Dakota Wesleyan University - Tumbleweed Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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5 FRANCES HOLGATE CLIFFORD MACKEY Forward Forward WARD MYERS SIDNEY HORMAN GUY PODRATZ Cenier Guard Forward One Hundred Eight

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ARTHUR FISHBECK LORNE ARNOLD Captain- Elect-Forward Guard FRANK LOCKHART HARVEY LENZ GEORGE MORROW Guard Guard Center One Hundred Seven 1 I

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BASKETBALL REVIEW Few who made the trip to Huron for the last conference game of the season will for- get the celebration which marked the gaining of the second championship of the year. It was the high spot of the year in basketball, and the team which represented Wesleyran in that game was probably the greatest in the history of Wesleyfan. The season opened with Sheldon College, champions of their conference for two years. They were defeated 24 to 28 in a game which revealed a high scoring freshman, Nlorrow. The next game was played with Yankton and was lost, 24 to 31. Then followed two home victories against the Mines and Augustana. The work of Arnold in these games and the following ones marked him as the outstanding back guard in the Conference. Aberdeen Normal, always hard to beat on their home floor, were the next to bow, 27 to 26. , Then came the second and last Conference defeat, at Yankton. Wesleyfan had an off-night, due to a too tense desire to win, and failing to make one basket in twenty-seven attempts during the last five minutes of the game, lost by a score of 20 to 22. The strong Eastern Normal team was next defeated in the only game which they lost on their home court during the season. Fishbeek from this game on was certain of an All- Conference rating as a result of his increasingly brilliant play. Then in two consecutive days the champions of North Central and Dakota Confer- ence were played. The first was lost to State College, 20 to 22, in a game in which Wes- leyan superiority was evident throughout the game. The other with Spearfish. This game was won easily. The next week saw three Conference victories, despite the loss of lVIackey for the week. Sioux Falls and Southern were the victims, the latter being defeated twice. The play of Lockhart was outstanding at guard. Holgate was largely responsible for the vic- tories due to his wonderful ability to obtain baskets when they were most needed. His driving determination made him the most feared forward in the Conference. Then came the Huron game. Huron defeated Yankton just four days before Wes- leyan met them, by the overwhelming score of 53-24. Wesleyari overwhelmed Huron by a score of 52-37 in which lVIackey led the attack in some of the most brilliant playing ever seen in the Conference. This closed one of the greatest basketball years for Wesleyfan. It was the first championship in this sport in ten years. One Hundred Nine