Chicago College of Optometry - Focus Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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C.C.Q.k44 ILLINI-43 CCG. courtmen opened the T949-50 home court baslcet- ball schedule with a thrilling 44-43 triumph over the Chicago lllini. This victory gave the Blue and Gold basketeers their first. home court triumph in two years of intercollegiate com- petition. Sparlced by the Ennis-Buchanan scoring combination, the Eyemen moved to a four point half-time spread with the score standing at Q3-'19 The Chicago lllini, actually the University of lllinois Pro- fessional School sauad, came back with determination in the second half and wrested the lead from the Blue and Gold. Unable to cope with the fine play of lllinois' Von Rudon, CCG. fell into the short end ofa 4Q-36 count. With three and one half minutes remaining in the contest, the Stoclcdale crew came on in an unstopable surge. As the clocl4 read one minute to play, the score was knotted at 43-43, agd a free-throw by Tex .layroe gave the lfyemen the deciding e ge. CCG.-49 N.l.CQ.-43 Keeping the home contest slate clean, CC.Q.'s impressive win over the southside aggregation of NICQ gave them a two to one edge in the games that these teams have played in, together. Down two points at the half time, CCC baslfeteers came on hard in the second half, led by the fine offensive-defensive combination of Ennis and lrwin. Ennis led all scores of the evening with '18 markers, while l-larris of the NICQ lvlaroons parted the hoop for i3 points. It is a well lcnown fact that the spirit in any CCG-NICQ joust runs high. The Stoclcdale squad always points towards this game, and their sharp victory entitles them to a fine press notice. CCG.-54 ll.l.lNQl5-37 The local five of CCC had little dificulty in decisively defeating an inexperienced lllinois Tech auintet. -lhe lechmen scored first on a pretty two-hander from thirty feet out by Dale l-lall. Scoring went slowly from this point on and as the first quarter drew to a close Ennis put the Blue and the Gold ahead by netting two charity throws. lVlal4ing up for a slow first half which gave them only a 'l7- 'I4 lead, the home team began to heat the courts with a much improved display of Shooting. Coach Stoclcdale emptied the bench as the outcome of the game became apparent. ln spite of this courteous measure, the score continued to mount to a final 54-37. Ennis again led all scorers with Qi points, on seven baslfets, and as many free throws. C.C.G.-55 ARMY-58 Accepting their only home court defeat of the season, some ofthe baslceteers and fans suffered from a deflated ego. It was a sloppy contest, and in this reporter's opinion, there was no reason for losing other than a giving out in the final minutes of the game. Leading by three at the half time, CCG lool4ed good enough to be assured of the win. They had first started to move in the second quarter and only the half time intermission halted their determined push. l-lowever, the Eyemen didn't sustain their driving type of play and the game was literally stolen from them by the brilliant play of Fort Sheridan forward Scheel, who led the evenings scorers with seventeen points. Coping the scoring honors for CCG was jayroe with thirteen. When the going became rough, and CCC began to press, the fort Sheridan team showed the ability to Fight off an eleventh hour lfyemen rally, to carry off the game by a score of 58-55. i l l -I l l l rl .l i l l i l i l l l i i i l i Ni i l il 'l i i i i i i i . I l l i l l i i

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Uardify gariefgaf BASKETBALL RCDSTEI2 Nome l-leiglfit Position Eielcl Gools Foul Point lotol l3ucl1onon,VV. 6'1U E Q4 5 53 Clowson, 8. 5'6H G 16 16 48 Ennis, M. 5'11 E 55 Q6 136 Gordon, W. 56 E 9 5 Q3 l-ledlund, R. 6'0 E Q7 5 59 lrvvin, R. 6'2 C Q6 15 67 hloyroe, 5. 6'1 G Q8 Q5 81 Koclwion, 5. 5'1O G 1 O Q Levinson, R. 601' G O O O Luclcow, 6'0 C 18 14 50 Proctor, 6'0 E O O O -l'oml3ougl1,D. 5'9 E 8 3 19 TEAM RECORD iC.C.Q. .,.,. ..,., 4 4 ysflwicogo lllini .. . . . .43 XCCQ. ..... ..... 5 5 S':l:ort5l1eridon .... .,.. 5 8 CCG. .,.,, ..... 4 1 Great Lol4es .. .,..6Q BLCCQ. ..... ..... 5 4 :klllinois leclw .... .... 3 7 'C.C.Q. ..... ..... 5 1 P GlenvieW Morines .... 40 CCC. .,... ..... 4 7 Elgin College .., , . . .67 cC.C.Q. ,.... ..... 5 6 a'cElgin College . .. . . . .45 XCCQ. ..,.. ..... 4 9 tN.I.C.O. ,...... .... 4 3 CCG. ..... .... 5 Q Eostern College ., . . . .86 XCCQ. ..... .,... 6 Q Covertimey g5t. Procopius .... ,... 5 7 Xl-lome Gome.

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CCC.-5'I GLENVIEW-40 With last year's Captain Bill Buchanan bearing the brunt of a viscious offense the Chicago College five racked up an easy win over the Glenview Naval Station Marines. -lhe Marines went into the game sporting a record of nine wins out of thirteen contests, and were promptly dumped by a Blue and Gold squad that could do no wrong. Dominating the backboards under both baskets the Eyemen were never hard put as they retired for the half time inter- mission with the count reading 3'I-'I6 in their favor. The closest that the Marines could press in their second half bid was 33-Q6 at the eight minute mark of the stanza. -lhen the CCC quintet countered with their own scoring display to go onto win handily. Buchanan easily carried off the scoring honors of the even- ing with QQ markers. Leading the opposition in scoring was I-loffman with 19 points. CCG.-55 El.GlNl46 After being sadly defeated by a powerful and deep Elgin squad earlier in the season, Coach Stockdales charges sought and found their revenge by defeating the visitors 55-46. Reaching the peak of his performance this year, Captain Roy I-ledlund led the attack to give the locals a half time lead of 32-QO. I-ledlund gave the fans a brilliant play of shooting a general floor play that will long be remembered. Aiding the lfyemen cause to no small measure were Ennis and ,layroe with 19 and 'IO points each respectively. Leading the losers was Becker with sixteen points. CCC.-62 PRQCQPIQUS-57 Driving hard to overcome a nine point first half deficit a determined Blue and Gold quintet won a well earned victory over a fine St. Procopious squad 622-57. 'lhe main CCC dificulty in the first half was the inability to cope with a Procopious hotshot by the name of Myers who amassed 'I3 points in the first half. I-lowever, it was a combination of Ennis and Irwin for CCC who stole the limelight in the second half to fleep their squad in the game. The Blue and Gold seemed doomed as the time ran out while they dangled on the short end of a 56-55 count. With only six seconds remaining Ennis was fouled, and his con- version ofthe charity toss put the game into overtime. It was a cautious period which remained scoreless until with two minutes and thirty-five seconds gone Irwin and Ennis hit in close succession. Bob Clawson scored the final goal for CCG with forty seconds remaining to ice the game. Foenscher scored the visitors only tally with seconds remaining. VARSITY-3'I PRQF5-30 The second annual basketball clash between the Varsity cagers and the faculty climaxed a highly successful season at the Waller gym. With an over-anxious faculty squad playing out of a very effective -l-formation, the first quarter found the Blue and Gold trailing by a six point margin. Coach Carl Stockdale was a tower of strength managing to spearhead the inter- ference on every play. Despite the first string varsity squads attempts to assume the lead, the first half ended with the l3rof's in command I'I-4. A hard driving Eyemen charge brought the score to a knotted count in the third quarter as the fast tiring professors lost their ability to cope with their students. During the final stanza the lead changed hands several times. Led by Leo CGeorge Mikanl Stein the faculty tried hard to walk off with the game.