Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Student Body Sports When the topic of sport is broached, our thoughts usually tly to the varsi- ties, in the pink of condition, spurred on to new endeavors by our cheers. But while we love to think of them and their victories, yet this is after all only a minor portion of the sports as they are to be found at Concordia. The Romans set up a principle: Mens sana in corpore sano -A sound mind in a sound body. This principle has found application also among us. To be able to soar to higher scholastic levels, we must keep our body in con- dition. To this effect sports in which the entire student body shares have been introduced. Anybody coming into the gym during the first week of March would have seen wondrous sights. He could not have failed to notice several teams battling on the hardcourt, fighting for the honor of their class. These basket- ball teams being encouraged by the frenzied yelling of their supporters. But that was only one part of 1t. The observer would have noticed hardy Priman- ers, trying to beat the ambitious Sextaner in tossing in gift shots from the foul line, or the proud Secundaner the wise Quintaner in long shots, or per- haps the sturdy Tertianer the lusty Quartaner in sinking speed shots. Nor did it end there; more revelations followed. He would have seen an honest- to-goodness basketball relay race. If, during a let-up of the celebration, held have inquired as to what it was all about, he would have been told that a tournament was being held, a tournament the like of which Concordia has seldom witnessed. Enthusiasm ran high! Everybody, be he resident or ttswift, did his share to make the tournament the success that it was. One tried to outdo the other. The Sextie was determined to wrest the honors away from the upperclassmen, even though his experience was limited. And the grand finale on that Saturday afternoon when the class and college champions in the various events were determined, was in accord with what had gone before. Everybody did his best and the result: success. So much for the tournament. But do not think that this is all we have of studentbody sports. Now that spring is here, every available space has been converted into indoor diamonds, the classes have been split and sub- split into leagues and teams, and games are being played daily. Each and every one that does not have to be on deck for indoor games may be found indulging in that national pastime known as barnyard golf. While the con- dition of the ground did not warrant the playing of indoor, volley ball was the vogue. This method of forming leagues and systematizing play gives every student a chance to prove his worth, and what is more, it gives him plenty of exercise. In addition to these sports there is a little football playevf by a few enthusiasts having superfluous energy to work off. The schedule for next year, although as yet tentative, includes the fol- lowing: Interclass football, tennis, volleyball, basketball; boxing, wrestling, ice skating races, hockey; track and held events.

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Cagers and Batsmen of Yesterday In delving into Concordials archives, we find that her name has been showered with honors also in the field of athletics. Her teams have held many amateur city championships, and in the year 1907 even took part in the basketball meet of Universities and Colleges for the championship of the American Athletic Union. The college chronicle contains many accounts of highly interesting and exciting games, the Concordia-Red Raven tussle being one of the best. This game, played Dec. 12, 1908, was arranged after much diiiiculty and was to settle a dispute of long standing. Both teams had namely claimed the city championship for three successive years, and dur- ing all this time the two lives had not met, The scene of the battle was Con- cordials gym. The writer of the chronicle reports the game as follows: Never before did our boys show more enthusiasm and spirit than at this game. Everybody seemed to have lost his senses. The gymnasium walls con- tinually resounded with echoes and re- echoes of yells. The game itself was beyond all description. Every move- ment was noteworthy! The Red Ra- vens started off with a flerce rush, scoring ten points in less than three minutes, leaving our boys far in the 1908-1909 shade. But Concordia soon showed that they were still in the game. Bangert, at center, outjumped his man at inter- vals, and at such times plucky little ttLib Rohlfing dashed in, grabbed the ball, shot, and a score was ours. So it kept up. Great credit must also be given Haacker and Schnack, the latter scoring six f1eld goals. However, the laurels undoubtedly belong to Dittmer. He played his position at guard so cleverly that his man, a forward of high caliber, obtained but one goal. After the game a spectator, Mr. Davis, a man well known in basketball circles, also at one time coach of the first team at the University of Wis- consin, said in regard to Ditt- mer that he played the guard position better than any man in the city. The score at the end of the first half was 22 to 15 in Concordia's favor. When the whistle called time in the second half, the victory be- longed to Concordia, who had in a. masterly fashion defeated the strong, over-confldent Y. M. C. A. team 37 to 24. 1898-1899