Whitworth University - Natsihi Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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Although Gerald Stannard's Buccaneers were forced to walk the plank twelve times out of twenty- one, the past basketball season ran far short oi being a failure. The Pirates took two out of a threeqame series from the Gonzaga Frosh and lost close games to the Cheney Papooses in a two-game duel. Washington Wood Preservers, winners of the Inland Empire Ama- teur Athletic Union tournament, were handily beaten, 46-37, in an early-season encounter. Handicapped by huge floors, the wearers of the Red and Black lost games to Lewiston Normal, W. S. C. Frosh, and University of Idaho Frosh, when they toured the Palouse section in late Ianuary and early February. The Cougar freshmen, however, re- ceived a bad iolt in a return game on the local floor. After trailing for almost the. entire game, they man- aged to squeeze out a tight 35-32 win. Lewiston also played here, but in this game Whitworth had the 35 l l l I'

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t il 4 wtf er tw--t,A P 'fin 9 'F 1 5 i'4-', 'llfi3'i'l .-. , : Lua . Y' tiff Ink-,' '2' is if is Lfllfii 'Q ff-'lla 'V' - al Jiri, ....- L.. ,F A pt. 17 ' 1 t-l -f dt, :Y Y - mv zo' S.. ' -Y A' t 'Wx Insets: Koehler, Warrick. First Row: Pond, L. Richardson, Allison, Williams, N. Richardson. Second Row: Coach Stannard, Fleming, McClelland, lohnson, Kirkpatrick. One ol the most sparkling athletic stars to en- roll at Whitworth in many years is William B. I I Pond ot Williston, North Dakota. Pond was the 8 X 4 only freshman to win major awards in both lootball and basketball this year. His team-mates rendered him due recognition when they- voted him the Pirette Award, sym- bolic of the ureatest inspiration to the basket- ball team. Mike Koehler, quard, and oward Warr'c , Guard, were elected honorar co- aptains. .siliig ah si Q ill H35 ' A

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in their favor and the Pioneer score totaled 32. Only one game was played with Idaho. The sum of the season scores shows: Whitworth 713: opponents 707. The smooth-working veteran guard, Howard War- rick, seized point honors for the year by splitting the net for 142 counters in eighteen contests, averaging virtually eight markers a game. The most points scored in one evening by any Pirate player during the season were the twenty points rung up by War- rick when he led the squad to a 37-36 victory over he Gonzaga Frosh. Koehler swished 118 points in 18 games and Allison lOl in 21. Bill Pond, Leonard and Norm Richardson, Russell Iohnson, Emerson McClelland, and Howard Warrick, this year's letter-winners, all have further seasons of competition remaining. Dan Fleming, Mike Koehler, Bill Williams, and Bob Allison will be graduated in Iune.