Parsons College - Peira Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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the contest in the bag. Black and Miner were outstanding in the Parsons lineup. Black was among the league's first ten high scorers. COLUMBIA 25, PARSONS 15 This game was Columbia's turn for revenge. However, the victory was well earned as the Parsons defense held their opponents without a field goal from the opening of the game until fourteen minutes had clicked OH the timer's watch. At half-time Columbia held an 11 to 10 advantage in the scoring, Keegan of the Duhawks being largely responsible for his team's counters. Black tallied five points for Parsons and Miner was guilty of four personal fouls. IOXVA WESLEYAN 28, PARSONS 22 In the season's finale at Mt. Pleasant, Parsons last a close tilt to Wesleyan by the score of 28 to 22. The Tigers gained an early lead and struggled desperately to keep it. Late in the second half the Wildcats pulled to within three points of Wesleyan but couldn't quite come out ahead. Bob Hynd and Bernard Black both scored fiveypoints for Parsons. Reese of Wesleyan was high scorer with nine. The game had all the usual characteristics of a Parsons-Wesleyan encounter. It was the last appearance of Captain Marquis and Bob Hynd in Wildcat cage togs, they being the only two seniors on the team. St. Ambrose took the Iowa Conference title with ten victories and no defeats. Columbia College was second while Parsons was down near the bottom when the Stanley-Dean system had shaken the rating up a bit. Wesleyan, defending champion, finished in tenth place and Dubuque was alone in the cellar. Vic Pahl of St. Ambrose won high scoring honors and Bernard Black of Parsons also did very well, placing twelfth. With all but two of the team back next year, along with Coach Franks dependable tutoring the Wildcats should rank well up in the conference if the team shows the spirit and fight of this quintet. TENNIS SPRING or 1954 Parsons net team was composed of two lettermen, Harold Ewing, captain, and Wayne Helsel, and two new men, Robert Long and Allen Pence. They were ranked with Ewing playing number one position and then I-Ielsel, Long and Pence. Phil Anderson, another letterman, was ineligible for Iowa Conference play during most of the season but played all of the non-conference matches. Max Barnes, a transfer student also played the non-conference meets and Boyd Creath took part in one of the conference matches and was a strong contestant for a regular team position. During the season the netsters downed Burlington junior College twice, lost one each to Simpson and Penn and then tied these two colleges in return matches. Parsons also entered players in the women's division with Burlington and these were Christine McDonald, Lois Gorham and Ariel Krieger. Varsity letters were awarded to five men, Ewing, Helsel, Anderson, Long, and Pence. All of these except Helsel are enrolled in the 1934-55 term. Glen Parsons, captain of the 1955 team was coach and manager of the squad.

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BERNARD BLACK. Forward RHYNAS MINER. Center LANGSTON PARKS, Guard scored the first eight points of the game and were leading 20 to 16 at halftime. Both teams had seven- teen chances from the foul line with Parsons counting on 11 of them and Penn on only three. Bernard Black was the leading scorer with four field goals and five charity tosses for thirteen points. Miller tallied evelen as did Rhiner of Penn. Captain Marquis played a good defensive game. DUBUQUE 25, PARSONS 20 Parsons lost a wild heartbreaker to Dubuque Uni- versity, cellar occupants of the conference. The local armory floor was exceptionally slippery and neither team was able to show much basketball playing. The score was close throughout but in the final minutes, Sandavaal of Dubuque slipped into the hoop for a couple of setups and the game was over. Parsons now ranked eighth by the unofficial percentage basis. PARSONS 39, PENN 24 The Wildcats downed Penn for their second loop win, 39 to 24. The half ended with Parsons on the long end of a 17 to 14 score with Miner doing most of the Wildcat scoring. However, Miner went out of the contest with four personal fouls a few moments after the second period started, and Black took over high scoring duties and also played a fine floor game. Marquis played good basketball as did Langston Parks, who replaced Miner at center. CENTRAL 25, PARSONS 23 Central made it two straight over Parsons by winning from them 25 to 23 at Fairfield. From the first the crowd saw that Len Winters' men would have their hands full. The biggest moment of all in this thrillirg encounter came in the second half with just four minutes left to play. Central was leading 22 to 17, and Captain Marquis of Parsons fired away three quick successive long shots from 'way back at his guard position and they all dropped through the hoop. PARSONS 32, COLUMBIA 30 The highlight of the 193-f-35 cage season came as Parsons defeated Columbia 32 to 30 at Fairfield. Bernard Black, freshman forward, was the whole show. He was everywhere on the floor, scoring four field goals and ten free throws for a total of eighteen points. Bill Steneker also played good ball defensively. Black was unstoppable from the start of the game but the Duhawks werer ight behind, the half ending 19 to 18 in Parsons favor. Only six field goals were scored in the second half. Both teams were deadly in the charity lane. Columbia stood at second place in the Iowa Conference, right behind St. Ambr0se's undefeated quintet. PARSONS 23, DUBUQUE 18 In their first game of their last road trip of the season, Parsons gained revenge for an early defeat by Dubuque University by downing the Spartans, 23 to 18. It was the Wildcats' fourth Iowa Con- ference win. Coach Frank's five played careful, determined ball, leading 18 to 8 late in the second half. In the closing minutes both teams started hitting the hoop more regularly but the Wildcats had

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LETTER CLUB WINNERS OF THE LETTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ATHLETICS President ............... Vice President .....,. Secretary-Treasurer ......... Brawner DuBois Wayne Hill joe Norvell Victor Jennings Douglas Lovett Lyle Tincher Ross Westerlund Claude Yount Rhynas Miner OFFICERS Richard Wilcox Jack Blough Bob Heston Sydney Spencer O'Dell Tufyt Langston Parks Bernard Black Frank Mertz .......Victor Jennings ...Douglas Lovett Carroll Steneker Forrest Marquis Bob Hynd Carroll Steneker Dick Finney Delbert Buttery Harold Ewing Bob Long Allen Pence Phil Anderson