Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Basketball at the Teachers College has taken the lime light in the field of sports this year. The Bulldogs, thanks to lllinois, are the strongest team that the College has ever had. The M.l.A.A. Championship was, for the last several years, thought of but never taken. This year the Bulldogs ripped and tore their way through to the Championship with only one defeat, by Springfield. Dodd, an expert ball handler and shot, and Gallatin, center and tipster artist, w e r e chosen All-Conference. Lewis was picked for the second team, and Semanek and Pink were given honorable mention in the All-Confen ence election. These were the most players e V e r picked and mentioned for Kirksville in the M.l.A.A. election. REBOUND! Pink 1405 out- reaches his opponents in tak- ing a rebound off the bank- board in the Kirksville-Whittier game at the N.A.I.B. tourna- ment in Kansas City. manek, Pink, Dodd, Gallatin, VVhalo Lewis Middle Right: Mascot liMac' Lower: Whalen aoes up. The coaches, Boyd King and limmy Dougherty, d e s e r v e a tremendous amount of credit for coaching and con- trolling such an expert group of ball players as these. The Bulldogs, through their great ability as a team, received the coveted honor of playing in the N.l.A.B. in Kan- sas City, an honor which has never before been bestowed on the Hirksville Cagers. They won their first two games, defeating Cleveland, Missis- sippi, 76-58, and their second game, Whittier, California, 5l-49, and lost their third game to Flagstaff, Arizona, 59-55, which eliminated them from the N.l.A.B., but not without a gallant strug- gle from the Bulldogs. CPictures on page 195 Top: Coach Kin Middle Left: Montana Tecfi a on pict1

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lntra- Ura Q 1 t S lntra - m u r a l athletics Went full tilt this last year With l6U men composing l6 te a m s in basketball and 48 men composing 6 teams in volley ball. lohn SpainhoWer's Old Men's Team won the in t r a - mural basketball tourna- ment, While in volley ball Francis Dant's Illini Were V i c t o r s. Delbert Maddox receives the credit for keeping all in- tramural activities run- ning smoothly. Members of the Win- ning basketball team Were: Spainhower, Mor- ris, Forrester, Gardner, Clark, I-larkey, Sparks, Benny, Mosely, and Scur- lock. Softball for '47 had not been organized When the Echo Went to press, but through the fast-moving season in '46 the Veter- ans' team Was the champ Without a defeat. Members of the win- ning team included Davis, Gardner, Osborne, Good- ale, Hoskins, Menze, Baker and Goeke. K-CLUB The K-Club, sponsored by Coaches Boyd King and Iames Dougherty, is an organization composed of Col- lege lettermen. Kenneth Gardner is president of this organization. Mem- bers of the K-Club shown left are: Back Row: Walter Hammock, Darrell Davis, Stan Sadich, Charles Conwell, left Neal. Second Row: Otie Logan, Clyde Williams, loe Asperger, Lewis Fett, lim Cripps, Francis Dant, Mike Kickham. Front Row: Francis O'Neill. Other members not in picture in- clude: Harry Gallatin, Iohn Semanek, Balph Pink, Earl Dodd, Bob Lewis, Paul Whalen, Dick Erzen, Gerald King, Clifford Bryan, Mark Fox, Fred Biesmeyer, Bob Dant, Floyd Shearer, lohn Spainhower, Melvin Forrester, Eddie Miller, Hank Panethere, Iohn Mangiaracina, Don Montgomery, George Sparks, and Bill Clark.