Midland University - Warrior Yearbook (Fremont, NE)

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CAPTAIN PAUL NORDSTROM Forward “Snuss' our eagle-eved captain, proved to all of us that he is the best player who ever donned the Orange and Black on the basket ball floor. Without a doubt, he was the class of tin conference forwards. It has been said that our captain stayed up all one night trying to miss a basket. LUTHER KISTLER Guard “Luker was this year's find at guard. He used to play at the forward post, hut this year he was shifted to guard and to say the least, he did some wonderful work. He's from Bunker Hill. Kan., but from the number of points he scored he didn't always wait until he saw the whites of their eyes before he took a shot. ALBERT MILLER Guard “Bert was the other half of the defense, and Boy! did he smear them? He didn't make any all-state team, but he surely deserved it. He was in on every play and defended the Midland fortress in many a tough skirmish. A little poem that could he dedicated to Miller goes something like this—“He spoils the shots, where'er he squats. ALEXIS JOHNSON Center “Lex,” our tip off man. who got them from any center in the state. He had a good eye for the basket, too—being fifth high in the conference. “Lex is a shoe peddler in the day time, and then journeys out to the gym to play a little drop eye in the evenings. It has been heard on the campus that he will be of quite some aid to bis mother when he reaches maturity. Page ineiy-seven

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BASKET BALL SQUAD Top row: li:irmnn, Brink, I’cierscn, Ghormley. Koolcn, Helling, Coach Catlin. Second row: Krebs. Kistler. Johnson. Miller, Nordstrom. Il may lx said without any hesitancy that the 1928 basket ball season was the best in the history of Midland since its removal to Fremont. In the newly formed Nebraska Collegiate Athletic Conference the Warriors tied with Wesleyan for third place with six wins out of ten starts. In other inter-collegiate games they were victorious in five out of the same number played. In two other games with amateur quintets Midland dropped both. This gave the Warriors a season record of eleven wins out of seventeen games. Much credit for the great success of the season is due tlie substitutes and reserves. These persons were out every night for scrimmage, fighting just as hard as the regulars, without getting any credit or glory. They were banged around, beaten time after time, but they continued coming out and giving the varsity that practice which is so vital to any team. Let us give these men the c redit they deserve, for all the: nearer that some of them came to getting into the game was to sit on the bench a time or two, and some didn't e cn get that chance.

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Krcl's. I’clerscii. Mc!linjr , Ghormlcy. GEORGE KREBS Forward “Krebs proved to be a fit running mate for “Snuss. Many are the times lie passed the ball to “Snuss when, he might just as well have taken a shot himself, lb was. undoubtedly, the fastest man on the squad, usually about half the length of the floor ahead of bis shadow. ALTON PETERSEN Guard and Center “Pete, our immaculate blonde guard. He played a bang-up game when he was in there, and «lid some fine work at center when “Lex was out. “Pete could work with anybody or in any position, this faculty being of much help to the squad. 11 is graceful form breaks up both opposing offenses and numerous fair damsel's hearts. FRANK HEELINGS Guard “Frankie. our auburn haired guard. As sweet and as active a player as one lias ever seen. Speaking of tanglefoot sticking to and covering, well His only failing is that be goes in loo hard every now and then. He was a human stop-light to opposing forwards. Remember You can't say “no to a red head. DALE GHORMLEY Forward “Dale was new on the squad this year, and proceeded to show the boys that he had seen a basket ball before. Worked in well with any combination, and was exceptionally good on follow in shots. If only lie hadn't labored under that in- feriority complex so much of the time. They say that bis “Chevie will ruin him yet.