Webster University - Lauretanum Yearbook (Webster Groves, MO)

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it C557 'Kip 1 -2 X I BASKETBALL 7 The last game of the season, which Webster played against Maryville, ended with the latter on the top of a 10-8 score. This score tells the story of the almost uncanny guarding on both sides, but conceals the smooth passwork, the swift- ness and skill of the players, and the almost perfect basket- ball played by both teams. Seven seniors heard themselves cheered for the last time as a farewell: Captain Gladys Wencker, Carolyn Wells, Catherine Phelan, Ahrea l-luger, Mary Rita Hughes, Dolores Becker, and Gertrude O'Rourke. The basketball season formally ended with the class tour- nament. Each class team elected a captain as follows: seniors, Carolyn Wells, juniors, Veronica Coad, sophomores, Dorothy McGillen, freshmen, Elizabeth Pollmann. ln the first games the freshmen defeated the sophomores 18-7 while the seniors won from the juniors 17-16. In the finals the fresh- men won top honors by defeating the seniors by a score 17-13. Thus a successful and exciting season was brought to a close. D McGillen B. Vette M. R Huqhes D Becker E. Pollmann G. O'Rourke C Wells l95l

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BASKETBALL The Varsity basketball games always find Websterites in a state of excitement and ready to support their team in victory or defeat. Webster opened the season by playing a new rival, Font- bonne, on the opponents court. The smooth playing of a fast team gave Webster her first victory by a score of 27-18. The following week Webster again played on a hostile court when she met her traditional rival, Maryville. When the final whistle blew amid the clin of shouting spectators the score stood at a tie l7-l7. The next team to fall before Webster's close guarding and sure passwork on the home court was the Y. W. H. A. by a count of 19-18. With March thirteenth came Webster's first defeat at the hands of a tall and rangy Fontbonne sextet. The 20-19 score ably represents the hard-fought battle which evened the series between the two schools. Hitting a winning stride again, Webster won a rough and tumble game marked by fouls against the Y. W. H. A., 15-ll. F. Baxter T. Buckler V, Coqd A, Ritch A. Hug'-31' M- L- HYGS C. Phelan G. Wencker Captain ' 'uf m - x l ff Fi l94l

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. J.1 Finish of the 50-Yard Dash Perhaps one of the most enthusiastically anticipated events in the athletic life of Webster College is the Track Meet. This may be attributed to the fact that so many different girls, who haven't appeared on either the volleyball or the basketball courts, participate in the various events. First on the program is the baseball game between the two finalists in the elimination tournament. The track events follow, starting with the fifty-yard dash. Basketball and baseball throws attract a great many aspirants, and once again great prowess is displayed as the ball fairly sails through the air. The seventy-five-yard dash is exciting. The standing broad, running broad, and high jumps are probably the most breath taking, and the most stiffening, events of the day. The final event is the relay, which always decides the winner of the meet. Last year's winners were: seniors, first, sophomores, second, and juniors, third. The awards are presented at the tradi- tional Athletic Banquet following the meet. l 95 l TRACE