Ohio Mechanics Institute - OMIA Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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ATHLETICS The Institute basketball team has had a fairly successful season, winning eight out of fifteen games of which two of the games could hardly be termed defeats as the teams that we played were completely out of our class. We started the season at a rather fast clip, winning our nrst four games. Then, due to overconfidence, we hit a rut and dropped our next three games. We recovered sumciently to break even on the remainder of the games, winning four and losing four. A glance at the number of points our team scored as compared with the number that our opponents scored will show that we made a hundred more than they did. Most of our defeats were tough ones, losing by merely a point. 01' two. The Milford game we lost by one point, fifteen to fourteen. Twice we lost by two points: to Nurwood. nineteen t0 seventeen, and to Hughes, nine to seven; and We dropped another to Norwood by three points, twenty-eight to twenty-five. The fact that only one team succeeded in scoring as much as thirty points against us speaks well for our guards, while our forwards got in some of their gool work by running up between twenty-flve and thirty-flve points in more than half our games. Our season has been a most successful one if you consider the fact that we had very little team work and that when we went out on the floor we had a team 40f five men who knew basketball from A to Z, but who played with a lack of co-operation. We knew that Dorsey was a good shot and tried to feed him, but if he wasnt able to make more points than the opposing team, we lost. This fact was evidenced in the University of Cincinnati Tournament when we met the big Hughes Five. No one knew where the other was, and Hughes had such a splendid defense that we could not get close enough to the baSket and had to content ourselves with long shots at which we were sadly deficient. We lost by a score of nine to seven. Taking it all into consideration, we did very well, for we picked on the biggest and best teams in the city and barred no team of fair and square athletes. Borreson Dorsey Hennessy J orling Schuster Talley Venn Vornhagen Weig'lein Wilson TEAM RECORD 0. M. I 28 O. M. I 28 O. M. I. 28 O. M. I. 15 O. M. I. 17 O. M. I. 19 O. M. I. 25 O. M. l. 33 D. M. I. 19 O. M. I. 30 0. M. I. 14 0. M. I. 28 O. M. I. 29 O. M. I. 7 0. M. I. 18 Totals 338 LL veland Crescent Springs Walnut Hills Elder Norwood University School Norwood Franklin Littleford Loveland Milford Franklin St. Bernard Hughes Elder PLAYERS RECORD Games Played 4 15 5 14 15 11 2 13 12 4 Field Goals 1 84 H ION 12 14 19 25 28 13 34 14 15 17 26 249 Foul Goals qumIIEl Total Points 2 186 4 32 25 65 18 8

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BASKETBALL TEAM x 1 Standing: AV Borremn: J. Venn; Coach Roth: R. Weiglein: P. Hennessy. Sitting: 1!. Vm'uhagen: F.. Dorsey; J. Jorlingz; J. Schuster; T. Talley

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Number Games Played 15 Number Games Won Number Games Lost 7 Number of baskets scored by 0. M. I. 153 Number of baskets scored by opponents 90 Number of foul throws scored by 0. M. I. 34 Number of foul throws scored by opponents 69 Borreson tguardieHe came out for the team late in the season and had an opportunity of showing his skill in only a few games, but those who saw him play can yverify the fact that he possesses exceptional ability for tisticking his man. Dorsey tforwardieEd was a valuable member to last year's squad, but he was even more so to this yeafs team. He is one of the speediest men that anyone may wish to see on a basket-ball floor, and was good at caging the ball, running up more than twice as many points as any other man on the team. His name was in the line-up every game. Hennessy tguardigPat was a speedy player, but he had a failing of trying for a long shot. He is a good man to set a pace and speed up the team. Jorling tguardi-Joe, our captain, is a veteran of last years squad and is our old standby. He jumped Center, but as soon as the ball was in play, he came back and played standing guard. He was, however, by no means as stationary as the term standing implies, for he had a way of planting himself in front of incoming forwards that made them think they had hit a brick wall. This is his last year in the school and on the squad, so the team of next year will certainly miss this itbackbone'i 0f the team. Schuster tguardt eBud was also a man from last years squad. Although Bud,is not very tall, what he lacks in height he makes up in width, and the width is all muscles. The opposing teams al- ways found Bud to be where they least expected him. His fioor work was a pleasure to look upon. Bud graduates this year, and next years squad is going to lose one of the best running guards ever seen at the Institute. Talley tforwardi-Reported for practice early in the season and by constant plugging assured himself a position on the team. He played a hard game and was good at short shots. His experience this year ought to make him a valuable asset to the team of next year. Venn tforwardi-He did not have much of a chance to show his skill, but proved that he is made of the right stuff by sticking by the team throughout the year. He ought to make a good side partner for Talley next year. Vornhagen tforwardysPinkey had a mania for long shots, and he was good at them too. He worked beside Dorsey and put many a thrill into the audience by his sensational long shots. Weiglein tguardieRalph ran the center of the iioor after Jorling came back to play guard. He was good at passing, but had the tough- est luck with his shots, for they invariably rolled around the basket a few times and then dropped out. Wilson tcenteri-George is a Power Laundry co-operative student and couldnt be present at the most of the games, but in those that he did play his weight was a considerable advantage to the team. John E. Schuster Jos. J. Jorling'