Central Normal College - Centralian Yearbook (Danville, IN)

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garnered thirteen, Wallace, ten, and Williams found his basket eye once more by caging five field goals and two free throws, for a total of twelve points. The Warriors romped to an easy 55-39 win, showing real offensive power for the first time. Drilled on a defense to stop the tough Butler Bulldogs, who had rolled over such teams as Pittsburgh, Michigan, and Northwestern, the Central Normal squad was keyed to the highest possible pitch as the long awaited invasion of the Butler Fieldhouse arrived at hand. Displaying a defense that would make any coach shout for joy, the Warriors played a beautiful game, coolly and calmly controlling the ball, holding the highly touted Bulldogs to a lone field goal in the first half for a IO-5 lead and sweeping on to a 22-I5 victory. Butler marked up only four two-point- ters, as Wallace held their scoring ace without a point, Decker dribbled like a demon, Roudebush and McGarvey re- bounded the ball, while Williams flash- ed the old form that had gain him state-wide recognition, to score ten points. Revenge for the St. Joe defeat was gained at Danville the last of January by the margin of 40-33. Fresh from the Butler triumph, the Warriors again dis- played good defense, and at the same time good offense, Roudebush led the way with fifteen markers. The second team strutted their stuff in the next game when Oakland City came to town for the second meeting of the two teams. The regulars, how- ever, did most of the heavy scoring as the Oaks were subdued 42-24. A small, but fast, Eastern Illinois team moved into Danville for the next contest and before they left town the Warriors knew they had been in a ball game. Roudebush continued his heavy scoring by showing the way in a 39-27 win that was closer than the score in- dicates. Following their home stand, the War- riors traveled to Huntington and pol- ished them off 47-22, The game was listless until the scorekeeper, Blanford, donned a suit at half time and entered the game for his one and only appear- ance of the season. The formal dedication of the War- rior's new gymnasium was set for Feb- ruary l2, and the opposition was Val- paraiso, only undefeated team in the Indiana Conference, Following the dedi- catory speech by A. I. Trester, com- missioner of basketball in Indiana, the Warriors handed the Uhlans their only conference setback of the season to the tune of 32-2l, Once again the Purple and Gray five, composed of Scott, Roudebush, Williams, Wallace and Decker, played like champions to score their eighth consecutive victory, Williams collected thirteen points, and Wallace nine, as the starting five com- pleted the game without a substitution. Over-confidence and a small playing floor stunted the Warrior's decidedly new lease on life, and ruined their chances for a tie in the conference when I-lanover handed them an unex- pected defeat 39-35. After trailing ten points in the second half the Warriors staged a rally to tie the score, but the I-Ianover team was not to be denied and forged on to win in the closing seconds. Williams scored eighteen points in an attempt to change defeat into victory. This was the first time I-lanover had beaten a Leitzman coach- ed basketball team. I-luntington once more proved an easy victim, this time at Danville, as the second team again received a chance to show their wares. The final was 45-I6 as the gun sounded. The en- tire Huntington team scored only six field goals, while Roudebush, alone, gathered the same number of two- pointers. In a cracker box gymnasium at East- ern Illinois the Warriors almost took it on the chin again in a wild, high-scor- ing game that ended 50-47. Trailing by four points with less than three minutes to go, the Purple and Gray staged a drive that netted the neces- sary markers for victory. The scoring was equally divided among Williams, McGarvey, Roudebush, and Decker, The final game of the season was played at Ball State Teachers College and the Warriors just made the trip for the ride as the Cardinals ran wild to administer a 57-34 defeat. The game was brightened by the fact that Wil- liams, of Central Normal, and Rudicel, fContinued on Page 821 l gs A

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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,

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