Emory and Henry College - Sphinx Yearbook (Emory, VA)

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CI)C pi)U%x Girls’ Varsity Basket-Ball Anna Dinkens Ruth Berry Katharine Tilly Margaret Anderson Helen Orr Ann Faun Lucile Griffitt Juliet Miller 106

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 tjr ilnnx 1924 Basket-Ball Season Emory and Henry faced her 1924 basket-ball season with three of the regular players of last year missing. The new material was not especially promising and everything was dark on the Wasp horizon. Coach Fullerton began in earnest to develop a team out of the raw material that swarmed into the gym at the opening of the season. It was not an easy task, but the outcome was a team that won three out of the seven games played, adding up 193 points against 227 for the opposition. For the first time in several years the schedule was arranged so that they could play all their games in the new gym, before Lemon and Blue fans, with the ex- ception of the one that was played in Bristol. The Wasp cage season opened up on Jan. 18 in Bristol, losing to the fast “Y” team by a score of 52 to 30. They were severely handicapped by the smaller floor of the opponents, but in spite of obstacles they are credited with a plucky fight against the onslaught of a more experienced team. A few days later they lost to T. P. I. by a score of 38 to 18. This was one of the roughest games in recent years, and the superior strength and towering height are given credit with being responsible for the successful onslaught of the visitors. 'Flic next game was with Elon, and is regarded as the best game of the season in spite of the score of 37 to 26, resulting in favor of the Tar Heels. The game was a neck and neck struggle almost to the last when the visitors gained a slight lead. On Jan. 31, luck began to change for the Wasp basketeers. They played the Johnson City Normal and succeeded in doubling the score on a team that was generally conceded as having the cards stacked in its favor. Shortly after this the Wasps administered very much the same kind of a pill to the Bristol Elks. The final score was 27 to 17. Tusculum was next to invade Waspville, and they left with flying colors. At the beginning the Wasps took the lead but could not maintain it, so when the end came they had registered 29 to our 16 points. The last game of the season came on Feb. 22, when the Wasps covered themselves with glory by defeating the fast Y. M. C. A. team by a score of 34 to 33. 105

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 djc Review of the 1924 Co-Ed Basket-Ball Season The close of the first official basket-ball season for the girls finds the balance in score overwhelmingly in favor of the Co-eds. With a squad of only twelve girls available from which to pick a team, a fighting aggregation was evolved that allowed only one defeat out of a schedule of five games; this defeat came from a team which afterwards showed itself to be superior to any in Tennessee. Hard work, faithful practice, coaching and co-operation soon built up a spirit and teamwork that was not to be counted lightly in any contest on their schedule. The Tennessee Teachers from Johnson City were first to invade the territory of the Waspettes. The fast and efficient teamwork and experience of their oppo- nents proved to be a white elephant for the Co-eds, and after a close struggle in the first half the score turned with a heavy margin to the credit of the Tennessee girls. The final score was 42 to 12. Coming back in full force in the following game with Martha Washington they revenged their defeat of last year by reaping a real victory from the Martha Mamas. Stonewall Jackson came next on the list. The visitors were not equal to the occasion which resulted in an easy victory for the Emory girls. The whole team worked in perfect accord and kept the game well in the hands of the Co-eds for the entire evening. Decided upon a more complete revenge for the defeat of the previous season, the Waspettes again allowed the Martha girls to invade their camp. This time the visitors left with a score of 32 to 16 to the credit of the Co-eds. The final court battle of the Co-eds court season took place on the home floor of the Stonewall folks. With a flash of fast team and floor work the Co-eds took the stronghold of the Stonewall aggregation to the tune of 24 to 9. At no time during the game did the rivals threaten to take the lead. For the locals the total count of the season was 118 against 93 for their opponents. Several high schools were defeated by the Co-eds with lop-sided scores, these games not count- ing in the schedule and were classed as practice games. 107