Catholic Central High School - Banner Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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EIGHTY-FOUR

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F BASKET BALL ln November, Father VVagner and As- sistant Coach Flack raised the curtain for the 1927-1928 basketball season. Their call for players met with a prompt re- sponse and much enthusiasm on the part of the students. The first night thirty- five men reported for practice but at the close of the week only those who show- ed exceptional basketball ability were re- tained. Now followed several weeks of intense practise for a heavy schedule with teams reported to be skilled ill basketball tactics. The result of this l training shows up nicely in the following summary of games : Nov. 30--Central 10, vs. St. Peter's, Keokuk, 25. It was a hard fight and one marked by unusually fast dribbling by Joe Heitz. Dec. O--Central 2, vs. St. Patrick's, Iowa City, 31 Close guarding by the invading team would have held the local boys score- less, had not several fouls netted them the two points garnered. Heitz and Hel- ling alone could solve the oppositioifs defense and would squeeze through only to be blocked or to miss the basket. Dec. 9-Central 8, vs. Stf Peters, Keokuk, 23 Cullen and Albers played a nice game at guard but could not stem the flow,of baskets that came in from all angles of the floor. Dec. 14--Central 29, vs. Nauvoo, I5 Tottenhoff and VVilliams played in rare form. Dec. I6-CCl1tI'Rl 14, vs. St. Marys, Muscatine, 7 Cullen and Tottenhoff starred, the former collecting three baskets and the latter gathering two. Dec. 30-Central 39, vs. Sheaffer Pen Co., I0 Ineffective passing and bad basket eyes spelled defeat for the Sheaffer club. Cullen and Guenther looped in baskets from all angles. jan. 13-Central 28, vs. St. Paul's, Burlington, IZ Guenther, Cullen and VVilliarns together gained 24 points. jan. 18-Central 21, vs. Nauvoo, 18 It was a fast and furious fight and with forty seconds yet to play, the score stood at 18 all. To make sure of victory Albers and Cullen each made a basket. Ian. 20-Central 21, vs. St. Mary's, Muscatine, IQ Fans were on their feet throughout this intense fight staged by the two teams. Cullen's playing was an inspiration to the rest of the team. EIGHTY-THREE

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