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

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A number of outstanding high school players reported for the 1944-45 season of the second year for Girls basketball in Iowa Wesleyan College. Through the untiring efforts of Coach Ruble he coordinated them into an outstanding girls basketball team. The team lost its first game of the season to the strong A.I.B. team of Des Moines but went on to win 12 games during the regular season and then accepted an invitation to attend the Womens National Championship tournament at St. Joseph, Mo. They were the first four year college in the U. S. to enter the National Tournament. At St. Joseph they defeated the Florida State champions, Jacksonville, in the first round and then lost in the second round to the national runner-up team. Dr. Pepper of Little Rock, Arkansas. Girls on the team were: Barbara Scott, Seymour; Mary Nclle Taylor, Keosauqua; Kathleen Turner, Rcdficld; Kay Carlson, Mt. Union; Joan Long, Denmark; Martha Siegrist, Denmark; Patricia Gerrie, Chicago; Margorie Boston, Nauvoo, 111.; Bernice Linn, Lockridge; Vivian Long, Salem. 1944-45 Season Record Iowa Wesleyan College Girls Team. Wc Opp. 19 A.I.B. (Des Moines).... 33 42 Parsons College ....... 13 32 Argylc H. S............. 21 22 Pepsi Cola (D. M.) 58 24 Donnellson H. S........ 28 41 Mt. Union H. S........ 15 42 Argylc H. S........... 15 35 Parsons College ........ 21 46 Denmark H. S........ 33 22 Seymour H. S........ 39 16 Mt. Union H. S.......... 21 30 Donnellson H. S........ 17 45 Yarmouth H. S....... 25 46 Mt. Pleasant Ind..... 26 39 Morning Sun Ind..... 39 32 Burlington Spitfires 34 52 Morning Sun Ind........ 22 30 Burlington Spitfires 23 National Tourncnyient 38 Jacksonville Florida ... 27 12 Little Rock. Ark....... 39 Total 665 ........................524 1944-45, Girls Basketball [39]

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Six Man Football, 1944-45 As far as is known Six'inan football made its initial appearance on the Iowa Wesleyan campus this fall. Trans' portation difficulties made it impossible to schedule any 11 men games, and therefore at the invitation of Parsons college two games were arranged with them. Eighteen men reported for practice and although only a few had any previous experience. Coach Ruble developed them into a smooth combination. The willingness to learn and their fighting spirit carried them on to victory. The boys reporting for practice were: Dale Burket, Mt. Pleasant; Lloyd Campbell. Benton; Ed Dettmer. Argyle; Charles Fellers, Fremont; Don Finney, Eldon; Walt Franz, Newburgh, N. Y.; Ted Harbour. Rathbun; T. L. Henderson, Burlington; Merle Houser, Seymour: Ronald Huston, Olds; Bob Ludford, Wilmette, 111.; Howard McElhinncy, Morning Sun; Sharon Moran, Letts; Laird Simpson, Ainsworth; Verne Smutz. Stockport; Don Stockton, Argyle; Richard Van Vranken. Winfield: Robert Smith. Ottumwa; and Loren Parks. Salem. Parsons bowed twice to the Tigers in the two game schcd' ule. The Parsonites out' weighed the Tigers but Coach Ruble's fighting six was too much for them. The hard hitting line in combination with the fast, plunging back' field outclassed the Kelly Greens in every move. The ball game started to roll when Fellers intercepted an enemy pass on the forty and raced the remaining length of the field for a touchdown. A combined attack of Rusty Smutz and Don Finney pushed the wildcats back to score again at the end of the first quarter. Van Vranken scored on a long pass from Smutz to end the half with a score of 19'6. The second half opened with Fellers tak' ing the kickoff on his own twenty and behind a wedge of interference ran eighty yards to score. A hard tackle by Franz gave Houser a chance to recover the fumble and score. In the course of the game Van Vranken, Fellers, and Simpson counted two touchdowns each and every other man in the starting lineup tallied one each. The score ending 53 to 6. The second game with Parsons on their home field was almost a duplicate of the first. The Tigers were slow in starting but were strong in finishing and the score ended 46'6 in their favor. [ 8}

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The 1944-45 pre-season prospects looked rather discouraging but one of the most earnest and cooperative squads in Wesleyan's history turned in a season's record of which everyone concerned was justly proud. All teams defeating the Tigers had service personnel or they were much older men. The high spots of the season were, of course, the two defeats of Parsons; the victory over Coe in which the team stalled eight minutes without loss of the ball; the lop-sided victory over Kirksvillc; and the high conference standing above such teams as St. Ambrose, manned entirely by Navy Personnel. BASKET 1944 The Conference Standing is as follows: W L Pet. Lorcas 7 1 .875 Dubuque .... 11 2 .846 Simpson 8 2 .800 Luther 5 3 .625 Iowa Wesley an .... 7 5 .583 Wartburg .. 8 7 .533 St. Ambrose 3 3 .500 Penn 4 6 .400 Central 3 11 .214 Upper Iowa 2 9 .182 Buena Vista 0 6 .000 Parsons 0 7 .000 Western Union— played only 1 team. BOYS' BASKETBALL Opponents Opponents fc Opponents Score Date IWC Opponents Score Date 80 Iowa Malle- 24 Simpson, T 70 Jan. 12 able Iron, H. 34 Nov. 18 148 State Hos- 50 Parsons. H. 28 Nov. 21 pital. H 25 Jan. 23 41 Simpson, H 30 Dee. 1 26 Augustana, T 37 Jan. 27 62 Upper Iowa, 36 Carthage. T 25 Jan. 31 H 32 Dee. 8 64 Kirksvillc, 32 Dubuque, T 53 Dee. 9 T 21 Feb. 6 32 Culver Stock- 44 Central, H 29 Feb. 9 ton, H 51 Dec. 12 42 Augustana, 54 Parsons, T 42 Dee. 15 H 43 Feb. 17 26 Coe, T 25 Dee. 16 56 Carthage, H 38 Feb. 20 42 Upper Iowa, 35 Central. T 36 Feb. 23 T 38 Dee. 20 48 Penn, T 40 Feb. 27 42 Dubuque, H 73 Jan. 5 54 Penn, H 31 Jan. 10 1,038 851 Won 13 Lost 8 [40]