University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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but could have been made prettier in the last half had the players kept their positiqns better. The Normal boys fooled the H. S. boys by having the guards throw for the basket when opportunity afforded. The Mid. C boys did pretty fair work in the last two games in the way of scientific playing. Magoffin and Gallup at forward played their positions well, as did Chaffee at center. The latter made several fine long throws. Robinson had no end of wind and used it to good advantage. He always plays steady. The Mid. C boys expected to play the Y. M. C. A.. Throop. and a second game with the L. A. H. .S.. but had to give way to training for the interseholastic field day. However, they hope to play again next year and uphold the reputation they have won by not being defeated once. H.VRRV RUESS. GIRLS ' GYMNASTIC CONTEST. Just before the close of the mid-term occurred what the young women of the school very naturally consider the event of the ' season, as far as athletics go — chat is, the Com- petitive Drill among the different classes. Ten girls had been elected from each class, and with no training beyond what they had received in their regular . rymnasium work, went through a verv precise military drill, followed first bv work in free gymnastics and then by the heavier apparatu- work — rope-climbing, traveling on rings, vaulting, etc., — in each branch of which several from each class competed. Then came the high jumping, in which all took part. The mem- bers of the difi erent divisions wore long streamers of their class colors so that the judges, who sat in the balcony at the north end of the hall, could easily distinguish them. The rest of the school packed the three sides of the bal cony, crowded the stairs, and some of the boys even clambered on to the rafters for lack of standing room below. But the Sr. .- ' s were most in evidence. They had pre-empted one corner, had festooned the railing with green and white bunting, and, anticipating their victory, had prepared yells with which to greet their successful classmates. Nor were they disappointed, for at the close of the con test, after ten minutes of the most intense excitement, during which the judges counted up the marks, the announcement was made that the Sr. A ' s took first place ; the mid. . ' s, second ; and the Sr. B ' s. the third. This contest was the very thing the school needed, for it not only aroused an interest in the gymnai-.im work, which is a good thing for any school, but it excited- a lively com- petition among the different classes and so increased the school spirit that its effects are still noticeable. And the heartiest thanks of the whole school are due to the pro- moter of the contest. Miss Jacobs. Hl9H 20

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NORMAL BASKET BALL FOR 1900. The Basket Ball craze struck the Xon::al this year about January and lasted for nearly three months. Four different teams consisting of young men and three of young women were formed, but the Mid. C team was the only one which lasted. Tlie first team of young men was the Junior . team, which played the first game of the season with the Training school team and was so badly defeated that they disbanded. The game between these two was very hard, but no science was shown on the part of the Juniors except by Mr. Butler, who puts up a good game. The Training school boys were very skillful, but were handicapped in size anu strength by the Juniors. Shortly after this three other teams were organized: The Mid. C. Mid. B 8z A, and a remodeled Junior A team, the makeup of which were as follows. Mid C :— Ed. Chaffee, center; Milton Rjbinson and Harry Riiess (c). guards: B. Magoffin and Luke Gallun. forwards. Junior A :— Hardy Riddel, center: Chas. liigham (c) and Willis New.some, guards: Robert Hickcox and Albert Cain, forw-ards. Mid. B S: A: — Chas. Reinhard. center; Leonard Bigham and Erunson Butler (c). guards: Will Fanning and Roy Conrad, forwards. . few weeks after their formation, the Mid. C team played of 12 to 8. The .game was a hard one and a little science was the Mid. B A team and defeated it (the latter) by the score shown on both sides. ' But although the Mid. C ' s were han- dicapped in height and weight almost to a man, they won the game without much trouble. Quite a crowd witnessed the game, which was a sort of inter-class afTair. But this isn ' t all of this game. The next day the spirited Mid. C girls held a spread in honor of fieir class team — a very scrumptious spread, indeed. This pleased the Mid. C team very much and tlie boys determined to hold their owr-. in future games. About two weeks a:;er this the Mid. C team played the new- Junior A team. The odds were very much against the former in size and wci.?ht, but the latter could not play with the science of the Mid. Cs and were conseauently defeated by a score of 13 to 10. The balcony of the gym. was crowded with the admirers of the opposing teams, and the many pretty plays which took place were loudly applauded. But the funniest thing about the game was the obiection which a junior girl made to a Mid. C, that Mr. Ruess didn ' t give Mr. Hickcox enough chances to throw for the basket. The game was very hard and quite rough, but there was perfect harmony between the teams and all went pleasantly. The Junior A girls rewarded each of the team with a bo.x of candy as a consol!;tion. . few weeks after this the Mid. Cs met the Training school boys and defeated them by the score of 12 to 8. The teams were very evenly matched in height and weight, and both played a scientific game. The Training school boys did not have the staying power of the Mid. Cs and were quite easily beaten. The playing was fast and several good plays were made on both sides. The defeat nearly broke the hearts of the Senior As who were teaching in the Training school. The last game of the sea: on was played with the L. . . High School team and resulted in a defeat of the latter team by the score of 1 1 to 6. The High School boys were very active, but perhaps the Normal girls who lined the balconies attracted their attention too much. The game was fast and moderately scientific.

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