Canisius College - Azuwur Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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4' fa' H NX J Hriltp T 5 r Zgaskethall . The 'varsity basketball team this year displays a record which compares most favorably with the record of last year's championship quintette. For the quint enjoys the reputation of intercollegiate champs of VVestern New York, which they earned by defeating the Niagara University live. The University of Buffalo was also included in the strife for the coveted honor, but for obvious reasons, cancelled, at short notice, both games, which had been scheduled for some time. It has been the great desire of basketball enthusiasts for the past years to see these two quints meet, but, although dates were given and accepted, no game ever matured, for U. of B. failed to appear. The squad began training in the latter part of November, and the outlook was anything but bright, for lVerder and Ehrman, the team's sturdy guards for the past three years, had departed for other fields-the former matricu- lated at Notre Dame, while the latter became a student at Ohio State Un-i- versity. These men had been the mainstay of the team, and, consequently, it seemed discouraging to break in two new guards. Then Paul Snyder, who had been taken on the team towards the end of the season and played a star, game, was also among the missing, being entered in the University of Pennsylvania. Bennis, Helmiak, Eschrich and Mahoney went to make up the nucleus of the team. The call for candidates found Frank Kempel, who starred on the 704-705 Prep. team, again in the running, as was also Charlie McCabe, a prom- inent player from one of the city's crack teams. Joseph Blaum of last year's Reserve team swelled the list of promising men. The tirst tryout was in a game with the speedy Central Y. M. C. A. five, 31

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QV- - I 1 1 I I I I I '-x.. 1 lC'klllf' of brains in the f'I2lSS'l'O0lll, to the culinary daintics hroupglit from ho1ne a-nd harbored there, is 4 I1 ample proof at once of a good teacher and a better mother. The eftect a thoughtful lunch-box, flavoied hr tl1e lusc1ous college mocha, produces on hands of lll6l'1'1Iy-Cililftlllg' youths, 1S phenomeiial, and would furnish ideal scenes 'for an arlistfs brush. h , t t , t . Lunch over, the hall IS promptly 1netzxniorpliosed by the tactful young coips ot ZLSSISTUI s 1n 0 typical club-rooms for the various parlor games of the Junior Day SCIIOIQITS. Again a rollicking bustle around chess and carroin-boards, and I know not what other amusing games. HoWeV61', desplte the dln of teasing and laugliter, all is politeness and gentleinanly llll1'fi'.. A feature in the club-rooms was the great carroin f0l.l1'll2l1ll9Ilt last winter. About 28 teams had entered the lists, and the distribution ,of prizes to the successful combatants was made the occasion of a special cefehration, the Reverend 'Prefect presiding Fr I Rudolph S J the ingenious 1na11aeger of the place, in 11. happy address, complimented the bovs on then- laudable mterest- i11 sane 1'GC'1'P2lfl0ll and on the mutual, amicablg spirit fosterediby. them. L Ilhe popular brotliers, Joseph and Michael IitlSAllIJOXVbkl, Lil11'16CI. off the ist puze 111 a ne Archavena game-hoard. X ef AQXQXX Beasley, Walsli and Ronan three, Crack-a-jack lawyers will surely be, Their legal talent shown thus far Should make them shine before the bar. They 're well prepared to fight their way, Look over their records, it's what you will say. Tl1ey've mastered nrst principles from A to Z During two hard years of philosophy. As silver orators they oft were crowned Despite all objections, the truth here is sound. In the laws of physics ti18fY7V6 reached perfection, In chemistry and astronomy you never could ketch 'em. Paradoxical as it may seem, For them biology is like a Latin theme, In German, in logic, in ethics and Greek, They resemble the renowned educational freaksg They 're prime exponents of the scholastic system Wfhich all should pursue in seeking for wisdom, SO fellows, you see, when they enter the race The wise H1011 of Gotham w0uldn't hold their pace. . 3 - I I I I I I I I I I I I I I4 I If I I IIIII I I . I I I I I , 4 y I I I E . I I II I I I I I I I I I 1 .I.'3 s il E If I I E 1 I I I I

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'Barsitp Jgaskethall Team O. S. MURPHY, S. J ............. , ................... ..... ll Ianager JAS. E. MAI-IONEY .... ....... .... L EE Ptaln JNO. WILLO ........ . . .pbcorer Jos. BLAUM .......... ---- if ,OTWM Jog, HELMINIAK ,,,, ............. 11 orward LEG E, B.ENNIS ,,,,,,, ................. L enter J AS. E. MAI-IONEY . .. .... Center and Forward FRANK G, KEMPEL ................ Guard CHARLES MCCABE ,,,, .............. G uard a ED. J. ESCHRICH .... ---- G Hard- ART. T. BENNIS ............... . . . . . . . . . . .Guard which defeated the 'Varsity 53-31. The next two regular exhibitions were with the Ariel Club. The first one proved a walkaway match, in which the 'varsity lacked the necessary requisites for a winning team, i. e., spirit, team work and good shooting. The second one showed a slight improvement, but, nevertheless, the prospects for a. victorious season seemed to he enveloped by dark clouds. However, the old adage, Every dark cloud has a silver lining, put hope into the hearts of the management, and no stone was left unturned by them in the perfecting of the team. 32