Moberly Area Community College - Mojuco Yearbook (Moberly, MO)

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HHSKHHHH For the Greyhounds this year it was a case of play basketball, or don't play at all, because with football hav- ing been abandoned, and with the track season still very tentative, the brief cage season seems to be the length and breadth of the athletic program at M. J. C. this year. However, so short was the season and so few were the games played that it seems strange to say that basketball was our major ac- tivity. Seven out of nine games were lost, and only one of the wins was a conference game. Therefore, it seems that the only highlights of the season were the fun that the boys had in play- ing, the better-than-average crowds for the three home games, and the victory over Wentworth in honor of the Valen- tine Sweetheart. A brief summary of the games: Kemper, 40-Moberly, 31 To open the schedule, the Greyhounds tangled with the Kemper Yellow Jack- ets, eventual Conference Champions. For their first game the Moberly boys did very well. In fact they were really promising, but simply could not keep up with the superior height that the Kemper boys kept on the floor. Bright spot was the playing of W. L. Clickner. who took up just where he left off last year. He came away with high point honors. However, as a team, the Grey- hounds showed too little spark and drive to really threaten. The nine point lead was about the difference between the teams. W. T. S. Cadets, 26-Moberly, 73 Things appeared to be looking' up for the Hounds when they took on the Pre- flight boys who are training at the local airport. Using the little experience that they had gained in playing Kemper and showing a new enthusiasm, the Grey- hounds soundly trounced the Cadets, scoring almost at will. All ten of the Hounds who were dressed for the game got to play. The team was eagerly looking forward to the return game with Kemper after the Christmas holi- days. In a preliminary game the second team played the Madison High School team and took their measure to the tune of 47-14. Kemper, 39-Moberly, 30 Again the Moberly boys undertook to administer a beating to the high and mighty Kemper Cadets, but they found that they were to be took under themselves. Since their first meeting in December, both teams had improved, and perhaps the Greyhounds had im- proved to a greater degree as a team. However, the Kemper boys had added another court giant to their team, so this was again a battle tipped in Kem- per's favor. After this game the Mo- berly boys were willing to admit that the Yellow Jackets were nine points better, but no more than that. All dur- ing the game the crowd had expecta- tions of a rally by the Hounds, but al- ways it either fell short or was never begun. Again it was Clickner's night to score. Thirteen points he dropped in as he ran second to Kemper's Barry for scoring honors. This game also was preceded- by a prelimina.ry one. This time the Pups thoroughly whipped the Junior High School Dragons. The score was 38-5. Kansas City Junior College, 88- Moberly, 33 A decided licking was handed to the Greyhounds when they traweled to Kan- sas City. Kansas, to play the Blue Devils. At no point in this game were the Moberly boys even threatening. The half time score of 29-17 was not a very close indication of the final one. It was evident that the Moberly boys were tired from the long trip on a crowded train, but none of them used this as an alibi. It was only too apparent that the Kansas City boys were a faster team. Kansas City Junior College, 62- Moberly, 45 A For the second straight night the Greyhounds were badly beaten on the Kansas City court. However, this game was a fairer indication of comparative strength. The Greyhounds were in much better form and showed more strength after the night's rest that they were able to enjoy in a hotel. In this second game Ridgeway, Junior guard, appeared to have hit his stride as he sank twelve points for the Moberly team. Clickner FORTY-FIVE

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f ff- HHSKHHHH scored fourteen, but Barrington and Thompson of Kansas City hooked top honors with twenty-one and eighteen respectively. St. Joseph, '70-Moberly, 37 The Greyhounds left Kansas City in the afternoon of January 21 and headed for St. Joseph to play the St. Joe Jun- ior College Griffons. There was no ap- parent alibi for the walloping that they received at the hands of a little more than mediocre team. Certainly the game was not a very interesting one for the spectators. The Greyhounds were disappointing with their lack of spirit, the Griffons were disgusting with their lack of sportsmanship. Click- ner, Truesdell, and Ridgeway consti- tuted almost the only Moberly threats as they scored 35 of the 37 Moberly points. Of the nine boys who made the St. Joe-Kansas City trip, none were sorry to find that the scheduled Grace- land game at Lamona, Iowa, had been called off. Transportation was so dif- ficult that it took all the pleasure out of here-to-fore enjoyable trips to meet other teams. When they got home, they were there to stay. St. Joseph, 45-Moberly, 40 After a week's rest the Greyhounds felt able to take St. Joe in a return game at Moberly. And to all indica- tions for the first thirty-five minutes of play they were proceeding accord- ing to plan. Then the Greyhounds hit their stride and lost the game, close all the way, in the last five minutes. For t.he first time during the season Clickner failed to lead Moberly's scorers. Lanky Polly Truesdell, Junior center, dropped six field goals and four free tries to total sixteen points. This was good enough to lead both teams. Wentworth, 35-Moberly, 33 For the last two games of the seasson Wentworth Military Academy sent its Red Dragons to invade the Moberly court on February 10 and 11. The first game was a rousing affair with tem- pers running hot and with action fast and furious. The game was close all the way. Neither team was able to gain a lead of more than six points at any time. The half saw the Greyhounds ahead 21-20. The last half was a night- mare for Moberly rooters as they watched the local team fall into an almost effortless slump for nearly all the last two periods. It was only in the last few minutes that they woke up enough to give the Cadets a run for the money. The rally fell short though, and it was the seventh and last con- ference loss for the Greyhounds. Wentworth, 43-Moberly, 45 The will to win that one game, the inspiration of a Valentine Sweetheart, and an arousing crowd combined with good playing to give the Greyhounds their only conference win of the year. Again the game was close from the outset. The lead changed hands fre- quently in the first half, which ended in an even 20-20. Of course the score can not tell what really happened, and for the good of both teams it may be best to forget some of the more hectic happenings of the evening. Let it suf- fice to say that at one particularly ex- citing point the Wentworth coach threatened to take his team from the floor in order to protect them from what he termed deliberate fouls by the Moberly boys. The last half was another like the first, although Mo- berly edged gradually into a lead that could not be topped by the frantic ef- forts of the desperate Cadets in the closing minutes. When the game was over. it showed that Moberly and Went- worth were tied for the cellar position in the Missouri Junior College and the Interstate Conferences. Both had won but one game. , The dying effort of the Moberly Grey- hound was not impressive. Surely there will be no more M. J. C. participation in athletics for the duration. The last remaining hope to show Greyhound prowess rests on the shoulders of the track team, and this hope is slim since there seems little hope for more than one or two track meets this spring. FORTY-SIX