Seattle Pacific University - Tawashi Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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A 1 l l a Coach Louis Hurt supervises all men's athletics. DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS VERYONE will agree that the athletic department of Coach Louis Hart and his assistants has provided many hours of thrills and enjoyment for those who com' pied in the various sports and for the spectators who came out to give their teams a oost. Under the splendid guidance of our Student Director of Athletics, Willys Folsom, everyone has had a chance to take part in the many activities. A definite place was reserved in the student chapel on Friday mornings for Foo to announce the coming games in his incomparable way. Willys also has coached a junior basketball team composed of boys living in the Ross district. Haven Crum, assistant coach, also has had a very definite part in making this year's athletic program a success. A member of the Wzisliiiigton Athletic Association, Haven helped a number of the fellows to take the referees examination which insured a higher standard of oiiiciating for the activities. He also was responsible for making up the schedules for the various athletic events, which included football, volleyball, basketball, baseball, and the minor sports, tennis, wrestling, and handball. An independent basketball league was formed to take in those who could not find a place on the class teams. This league provided recreation for about forty boys who might otherwise have been left out. Several fellows on some of these teams displayed ability which will go far in building the intramural teams next year. Coach Louis Hart has done his part this year to turn out a splendid varsity team in basketball. The pride of S.P.C. was upheld in defeat as well as in victory by the boys under the guidance of the coach. Our appreciation goes to all of those who have taken part in the actiivties of the year and helped to put over a good sports season, to coaches, players, officials, yell leaders, and rooters. It has been fun, every moment of it, and we look forward to more years that will be as successful as this one.

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l Turnidge, surrounded, passes to Scott. HIS YEAR'S VARSITY was an aggregation with potentialities that at times flared forth and made it unbeatable. The team displayed the hne Christian sportsmanship which characterizes our athletic department and our entire school. In our new coach, Louis Hart, the fellows found a personality which was positive-win or lose. Even after losing most of his reserves because of scholastic ineligibilities, Coach Hart began to remodel his team with the return to the squad of a superlative guard, Steve Scott, and the addition of uPoo Folsom and Elmer Grout. The season started at zz slow pace, with several defeats being administered to the Falcons in their pre-season practice tilts. After beginning the oilicial season with two setbacks, the S.P.C. quintet snapped into action with two wins. These victories were over accurateshooting and excellent ballfhandling opponents. In the encounter with thc strong Central Y.M.C.A. five, Joe Broderick put on an amazing display of shaxpshooting when he chalked up twenty-seven points. Beautiful checking and ball handling by both teams were highlights of this game, which the Falcons won by two points. After the two victories, the Varsity went into a slump which carried them to four successive losses, but they came to life long enough to drub the representatives of the Pacinc Outiitting Company by the overwhelming score of 67 to 25, Heartbrealcing were the two defeats by the Central Y and Queen Anne Y,,' which were both Scott, guard Brorlerick, forward Archer, forward

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Way up! Falcons versus Quesmar. lost by the scant margin, of one point. The Falcons came back, however, to down an unusually strong Alumni aggre- gation and win by one point in the third overtime game in three starts. This was by far the most interesting game of the year. Cliff Axclson and joe Broderick fought it out for scoring honors, and when the smoke had cleared after thc battle we found that each had garnered eighteen points. The season's records reveal some startling facts. Even with our victories standing at four out of eleven games played, the comparative score discloses that the Falcons broke even with their opponents, each scoring a total of five hundred and one points. Broderick, high scorer for the season with 164 points, was followed by Archer with a total of 106. Graduation will take four of this year's Varsity, with jerry Archer, Stan Lewis, Foo Folsom, and Steve Scott relinquishing their maroon and white suits. joe Broderick, Elmer Grout, Dave Henderson and Arthur Petrie will remain to form the nucleus for next year's quintet. Thus closes a season of basketball that was perhaps not outstanding from the viewpoint of games won and lost, but was a most successful one in the satisfaction it gave-the satisfaction of getting physical, mental, and spiritual good out of giving one's best for the honor of his school. Grout, guard T urnidge, guard Petrie, forward