University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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BACK Ron - mx. trie . Co, (C rt), Lmmdlt. Collint. fttm Fm»? Ko» Anrion. QmamJt. i i,i.,u iCa Mat. «= ,»«. |»« BASKETBALL 1515-152.6 THK first call for bitskotba!I material | y Coach Cox brought out a squad of about thirty men. The veterans back were Captain Clcberg. Lawrence and Lowell Dawson, Quandt, Gibson, and Zamjahn: with the addition of Syverud, Landis, Jung, Price, and Brooks, work was soon started in earnest. In the first tilt of the season, the Falls dropped a close game at the hands of the St. Thomas quint, frequent fouling enabling the Tommies to outscore us. Against the Hamline aggregation the Red and White found more opposition, and lost by a more decided score. Cleberg starred for the Falls with six baskets to his credit. In the second game with St. Thomas, free throws again spelled defeat, for the locals outplayed their opponents most of the time. Superior came up here alter dropping a game to Stout, and with Peterson back of a good share of her shots, managed to put it over on the Falls. In the next three games our men seemed unable to work into good shooting form, and lost by close margins. In an overtime period. St. Mary's nosed the locals out by a single point, after the Falls had outplayed them the whole game. The game with Stout was a real battle, the Red and White showing that they were a fighting outfit. Stout found victory in the foul called during the last seconds of play. The final score was 23-24, with one point difference at the half also. When Eau Claire started out to chop off another victory, the Falls countered with a display of fight that scattered all her confidence to the winds. Trailing behind in a 14 2 score early in the quarter, when the half ended they were but a point behind. Dahl's uncanny shooting, however, kept Eau Claire in the lead until the final whistle. In both encounters with Stevens Point we found little difficulty in establishing our supremacy, and both games were won by decisive scores. Stout struck a snag in the!i last encounter with the Falls, and only after a stiff battle were they able to clinch their title of State Champions. Xiur Iff-Tiro

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BASKETBALL SEASON 192.6

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 Quandt is a man who has put in three seasons for the Falls. He will always be remembered for his aggressiveness and excellent guarding. A keen eye for the basket credits him with one and some times several neat ringers in nearly every game, and his ability to work the ball into the enemy’s territory has established him as an important cog in the Red and White machine. Quandt If one were to consider the number of games won and lost in judging the merits of our basketball team and their record, he would fall far short of the true estimate indeed. A glance at the scores alone would show that no game was lost by a very large margin, and that the majority of them were decided by a mere point or two. In the Stout game the Falls showed that they were able to battle on even terms with the State Champions, and winning from St. Mary’s and Stevens Point was no mean accomplishment. We are proud of the fight our men showed in every game they played, and their record will always be held as one, not so much of victories as of the spirit shown in upholding the standards of the Red and White. Beran's clever floor work and his fight-to-thc-finish spirit were responsible for much of the fight the team showed this year. He also proved to be a scoring factor in critical moments. His work in the Stout game will always be remembered. Behan Sindf-Three