Central Normal College - Centralian Yearbook (Danville, IN)

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ATHLETICS COACH LEITZMAN A l X.

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rf. PIA Mary Gill ot Danville was elected May Queen to rule over test- ivities ot the May Day Celebration which was observed May 4. Edwin l-laisley at Union City was elected by the girls as Robin l-lood. The attendants included llett to rightl Maybelle Miles of Danville, Mary Evelyn Nay ot Danville, Helen Bain ot Cloverdale, Lee Roy Greenwood at Williamsport, .loan Wysong ot Danville, tlow- er girl, Donald Johnson ot Danville, Crown bearer, Audra Roberts ot Mecca, maid of honor, .lerry Wysong ot Danville, flower girl, James Dold of Speed, Betty Laymon of Staunton, Margaret Black ot Rossville, and Mary Knuckles ot Borden. 17 21

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CL Rl BASKETBALL Keep the record going, was the theme of the i937-38 basketball squad when the football cleats were hung up and the hardwood call finally sounded last fall. The record ' of course, was an undefeated season for two consecu- five years which had carried with it the coveted championship of the Indiana Inter-collegiate Conference. When the aspirants were given the once over by Coach Leitzman, it was found that from the great champion- ship club of i936-37 but two mainstays remained, Roudebush, center, and Wil- liams, all-state forward of the year be- fore. With these two seasoned veter- ans, several lettermen, and a few prom- ising freshmen, Coach Leitzman began the task of keeping the record going, in defense of the Intercollegiate Crown. Anderson College came to Danville for the Warriors initial game and as the Normalites took the floor the line- up consisted of Williams and Scott, forwards, Roudebush, center, and Wal- lace and Decker at guards. Play was ragged, as it usually is in an opening tilt, but Central Normal experienced little difficulty as they triumphed, 39- 3l, Williams scoring twenty-two points. Y, The next game with the strong Man- chester outfit, proved the big heart- break of the year as the Warriors were taken into camp for the first time in 34 consecutive regularly scheduled games. After leading at the half by the slim margin of 20-l9, the Purple and Gray were held to ten points in the last half, Manchester winning 4D- 3O. Thus a magnificent record was broken. Roudebush and Decker tried in vain to stem the tide, contributing sixteen and six points, respectively. Wil- liams was held to a lone field goal. A small floor and some slightly shady officiating contributed to keep the war- riors in their losing ways as they played St. Joe at Rensselaer in the next con- test. However, St, Joe soundly thumped the Warriors, 49-33, to prove the win was no fluke. Numerous substitutions were made by Coach Leitzman in an effort to find a winning combination but none was forthcoming. Hanover came to Danville one week before Christmas for the Warriors in their newly built gymnasium and Central Normal had the satisfaction of winning their first game on the new floor by the margin of 43-l7. Practi- cally everyone scored except the score- keeper, as the team played a slow de- liberate offensive game, completely submerging the boys from the Ohio. Roudebush was high point man with thirteen, closely followed by Wallace and Williams, each counting eleven. The new winning streak was short lived, however, as Ball State came down two nights before Christmas and left Coach Leitzman and his boys a 48-27 defeat to think about over the holi- days. The Warriors were slightly handi- capped by an attack of flu that had kept Roudebush in bed all week, and the fast-stepping Cardinal team com- Jletely outclassed the men of Central Normal, With Butler scouts in the bleachers, Coach Leitzman sprang one of his cagey maneuvers by starting a team composed mostly of second team men against the comparatively weak Tay- lor aggregation in the first game after the holidays. The move almost proved disastrous as the Taylor men fired away from for out with uncanny accuracy. The Warriors were outscored from the field thirteen to eleven but accuracy at the foul line brought a 32-3l vic- tory. Pointing for the Butler game, Coach Leitzman attempted to inject some new life into the line-up in the person of Spike McGarvey, lanky forward, as the Normalites traveled to Oakland City. This young gentleman delivered, by scoring twelve points. Roudebush CC. it C f -3,