Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine - Osteoblast Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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On two different occasions during Feb- ruary athletic relations were resumed with the K. S. T. C. In order to schedule these two games Coach Sermon was forced to disqualify three regulars, thus leavf ing the team badly cripf pled. The result was that the Teachers tuck' ed away two hardfearnf ed -victories, the first IQ'I'7 and the second 1Q'I5'. These games were two of the most exciting and interesting ever played in Kirks' ville. ' With but three ex- perienced men back in uniform next year Coach Sermon will be com' pelled to organize an entirely new team. But in this he will be greatly aided by the excellent material from the pres' ent freshman and sophof more classes. The most promising men here now are Swain, Neumeister, Van Ess, Springer and Lane. 2-,g,f-Kiifljfx Af ..f' --Nmap. -V-- WM W--1 A--.,..-..,, ..- ,......,.. .i..,.. .-.,,-.-.-.,- , ,,, , , ,, C h II 5 1 s -0 Q .59 ,,..,..,... L N..- ..- . .,..., . .. .. -G-,wgx----.,., . .... ....-....- 1 ' --f ---V tr :s ,,,,.,... ....,. .4 MX- C.5u'W N-MNRe,jmfjd Jxmf' 'N-..,,,,,,, ,..1--' Brocs, RAB, Guard Captain Three years he has not missed' playing in a single game and his work has been as near perfect as basketball players get to be. Hnclc, Hr, Guard A student of the court game and served four years at a regular guard position. Very popular with the fans as well as the players. CALDWELL, 'hMITCH,'l Center George developed many new style shots and when right was a clever basket shooter. A threefyear man. BALLMBR, PERRY, Forward Steady, graceful, clean and the comedian of the team. Perry has been a dependable for four years and will be a big loss to the squad. Sarmou, 'Uc, Forward Ug has proved himself valuable as a coach and as a player, always scoring a goodly number of the points. The rating of the teams played shows that he was never afraid to match the team against the best this section offered. Pane 207 l EL f-4 E M

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,..... i Basketball HE honors of the A. S. O. on the basketball court this year were defended by one of the strongest aggregations in the history of the school. With the return of six letter men, tive of whom were playing their third consecutive year together, and by the addition of a wealth of material from the freshmen and sophomore classes, Coach Sermon was able to round into shape a smoothfworking combination that was able to leave a trail of destruction wherever they played. They were defeated only twice, the Hillyards of St. Joseph, Mo., runnersfup in the A. A. U. tournament at Kansas City, Mo., being the only better team met the entire season. This group of athletes, captained by Rab Biggs, a former allflllinois high school man and a guard second to none, met their first opponents, the Hillyard Chemists, December 15 in the A. TS. O. gymnasium. This game marked the oflicial opening of the new gymnasium. The game was played before a record crowd of over fourteen hundred spectators. It was fast, clean and exciting, but they managed to draw into the lead dur- ing the last quarter leaving the court with a hardfearned victory of 42f31 after giving an exhibition of the kind of basketball that made their reputation. During the succeeding weeks the following teams were encountered and easily dis' posed of in rapid succession: Jan. I2 Chillicothe Business College-at Kirksville 3916 Jan I4 Warrensburg Teachers-at Warrensburg 3747 Jan IQ Central College-at Kirksville . . . 4918 Jan 11,1 Iowa Wesleyan-at Kirksville . 2'1,'1'5 Feb I jackson University-at Chillicothe . 33f23 At this time the Hillyards were again met, this time on their home court, and the A. S. O. was defeated 25f16. This was the second and last defeat of the season. On February 21 the Centerville Universals at Centerville, Iowa, were defeated by thelscore of 25912. With this victory the season, shorter than usual, ended, Page 206 A i i 1 I r V- r. Ciqj l i ? i Q I

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2 MM fliiiil-'15 Q3 VAN Ess, b.VAN,'l Guard Van proved himself more valuable in basketball than on the football field. SWAIN, Jos, Fofwafd and Guard The midget of the squad and a fighter that made up for his small stature. MILLIGAN, KNu'rs, Center and Forward A dangerous man in the pinch. Will develop into a good center. LANE, DnooPna, Forward A Freshman that will be a regular next year and spec' ializing in long shots. Dan' gerous at all times. NEUMEISTBR, ..TED,', Forward Ted broke into the linefup many times this winter and was a clever goal shooter. His floor work as uncanny. SPRINGER, Forward Was called home in mid' season after making a regular berth. The most promising candidate in many years. Page 208 Interfraternity Basketball For the first time in the history of the school a series of basketball games were played be' tween the fraternities Cincluding the independf entsj. Eighteen games were played between January 28 and February 14. Many good players were seen in action for the first time in a matched game. The inf terest was high, it being impossible to name the winning team until the final game was finished. The Sigma Phi Sigma offered a cup to the win' ners and at a mass meet' ing of the student body was presented to the Acacia Club. ' I l I, ,w m Q ,Y Q .gf 'fQfQ.?f-.4 'n ' - x WA' iiLJ sf ZA Lziggzg. T. L . ,,, Y 1 if Sa ar 1 ., 1 rv' ll l li lil Ill .gig -5