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

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Q THE ISLANDER ll3 Coach Uhls A Austin Clarno Robert McGrath John Ciemny Paul Ely Royal Cunningham Paul Morris Angus Hull Robert Manley Basketball Grand Island has had a very successful season although a percentage basis does not place them at the top. The Zebras played some of the best and fastest games seen in the conference for the 1928 season. Coach Uhls developed a squad with as much spirit as G. I. has seen for some time. With some new material appearing he soon rounded out a team before the Christmas vacation which lost by only one point to Ne- braska Wesleyan, 17 to 18. The Zebras next tackled Kansas Wesleyan, when they stopped here on a barnstorming trip through Nebraska. At the half, Kansas led by only two points. Early in the second half however, Kansas lost all control and dropped the ball through the basket from any place on the floor. The game ended 19 to 29 in their favor. Nebraska Central was next on the program. The Zebras hit their stride, galloped over Central, and won 55 to 9. The Zebras next mixed with the Bronchos in as exciting and fast a 1 9 2 8 lUg

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THE ISLANDER -l-H Football The first call in September for football was answe1'ed by about forty men, including many Freshman. After two weeks of hard and diligent training a team was beaten into form and in a very dramatic appearance held the York crew, 0 to 0, on a Wet and very tricky field. The next game was at Salina, Kansas, where they met with Kansas Wesleyan. The Kansas men were of University caliber and had things their own way. The boys had a fine trip, anyway. . Upon returning home the Zebras went to Omaha to help Omaha Uni. dedicate their new athletic field. By making a large number of substitu- tions Omaha managed to keep Grand Island down to a score of 20 to 0. Central was next in order. This was one of those bad Fridays you sometimes hear about. First a blocked punt, then a fumble, and with other bad breaks the Zebras had to hand over the game, 6 to 18. With the Central game still lurking on their conscience the Zebras next tackled the powerful Doane outfit in a fury. This was the Home Com- ing game and they were determined to make a good showing before all the old ex-Zebras. Doane was very obstinate, desiring also for some reason to appear well, so the result was a compromise, 0 to 0. With a short five days of rest after the strenuous Doane game, the Zebras mixed with the Hastings Bronchos in a non-eventful contest in which Hastings languidly dragged home a 13 to 0 score. The Thanksgiving game at Lincoln with Cotner was played a day early in order not to interfere with Nebraska's inter-sectional game with New York Unive1'sity. It was a gloomy, cloudy day and after the game even more so for the Zebras. The score was 13 to 0. Although the season was not one full of victories, it was intermingled with some brilliant games and playing. In reviewing the season one finds a Zebra team which was earnest and carried out the right spirit to the finish of the season as heroically as though the season had been crowned with the supreme victory. Much credit is also due those who continued to train the entire season although they were not on the regular team. With the training they received last fall they will play a valuable part in Grand Island's gridiron season of 1928. SEASON'S RECORD Grand Island .... .--- ..... 0 Y01'k ........-... --- 0 ,, -... ..... O Kansas Wesleyan --- -----51 - --.-20 Omaha Uni ....... --- O ---- 6 Central ------- -----18 --- Doane .... ----- 0 0 --- 0 Hastings -- -----13 --- 0 Cotner --- -----13 Eg--1 1928 .-.T-ng

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THE ISLANDER game as the season had all season. Seats were little used by spectators this game. First Grand Island scored and then Hastings. This formal pro- cedure was followed during the entire contest. It soon became evident that the winner would be the one who had had the last turn just before the whistle blew. Hastings did. Result, 36 to 33. The next game was with Cotner. The Zebra outfit worked like a machine that night and disposed of Cotner 24 to 16 in a wonderful game of basket ball as is. The Zebras again clashed with Hastings, not forgetting the game of the fortnight before. Hastings seemed also not to have forgotten and the game was a repetition with the Bronchos again lucky, 35 to 31. Grand Island next met the Doane Tigers, Runners up for the Cham- pionship, in the slowest game of the season. Doane was victorious, 13 to 23. The Zebras then went on a three game trip, playing York, Doane, and Cotner consecutively. The Zebras were badly handicapped on York's small floor and since York had a style adapted to their court Grand Island found it impossible to overcome this irregularity. At Doane the boys made a better score than at York, but were de- feated. In the Cotner game the Zebras were forced to accept defeat by a two point margin, 15 to 17. The last game of the season was with the York Champions 1928 on the Grand Island floor. This was a game that will long be remembered. Grand Island showed a wonderful brand of basket ball and led at the end of the first half, 3 to 2, with York as concerned for their faultless record as it had been all season. Early in the second half York obtained a three point lead. Cunningham then dribbled the entire length of the floor and dropped one through. Near the last of the game when a field goal either way would settle the issue, the fastest show of basket ball seen all season on the Zebra court was made. The game ended 5 to 6 just after Grand Island watched the ball roll off the hoop several times. The season closed with Morris and Cunningham getting recognition on the all star teams. Since Grand Island will not lose a man by gradua- tion, she should have a team second to none next year. The men winning letters were: Henrich Hull, Robert McGrath, Paul Morris, Royal Cunningham, Robert Manley, T. J. Taylor. ---i- 1928 --l-ua