University of Wisconsin Superior - Gitche Gumee Yearbook (Superior, WI)

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GITCHE The half ended with a score of 23 to 19 in favor of the Nelson Dewey Alumni. During the intermission Capt. Schmidt held a heart to hea1't talk with his men, which had a noticeable etl'eet in the last teams fought hard neither more than two points the half. Iloth team having lead at any time. The excitement was certainly great. as the game neared its finish., with the supporters ol' both teams cheering wildly. CUMIHXNY I YS. NURMAI.. The next team that the Normal play- ed was Lompany I. XVe were very un- GUMEE 29 Nomrxr. vs. Nlcl.soN nnwicv ALUMNI. Two weeks after being defeated by the Normal team the Nelson Dewey Alumni 'took ample revenge by defeating the Normalites by a large score. XVe have no complaints to make aside from the fact that the gymnasium was small and unfamiliar to the Normal team. Le- mieux played the best g'ame of any player on either team and made over one-third of the -points for the Dewev Alumni. ' Nolexrxl, vs. 1l.xvw.fxlm IIIGII selroor.. The llayward lligh school team came to Superior to show the Normals how SEUUN IJ TEAM. ' Frist Rowi'I'rol', A. D. Nvhoaldon fl+':u-nlty NIZlIl1ll.Z'0l'J, XiVill:1I'd Ryan Kfor- wardl, ldlliott llonalds tsnbstltntel, l.awi'en4-e Hanks fl'0I'Wll.l'lIP. Sl'l'0INI Row- Rufus Sm-oon f1'l'lIl1'I'j, ,llouglas Louis. Capt. f1.'IlHl.l'lIJ, Stanley Currie ftruardj. fortunate-in not having' Sehnell one of the 'fastest players in the line-up. I.ewis il substitute took his place and although he aequited himself with honor it was not be expetced that he would come up tothe standard set by the regular guard. The team work of both teams was smooth. The Normal team holding its QWD, although it averaged about fifteen pounds lighter to a man than Company l. In fact each team worked as a whole so well that it would b-el hard to pick individual 'stars on either slce. the game of basket ball should be played. lint Io! before the game had been in progress tln'ee minutes it was easy to be seen that the boys from the piney city were going to be swamped. In these two games there we1'e no individual stars on the Normal team, because it was just a question of who could get the ball near enough to the basket to throw it in. Campbell played the best game for the visitors. Roth of the games were well attended. The score of the first night's game was 59 to 13 and that of the second game 57 to 14.

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28 GITCHE ' GUMEE or iii A TIJIJ2 Tres. Y if At the opening' of' school last Sep- tember the outlook for the Normal in athletic lines was not pleasing, but when the basket ball season arrived with Con- ley, Schmidt, and Sehnell of last year's team and Ryan, l,ewis and Seoon, three of last year's able substitutesg we Felt sure of a strong team. Hut the future held still brighter things in store for 'I'he score of games played a1'e as fol- lows 2 Normal 40, Nelson Dewey Alumni 385 Normal 27, Nelson Dewey Alumni 423 Normal 19g Company l 20, Normal 59, Ilayward 131 Normal 57, llayward 14g Normal 36, Duluth Y. M. Lf. A. 225 Nor- mal 36, Hayward l3g Normal 39, Du- luth Y. M. C. A. 365 Normal 30, Blaine FIRST TEAM. First Row-V. IC. MeC11Skill. 'lmllfims Iinfwlfl Ceenterl Prof. A. IJ. Wheuldon, tlfaeulty Mun- aprerxj, Second Row-lrlll Lannenx Clorwardj, VV. ll. Sehnell Cguardy, Otto Sfdllllllll, Capt. Cguardj, Frank Conley Qfoi-wa.rc'IJ. the Normal, for the season hadn't ad- va11ced far when it was rumored about that two of the star players of last year's team were to resume their studies where they left them last year to accept lucra- tive position. But unlike most rumors these proved true, and we hadn't played many games before Carey and Lemieux were in the line-upg thus keeping the team of 1905-1906 intact. ' 43g Normal 46, lllaine 36. Nl-1l,soN nl-:wi-tv ALUMNI vs. NonMAl,. The first game of the season was play- ed at the Normal gymnasium with the fast Dewey Alumni team. 'l'he Normal team started out with a rush and had seven scores to its credit when the Dewey had a zero on its side of the board, but it was not long before the Dewey Alumni boys were going some.

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30 GITCHE GUMEE NORMAL VS. DULUTTI Y. M. C. A. The next victim of the Normal team was the Duluth Y. M. C. A. The cliffdwellers came to this side of the bay 'feeling eonhdent that they would take the Normal team into camp with a comfortable margin. Their appearance on the lloor before the game caused many a loyal heart to fear for the Normal. The game started at 8:30. lloth teams fought hard for the first ten minutes. but the result was never in doubt after that. The Normalites gained a lead and NORMAL VS. DULUTII Y. M. C. A. The week after defeating the Hay- ward ltligh school the boys journeyed to Duluth to play the Y. M. C. A. team. The 'Duluth boys have a reputation of being almost undefeatable in their chicken coop like ,gymnasium. At the end of the lirst half it certainly did ap- pear that they were unbeatable for thc score was 23 to 15. In the second half the Normalites dug in For all they were worth and kept the seorekeeper busy chalking up scores on their side of the board. The score was a tie when time was called. . LANVN T IGNNIS ASSOCIATION. held it throughout. The score at the end of the game was 36 to 22. wla oo TU lmvwlxun. The next game the Normal played was a return game at l layward. Lemieux did not accompany the team on this trip, but his place was amply taken care of by Lewis. During the first half-the Hayward boys showed signs of much practice as the score of 11 to 11 at the end ofthe first half indicates. The second half was a walk away for the visitors. The score at the end of the game was 36 to 13 in favor of the Nor- mal. lt took almost ten minutes to play oil the tie. Lemieux threw the winning basket, previous to which Conley threw a foul basket. The final score wasi39 to 36. Nolemlxl. vs. 1:l..'xlN1fi nlcnr scuool.. The week after defeating the Duluth Y. M. C. A. the Normal team played the. Blaine High school team at the Blaine gymnasium. The Blaine team started out auspicionsly and piled up ten scores before our boys succeeded in getting any. llut after the Normal team got its bearings the game was a good one until time was called. .The Blaine team could not widen the chasm which