Oakland City University - Mirror Yearbook (Oakland City, IN)

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THE MIRROR 1929 -- - - 1 -le.,-1f'a3E-m.al --- -1- - INDIANA CENTRAL 48 O. C. C. 25 January 22 The Oaks lost to Indiana Central at Indianapolis 48f25, trailing at the half 25' f10. jones was the only Oakland player who seemed to be in form. The Oaks were just off form and the Greyhounds were hot offensively. MANCHESTER 52 O. C. C. 43 January 23 The Oaks met defeat in the second game of the road trip at the hands of Man' chester College 'i2f43. The game was a fast offensive affair with good basket hitting. Jones and Young proved, to have the most effective basket eyes in this tilt while the guardingiof Captain Wilder and Smith was good. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORMAL UNIVERSITY 26 O. C. C. 19 January 26 S. I. N. U. defeated Coach Pinnick's Oaks at Carbondale 26f19 after leading at halfftime 13-5. During the second period Oakland staged a rally and tied the score at 16 all, but did not seem to have the stamina to continue, due to the extensive traveling of the week. The boys played fine ball with Jones leading the scorers. ROSE POLY 24 O. C. C. 48 February 4 The Oaks again broke into the win column by overwhelming the Rose Poly Engineers 48f24. The game was close throughout the first half. In the second half Oaklands lead increased rapidly. The whole squad broke into the game and all played excellent ball. DANVILLE 37 O. C. C. 22 February 11 In the return game the Oaks showed much improvement over their playing in the first game with Central Normal. The half ended l6f8 in favor of Danville and with the beginning of the second half the Oaks began an offensive drive led by Smith that threatened to tie the score. All the boys played good ball with Dunn leading in scoring. INDIANA CENTRAL 39 O. C. C. 41 February 14 The Oaks continued their excellent playing and reversed the score on Indiana Central. O. C. C. started the scoring and was never headed. During most of the game Oakland led from four to ten points and won 41-29. The starting lineup of Dunn, Jones, Young, Smith and Stone was never changed. They all played good ball. HANOVER 32 O. C. C. 48 February 16 A Oakland showed a lot of offensive power in the return game with the Red Devils. The defense of the Oaks was good, most of Hanover's shots being made from out on the floor. The Oaks were leading 2845 at half time and continued their excellent playing for the rest of the game. Every man on the squad got into the game. EVANSVILLE 25 O. C. C. 49 February 25 The return game with Evansville was a repetition of the football game in point of interest and result. Coach Pinnick had the Oaks primed and pointed for the Aces and the results were altogether satisfactory. Oakland led at half time 24'7 and conf tinued their drive the rest of the game, the final score being 49f25. All the boys played superbly, Stone being outstanding. He closed his collegiate career with an excellent exhibition, holding Bounce Harper scoreless. Page One Hundred One

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I-HE MIRR1-QR E gg p - 19,22 4 MUNCIE 44 O. C. C. 41 January 5 The Oaks journeyed to Muncie the following night after the State Normal game and again put up an excellent fight although they were defeated in the last few minutes. Oakland led practically the entire game and was practically assured of a win, when Anie Smith went out on personals with ten minutes of the game left. This marked the turning point as Muncie soon took the lead. Young, Smith, Wilder and Kell were outstanding and although Jones failed to break into the scoring column he played a fine floor game and his defensive work was excellent. VINCENNES 54 O. C. C. 35 January 9 The return game with the Alices was marked by fumbles and inconsistency on the part of the Oaks. The latter with the exception of Jones and Kell were com' pletely off form. The Oaks at one time threatened when they came up within three points of the Alices, the score being 19-22. However, the half ended 28fl9 in favor of the latter and during the second half Oakland never threatened. The game ended with the Oaks on the short end of a 5 4f35 score. HANOVER 23 O. C. C. 36 january 11 The Oaks came out of their slump to hand Hanover a decisive defeat in a fast and well played game. Pinnick had revised his lineup, starting Kell at floor guard and shifting Smith to forward. This combination was on and although the Red Devils played a great game they could not cope with the excellent play of the Oaks both offensively and defensively. Oakland led at the half 15f12 and collected 9 points before Hanover hit the basket at the beginning of last period. Young led in scoring while the entire team played well. The defensive work shown by the Oaks was the best exhibition of the season thus far. BETHEL 28 O. C. C. 50 January 14 - The Oaks continued their winning ways to crush the visiting Bethel team from Russelville, Kentucky, 50-28. Oakland got away to a fast start and kept piling up their lead as the game progressed. The Oaks were ahead 23f1O at the half and al' though most of the last period was played by the reserves the story was the same. All the Oaks had an eye for the basket with Jones and Smith leading in points. The entire squad played a fine game. Bethel 19 O. C. C. 33 january 15 In the second game with Bethel on the following night the Oaks failed to dis' play their brilliant offense of the night before but won by a handy margin after lead' ing at the half 11f5. Twelve minutes of the first half had gone when Oakland got her first field goal. jones and Dunn led the Blue and White offense with Captain Wilder playing a nice defensive game. STATE NORMAL 45 O. C. C. 28 January 17 The Oaks could not withstand the withering attack of the State Normal cagers in the second half and the Teachers took back home a 45 '28 victory. The first period was comparatively even. Oakland ran up a 5f0 lead at the start of the game but Normal was leading at the rest period 19-16. Capt. Wilder was ejected on fouls in the second half and then the Normalites ran wild. Smith and Young on offense, with Kell and Wilder on defense, were the best performers for Oakland. Page One Hundred

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THLMIRILQR. -,,,,,,,if,,gfM- .. 1929 FIRST Row: Cavens, Hargrave, Kelley, Barrett, SECOND ROW: Hightower, Lydcn, MeKown, Burns, Evans. STANDING: McCarty, Meadows, Keller, Nelson, Coach Pinniek. SCHEDULE FOR '28 Rose Poly .....,..............,...,......................................,........,......,..................... ....,....... Hoosier Relays at Rose Poly ......,.. .......,.,.. Little State at DePauw ................... ............ Big State at Purdue .,..,...............,...,...,,..............,............................. ............ SCHEDULE FCR '29 ...April 5 .....May 3 ..May 10 ..May 17 Triangular with Rose Poly, and State Normal ........ ..,..,......... A pril 6 Dual meet with Indiana Central ...................,..............., ..........., A pril 20 Hoosier Relays .....l...................,.,..,..........................................,., ................. M ay 4 Little State ..............,................,,...................... .............. M ay 11 Big State ........... .......,..... M ay 18 Page One Hundred Two