GAM~ BY GAM~

ORMAL 45 ALUMNI 30

The Varsity Five opened the season with a victory over the lumni in their annual Home-Coming game. The "gra ls" opened with a rush and clue to the sensational shooting by Muto, held a six-point lead before the bewilcl reel Varsity could find its bearings. However, the stud nts got under way and took full C{ n- trol of the situation. For the Alumni, 1uto, Howard, and Neu played well, whil Gordon, Mineo, and chaefer did the best work for the Varsity.

IQRMAL 26 DANVILLE N RMAL 34

Coach Schaefer said the effects of the victory over the Alumni on the pre- ceding day had not worn off; Oden attribut cl it to the clistracti1w in flu nee of the Homecoming danc , critical Alumni, etcet ra. everthel s, the team lost its first outside gam to a good club. Danville 1 d, 21-10 at the half, but ormal came back in the second to outscore and outplay the vi itors. How v r, the han- dicap of the first half was too great an ob tacle to overcome.

RMAL 29 INDJ

'l'H. L

20

Smart offensiv ba ketball was the rea on for ormal's w 11- arn cl victory over th stubborn foe. The boys journey cl to Univer ity Heights and showed their highly-toted oppon nt a few lev r trick with the ball. . U. crot

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Standing, Left to Right: Mgr. F. Plag, H. Oden, A. Gordon, S. Siegal, P. Fiening, C. Peckoff, R. Schreiber.

Kneehng, Left to Right: K. Fehrenbach, C. Apfel, Capt. ~chaefer, R. Mineo, L. Ruben tein.

off to an early lead and led by 15-12 at the half time. Indiana Central started the third period with a rush and dominated play for a brief time; their lead was short-lived for Oden and Siegal got back in their first half form and immediately put the skids under the opposition. Gordon was a tower of strength on the de- fense, and also aided the cause by dropping a few timely counters.

NORMAL 33 BALL TATE

30

Drama of the Merriwell type was furnished spectators, when Normal sent Ball State clown to a three-point defeat. With the score knotted at thirty all, and two minutes remaining of play, Gordon came thru with a sensational one-hand shot to give N. A. G. U. a two-point lead. Schaefer sewed the game up by drop- ping in a free toss from the penalty mark just before the whistle. The game was a nip and tuck affair thruout, the score was deadlocked at 20 all at the half.

Captain Schaefer played the stellar role, along with Gordon an 1 iegal.

TORMAL 20 HANOVER 33

It didn't tak Caesar very long to get a climated to Egypt, but th bask" t- ball team has no Caesar . When the boys left for anover, littl did they dream that they were going to play under trying conditions. Oden swore on fourteen

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Bibles that the temperature

was

104, the room 100 feet long and 24 feet wide.

And such were the conditions

against which

the team had to contend. It seemed as if our boys could not

get

started, and as a result, Hanover did pretty much as it pleased. This

was

the last game before the holiday season.

NORMAL48 INDIANA LAW 12

After the last game,

the team members really did need the rest they got during the Christmas

vacation.

The results

of

the recuperation and rejuvenation were brought out when Normal entertained the Indiana Law snipers, and administered a severe lacing to the future barristers. iegal and Gordon combined their efforts in the first

quarter to give the teachers a commanding lead, one that was

not

even

threatened thruout the

entire

game. Coach

Schaefer

utilized this opportunity to

observe

his reserves under fire; every man saw action.

NORMAL26 DANVILLE NORMAL 37

Normal was

unable to turn the tables

on

Danville in their second encounter.

As in the previous game,

the home team

carried

too much cleverness and reserve strength, and was returned the victor.

Mineo

and Oden contrived to keep A. G. U.

in the running during the first half by virtue of some scintillating floorwork and sensational

shooting.

Danville led, 21-17, at half time. Inability to convert the majority

of

free throws into

scores

proved disastrous in the second half, and Danville gradually drew away to

a

safe lead. Gordon again played excellent de- fensive basketball.

NORMAL

20

EARLHA_1

32

Again

Normal

was on the short end

of

the score. This time, the team in- vaded Richmond and lost to a superior team of snipers.

Siegal

and Schaefer worked very smoothly as a pair and gave the Earlham boys no end of worry for the first half. Their combined efforts kept Normal

within striking

distance as the half

ended,

17-14. Early in the

second

half,

Siegal went out

via the

foul

route,

and from then on,

the team's

zest and

fire

too~,.,. ~

clPci<led downwarrl plunge.

Schaefer

played his usual

steady

brand of ball, while Fehrenbach, re- serve forward, turned in some classy floor

work.

NORMAL 20 SOCIALER TUR VEREI

24

The Cleveland trip looks like

an annual

fixture from now

on,

judging from the

glowing

reports turned in by

ev

ry member making the trip.

Altho

the

game was

registered

on

the

wrong sid of

the ledger, it

was exceedingly suc- cessful

from the

social

point

of

view.

The

team

got off

to

a

flying

start and

managed to hold a

one

point

advantag

at half time, 12-11.

But

the

social

life took its toll,

and

the boys

were

unable

to maintain

the

pace set

in the beginning.

Both clubs produced some

excellent off

nsive

and

defensive play.

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NORMAL 41 CONCORDIA 27

After

playing three successive out-of-town games,

Normal

returned to the home floor and vanquished Concordia in first rate style. Gordon

opened

the scoring with a tricky shot from under the basket to put the homesters in the

lead.

Mineo and Schaefer did

excellent work to hold that lead.

Midway in the second

half,

Concordia staged an attack from

long

range which nettled the boys, until Gordon and Schaefer put a halt to

such

proceedings. With this

checked, Normal

proceeded to pile on the points and

win with ease.

NORMAL

22 INDIANA CENTRAL 44

It was Indiana Central's turn to visit Normal and in retaliation, defeat the hosts.

It looked

like the visitors' game from the very onset. Altho trailing by an uncomfortable margin at the half, the Red and White boys began to click in the second. Oden and Gordon were outstanding for

Normal while Judd shone

for Indiana Central.

NORMAL

26 VALPARAISO

34

Inability of the N ormalites to

sing

baskets caused them to go clown in de-

f eat

on the enemy court in a game replete with thrills. Normal looked

like

the better team on the floor but the ball simply would not

sink

thru

for

them.

The team played sparkling ball

and

deserved to

win; every

man turned in

a

splendid performance.

NO MAL

25

VALPARAISO

23

In the return

encounter with Valparaiso

on the home floor, Normal realized

a

sensational victory.

A

spurt near the close of the half brought the

score

to a

fourteen

point deadlock.

In

the second, a sensational

shot

by iegal just when

Normal was

trailing 21-17, rejuvenated

the Phy-Eds.

The

game

went into an extra session

after

another two-pointer by Gordon, and

Schaefer

made the

win-

ning point.

NORMAL

40

CONCORDIA

31

The

team

took to

the floor

with one

idea

in

mind-

to end

the

season with a percentage of

.500.

Aide l by psychology and

clever

pa sing as well as accu-

rate tossing, th boys

wer able to cap a fitting

lid

on

the

eason.

Concordia was baffled by

a

tricky passing attack, as a result,

ormal

led

at

the half, 22-11.

An attack

by

the Concordians

netted

fourteen

p

oints before it was timely subdued.

Every

man

show d a good, steady p

rformance

111 this game.

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