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

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Hugh Hilton Hugh was high scorer of the team, averaging 9.1 points each game. Graceland offered little- opposition in the next game and the Tigers scampered away with a 36 to 12 victory. The conference champions of the preceding season, St. Ambrose, defeated a tired hunch of Wesleyan boys in the next game. The team left early in the morning of the game and arrived in Davenport one hour before game time. Without proper relaxation the Tigers went into the game and played the '•Saints even, for the first three quarters, but lack of endurance caused by the hard trip and laxity in training told on the team. St. Ambrose 36; Wesleyan 25. A gamble on a new combination by Bingham and some excellent basketball strategy on the part of Coach Devine of Parsons resulted in a victory for our ancient rivals. Parson’s usual style of fast-breaking offense was changed to a stalling game which completely upset the Wesleyan team during the first half. However, in the second half, the Tigers succeeded in tieing the score and then obtained a four point lead with but a few minutes left to play. At th s point, Olin, Parson’s captain, who had been on the bench, entered the game and made four baskets in rapid succession. Final score, Wesleyan 32; Parsons 36. Bingham had organized another combination to send against Upper Iowa. In this combination, he placed all hopes of succes- in keeping up the morale of the squad after the defeat by Parsons. The first half of this game was a draggv affair, few thrills of a basketball nature being produced. Hilton and C’aris did some accurate basket -hooting in the second half and the Northern” team was subdued 35 to 23. Edward Cartwright “Ed” covered the floor in great style and his playing under the basket was outstanding. Pays S6

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!5EMK3? V.V TO7T H D.ai.e Caris “DeDc” was noted for his individual guarding ability and all-around floor work. BASKETBALL REVIEW A brilliant array of basketball material reported to Coach Bingham at the close of the football season and immediately settled down to the task of learning the fundamentals of college basketball. “Old Man Jinx did not bother the squad to any great extent. Three letter men, several reserves of last season, and a variety of prominent high school basketball men furnished Bingham with plenty of talent from which to pick a team. During Christmas vacation, three practice games were played in which Bingham used his entire squad in order to get a line on individual abilities. No serious effort was made to win these games. 'I'lte regular scheduled season opened with Penn at Oskaloosa. This was a conference game which the Quakers won by a single point, 28 to 27. The Tigers led most of the game, but inexperience coupled with some tough luck brought about their defeat. Culver-Stockton of Canton. Missouri, placed a team of six-footers on the Wesleyan gym for the first non-conference game. The main feature of this game was the scoring of Lander, one of the best centers in Missouri. Allender was on a scoring spree in the first half, making sixteen points. The Missourians won 37 to 30. I he well-known Dutchmen of Central were Wesleyan’s first victims of the season. This victory gave us a .500 pet. standing in the conference. Score; Wesleyan 33—Central 26. i Aldex Bruhn “Bill” was handicapped by size, but his handling of the ball was on a par with any player. Pane S5 VAV .VAVr. va e

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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