St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

Page 173 text:

x3644 33;. 3032.3? Capt.K3$echt ' ' Mafrag BantiChter ' Pam- Ono Humlrvd Sixly-nins-

Page 172 text:

Graduate Athletes i2 5 HEN Bill Knecht bids adieu to his Alma Mater, St. Xavier will lose a great athlete. During his first two years in athletics Bill played sterl- ing football in the private ranks of the blue and white. In 1924 he captained the squad and continued his fine work on the line. He was a great favorite at his school, a hard fighter always, a true sportsman and gentleman. Lowell Baurichter is another man who leaves us this year. Like Captain Knecht, he earned his annual letter in the tackle position, and never failed to show an excellent brand of football. His fidelity in practice and training was always noticeable, a characteristic which was doubtless responsible for his pronounced success. St. Xavier will feel his loss. We take off our hats to Herb Lammers, the plucky little halfback who also completes his studies this year. Herb literally fought his way into the lineup, and proceeded to show Coach Meyer and the populace just precisely what he could do. He is game to the core and as hard, physically, as the proverbial nail. He has the stuff of which gridiron heroes are made. John Murray, completing the quartette of graduate athletes, kept both football and baseball men hustling to hold him out of the game. He worked hard at all practice sessions and was ever ready to step into action at a word from the coach. An extremely likable fellow, Johnny has everything physi- cally and intellectually to recommend a bright future, To these four athletes who gave their finest, we extend the wishes of the men who best knew them, Xavier men, for all that is happiest in life. Page One Hundred SixLy-eight

Page 174 text:

T. XAVIERiS basket ball season of 1925 revealed some fine talent and S sparkled with thrilling contests. Even though the records show seven defeats to six victories, there were only a few points between Xavier and her rival on those occasions when the final whistle marked her defeat. Two battles were lost by a single counter. Every game was characterized by a whirlwind pace and plenty of fight, The first conflict of the year with Covington Y. M. C. A. was truly representa- tive of what was to follow. The Avondale boys won their tilt by a 26 to 25 score. Five conference games were scheduled, of which four were actually played. Muskingum called off her engagement, Xavier triumphed in the Ohio Northern fracas, and took Heidelberg into camp at Cincinnati; while she lost to Heidel- berg at home and to Akron at rubberville, giving her a conference percentage of .500. Our lads took four of the nine non-conference games, winning from Cov- ington Y , Cincinnati Gym, and itY Wildcats and Christ Church. But the Wildcats and the Cincinnati Gym had conquered in their first meetings with the X men; and L. B. Harrison accounted for two more defeats by playing their best ball of the year. Capital University was good enough to trim St. Xavier at Columbus. Page One Hundred Seventy