Houghton College - Boulder Yearbook (Houghton, NY)

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,Varsity-Frosh Tilts Set for Tomorrow Varsity to Feature Star-studded Cast ' Tomorrow evening the local bas- ketball enthusiasts will be privileged to see the newly inaugurated var- sity sharpshooters tee off against 'the yearling basketeers on the Bed- ford Court. The game should prove of much interest as the varsity pre- sent the scoring ability and the frosh, the high grade of scrappiness which has brought them through to vic- tory on previous occassions. The varsity, composed of Eyler, Foster, Mullin, Sheffer, Clark, Ken- nedy, Fenton, and Morris can right- fully lay claims to having the high- est scorers in the school as the high- est pointgetters, one to four inclusive, and the seventh and ninth men, appear on their roster. Coach Mc- Neese has released no starting lineup ro this source but stated that all will see action throughout the contest. It is possible that an all-Purple team might start, including Morris, Fenton, Eyler, Clark, and Sheffer, as these men have seen previous duty togteher. The frosh squad themselves present no pushover. Benn Armstrong, for- ward rated as fifth in the final tab- ulation for scoring honors, Hnished the season in a blaze of glory. Big George Waaser who gets the nod for the center position has proved his merit by his almost unlimited scrap- ping under the opponent's basket. jim Strong will start at the other forward position. In the backcourt we have Mel Lewellen and Walt Creque, both dangerous men on long shots and set shots. Such reserves as Little and Barnett will be on the bench, with nervous Valley Stgeaml' V-lfalker, cgi-ch, and now on the in- jured list, who might have spelled the difference between defeat and vic- tory if he were available for active duty. ' COPYRIGHT -194 3 The sophs headed by Walker looked good Monday a- gainst their green rivals, the frosh. Only time will telll Experience and unity will aid these three teams great- ly, unity being needed by any team which expects to get places this year. Ar this point in the campaign it looks as if the boys who will take the most watching this year are Big John Sheffer and Big Har-ei' Wal- ker. These two boys are going to cause their opponents a lor of grief before the last chord is struck in the Hnal stanza of this year's gridiron ' concert. Sports Flash . . . Cutting loose with an avalanche of points in the last four minutes of play, the junior courtmen snatched another game out of the fire yesterday afternoon by down- ing a speedy ftosh five 44-37, on the Bedford Gymnasium fioor. The yearling outfit held the cham- pions on even terms until the clos- ing minutes of play when Bob Clark and Dave Paine iced the contest with a quartet of Held goals. Harry Walker racked up nineteen points for the losers while Clark led the jaguars with an even dozen tallies. ll Thanksgiving echoes: Blackie and Harry Walker doing Noo Yawk- lhey waited an hour in Times Square to keep a date with Norm and Casey who must have been side- tracked somewhere . The frosh quintet which takes the floor against the third year men will consist of six men who will all see action throughout the contest- Strong, Armstrong, Walker, Lewel- len, Reynolds, and Crawford- with two other reserves dressed and on the bench, namely Little and Creque. Walker and Lewellen both served ap- prenticeship on the local high school team and are well known to the local basketball fans. l I l I Harry Walker Speaks at jForensic Union Meeting A well prepared essay on the topic Football , by Harry Walker, high- lighted last Monday evening's pro- gram of the Forensic Union. The entire meeting centered around the theme of the fall sport as president Paul Stewart presided over the mon- thly session of the club, held in the music auditorium. After devotions led by Perry Hill, two recordings were played. With- out A Song, and Deep Ri-ver. Fletch- er Crawford extemporized on the top- ic You Gotta Be a Football Hero, while Norman Mead took breaths away with his Sixty-Yard Run for lVassar.', Ruth Brooks told of some childhood experiences in speaking on Football, My Favorite Sport, while Clinton Boone's impromptu topic 'was Touch-Football, A Sport for Mollycoddlesf' Mr. Walker then gave his highly entertaining essay on the gridiron sport, describing the game from its origin. to present-day technical terms and fancy plays. Emily Markham led parliamentary drill and Norman Mead gave the Forensic humor. A short business session was followed by the singing of the Alma Mater. If Houghton were meeting Long Island U. tomorrow night in the Garden, here's the team we'd rake along: Evans, Eyler, Fenton, I-101- IOWHY, Markell, Prentice, Sheifer, Smith, Tlu-thill, and Walker. Oliver G. Karker, Editor-in-chiei v Kenneth V. Kouwe, Business Manager Art Sketches by Ruth Ortlip

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MA-gf-7215 A 5, LL! L .Yearlings Firstto Score n Current Gridiron Race Marshall gets the half back call. His cool kicking, running, and work Brilliant Contest on pass defense assures him of a post. Kennedy barks the signals for this outfit. This wiry gridder makes up in grit for what he lacks in weight. He just seems always to be in the way of opposition. Walker, Long Island's gift to the women, is elected without argument. I-Iis running the Hi-School midgets ,and throwing a scare into a couple lof teams definintely puts him on as a kicker and passer, Tiny Boston Madden just can't be left off. ,His running and glue- fingers just can't be overlooked. I know Big Red of the yearlings and Brodhead are smooth, but I just can't see bowing any of the 4-I-Io,-se- men out. I Paul Wesley Scrimshaw gets the l center call. He is big, aggressive and icharges with knees high. fThose lknees are effective, eh fellows?j Armstrong goes on guard without a.fuss5 undoubtedly he is the hardest 'hitter of the year. Without Cglor or fanfare, he's a ball player's ball 'player. , As to the other guardian - there's jElli0ff, the Sages, 200 lbs. of muscle l Hind grit combined,' who's fast and lfolid--and Bantle, and Markell- 1111 good and all big, but mighty El- liott is just too big to be stopped. 'fit would take a caterpillar tractor ,to stop these three tanks. Ends-on this I'm ducking- Hard charging Frank I-Iouser making l up in guts what he lacks in weight, gets one post without argument. But Tuthill, Holloway, and Smith seem to be the gainers for their respec-r 'A tive teams, also ma-king all the touch- 'downs. It was just too -big a prob-- lem to pick one of this glue-fingered trio, so we just got our old crystal ball and it says Evans gets it, switching him from the back field- Jirnrny can receive passes, block, fan asset which the other three lackj and above all, Jim is smart-uses his -head all the time. , 'r Walker Highlights A fighting academy team learned Monday afternoon that points and not yards gained win football games. The high school gained 155 yards as against 96 gained by the frosh. The frosh lost 19 yards and their oppo- nents lost 67. Walker's kicks for the academy averaged 33 yards and Hol- lenbeck's one boot went for 38 yards. The yearlings intercepted 3 passes and the academy two. The frosh blocked one kick. The final score showed the yearlings to be ahead 10 to 0 by virtue of a touchdown, a conversion and a held goal. The frosh kicked OE to the high school and the academy lads showed the local fans the first attempt at razzle-dazzle ball handling which has been displayed this year. At the end of the first quarter the scoreboard read 0 to 0 with the most of the play- ing having taken place in midfield. Early in the second quarter Mar- kell intercepted a high school pass. Adam went through guard for 6 yards, a pass from I-lollenbeck to Smith gave the frosh 6 more yards and a pass from Markell to Reese for 15 yards gave them a first down and goal to go. Markell then threw the pigskin to Smith for 8 yards and in the next play Reese caught lVlarkell's pass just before it hit the ground to give the frosh a 6 point lead. Markell then converted to make the score 7-0. 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However, their efforts were no sufficient when the theologs started clicking. What the theologs lacked in vigor was made up by their superior pass- ing and shooting. Each of their three forwards contributed heavily to the scoring while the high school relied almost entirely on Walker's long shots. . The high school maintained a man to man defense during the entire game. Previously their attempts at zoning had met with failure. This time, the guarding was quite effec- tive which resulted in a low-scoring ,gatne. The theolog defense- was lstrong and it limited the high school lto long tosses almost exclusively. l As usual, Walker was high-scorer lfor the game making 12 points l I A few of the more memorable of 1 these would include Phil Chase near- jly handing the seniors a lose in the first senior-frosh encounter, the jun- ior fems tipping the mighty sopho- mores, those same mighty sophs hold- ing the Sages scoreless for the second half of their gameg the theologs only real bid to glory, defeating the soph stalwartsg I-larry Walker's valiant attempts to keep the academy' boys in the league, and last but not least lim Evans masterful stalling in the final minutes of the last senior-frosh game. As yet the freshmen are still in the process of organization. With the team to be formed around Walker and B. Armstrong, this aggregation should furnish plenty of competiton for the upper classmen, and if their organization is good, they might prove a dark horse as did the freshmen of last year.

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