Kalamazoo College - Boiling Pot Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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l Y il l c5i. ,. Q ' Q. at 3 . s Sl Q M 2 2 i:Llllx' - -sie-' ' X H .gi if 2 . Q, ZQSXX ,Ulm N YJ ff' 3' ,Qx V Y iii? li' QJW3 'G iw' 5-Y --if 1: es ' , L! X3 l 23!5NSl wil 1f'iTl.dL2kl.Lal3 1924-25 Kalamazoo College upset all dope in the IO2-l-3 basketball season. Coneeded one of the cellar positions at the start of the season because of the failure of Captain Harry Voorhees to return to school and because of the loss of all except Bob Ludwig and Bob Black from last vearls team, Kalamazoo fought its way to the runner-up position in the KI. I. A. A. 1'ace. The team secured eight victories out of fourteen games played. As was expected, Alma had little trouble in walking away with the state title and the great interest of the association centered around the light for second place. Thus, the gaining of second place in the ll. I. A. A. race was virtually a championship in itself. Une of the bright spots in the basketball outlook is the abundance of freshmen found on the squad. XVith the exception of Captain Ludwig and Bob Black, who were juniors, and Bridgman, who was a sophomore, the entire squad was Composed of freshmen. An all-freshmen team composed of Davis and lIacDonald, forwardsg Hackney, centerg and Berry and hleulenberg, guards, defeated Albion 39 to 31 on the iXIeth0dist's Hoor. This indicates that Kalamazoo will have a most formidable aggregation next season and will soon be back at the head of the KI. I. A. A, The season opened rather dismallv. After being defeated twice the team seemed to strike its natural stride in the Grand Rapids -lunior College game which Kazoo annexed, 37 to 22. Then the team did the unexpected and won from the powerful Beloit team by the close score of 26 to 25. 'lihis game was one of the high spots of the year and served to show that the Streetmen were very much in the running in the state association. Kalamazoo won its first RI. I. A. A. tilt from Olivet, 24 to 23, but then lost to the fast Hope erew, 2-l to lo. Hope also defeated Kazoo later in the season. The Hillsdale encounter found Kalamazoo still in a tie with Alma for first place. Page Um' lfllllifffif lfigfflliwl

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-u Roseau' BLACK Gerhard Harsch was one of the main-stays of the line. Although not a spectacular player his work was eonsistant and heady. Out of consideration for his excellent playing his team mates elected him 1925 football captain to succeed Bob Black. lllaynard Sproul, varsity quarterback, earned the reputation ' of being the most deadly tackle on the team. Ronald Garrett, halfback, was the tleetest of foot and performed brilliantly until he was injured rather early in the season. Stone was a valuable man at center. LaCrone and VVinne, playing their second year for Kalamazoo, helped a great deal in making the forward wall one of the best in the association. Among the new men who earned regular positions were I Opie Davis and Tim Kleulenberg, endsg ,lack Berry, Al Bridg- man and lX'Iike Reedy, backs, and Richard VVatson and Knox VVicks, linemen. Substitutes who developed rapidly during the l season were: Tom Eldred, Arnold Ludwig, hlarshall Brenner, lXlacDonald, Prior and Schrier. Nineteen letters were awarded. Captain THIS YEARS RECORD '1 -1 Kalamazoo ......... 25 Grand Rapids junior. .. . . 9 Kalamazoo. . . . . . 0 Olivet ......,.. . . . . . 3 Kalamazoo.. . .. .13 Beloit ... ....Zi Kalamazoo... ...SS Hope ... . . . . 13 Kalamazoo. . . . . . 0 Ypsilanti . . . . . . 14 Kalamazoo. . . . . 7 Hillsdale . . . .21 Kalamazoo. . . . . 0 Alma . . . . . .ll Kalamazoo. . . . . 7 Albion . . . . . .24 Totals 90 l26 RI. I. A .A. STANDING VV. L. Pct. Hillsdale .. .. 5 0 1.000 Albion . . . . . -l l .800 Alma . .. . . 3 V 2 .600 Ypsilanti . . . . 2 3 -400 Olivet . . . , l -l .200 -T11 Kalamazoo I l . 0 5 .000 GERPl.'XRD. HARSCI-1 Captain-Elect ii I ' Lfflfil 41 f i:ii 1 i ' 1 HJ- Nl 1 ' A 'N -W Page Om' Ilumlrrtl S.f Z't'7lff'!'7l X XE. EN Ax

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A.,-f EA-ri' x ,. 0 Vx rs -gm, K sl 1,363 15 Top-Coach Street, Brenner, Karsten, Schrier, Wiatson, Berry, Hawkins. g Bottom-Davis, MacDonald, Hackney, Captain Ludwig, Black, Meulenberg, Bridgman. Albion, however, took a heart-breaker by the tight score of 27 to Zo. Later in the season Kalamazoo trimmed Albion using the all-freshmen team. The team then won another game from Hillsdale and split even on two games with Klichigan State Nor- mal, but was decisively beaten by Alma in both contests. Tim lXIeulenberg was placed on the All-KI. I. A. A. team at guard. Tim, while playing at guard, was the high point man of the year. Coming to the squad as a freshman, he took the running guard position left vacant by the absence of Harry Voorhees, and displayed such speed, dribbling and accurate shooting that he won special notice in almost every game. Captain Ludwig proved to be the best defensive man on the team. Bob had a way of picking the ball off the backboard and starting and directing tloor plays that inspired confidence in all the members of his team and won the praise of the keenest critics. Black at forward, played a brilliant game. He was one of the high scorers of the . . year. He could pass, dribble and shoot with great accuracy. Hackney. freshman, Pagr Om' Ilznzdrrd Nirzfffm 1