Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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There were no quitters, no sobbers, no kickers, on the college team. Every man was game and depended on that gameness to carry him through four struggling quarters of each contest. Captain Jacobs, guard on the mythical all- lXI. l. A. A. team, has been a valuable asset to the Kalamazoo team and an incentive for the new men to work hard. After wearing the K for two successful seasons he returned to college last Fall with the realization that he was to lead a losing team. VVith a spirit of optimism he was determined to make the most of the least. His presence on the team was an added encouragement to the Freshmen and instilled in them the old fighting spirit of Kazoo. Jacobs certainly will be missed when the whistle blows for the kick-off next Fall. Captain-elect Bob Black was the strongest individual player on the team. He is an all-round man and well worthy of being captain. He is a fighter and a consistent ground gainer with his kicks and passes. YVith a stronger line to aid him he would have starred as one of the best ends in the lliddle VVest. Black's punting averaged 40 yards and he drop-kicked accurately when given a chance. Darwin llerkley is a hard fighting, clever quarterback. He generaled the team in an experienced fashion and proved himself to be the best returning man on the kick-offs on the team. One of the main-stays of the line was Gerard Harsch. Playing his Hrst year as regular, he displayed great defensive ability. His large, muscular frame stopped many an enemy plunge which was directed at his side of the forward wall. lXIaynard Sproul, the diminutive half back, was given a chance on the varsity this year and made good. Despite his smallness of stature, he was able to make considerable yard- age for Kazoo, due to his fleetness of foot. Allison Skeen, the human battering-ram , was the big star of the backfield. He played more quarters than any other member of the squad, only being out two in the entire season. As a line plunger he is hard to beat. He did ex- cellent defensive work and gave perfect interference on end runs. The Voorhees brothers both were valuable assets to the team. Casey was slowed up by injuries a good portion of the time but when he was at his best he proved a formidable problem for the opposition. His gameness alone kept him going in several of the affrays when he was suffering from injuries, and exhaustion. Harry showed up best at the re- ceiving end of passes. Harry Hinkley tackled more oppo- nents on kick-offs than did any other man, and on several occasions he gave the crowd a thrill by snagging long passes. lX'Iuch promising material was found in the Freshman class, from which next year several stars should develop. Ronald Garrett was the fastest open field runner on the squad. LaCrone, Whitiiey, YVinne, and lWeeker won reg- ular berths on the Varsity by merit of the fighting spirit which they displayed at all times. 114- 'X -l11 SPROUL SKEEN Q- 3 -lii .5. MERKLEY - - ll HARSCH l H. A. VOORHEES N2 sk-'fi i ii V'-ffwbksw -p I-.

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i N 1 r, .V 1 I 5 l A- .4 2 .' .PQ1 ,X - ,. z.- .. , , ,,, li mail J Despite the loss of the leadership of the 111. 1. A. A. for the first time in eleven years, the 192-1 basket- ball team has completed a season of which any small college may well be proud. Seven victories were secured out of fifteen intercollegiate contests played. The loss of the 111. 1. A. A. championship still leaves Kalamazoo with the satisfaction of holding a world's record for leadership in an intercollegiate league, a record that is not likely to be broken for some time unless Carleton maintains its present superiority in Rlinnesota. Handicapped by a lack of reserve material, the team fought hard under the able direction of Coach Street and ended the season with a third place in the 111 l A A. per cent column, having lost the final game to X psilanti in the slump that followed Caileton College of lllinnesota, by beating the lxazooks +18 opened the season in the college's xx oist defeat of the year. Then Hope College won ll r gil I 1 ' 1 . HX., fc- lt - 4 1 .0 1' . . . s t ,Q ,f W x . . . . . . Q., 1. -. defeat in the championship tilt with Alma. . U . - f . Q! 3 . , W ' Y v . 'Cy from Kazoo here and later in the season repeated on the Holland floor. Then came the Baptists most glorious event of the year. ln the first 111. 1. A. A. game of the season Kazoo won over Olivet 29-18. This was Kalamazoo's first victory under the Street regime. Kalamazoo won from Hillsdale and stood at the top of the Association percentage but Albion did the unexpected and nosed out the locals 20-19. Streets team surprised the knowing ones by beating Ypsi- lanti in impressive style in their best home game of the season. The College also won again from Hillsdale in a fast and furious contest but two nights later the team was trounced by Alma. The team got 1'evenge for their former loss to Albion by' trimming the hlethodists on the home floor to the tune of -11-29. Then came the Lom- bard game on lfVashington's birthday. The Kazoo- ans extended themselves and threatened to cop the game most of the way but lost out in the final min- utes. Returning home they annihilated Olivet but then were definitely counted out of the cham- pionship race when they were crowned by Alma for the second time. Kalamazoo slipped down into third place in the conference when Ypsilanti ran up -19 points to the locals' 25. ln the last game of the year Street's men won over Lake Forest in a nip-and-tuck game. In this game, which ended 30-28, Kalamazoo retrieved, to some extent, the glory which it had lost in past contests. 116 X SU , Capraix HAROLD Vooki-nies