Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Q B5 Hack Row-Coach Street, Rynne, Simmons, jaeohs, Dipple, Manager Thompson Front Row-Ludwig, Harry Voorhees, Captain Harold Voorhees, Merkley, Black Une of the team's chief scorers and player most mentioned for an All-ill. l A A berth, is Captain-elect Harry Voorhees. Harry, a Sophomore, exhibited a plutkiness that time after time forced baskets directly under the noses of the towering guards who frequently opposed him. He can play forward and guard positions with equal facility although running guards is the position that he most often plays. Captain Casey Voorhees, speedy, heady, and always alert, was a mainstay of the squad at all times. Several victories are directly attributable to his headwork in calling signals. hlerkley is another man of All-RI. I. A. A. rank. He is the best and most accurate forward on the squad. Always dependable, he rendered inval- uable service through a dillicult season. Black and Ludwig, in the guarding positions, gained considerable glory by their steady blocking of enemy attacks. The tact that opponents' victories were won largely by the long shot route indicates their guard- ing ability. Tom Shepherd played a fine grade of ball in the first live games of the year and then left tor the U. of ll. -lohn Rynne got in nine games for short intervals and showed considerable promise. Simmons, Jacobs, Hinckley, and Dipple were injected for a few minutes in ll couple of games. But the first five men named bore the brunt of the entire season. Things look bright for a winning season tor next year. 117 - x lk C'.iP'1'.x1N-ELEe'r H ,num Vookmzes

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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

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Captain Voorhees is the only one of the regulars who will not be with the team next year, and Ardell Jacobs is the only Senior on the subs. This leaves four regulars and four second string men upon which Coach Street should build a winning team fox 1925. THE SEASON'S RECORD Kalamazoo ............. S Carleton ..... .... -1 1 Kalamazoo .... .... 2 7 Hope . .. . . . .31 Kalamazoo. . . .28 Olivet .... . . . . 19 Kalamazoo .... .... 3 0 Hillsdale . . .... 22 Kalamazoo .... .... 1 9 Hope . . . . . . .37 Kalamazoo. . .... 19 Albion . . . . . .20 Kalamazoo .... .... 3 7 Ypsilanti ., .... 34 Kalamazoo. . .... 2-1 Hillsdale . . . . . .18 Kalamazoo .... 22 Alma . . . . . . .-l-1 Kalamazoo .... -ll Albion .... .... 2 9 Kalamazoo .... 21 Lombard .... .... 3 2 Kalamazoo .... 25 Qlivet .... .... 1 9 Kalamazoo .... 21 Alma ....... .... 2 8 Kalamazoo .... 25 Ypsilanti ..... .... -l 9 Kalamazoo .... 30 Lake Forest .... .... 2 8 Totals ... H397 Totals . .. ,...-151 A K' F 47 B ' 1' Q 2 Qs llmx lgfyll ' ff-1 U U :wg i ao 'SSW 1 S31 -1 ,A S Atexon A 2. as AQ VU' ' Strike up ye old funeral dirge, XVillie. 118