Grand Island College - Islander Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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Q I 1 ' 1 ,,-- . is .. A :sbu Q. .. ' MK Nw I - .. t v., 'I J Resume of Tennis, 1925-Z6 During the year '25 tennis was more significant at Grand Island Col- lege than ever before in the history of the school. Wayland Rice and Fred Lape, then Juniors, Won the state championship in the doubles and Fred Lape played in the finals of the single match. The honor brought to the school by these two boys is very great. The large silver cup which they Won is admired by everyone on the campus. The time spent in practicing and in the study of technic is worthy of the attention of all who aspire to become champions. Professor Rice is to be given much credit for his val- uable coaching. It was necessary to find all new material for a tennis team this year. This was accomplished by means of a tournament in which Edward Panzer and Arnold Johanson Were the winning team. The runners-up were John Rusk and Wm. McGrath. Panzer won the singleslby beating Joe. These four composed the tennis team for the year. The first meet was with Hastings. Grand Island was defeated in both the singles and doubles. We won a singles game in which a popular though disgruntled Hastings star went down to defeat before Johnny Rusk. Grand Island won the singles and Kearney the doubles in a match held on our courts. A meet with Cotner and one with Kearney were cancelled on account of the weather. Grand Island College will enter three men in the state meet: A. Johan- son, E. Panzer, and J. Rusk. '

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ageous spirit, in the face of handicaps, was admired by all the school. With the same team back next fall and a new gymnasium in which to practice-Watch the Zebras go! Those who received letters are as follows: Captain-elect Johanson, Captain Morris, Myrberg, Wurtz, Heusner, Root, Norine, Beal, Kleinkauf, Foster and Ritchie. The time and attention given to the boys by Coach Jones is appre- ciated by the student body and by the faculty. Basket Ball, 1925 The basketball season of 1924-25 was a hectic struggle. The team under Coach Jones rounded into shape in a reasonably short time on the Y. M. C. A. floor. The first foe was Kearney at home. They had been preceded by tales of their strength, and possibly this had something to do with their defeating us by a narrow margin. In the second game with Doane the Zebras stepped out in midseason form and smothered the Tigers in a fierce struggle that looked like rugby practice. Other games followed in too quick succession. We took a trip and fell before Doane and Cotner. Then drew blood at York. Invaded Kearney for revenge and got it in a combat that was anybody's till the last gong. Then we couldn't resist the temptation to take York again. York had a scrappy team, and it was no walkaway for us. Then we were visited by the talented crews from Wayne Normal, and Peru Normal. Both were successful in mopping us, which automatically b1'anded them as fast aggregations. Cotner didn't have such a bad layout and proved it when they upset the dope to win handily over the Zebras at G. I. On an earlier trip the Jones men had reached the crest of a mid- season slump simultaneously with a defeat at the hands of Peru. They were now to make one more invasion which was the last inter-collegiate contests for four long-term men, Rehder, Auhl, Cunningham, and Chord. The first game played at Midland was a primitive struggle with the oppo- sition chalking up a one point win. The next game was a little surprise for the Wayne lads. The lighter boys from the Island had Wayne looking them up in Who's Who, for a while but they organized the second half and showed a brand of ball which brooked no criticism. In the final game with Omaha U. it seemed in the first half as though victory had placed her shield over us, but the heretofore savage attack of the Zebras weakened in the second half while the Omaha boys found it rather hard to miss the steel hoop. Omaha counted 24 while the striped Zebras counted 20. Thus ended a hard-fought season. The warriors who went through that campaign need not be ashamed. They fought for G, I. and Jones until the final whistle. Lest we forget, the three battlers not mentioned above were: Seibert, C Slewfoot , etc.J, the flashy Smokey Wengert, and the hefty Flop Holmes. Let the names of this team be honored in basketballdom as long as the referees' whistle shall echo on the plains of Nebraska.

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Track, 1926 The Grand Island College track season this year was one of the best in the history of the college. The team was headed by Captain Charlie Foster. Several other letter men of ability were back. The first meet held during the spring of '26 was with Kearney Nor- mal, April the 9th, The Grand Island College track men took the long end of the score, Winning 35 points more than their opponents. The score stood SOM!-50113 in favor of the Orange and Blue. The next meet was held with Central City, the 23d of April. Grand Island won in practically all of the events and added another victory to the season. The points stood 79-57. On the 28th of April, a match was held on the home field with Kear- ney. For the second time Grand Island defeated the Antelopes. The re- sults Were: 88 points for Grand Island and 48 points for Kearney. Central City College invaded the third city for a return meet with the Baptists. The strong team of the Orange and Blue completely mastered them and they returned home defeated by many points. The last meet was held with Cotner College, at Grand Island, the 9th of May. This meet was not Won as easily as some of the others but the Cotner team was sent home defeated by 13 points. Thus We see that five meets were Won by Grand Island during the sea- son of 1926. Those awarded letters in track were as follows: C. Foster: 100-yd.-220-yd.-Relays-Pole-Vault-Discus. Graham: Hurdles-440 yd.-Relays. Wells: Mile-One-half mile-Relay. Haynes: High J ump-Broad Jump--Pole-Vault. Hayman: 100-yd.--220-yd.-440-yd.-Relays-Javelin. Panzer: Mile-One-half mile-Two mile. Ray: Shot-Discus-High Jump. Root: 100-yd.-220-yd.-Hurdles-Relays-Broad J ump-Shot. Rush: 100-yd.-220-yd.-Relays. Dickerman: Mile-Two mile-Relay. Kruse : J avelin-High-J ump. Kleinkauf: Broad J ump-Javelin-Discus-Relay. Tracy : Pole-Vault-Shot. Rusk: Relay-220 yd.