Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union - Gymnast Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Cn the Hardwood in IC932 Realizing that only a limited amount of time was available for practice, Coach Schaefer issued his call for candidates early in the year. A squad of men numbering approximately twenty-live answered the call and set to work getting into condition. Witli the assistance of Five of last year's squad, Coach Schaefer was able to form a working nucleus, and gradually, a varsity Five was evolved. Contributions from the Freshman class were very valuable indeed, and in- cluded Siegal, Fahrenback, Rubenstein, Peckoff, and Fiening, all creditable per- formers. VVith these and Gordon, Mineo, Oden and Schreiber, veterans of last year, a promising aggregation was molded together. Manager Fred Plag arranged a rather heavy schedule of games, the major- ity of which were on foreign courts, and which included some of the strongest small college clubs in the district. The team turned in a better average than was expected. Of fourteen games played, seven were won and a like number lost. A bigger and better season is the claim made by the six or seven men of this year's team who have signified their intention of returning next year. GAME BY GAME NORMAL 45 ALUMNI so The Varsity lfive opened the season with a victory over the Alumni in their animal Home-Coming game. The grads opened with a rush and due to the sensational shooting by Muto, held a six-point lead before the bewildered Varsity could find its bearings. However, the students got under way and took full con- trol of the situation. For the Alumni, Muto, Howard, and Neu played well, while Gordon, Mineo, and Schaefer did the best work for the Varsity. NORMAL 26 DANVILLE NORMAL 34 Coach Schaefer said the effects of the victory over the Alumni on the pre- ceding day had not worn offg Oden attributed it to the distracting influences of the Homecoming dance, critical Alumni, etcetera. Nevertheless, the team lost its first outside game to a good club. Danville led, Zl-10 at the half, but Normal came back in the second to outscore and outplay the visitors. However, the han- dicap of the Hrst half was too great an obstacle to overcome. NORMAL 29 INDIANA CENTRAL 20 Smart offensive basketball was the reason for Normal's well-earned victory over the stubborn foe. The boys journeyed to University Heights and showed their highly-toted opponents a few clever tricks with the ball. N. A. G. U. got Page Fifty 1..---il-

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Through the Cameras Eye BY WILLIAM SHURGOT Due to the heavy schedule carried by all students at Normal, varsity com- petition in all sports cannot be sponsored. However, we do engage in a few major sports and, considering our limited man-power, time, and facilities, meet with a fair amount of success. There is no doubt that, could we have the regu- lar training schedules, unlimited finances, and facilities, found elsewhere, we would turn out teams that would rank with the best in the Mid-West. The ma- terial is hereg it needs only to be given a chance. We congratulate those men who make possible all our varsity sports, whose spirit is indefatigable, and who labor unceasingly to give Normal a team-a winning team if possible-the student coaches. For the first time, in recent years, an attempt was made to organize a swim- ming team to engage in varsity competition. Under the coaching of Arthur Vtferder, the men who answered the call, went into training. A meet was arranged with the local Y. M. C. A. Due to the absence of many of the members, our showing was not so good. Intramural competition occurred in three sports this year, basketball, speed- ball, and soccer. The Freshmen took top honors in the basketball contest. Altho no Fencing team was formed, notable success was achieved by the Men of Nor- mal in this sport. In a triangular meet with Purdue and LeMar School of Fenc- ing, Normal emerged victorious. The only other Fencing activities of note were the annual Sophomore tournament and the Indiana-Kentucky Meet. In the lat- ter, three of our students acquitted themselves nobly, garnering second, third, and fourth places. Tho they be few in number, their might shall rock the earth and ye shall know them. Page Forty-nine

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Strmding, Left to Right: Mgr. F. Plug, H. Oden, A. Gordon, S. Siegal, P. Fiening, C. Peckoff, R. Schreiber. Kneeling, Lrft to Right: K. Felirenbach, C. Apfel, Capt. Schaefer, R. Mineo, L. Rubenstein. off to an early lead and led by l5-12 at the half time. Indiana Central started the third period with a rush and dominated play for a brief timeg their lead was short-lived for Oden and Siegal got back in their first half form and immediately put the skids under the opposition. Gordon was a tower of strength on the de- fense, and also aided the cause by dropping a few timely counters. NORMAL 33 BALL STATE 30 Drama of the Merriwell type was furnished spectators, when Normal sent Ball State down to a three-point defeat. With the score knotted at thirty all, and two minutes remaining of play, Gordon came thru with a sensational one-hand shot to give N. A. G. U. a two-point lead. Schaefer sewed the game up by drop- ping in a free toss from the penalty mark just before the whistle. The game was a nip and tuck affair thruout, the score was deadlocked at 20 all at the half. Captain Schaefer played the stellar role, along with Gordon and Siegal. NORMAL 20 HANOVER 33 It didn't take Caesar very long to get acclimated to Egypt, but the basket- ball team has no Caesars. When the boys left for Hanover, little did they dream that they were going to play under trying conditions. Oden swore on fourteen li-ii W Page Fifty-one