University High School - Tower Yearbook (Carbondale, IL)

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The Southern outfit was still menaced with a decided inability to find the basket. With but a few minutes left, the score was deadlocked at 18 all, but the Teachers could not hold their own. Showing the same iight and spirit that they displayed in the three previous games, the Southerners won over the Shurtleff Pioneers 33-17, at Shurtleff. Playing their third game of the week the Maroons gave Cape Girardeau a second drubbing, 31-19. Showing the same fight which had Won for them an early season game, the Teachers easily outscored the Missourians, and were never seriously menaced by the Cape. Improved shooting and better passing decided the contest. Two games were dropped by the Teachers on the home floor in the space of four nights. First the Maroons met defeat at the hands of the Gentlemen of Centenary College of Shreveport, Louisiana, 30-25. Then the Murray Teachers romped away with a listless game, the score being 25-22. Shurtleff handed the Southerners their third consecutive defeat, 35-28. Leads changed many times during the game and the final outcome was doubtful until the Pioneers went into a shooting spree with but a few minutes of the game left to play. The fourth and fifth losses in succession were suffered on a road trip that included games at Lebanon and at Murray, Kentucky. McKendree delivered the Southern Teachers a hard blow, the final score reading, 37-27. The Murray Thoroughbrcds came from behind and registered their second win of the season over the Maroons. 35-31 was the score at the end of the fray. 1931 State Teachers College Basketball Tourney The Southern Teachers failed successfully to defend the championship of Illinois State Teachers Colleges won by their 1930 team. This year the Maroons were hosts to three of the Teachers Colleges of the state and the Chicago Normal School of Chicago. Double elimination rules permitted eight games to be played during the tournament. Old Normal, under the coaching of Joe Cogdal, easily won the tourney in straight victories. - Om' Hunzlnwl I'nrty-rlglll T . 5.-Q M 1 'lies ., I. A rig, I n p wg Vnllw hppi up gm 1 'UM W .4 5' Aft - 'Q 1 - . .. . : sk 1 if - Jul, KW Y. 'pg .ea ' I , A-if ' ' - 'I V 1 1 i ' T ' ill! V l',-'S' ,J . Jil if M 1 ' 4 - .- e ' 9' 'v: '- it 513, ,-W ,ML , , 5 4, 2, 5- -4.4 ' YH! ' 'J Al' 73. ' ' ' V 'tx I '.j,wlV. 1: E , 'X-.yy 'jg fe f , ax ' 1 ' ' v 1- , .1

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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

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