Ozark Wesleyan College - Ashlar Yearbook (Carthage, MO)

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CHARLES WALTERS. Center When Walters really got going in top style, he was a real floor-covering center. He was in the thiclc of play and was a good scorer. He vvill probably be back next year. this being his first. 1' A V, GARRETT CUMMINGS. Captain. Forward Cummings showed his real value as a leader, playing heads-up basketball at all times. He was a real team man. his teamwork being responsible for many scores. This being his first year. he will help to strengthen the team in 1927. C EDWARD KNIGHT. Guard Knight was one of severalsuch brilliant guards that it'Was impossible for the coach to choose between them. His forte was the defense, and not many opposing players slipped passed him to score under the basket. This was his second year with the team. 'L' -in page one hundred five ...Msw.,,x,,sw,Msilaee+f926+aeeewwwsww A ,,- .. ,.....,-...-.44 ,...... ...L , ,...L.1........

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Lrg, ?,f.1,,1:N.fi-- II II I I. I II I I I I I I I I I I I I IMI ,.I Ir I I ' IIIII! gag, gqnifgg Jjsgwgqsg HSHLHR agsggmggsw SOUTHWEST BAPTIST COLLEGE Ig I Gibbons was ineligible. The team blew up completely after heading Bolivar score .gg II I less for nine minutes. The rout was 52-13 in favor of the Baptists. q71e following night a rejuvenated team with a new lineup met the same team. III ll? Red Lewis was right , scoring nine points from a guard position and helping materially I Q in a 20-17 win. It was the greatest win of. the season on the home court. JI? III II if I' I SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS COLLEGE - q7ze Lions were going good and came out with the long end of a 26-19 score I I,I 4? III. HI . Ii if DRAUGHON'S TIP I I I I . This was the greatest victory of the season for our team, 30-21. After trailing I, the first half by a wide margin. the Lions scored eight consecutive field goals or sixteen QI U points, while the business men failed totally. . j I f. I I 4 TI I I BACONE INDIANS I TIT I I4 Indians nosed us out 25-24 in one of the fastest and best-played games ever seen W in Carthage. The Lions began the last quarter seven points behind and played the Indians 'II Y to a standstill. In the last minute the boys tried fourteen shots trying to score., but the I I ball seemed like a living thing.. determined not to be ensnared. I li .fa . II' LI I II JOPLIN Y. M. c. A. - I Another sweet revenge. The team gave them a real trimming, 28-14. Gibbons 1 cg was laid out in this game with a sprained ankle received when he fell on the slippery ' floor. He was in bad shape for the three remaining games of the weelc. . . I II f MOUNTAIN HOME COLLEGE V ' 435 I It was an easy victory in a mediocre game. Score was 23-16. but the second and II, II? third of O. W. C. played all the game except about five minutes. . .Ii I 'IMI' agp III We Q? page one hundred four

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,mgqtgmigsofwgysgs asama sgswbwwwmgmwwdmg SOUTHWEST BAPTIST COLLEGE At Bolivar. We lost on a very large court. 33-18. Score was 16-16 at half time, but the boys 1J1ew up in the last. In the second of the two-game series. the Baptists failed to penetrate the Lions' air-tight defense. but roped in so many long shots from past the center of the court that they won. 27-18. , Tw fo11owing men received 1etters: Garrett Cummings. Captain, Forward Set11:Gibbons. Captain Elect. Forward n Leroy Sours. Forward Charles Cummings. Forward C11ar1es VVa1ters. Center G+ A M 0 lib ? . Harry MCBRIB, Center 1 Ance11 Lewis. Guard A Q T Otis McGaughey, Guard Edward Knight. Guard Herbert Webster, Guard I sb, 1 1 page one' hundred six +m..zWsMw+w+.Maa32++1926+aaQKfMas+wssMsw,mssv S? Y .sb 1 I