University High School - Tower Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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MoN1cAL WHITE WRIGHT The return of five lettermen of 1930 forecast a more than successful season for the 1930 S.I.N.U. basketball squad, but ineligibility and injury took their toll and the results of the season were mediocre. Passing was Well developed yet the team was unable to score consistently. Of those who scored during the season Hiller and Swofford were easily the oustanding performers. A new lad, Bricker, appeared in the line-up at center and performed creditably. Five wins 'against eleven losses represented the basketball record. The quintet finished well above the lower teams in the Little Nineteen Con- ference. Six lettermen will return for next year's season. The yearly game with St. Louis University at St. Louis ended with the Billikins winning by a score of 27-19. Although the Maroons held well until the last quarter, they were forced to admit defeat through the superior teamwork of the St. Louis five. Facing the Terre Haute Teachers on the first game of a road trip, the Southern Teachers were decisively outclassed 43-21. Terre Haute, holding the advantage of longer practice, outpassed and outshot the Maroon quintet. The Hoosiers enjoyed a comfortable lead at the half and never relinquished it. In the last game of the week-end road trip, the Southerners meet the Eastern Teach- ers at Charleston in the first conference match for both teams. The Panthers managed to Win out, 34-26, in the final minutes of the battle on Well directed long shots. Fouls were particularly in evidence. ' In the opening game of the home season the Southerners nosed out the Arkansas Aggies, 22-20, in a clean and exciting battle decided by Wright's long shot near the One Hundred Forty-six

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gy?-1.-f'--we-vvv-s 11 'qv-r 5 : 1. v'7q1g., A Swozfrfonn Bxuciusn Launsn end of the game. Although the Aggies led at the half, the Teachers came back with a snappy passing attack that took the measure of the Arkansas five. One of the best teams on the schedule faced the Maroons in the second home game of the season. 'DePaul University presented a well balanced machine that trampled the Teachers 30-20. Powers, DePaul forward, was too much for the Southerners. The Teachers played a much improved game against their opponents and were on par with the DePaul five with but a few minutes left to play. A charity engagement with the Alumni was the next game on the schedule. The stars of yester-years paraded before the Maroons and handed them a one-point beating, 14-13. Neither team showed shooting ability although the regulars rallied in the final minute of play to make it a close affair. At Cape Girardeau the Southern Teachers came out of their slump to administer a 30-22 drubbing to their traditional opponents, the Cape Indians. An improved game was offered by the Maroons and at no time were they threatened by the Indians' offensive. Wright found his eye for the hoop, and connected for three baskets in thirty seconds of play in the last half. The Teachers evinced more I-ight in this game than they had shown during the previous battles of the season. In a thrilling overtime game the Southern five eked out a victory of 32-31 over the Charleston Panthers. With the score tied at the beginning of the final half the Teachers spurted to a comfortable lead only to see the Panthers crawl close to the end. Lauder's free pitch in the overtime period decided the game. McKendree proved too much for the Teachers and the Maroons were defeated 26-21. The game was even until the rangy Bearcat star, Hubbell, rolled into action. One Humlrrd Furry-swan