Sewanee Military Academy - Saber Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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.. 1 BASKETBALL CAPTAIN LEP ADAMS Pictured from left to right is the first string Consisting of Charlie Wiehrs, Paul Tax-now, Iimmv Trezevant, Leo Adams and Buddy Linton. THE SEASO BEGINS With the resounding crack ot leather and hardwood the SMA basketeers started their season. Captain Bob Wood, Head Coach, had many difficulties and handicaps to start with, the worst trouble being laclc ot height. All other teams in the Mid-South towered above SMA by 2 to 4 inches, this height meaning a great deal in basketball. Cther teams had a large number ot returning lettermen while Sea wanee had only two Adams and Trezevant, who were the tallest on the team with a height ot six teet, two. Both played a bang- up game this year. Captain Wood started his team this year with Adams, Trezevant, Vifiehrs, Linton, and Tarnow. Wiehrs, Linton, and Tarnow, all 5 teet 8 inches, proved that dynamite does come in small packages. Wiehrs and Tarnow averaged l5 points a Top row, lei! to right: Graves, Wiemer, Brooks, B. Cochran, Trezevant, Fasick, Banks, May, and Odom. Bottom row, leit to right: Arrington, Mgr.: Linton, Adams, Wiehrs, S. Cochran, and Funkhouser, Mgr.

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gamewhile Linton played fine ball on de- fense. Wie-hrs and Tarnow were outstanding Players in the Mid4South Tournament. Wielirs made the All Mid-South team while Tarnow was outvoted by a very slender margin. Banks, a lunior, and May, a young Sophos more, played exceptionally good basketball this year. Banks helped greatly on the back- board while May put to use his abilities as a natural shot. Another lunior who should im- prove by next year is Fasick. Banks, May, Fasick, and Cochran will return to the courts next year. Although S.lVf.A.'s team was not of cham- pionship calibre, the basketeers showed the Sewanee Spirit throughout the year. Se- wanee beat a favored Notre Dame tea w I ' l the most surprising of all games w S.lVI.A.-C.M.A. game. Columbia wa CHARLIE WIEHRS All Mid-South Guard slit WITH Asfisitgfwi LOSSES FMBFH 'RRR XRIFXODQ :nfl FKDTIIN T FD BDlMA 60 very heavily to win, but lost to a great team who never quit when the chips were down. Adams was voted captain of the team just prior to the Mid-South Tournament. Tarnow, Wiehrs, Adams, Linton, and Treze- vant played until the last :seconds of every game in the Mid-South Tournament, and barely lost the Championship to a highly-fa vored Darlington that finally came out on top in the tournament. Before the tournament the S.lVf.A. quintet was taken very lightly by other coaches, but if you really want to know how they played ask the Darlington coach, whose team res ceived the stiftest competition of the year from the S.M.A. squad. Coach Bob Wood and his players should be congratulated for this fighting team.