Kentucky Military Institute - Saber Yearbook (Lyndon, KY)

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staff, Captains Waters and Cheek. They are replacing Captain Jennings and Cap- tain Wolfe, both of whom have resigned because of ill health . . . Thompson, T., and Szabo, G., took the neatest cadet bars at Saturday inspection . . . The rifle team fired 791 out of 1,000 for the Hearst Trophy. They have matches planned with several Florida schools . . . The bas- ketball team has added five more-Pak metto, Redland, St. Leo twice. and Ponce de Leon. The J.V.'s beat Venice again, led by Odaffer, their second-string cen- ter, and just to show that K. M. I.'s bas- the monthly scholastic pennant . . . After a week of basketball, the team has added four more games to their win streak. The only close one was Sarasota, 43-41. The others were with Palmetto, Redland, and F. M. A. Engberg led the scoring in all the games . . . The J.V.'s have also been winning this week, beating Palmetto J. V.'s, Boca Grand, and Sarasota. Blank- enship was high-point man in all three games . . . Semester tests began today. We have a little more time to study this year, since everyone has a free period . . . The basketball team has been keep- ing up its hot streak by taking Braden- ton, Pahokee, and West Palm Beach. On- ly the Palm Beach squad presented any real opposition, and the cagers managed to keep a ten-point lead throughout the game, finally winning by 19 points . . . Two new faculty men have joined the 19111 mi- in . 1 KYII-ln IQ Y 6:11---lllWl1!IlZ1Z11i1D1 E ll I I E 1 3 l 4 E I 1, N il i , 'l l ,w 11 i i I n I W . w 2 II 1 I li l 1 l l l it il il 1. E 'I 1 il

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