Kentucky Military Institute - Saber Yearbook (Lyndon, KY)

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F59 35,2 Ri v Y ' Q Gordon, Miles, Smith. Preston, Howard, Turner, King came through and defeated the Palmetto team for the second time, setting a hot pace that was hard to stop. The military squad, paced by Engberg, and Miles, topped St. Leo Preparatory in two successive games. In a trip to the Flor- ida east coast, the quintet nosed out vic- tories over Redlands and Ponce de Leon High making a total of 15 victories. Noth- ing seemed to be able to stop the victors as they were well on their way to an unde- feated season. Forward Engberg again paced the Sen- ior Squad by taking Ft. Myers for the sec- ond time. Shiftness and precision of dom- inating the hoop was again proven by topping St. Leo for the third time. In a rough, fast moving basketball on the home court, Sarasota was downed by scoring the winning points in the last few minutes of the game. Flush from this victory the five then went on to win from Jesuit High and Florida Military Academy. This game gave the team an undefeated season with 21 wins, after defeating Labell High School for the closing game. Engberg was the high point man for the season breaking all previous school rec- ords. The Cadet Battalion and the editors wish to express their gratitude and pride to the remarkable playing and coaching of these twelve boys and Captain Weber. More power to the team next year! SCORES Tampa Business College. 53-34. Ft. Myers High School, 45-36. Palmetto High School, 44-28. Redlands High School, 29-21. Florida Military Academy, 39-29. Sarasota High School, 43-41. Bradenton High School, 61-37. Pahokee High School, 77-24. West Palm Beach High School, 46 Palmetto High School, 65-26. St. Leo Academy, 46-32. St. Leo Academy, 50-33. Redlands High School, 35-29. Leon High School, Miami, 35-33. Ft. Myers High School, 39-24. St. Leo Academy, 47-38. Sarasota High School, 39-36. Jesuit High School, Tampa. 54-45. Florida Military Academy, 48-26. Labell High School, 86-43. -32 2--J Y ' at Steve makes a basket as everyone has their eye on the ball

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lil' MQ Captain Weber. Coach. King, Sharp. Cordes, Wagner. Engberg, Haas, Jennings. THE SEASON As in 1934 and 1942, the Kaydet basket- ball team again had an undefeated season for the third time in thirteen years. Only the coaching of Captain Weber and the teamwork of the fighting eleven made such a successful season possible. Averaging 50 points a game the team was headed by John Engberg, forward, and Gene King, guard, with 312 and 167 points respectively. Also Steve Miles played a powerful game at Engberg caught the jump in this game with Ft. Myers. center, scoring 157 points. Also scoring high percentages were found Philip Cordes, Bob Sharp, and Bill Turner, playing in every game. The team working with smoothness in a winning combination, showed speed and precision which was unbeatable. The Kaydet's first game was with Bel- mont Athletic Club in Kentucky. The team's strength was brought forth in this game although some of the star players were not present. Soon after arriving in Florida, the cagers took on Tampa Business College winning the second straight game. It was a fast, tight game all the way, but K. M. I. capitalized on every chance to score and overpowered Ft. Myers. The unbeaten Kaydets faced the red-hot Palmetto High quintet and came through for the fourth straight win. Again the smooth-running combination held its winning streak by nosing out Red- lands. The quintet set the pace throughout the four stanzas to again triumph for the Corps against Florida Military Academy. The powerful Sarasota cagers tasted de- feat for the first time as K. M. I. won in a close contest. Again the smooth performing aggrega- tion was able to boast of its eighth win of the season by smashing Bradenton. Show- ing skill and action the Pahokee five were next on the list of the defeated. The next day saw the Kaydet's machine grind out another victory in less than 24 hours by de- feating West Palm Beach. The team then

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J -V BASKETBALL CAPT.GEORGE'WOOD COACH Inspired by the excellent coaching of Captain G E. Wood, the Junior Varsity basketball team had a very successful season, losing only 2 out of 12 hard-fought games. The team, composed of young- er boys, developed team work, precision, and an unbeatable spirit. This as a result, gave the Jun- ior Varsity squad a commendable account of them- selves throughout the season. The outstanding cagers on this year's basket- ball team were Blankenship, W., Criggar, Weiss, and Reed, A., who should be found starring for next year's varsity. Such constant improvement and persistency can only reap another undefeated sea- son next year for the Varsity. SCHEDULE K. M. I. 27, Ft. Myers 29. K. M. I. 40, Venice Nokornis 19. K. M. I. 34, Palmetto 22. K. M. I. 33, Boca Grande 12. K. M. I. 47, Sarasota 35. K. M. I. 30, Pahokee 10. K. M. I. 25, Palmetto 14. K. M. I. 35, Venice Nokomis 27. K. M. I. 21, Ft. Myers 17. K. M. I. 18. Sarasota 28. K, M. I. 31. Boca Grande 20, ll. M. I. 21. F.M.A. 17. First Row: Keele, Plott, Ray, Heed, Weil, Weiss, Chastain, Spaulding, Green, Criggar. Top Row: Mudd, Odaffer, Blankenship, Meador, Francis, Lawson, Daniels, Dickin- son, Head, Captain Wood, Coach. 112