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

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 Wilbur Allbkder Allcnder’s specialty was “follow-in shots. He had a low percentage of “misses” under the basket. The next two games were on the road. An even break was the outcome. Central was swamped by a score of 44 to 31. The team's offense was running in high gear with Hilton leading the scoring. l)cs Moines University beat us 31 to 29 in a heart-breaking game which Wesleyan led until the last minute of play. A victory over Parsons—nothing could be better to close a successful season. The game started with Hilton caging three baskets in rapid succession. Caris and Cartwright added to the score and at half-time, a substantial eleven point lead was built up. making a score of 26 to 15. Parsons put on a rally that tied the score at 26 “all” in the first ten minutes of play in the secondhalf. The Tigers seemed dead on their feet. Time was taken was substituted into the game and immediately caged a basket. Cartwright and Caris followed with some deliberate shooting which placed the game on ice . The gun went off and Parsons was beaten 34 to 29. An even break was the result of the season's play. The conference standing of the team was five won and five lost. Of the fourteen scheduled games, s - leyan led the conference in offense. Next year, watch We out and immediately upon play, the team began to function” in the proper manner. Bruhn Charles Eggleston “Eggie” was a hard worker and an excellent 1 range shot. Page SS

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Clayton Jones “Katy, small, fast ami shifty, gave Wesleyan many a point through his accurate basket shooting. One hundred and thirty miles over slippery, ice-covered roads did not stop the Tigers from giving Culver-Stockton a taste of what they had previously given us—a defeat. The starting five men played throughout the whole game and gave an excellent account of themselves. Score. Wesleyan 31; Culver-Stockton 26. The last non-conference game of the season was with the Western Illinois Teacher’s College. This team ranked high in the I.ittle Nineteen conference, composed of schools that annually give “Big Ten schools stiff competition in basketball. Western 35; Wesleyan 30. The Quakers failed to Quake” enough to win in their second meeting with us. The score at half-time was 23 to 18 with Wesleyan leading. In the last half the lead changed several times until with four minutes to play and Wesleyan leading, a beautiful stalling game was carried out by the Tigers for the remainder of the game. Wesleyan 37; Penn 32. St. Ambrose, Luther and State Teachers, were having a nip and tuck battle for the conference title at this stage of the season. Central, the lowest standing team in the conference, beat St. Ambrose the night before the “Saints met us. Ambrose came against Wesleyan knowing that they must win in order to remain in the running. The game was hard-fought, but was slowed up by the large number of fouls that were called. Ambrose made seventeen free throws out of nineteen tries. Wesleyan out scored the “Saints’’ in field goals, but were not granted the permission of having as many tries from the free throw line. The whole team played as a unit; there was no individual star. Final score— Wesleyan 30; St. Ambrose 36. Lawrence Nelson “Ole” was a guard who seldom missed taking the re bound from the backboard. Page S7

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Ancient ( jrecce gave to the world many athletes of enduring fame. Founders of the Olympics, the records of her great men are criterions for track and field activities even today. Each spring finds greatly increased effort on the part of younger athletes to surpass the splendid records of their predecessors. It is this unrest and constant endeavor to better old marks that gives zest to track and field competition. Tennis, too, is a highly specialized game for individual and team competition. It requires a preciseness of action and accuracy of stroke. Wesleyan’s superiority was shown in the winning of the Conference singles championship and the production of a splendid doubles team. Though new to athletics at Wesleyan, gymnastic stunts have developed rapidly the past year. A galaxy of undiscovered stellar performers appeared to form a surprisingly able team of gymnasts. The future points toward a greater interest in this branch of athletics.