1923 Yearbook
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1923 Yearbook
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VARSITY BASKETBALL
With the heavily padded moleskins packed away for another year and with the
wintry blasts beginning to blow around the corners of the gym, the Varsity athletes
changed their field of activities from the gridiron to the gym, where basketball was the
next major sport to take the limelight.
Coach Loman sent out his initial call for candidates for the basketball team, and a
squad of about thirty eager lads answered the summons, ready to show their stuff in
order to win a berth on the team. Among the large number were four of last year's
lettermen. These were: West, Green, T. Murphy, and T. Lew.
At a meeting of the lettermen, Edwin West of Cedar Rapids, regular forward on
last year's team, was chosen to lead the Saints on the court for the coming season.
Eddie, although rather small in stature, had demonstrated the fact that he was able to
hold his own with the best of them.
West was counted upon to take care of one of the forward berths, while T. Lew,
who had covered himself with glory in several games last season, was expected to take
care of the other job. Murphy had been groomed to step into the shoes of Gannon the
year before, and so to him was given the job of taking care of the pivot position.
Ex-captain Green, a veteran of two years' experience, was the only guard from last
year's team, and to him fell the responsibility of handling the running guard position.
Before the season was well under way, several new men showed up to unusual advantage and were given an opportunity to show what they could do. Chiefly amongst
these were Hippler and Ed Lew, who played many speedy games. Kelly, Rump, and
Hess also broke into the scoring column more than once and are counted upon to form
the nucleus for next year's team.
The season was opened up with the Wisconsin School of Mines quint of Platteville,
Wisconsin; the Saints chalked up a game on the right side of the ledger by the score of
14 to 8. Unusual defensive strength was shown in this tilt, but there was a noticeable
weakness on the offense.
With no games on their chart until after the Christmas vacation, the Saints remained idle until after the New Year, which started the Ambrosians on a downward
trend of eleven straight setbacks and one of the most disastrous seasons in the history
of the school.
Wartburg College of Clinton was the first team to take the Saints' measure, turning
the trick by the score of 21 to 15 in a game in wThich the Saints did not play up to
standard.
An invasion of the North was next on the list, and the Blue and White failed to
win a victory, losing all three games. The first was lost to the much heavier and
experienced Dubuque University quint by the count of 28 to 12. The Wisconsin
School of Mines five was able to avenge the defeat suffered at Davenport by winning
the return game at Platteville, Wisconsin, 21 to 16. With the sting of defeat received
in football still burning deep, the Campion College five evened up matters by trouncing
the Saints 19 to 12, at Prairie du Chien.
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With the heavily padded moleskins packed away for another year and with the
wintry blasts beginning to blow around the corners of the gym, the Varsity athletes
changed their field of activities from the gridiron to the gym, where basketball was the
next major sport to take the limelight.
Coach Loman sent out his initial call for candidates for the basketball team, and a
squad of about thirty eager lads answered the summons, ready to show their stuff in
order to win a berth on the team. Among the large number were four of last year's
lettermen. These were: West, Green, T. Murphy, and T. Lew.
At a meeting of the lettermen, Edwin West of Cedar Rapids, regular forward on
last year's team, was chosen to lead the Saints on the court for the coming season.
Eddie, although rather small in stature, had demonstrated the fact that he was able to
hold his own with the best of them.
West was counted upon to take care of one of the forward berths, while T. Lew,
who had covered himself with glory in several games last season, was expected to take
care of the other job. Murphy had been groomed to step into the shoes of Gannon the
year before, and so to him was given the job of taking care of the pivot position.
Ex-captain Green, a veteran of two years' experience, was the only guard from last
year's team, and to him fell the responsibility of handling the running guard position.
Before the season was well under way, several new men showed up to unusual advantage and were given an opportunity to show what they could do. Chiefly amongst
these were Hippler and Ed Lew, who played many speedy games. Kelly, Rump, and
Hess also broke into the scoring column more than once and are counted upon to form
the nucleus for next year's team.
The season was opened up with the Wisconsin School of Mines quint of Platteville,
Wisconsin; the Saints chalked up a game on the right side of the ledger by the score of
14 to 8. Unusual defensive strength was shown in this tilt, but there was a noticeable
weakness on the offense.
With no games on their chart until after the Christmas vacation, the Saints remained idle until after the New Year, which started the Ambrosians on a downward
trend of eleven straight setbacks and one of the most disastrous seasons in the history
of the school.
Wartburg College of Clinton was the first team to take the Saints' measure, turning
the trick by the score of 21 to 15 in a game in wThich the Saints did not play up to
standard.
An invasion of the North was next on the list, and the Blue and White failed to
win a victory, losing all three games. The first was lost to the much heavier and
experienced Dubuque University quint by the count of 28 to 12. The Wisconsin
School of Mines five was able to avenge the defeat suffered at Davenport by winning
the return game at Platteville, Wisconsin, 21 to 16. With the sting of defeat received
in football still burning deep, the Campion College five evened up matters by trouncing
the Saints 19 to 12, at Prairie du Chien.
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Date
1923
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
http://cdm16810.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16810coll2/id/7643