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

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gg! 1.4 w TOP ROW, Left to right: Carl Utt, Gail Rutter, Daniel C. Stark, Georgie Miller, Owen Thomas. SECOND ROW, Left to right: Willie Gilliland, Kirby Barnes, Jack Axley, Ralph NValileck. Karl Perry. THIRD ROW, Left to right: Howard King, Victor Gillespie, Arthur Alexander, Chester Steifens, Hank Clark. C g S I 7' ' h I M h BANGING shot! The cords sing! And the ball is brought back, only to go again. A simple process, so simple in fact that the Arkansas City basketball team employed it as the potent weapon in dealing out defeat to every team in the conference, placing them as a leading contender in the run for championship honors. The season started successfully, for after an exciting game, the local squad nosed out a 36-28 victory over St. Johns. The following week the St. Johns quintet played a return engagement, and a much improved college ball club easily defeated them 50-31. The Tigers went to Tonkawa with a revised line-up and defeated the Mavericks 51-28. Coach Daniel C. Stark had built up a strong offensive five, and when Friend's University came down to Ark City for the next practice game, they wcnt home the losers. The score was 48-26. The first conference game was with the El Dor- ado five. After trailing most of the way, the Tigers forged ahead in the last few minutes of play and finished with a 44-42 victory. The team then traveled to Independence, where they easily won their second conference encounter by a 44-26 score. The local quintet stepped out of the league competition to play the Tonkawa iive on the local court and again won by a 50-26 count. Seven straight wins were now recorded for the Arkan- sas City team. The next Week the Tigers went to Hutchinson for their third conference tilt. There in a hard- fought game in two overtime periods, they were handed their first defeat of the season. The final score was 45-48. Coffeyville was the next opponent. So far it was undefeated, but the Bengal cagesters turned the Ravens back with a sco1'e of 26-23. On the follow- ing night the Tigers barely nosed out a 52-47 victory over a strong Iola team. The next game for the Arkansas City quintet was played on the home court. Here they again left Independence on the short end of the score with a count of 47-32. On the following week-end the college team journeyed to Western Kansas for two conference games. They emerged with a 34-26 victory over the Dodge City quintet, and on the following night they easily defeated Garden City, 42-23. Facing one of the hardest tests of the season, the Tigers went to El Dorado February 4. After QCO-ntinued on Page 287 PAGE 27

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Tigers Win Conference Vjctorjes OACH Harry Skornia, of Michigan State, brought the Tigers fiom the underbrush in the 1935 football season. Conference victor- ies crowned its efforts for the first time since 1931. The team defeated two conference oppon- ents. The football squad was large and looked like conference champions until many of the men quit school, leaving the squad weak. The remainder who stayed out had what it takes, and were deter- mined to cariy the Orange and Black to victory. The Tigers began the season by journeying to Independence. They ran up against a large and fast team, and here they were handed their first defeat. A bad break came in the last minutes of play when the Bengals punted from their 6- yard line to the Independence 37-yard line, and the Pirate quarterback carried the ball back around the entire Juco team for a touchdown. The game ended 7-0. El Dorado entertained next. Here the Tigers were unorganized. They met a good team and were defeated again, this time by a 23-0 count. The following week, in the first home game of the season, the Tigers met a large team from Coffeyville. The Jucoys offense couldn't penetrate the Red Ravens' defense and the team went down again on the short end of a 14-O score. The boys put up a hard fight and showed that Ark City did have a football team. During the fourth week the team seemed to have the fighting spirit that they had lacked the preceding weeks of practice. Friday rolled around and as they went into the dressing room to get their final instructions from Skornia, they were all talking about winning from Parsons. The coach gave them an inspiring talk, and when they came out on the field they had blood in their eyes. One could tell from the start that the team had more fight than they ever had before. The Tigers carried the ball over for their first touch- down in the second quarter and missed another by a few inches. The team again carried the ball over for the final counter in the third quarter, I lllli 1 5 ll lllli HM' flu I pg W 4 PAGE 26 making the score 12-6, where it 1'emained for the rest of the game. This marked the first con- ference win in four years. The next week was vacant.'7 It looked as though no one cared the following week because of a non-conference game. The Tigers journeyed to Tonkawa, where they suffered their worst de- feat of the season, 33-6. In the next tilt the Tigers played the confer- ence champions from Fort Scott. The team put up a stiff fight at the start of the game, and it looked as though there would be an upset. Al- though Fort Scott sent in several substitutes, it didnt seem to weaken their team. Coach Skornia didn't have many substitutes, and Fort Scott soon wore the local gridmen down, and defeated them 111-O. The season's final game came November 19, with Hutchinson. Two weeks before, the Hutch- inson Leam had held the Fort Scott team to an 8-6 count. The two teams marched out on the field, and f1'o1n the starting whistle it was a fight all the way. One team got a break, then the other. Arkansas City's big break came in the third quarter when Gann intercepted a pass, and ran 90 yards for a touchdown. So the game ended 6-O-the Tigers' second win of the season. The boys who dese1've credit are: John Gann, right end, Ralph Waldeck, right tackle, Herbert Glasgow, left guard, Dan Marks, left tackle, Vic- tor Gillespie, left end, Donald Evans, quarter- back, Troy Quinton, half back, Paul Wifineinger, tackle, Dale Davis, end, Karl Perry, guard, Robert Randall, end, Richard Teehee, half back, Jeriy Wees, guard, Selby Funk, guard, Gail Rutter, center, Curtis McLaughlin, back, Harold Schwartzendruber, end and back, George Miller, quarterback, Cail Utt, back, George LeUnes, back, Hampton Barton, guard, Carroll Adams, back, Howard Frambers, center, Garth Snodgrass, quarterback, Millard White, tackle, and Lyndon Symes, center. At the end of the season the boys convened in a post-mortem council and selected Herbert Glasgow, regular guard and two letter man, as honorary captain of the 1935 team. Graduation will be lenient on the roll of men taken from the ranks of the Orange and Black this year. Only th1'ee players will have to go by this route. although all of them drew regular starting berths. They are Captain Herbert Glas- gow, Gail Rutter, and Selby Funk. At least nine lettermen from this season's squad and possibly three more from last years team a1'e slated to re- turn for action next year, which should form the nucleus for fairly good prospects.

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Individual Choice Consideredin Gym HIS year the physical education department has attempted to make the class work more enjoyable for all students. Miss Edith Davis, Women's physical education instructor, has init- iated a plan by which each girl may enjoy the sport which she likes best. Ride teams were organized this year. These groups met once a week for instruction, the lessen taking the place of one regular class period. Some of the girls chose to do both the rifle and the regular gymnastic work. Volley ball was played at the beginning of the year. At the end of the season, teams were organ- ized, and intramural competition was carried on. Those girls who were particularly interested in dancing were given the opportunity to take part in dances in the Arkalalah Coronation. the opera, and the vaiious entertainments during the year. Much time is devoted to playing tennis. When the weather is fit, many girls play during their regular class periods. There are usually two tournaments held each year. The winners of these tournaments make up the girl's tennis teams. Basketball is the mid-winter sport. All girls are required to learn to play. Each class is divided into teams, which compete with each other. The captains of these teams are Rachel Foltz, Edith Mellick, Mrs. Daisy Mills, Betty McHenry, Kath- ryn Messner. Ermal Burnett, Roberta Bowen, and Marguerite Clark. The activity of the gym class does not consist only of playing games. Exercises to improve pos- ture are taken, and when the Weather is nice, the girls take hikes. Those girls who are physically unable to do gymnastic work have a class in body mechanics instead. The care of the body is studied in this class. The junior college physical education depart- ment has had a great deal of success with its new program this year. Every girl has been given the opportunity to take part in the things she enjoys most, and also to lea1'n more about the sports in which she has no special skill. Many Play Ping Pong Ping pong has been a great sport this year. This sport has offered relaxation from studies and classroom activities to many students who consider it an interesting and worthwhile indoor sport. To become an expert at this game requires a knowledge of how the game should be played, continued practice, and a keen eye. VVith these requirments fulfilled, it may be played with light- ning speed, for it is one of the world's fastest sports. Several tournaments have been played this year at the Y. M. C. A. building, with many students participating. The winner of this year's junior college ping pong tournament was Spencer Turner. The runner-up was Willie Gillilland. Those who entered the tournament were Ches- ter Steffens, Arthur Sanderson, Raymond Lan- caster, Fritz Shea, Howard Agnew, Charles Evans, Willard Kinslow, Robert Fitch, Prince Eckley, Will Woodman, Willie Gilliland, and Spen- cer Turner. PAGE 28 Cage Season Is a Success lContinued from Page 275 trailing 15-17 at the half, the Ark defense tight- ened, and the local boys triumphed by a score of 31-24, though it cost Alexander a front tooth. Parsons Junior College, the only undefeated team in the conference, lost when the Arks sent the dope bucket spinning in a 46-31 victory. This left Arkansas City on top of the conference with a list of eight wins and one loss. In the fifth game of a period of eight days, the Orange and Black sharp-shooters found their off- ensive weapons dulled by a steady taxing sched- ule. This gave a steady Coffeyville five opportunity to slip in and drop the Tigers by a 29-23 count. Showing signs of coming back the Bengals took the floor in the folowing week and enjoyed a pleasant evening in revenge by administering a 49--13 defeat to Hutchinson, and then beat Dodge City, 54-40. As we go to press, Ark City is first place in the conference loop with a record of ten victories against two reversals. One conference game re- mains to climax a successful season.