Columbia College - Cayuse Yearbook (Milton, OR)

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After about four and one-half minutes it looked as if another extra five minutes would have to be played, but before the final whistle a foul was called which Parks converted into the win- ning score. February 1 the team left for Spokane where they were to play three consecutive games. The first with Spokane College was lost by a three-point margin, the score being 18-15. It was a very good game considering the long trip which the boys had from Milton to Spokane. The next evening February 2, the quintet played the return game with VVhitworth and were defeated by the close score of 20-17. On February 4, the boys met the strong- est team of the conference at Spokane University and lost by a score of 38-14. This team later won the conference championship for the year. Spokane College played at Columbia on February 14 and was defeated by the close but decisive score of 26-21. The Spokane boys were over confident of winning. The Columbia defense and the clever offense proved too strong for them. The next game, February 25, was with Spokane University, and was either team's game until the end of the final period. In the last few minutes of play Spokane ran up a lead which Col- umbia could not overcome. The final score was 21-12. This game decided the conference championship which fell to Spokane University. The remaining games were with Lewiston State Normal. The first two were played there February 29 and March 1. The first game was very fast and exciting to players and spectators alike. It ended with Lewiston having the long end of a 20-22 score..The second game was not so close in score but just as in- teresting, and ended 24-12 in favor of the Normal boys. The following week Lewiston again contested the Columbia boys in two real games March 1 and 8 on Columbia's floor. The i .,i. 'f - ' VX rl lag 1 .tiu y it 412, i , fig . Page Forty-Eight VIMIONT SEVY

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M. Henninger Gillis Pontius fCoachj Parks Sevy Saunders Flock Brewster QCapt.J I M. Bennett Bradbury Basketball I-IIS was Columbia's first year in the Columbia Valley confer- ence. At a meeting of all the schools of this conference at Spokane, the schedules were arranged. Coach Pontius represented Columbia and he succeeded in scheduling some good games, both at home and at other schools. These games brought keen competition to the students going out for basketball, and no one was sure of a place on the regular quintet. The season progressed with a dim outline of a team show- ing some good work. By the time of the first game everyone was in the best of condition, and seemed sure of victory. lt took many weeks of hard practice and work by both the coach and the play- ers, to mould a team out of the material. lt was very dishearten- ing to have the loss of players on account of sickness. This clif- ficulty was withstood in many games and the team fought that much harder to make up for it. Next season the Cayuses will again show the members of this conference how the game of basketball should be played. The first conference game was played with Whitwo1'th Col- lege of Spokane on the home floor january 25. The game was very fast and clean, with the final score 20-2l in favor of Col- umbia. At the end of the fourth quarter the score was 20-20. Page Forty-Seven I

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first went to the visitors by the score of 20-12. The sickness of our players caused the loss of this game. The following evening the Columbia quintet defeated the Normal team by a margin of 18-l0. These games ended our first year in the Columbia Valley Conference. Watch the boys next year! They will have the ex- perience of a year's playing on other courts and a much better knowledge of basketball. Columbia played ten conference games to only eight of any of the other teams. Brewster was our center and captain. Very few of his op- ponents got the tip-off, and those who did were exceedingly tall men. He was always ready to shoot and was one of the main factors in our style of defense. Sevy was as quick and fast as one would want a forward to be. He was always guarded closely and most of the time by two men . He was high-point man in most of the games. Parks was Sevy's mate at forward until the measles over- took him. Parks was a good shot and very quick on floor work. Gillis played forward. He was a little light but more than made up for this difficulty in speed and floor work. Bennett began as guard, but the sickness of Parks forced him to play forward during the latter part of the season. He played a good steady game as guard and did his part while a for- ward. Flock was the guard who let few shots be taken from his side of the court. Charles was steady and sure, but when any one grew tough with him he was strong enough to show him a good time. He was one of the principals in both offense and de- fense. Bradbury was always on the job at guard, whether it was guarding a man or going down the floor for a basket. jim was always sure of one or two baskets each game. SUMMARY Team Score Played Team Seore Columbia 21 Here Whitworth 20 Columbia 15 There Spokane C. 18 Columbia 17 There Yvliitwonth .20 Columbia 17 There Spokane U. 38 Columbia 26 Here Spokane C. 21 Columbia 12 Here Spokane U. 31 Columbia 20 There Lewiston N 22 Columbia 12 There Lewiston N 2-1 Columbia 12 Here Lewiston N 20 Columbia 18 Here Lewiston N. 10 166 215 Page Forty-Nine