and downhill events. Spud Goodwin. Fred Bailey. and Tom Reiner in the jumps. the slalom. and the downhill events: Boh Ireland. the hest freshman prospect in years. in the slalom and the downhill: Charles Alexander and Vurtis in the cross country. will continue their good work next year assisted hy Anirein. Foster. Helsher. Preble, Snowe. NYood and others who will develop if we are given enough snow. Pmlijf Ulu

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FBESIIRIAN BASKETB ALL Freshmen 26-Lewiston High School 23 Lewiston Armory, December ll.-lYith only two weeks of practice behind them, the freslnnen were able to stand off a hard driving Lewiston High team. in the opening game of their schedule. to win. After leading 7 to 5 at the end of the first pe1'iod, the freshmen failed to register a point in the second period, the half ending Lewiston ll--Freshmen 7. The second half was nip and tuck all the way with first one and then tl1e other ahead. With two minutes to go and the score tied Q2-QQ. Norman Tardiff. Acting Captain and former Lewiston High player. cooly dropped two in from out- side to start the freslnnen up on the right side of the ledger. Freshmen 30-Edward Little High 17 December 16. After such a close game with Lewiston tl1e Freshmen went i11to this game determined to make a more impressive showing. Edward Little was equally determined to do a better job on the freshmen than Lewiston had in order to establish their comparative rating locally. From the beginning the freslnnen jumped into a lead that they never re- linquishedg however it was close for three periods. In the fourth period the fresh- men pulled out front for a safe lead. Captain Tardiff and Kenney at guards were outstanding defensively. Stover, with ten points, was high scorer. This game afforded Coach Spinks 2111 opportunity to try out several combina- tions, and to get a better line on the individual members of the squad. Freshmen 43HKents Hill School 26 Jamiary 8.fLed by Captain Tardiff at right guard. the freshmen opened the first college Basketball game in the Alumni Gymnasium against Kents Hill. Clearly showing signs of lack of team organization the freslnnen started off slowly. Kents Hill was leading at the end of the first period ll-8. The second period was hard played with many fouls being called on both sides. Kenney, the spectacular left guard was lost to the team IIGHI' the end of the period on fouls. The half ended, Kents Hill Q0-Freshmen 16. The second l1alf found the Freshmen a different. team. They were breaking hard a11d fast offensively and covering like the real Bobkittens that they are -in defense. In the third period they scored 14 points to Q for Kents Hill, and the period ended freslnnen 30-Kents Hill QQ. The fourth period was equally colorful. Continuing the same type drive that they evidenced at the beginning of the second half. the freshmen went ahead and won, Freshmen 43-Kents Hill 26. IYhitmore, Captain Tardiff. Bullock and Stover played great ball for the Freslnnen. The outstanding thing of this game was the freshmen defensive play the second half when they allowed Kents Hill only six points while scoring Q7 tl1en1- selves. Freshmen 48-Maine Central Institute 25 January 26.-Displaying the best team organization that they had shown so far in the season tl1e freslnnen completely outplayed a strong llaine Central Institute team. Time and again the freslnnen would execute plays beautifully to get the ball in under the basket for 2111 easy shot. At no ti111e after the game started was there a question about its outcome. To point out any individual player who stood out above the others would be a difficult job. The entire freslnnen team functioned as a unit in a way that was beautiful to watch. Holehouse. center i11 place of Bullock who was out with a pulled muscle, was sensational. Roger lYhitmore with ll points was, for the second game, the high scorer. Aroostook Trip, February 4-5-6 Immediately following examinations, nine players and Coach Spinks went into Aroostook County on a three-game trip. This was the irst time a Bates team was ever represented in this section of the state, and it was looked forward to with great enthusiasm. Page 0nr'lz11nrlrrrl forfy our