Ozark Wesleyan College - Ashlar Yearbook (Carthage, MO)

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, f ' f' MINI!!!illililllllllllfllfll 9 QHIIHIIIQHIIIHHWMy Basketball Fort Scott Junior College. A case of where the best team did not win. After outplaying their opponents throughout the game, the Lions went down to defeat in the final minutes, 36-34, when Ft. Scott sank goal after goal from three-quarters the length of the court, over the heads of the Lion defense. Team work lost to individualism. Even when they were being lieaten, the Lions continued to play better basketball than Ft. S-cott. Northeast Oklahoma Junior College. A remodeled Lion team romped all over the Miami Miners ln a one-sided game, defeating them 45-15. It was the worst game of the season. Joplin Independents. In the first half of this game, the Lions displayed the best team-play that any Lion team has produced, piling up a big lead. They just coasted through the second half to win 36-34. Southwest Baptist College. The best team the Lions encountered had to extend themselves to their utmost to beat the Lions by a few points, 39-30. At one stage of the game, the Lions were within one point of tying the score, but gave way to the better team. Joplin Independents. For the second time, and in the same decisive manner, the Lions beat the Joplin Independents, the score was 35-20. The game was slow from lack of competition. Captain Terry led the Lions in scoring with 71 points, C. Cummings 49, Gibbons 31, G. Cummings 29, Martin 22, Kirby 14, McGaughey 12, Murrell 10, Baker 7, Lewis 2, Estes 2, Johnson 1. Six men received letters:-Captain Terry, Center and Forward, C. Cummings, Forward, Martin, Center, McGaughey, Guard, Baker, Guard, Johnson, Guard. Mrnmfrnrflmlrnmsxmmzmrm I IIHHHHHHKlllllllllllilillllllil'A

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Z iw-..5: f K .1 -- ... :': f . ,.,-5 1 -,- , , Wmrmnnrrrmmmmr aullnnnmmmmmMW Basketball When Coach Moon issued the call for basketball immediately following the close of the football season, thirty men answered. After three weeks the squad was cut to twelve men. As it was in the case of football, the Lions won four and lost five games. The closeness of the games lost shows the type of game the Lions played and the type of teams they were up against. Two games were lost by only 2 points, one by 7, the other by 9. In their victories the Lions won by a wide enough margin to make their total season score 254 points as against 230. And, as in the football season, the Lions were known far and wide as a fast, hard-playing, clean bunch of sportsmen. The Lions committed an average of less than SVZ fouls per game, which is clean playing. Again as in football, the number of games won and lost would not tend to show as highly successful. But the real aim of competitive athletics is to play the game, and the Lions did. The summary of the games: Draughon's Business College. The first game of the season was lost by a score of 26-23. It was a hard- fought, fast game, see-sawing throughout, the winner only a matter of who was ahead when the whistle blew. Draughon's Business College. The dedication of the college gym found the Lions again opposed to Draugh- on's and again saw the boys from Springiield beat the Lions, this time 23-15. The Lions led throughout the first half, but blew up in the last half. Drury College. Drury trimmed the Lions for their third defeat in a spectacular game hard to equal. Two extra five-minute periods were necessary to decide the victor when the game ended in a 15-all tie. In the remaining seconds of the last over-time period, Drury won 17-15 on a lucky one-handed shot. Drury College. The Lions gained revenge by trimming the Drury panther's claws by a score of 23-20. A sensational comeback in the face of almost certain defeat tells the story. With 13 minutes to go and the score 18-'7 against them, the Lions staged a brilliant rally, scoring 16 consecutive points, while the largest crowd of the season went com- pletely batfy. MINIHHIHH!llllllllllllllllllll IMHIHIllllllllillllllllllHHHIIF

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rig ' L 5 , , 1 2 l -.. 4 fy .., WH!!llHIHHHHIHIIIIKHH HHHIHHlllbllillllllllllfw 4, vw.: Q Y ' f ' ' ' F5131 ' 1 4 4 I The Squad Front row, left to right: Otis McGaughey, Guard, Charles Cummings, For- ward, Paul Terry, Captain, Forward, Benny Martin, Center, Paul Baker, Guard. Back row: Coach Frank B. Moon, Orville Estes, Forward, Vincent Johnson, Guardg Billy Bowman, Guardg Assistant Coach, Jimmy Gibbons. WMIIIHIIHHIIIHHHHIIIIIIIIHIIW