University of California Davis - El Rodeo Yearbook (Davis, CA)

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I v s Q I e , . I b h 2.4 A .'.h 4 Oh silllllllrtlllll'lll'l. ' o? .I... i h g : :3 i $2.322; e,,lllllrlllllllllll,li 4'0 1'..'-;:: . ,,,a 69 0.5, u u a n, 0.111,, AGGIE VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD The 1924 Basketball Season - ' ean' Basketball practice started before Cthtr-nasa quflluf 31:16: gran: anxious to look over his material artliagfltl iigEilgiled Xieived instructions twentv-Hve to thirty men were ou h. in the finer points of the game under the watchftll eye of th; fCrOOanC1 last We all looked forward to a good season; Wlth five me'sin . Cap- vezn'ls squad to start with, the season certamly looked promlll ogut 93er lain Wetmore, Erh, Spilman, Bassford and Brennan were ato show Ull going through their paces. Before long other men beggnk r and Mc- in the nightly scrimmage, among these Moffett, Hltch, a e t be the Donald. lAround these men Coach Driver bu1lt up What Was 0 best basketball team that has ever represented the Cahfornlg Agglff-jm- The mrlv-sulson games were not entirely satisfactory. btaftmklilion nwdiatelv after college opened, before the men were. 1n good Ullltf the and accnstomed to the new coaching system, the Aggms lost f0ur101 011' live gamesxplayed against teams of exceptional cahber. FrOm tlgrom the season was one grand successsjust one victory after another- n 119 l'l'ln'uary 13th until the end of the season the boys lOSt JUSt 011,6 g1! 1v; that to the fast Nevada team at Reno by one point. Often treVEhDQI 9n: distances. and up against tough teams, the ttFighting Ageles amte mmv out on top. It can also be said that all the games lost, except 01 t wore redeemed with substantial Victories. t of hole season the Aggies won eleven ou As a summary of the w 1 sea- smleon games. The men just seemed to get better and better as Me A c son progressed. llillv Drive . r certainly built u smoothest m , nd p one of the fastest, cleverest, a aclnnes that We hav e ever seen. t 70 l l !

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5 y i D. 41.1.1.1...11111110 5 iv ii'..-i l l hgu clllllllllltnllll'. 4.9 ' b - 5 g 3:: $1llllllllilllll'l'llllqu ,7 0.9.2. ; allllllllllllllllllllll 'O' BASKETBALL Captain Elbert Wetmere Elbert L. Wetmore, better known as itWet? came to the California Aggies in the fall of 1922. When the basketball season opened the next spring Wetmore easily made the squad and throughout the season starred as tip-oif man for Coach Breweris team. He soon became popular With the fans and his team- mates through his consistent playing and ttnever-say-dieg, spirit. During the current season Captain VVetmore played a steady, consistent game at center. Acting as pivot man, on the defense he was a tower of strength at all times, and When points were needed the Captain al- ways came through With some long shots from the center of the court. Captain Wetmore was one of the rs'teadiest and smartest players one could Wish to see. The Aggies lose much by his graduation this year. t69J

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Qty n,.a'-a .-'..'Illlnl h h.1 .ll'Il'llllllll'll'. i $ 0 4 0V 0 .. . v : a ' .. Q:llllIllIllllll'IllIlyI4 4i. 50'0'2n525: w'IIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIII 'O' ttBobii Moifet, guard, donned an Aggie basket- ball suit for the first time this year, and as an indication of his value it may be said that his teammates elected him to captain the 1925 squad. tiLittle but slipperyf, well fits itBObii; his uncanny ability to make long shots was continually the terror of his opponents, and his speedy footwork and wonderful ability to dribble, made him the master of men twice his size. With tiLarryi, Erb, he was our chief scorer. ttLarryi, Erb for the past three years has put his best into Aggie basketball teams. As cap- tain 0f the 1923 squad, and in every game he has played, he has shown forth as one of the best forwards 0n the Pacific Coast. He shoots with wonderful ease and accuracy, and during the past season has been good for 6 to 10 points in every game, no matter who the opposition. He will always be remembered for the! way he dropped those first four baskets in the last St. Ignatius game. ttHerb,i Spilman is another three-year veteran and was captain of the 1922 squad. He played his last game for the Aggies this year. iiHerbii is not a big man but what he lacks there he makes up for in speed and clever floor work. Time and again we have seen him steal the ball from an opponent and be gone before the other fellow knew what had happened. itHerbis,, clean sportsmanship and everready smile have made him popular with the fans. ttPetei, Bassford, standing guard, this year fin- ished his second season with the Aggies. Last season he played both center and forward, but this year Coach Driver was quick to see the pos- sibilities of using ttPete9sii size and long reach in the position of standing guard. He soon be- came familiar with his new position and showed himself as an outstanding star. His long arms, with his high jumps, intercepted many Oppon- ent,s shots which he passed back with surprising regularity. E711