Cowley College - Tiger Daze Yearbook (Arkansas City, KS)

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A. C. JUNIOR COLLEGE MAGAZINE 11 over here to take a 43 to 2 thrashing. Our next opponent was Garden City, but the boys from the West were com- pletely outclassed and Ark City easily wone 42 to 9. In our next game with Fort Scott we encountered the stiffest opposition so far. However, we won the game 43 to 26 and thus advanced a step nearer our coveted goal. In our next game with Chilocco we rolled up the biggest score so far, the count being 81 to 15. Weller made 26 points and Big Mac, 30. The next week the team started on their annual tour. The first stop was at Tarsons where they won a game 42 to 35. The next game was the big upset. At Port Scott, the boys dropped an er- ratic game to the home team by a 2 point margin, after leading most of the way. This was our only defeat so far by a junior college. This defeat made it necessary to defeat Iola, which was our last game, so you can imagine how the students at home hung around the bul- letin board waiting for news from Iola. At last it came and we were the State Champs, the boys having won 37 to 20. With the exception of a few minor games with the liigh school the basket tall season was over, and every one vot- ed it a.verv successful season. To Coach Daniel Stark goes one-half the credit and to the team the other half. It was largely due to Coach Stark ' s tire- less efforts and his ability to impart ihis wonderful basket ball knowledge to the men that A. C. Junior College has the State Basket Ball Championship. Our captain, Martin Hardy, was always in the thick of the game, urging his team mates on, and displaying those excellent qualities of leadership which are nec- essary in a successful captain. Weller could always be counted on for his share of the points and was always here, there, and everywhere in the way of the oppos- ing player, always keeping his man closely guarded. Big Mac generally dropped in a half a dozen counters in a careless fashion, always got the tip on his opponent, and played every minute of the game. Houston played every po- sition on the team with equal success, al- though his regular terth was forward. Huck was a good shot and ranked well toward the front at the close of the sea- son. The fact that Rakie Smith did not make as many points as the rest is good evidence that he was tending strictly to business. Very few forwards caught him napping. Vernon Smith could always be depended on in a pinch for a basket or two, and could always be relied upon to fight to the final gun. Upson did not play regularly on account of his high + W1i«mi Von Graduate VOIR PHOTOGRAPH From The Cornish Studio •§•, in, nn mi on mi ip.i | IN „ i in. nn mm mm ..4 HII — MM— Mil— ■ ' » »« I ' ll — J .§.„ „„ „„ „„ „„ „„ „„ „„ „„ „„ ,„ — „„ „ „l, BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE For LAWN and PORCH R, Bruce Parman , , — „„ »

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10 A. C. JUNIOR COLLEGE MAGAZINE BASKET BALL AT A. C. JUNIOR COLLEGE The basket ball season added another scalp to the fast growing collection of A. C. J. C. The first three games did not look very favorable, but the boys proved that a bad start means a good finish. The first game of the season was with the Alva Rangers a four year college, and they certainly were rangers. The tall lads from Oklahoma took the home team to a 44 to 37 drubbing. However, our defeat may be attributed to the fact that the boys had not played together long enough, and that Coach Stark changed the players around in an effort to find the most effective line up. Hous- ton made seven points, Vernon Smith seven, McMichael two, Weller fourteen, Hardy five, and Raymond Smith two. All of the players found the basket for at least one counter, which showed that we had a well balanced team and no out- standing stars. Our next game was with the All Stars, made up of former high school and col- lege players, such as Kroenert, Chapman, Spohn, Bratches, Smith Marsh, Vogel, and Gilbreatih. This high powered ag- gregation only defeated our boys 31 to 24. The first day of the year, George Gardner brought his McPherson College team down for a practice game. Lester Chapman, an Arkansas City boy made fourteen of his team ' s 41 points while Houston made fourteen of Arkansas City ' s 32 points. This was but another practice game, and the boys were hitting their stride and getting into shape for the league games which started the next week. Our first league game was with Par- sons, last year ' s champions. Everybody anxiously awaited the results of this game as an indication of our relative strength with the other junior college teams. A. C. easily won, the score being 33 to 20, with Weller, Houston and Hardy furnishing the majority of the points. From then on our team marched straight toward the championship. Independence was our next victim on January 13. The date must have had something to do with the visitors, as we easily defeated them 49 to 15. Next week the team invaded foreign territory. Independence and Coffeyville, easily winning both games, the score of the Independence game being 46 to 25 and of the Coffeyville game 35 to 11. In our next game with St. John ' s Re- serves, we easily doubled the score, 36 to 1 8. Chilocco was our next victim, the In- dians being beaten 34 to 13. Four days later Coffeyville journeyed .$,,, „ „„ ,. n ... m, ■ „ .. ,.„ ., .. , + STYLE Headquarters for Young Men FLEESON ' S «£ , ... mi »n in. .... ».. ..» «.. in .... in. ..n 1.4. 4 + CONSIDER THE MOTH And Cleanse Your Winter Garments BEFORE STORING Telephone 253 ABLESON ' S . .„ . „„ ,

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12 A. C. JUNIOR COLLEGE MAGAZINE school injury, but always gave a good account of himself when he did. George McMichael gave his big brother plenty of opposition and was no mean shot him- self. McMahon was always on hand and Coach Stark could send him into a game with the feeling that things would go as well as before. Leroy Plumley develop- ed into quite a finished player by the end of the season and should make a showing next year. Another player who should do well next year is Clyde Harris; Clyde played a good game this year and gave the regulars something to work for. Although Willis Barr did not always score, he always played hard and clean. Willis is another player who will make basket ball history for A. C. J. C. next year. Garrett Miles played his first year for A. C. and showed ability. We ' ll be counting on him too next year. Junior College made quite a name for itself in basket ball this year and every- body confidently expects it to win more laurels next year. We saw in the pa per the other day that the new dollar bills were made of extra heavy paper and would last twice as long as the old ones. We are glad at last something has been done to make our money last longer. SH-SH-SH. Sh-sh-sh. Skip day tomorrow. Such were the words of several college stu- dents Wednesday, April 28. Therefore the next day at 1:00 all the students met at Wilson Park and were soon on their way to Anderson ' s six miles east of town. The faculty members were the only ones present that afternoon and were of course forced to teach empty feats. The afternoon at Anderson ' s was spent playing volley ball, wading in the river, and climbing trees. Several of the more adventurous, however, went either boat riding, in a boat that had almost as much water inside as outside, or swim- ming. The eats committee overestimated on the amount of food, but that didn ' t make any difference with most of the students. Of course, Ivan, Roky, Plum, and Willie had their share. After all this, someone decided that they needed more, and went after ice cream. In sipite of the fact that several thoughtless girls had to walk over the gravel to find their boots, most of the crowd was still full of pep on the way home. Photos That Please —VISIT- MARTIN STUDIO 107 West Washington Ave. G. C. Brill