Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

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Jfresljman basketball The Freshman basketball team came as a direct result of the entrance of Iowa Wesleyan into the Iowa Athletic Conference. 'I'hc team was captained by ‘Bill Coles, a graduate of the Mt. Pleasant High and a basketball star of exceptional ability. During his high school basketball career he made a name for himself in this corner of the state, as one of the best guards that ever wore a crimson and gold jersey. He was the logical choice for the captaincy and he is to a large extent responsible for the showing of the team. I'hc class basketball championship went to the Freshman five early in the season. 'I'hc team won by their ability to play together. Two games were played by the freshmen and altho both were lost the scores were close in both instances. The first game was with the fast St. John’s team of Burlington and was played on the ‘Y’ floor in the ‘Orchard City’. After a hard contest the locals were forced to accept defeat at the hands of the Catholics, 31 to 22. I'hc second game played by the yearling five and the one they most desired to win was with the local high school quintette. The game was one of the fastest ever seen on the local floor and went to the high school men 36 to 35. The score is a good indicator of the relative merits of the two teams. The high school had been winning from such high schools as Ottumwa, Burlington and Keokuk and it was to the credit of Cole’s five that they held their opponents as close as they did. The Freshman team in addition to holding their opponents even in matched games proved a stumbling block in the way of the varsity five on several occasions. They were a great help in developing the collegians and from their number will come several recruits for next year’s purple and white quintette. CAPTAIN COLES

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VARSITY LINE-UP Right Forward.................................................Grant; Logan Left Forward..........................................Craver; Morrow; Doe Center....................................................Campbell; Dean Right Guard............................................................Lee; Hendrickson Left Guard.................................................Wahl; Armbruster SUMMARY OF SEASON Wesleyan 10 Iowa University 60 Wesleyan 14 Grinncll 26 Grinncll Wesleyan 22 Simpson 38 Wesleyan 17 Drake 25 Wesleyan 31 • Penn 29 Wesleyan 27 Monmouth 34 Mt. Pleasant W esleyan 21 Parsons 28 Wesleyan 19 Central 40 Mt. Pleasant W esleyan 35 Simpson 30 Mt. Pleasant Wesleyan 33 Penn 22 Oskaloosa Wesleyan 23 Des Moines 51 Des Moines Wesleyan 32 Parsons 17 Mt. Pleasant

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FRESHMAN LINE-UP Right Forward.............................. Left Forward................................. Center .................................... Right Guard................................ Left Guard................................. I Morrow; Jones ..Smith; Wilson .............Dean ....Coles; Snider ..Morris; Davis .