isa-normaladvance-1914-00097

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE97AlettesDuring the last of the fall term the basketball season opened with a rush with the first game with Merom College, the score at the final blast of the whistle being 57-12 in favor of Normal. Eleven Normal candidates were given a chance to play during this game, but Merom could do nothing against the teachers either on offense or defense. The game was refereed by Lefty Gilbert in splendid style.Following this game came the game with Dan¬ ville Normal. This proved to be another over¬ whelming victory for the Indiana State Normal. At the end of the first half the score was only 16- 14 in our favor, but at the beginning of the second period the line up was changed and soon the goals were being made with regularity by the wearers of the blue and white. The score at the end stood 48-19 Normal.Flushed with the easy victory the varsity squad stacked up against the alumni and again won. The game was interesting from the start and the corks of the old men were blown quite often, to the amusement of the crowd. Wood, coach of last years state high school champions at Win- gate, was rendered unconscious during the game, but after a few minutes rest pluckily re-entered the game. Manager Schockel, of the grads, should be congratulated upon his work in organizing the contest, for to him belongs much of the credit for the success of the event.The next and last game of the term was with Vincennes Y. M. C. A. at Vincennes. Here the strongest squad yet encountered was found and the game was a fight from start to finish. The Y. M. C. A. bunch was composed of star college players from both Indiana and Illinois, and the best efforts of our men were required to win and leave the final score 37-32 in our favor.The first contest after the holidays was held at Charleston with the strong Eastern Illinois StateNormal team. It was an off night and a well drilled team to oppose and at the end of the first half the score stood 12-10 in favor of the Suck¬ ers. An effort was made to rally during the last half, but our men could not get together, and at the last the score stood 29-17 against us.With but two days notice a game was scheduled with Purdue University to be played at Lafayette. Through the kindness of Director Hoffman, of the local Y. M. C. A., we were permitted to practice on their floor in preparation for this contest. The team left Saturday morning, January 10, for La¬ fayette. Much confidence was expressed that they would make a creditable showing in playing a school whose teams are known all over the United States, and the results were past the fondest hopes of the teachers. Normal held Purdue to a 42-23 score, putting up a strong defensive article of basket ball against the Boilermakers. Clark held Oliphant without letting him score from the field, while Schenck and Knauth covered the floor in splendid style.Lineup and summary: Purdue (42). State Normal (23).Oliphant (Capt.)Stahl Forward SchenckSkemp.Brockenbrough . . Forward . . (Capt.) KnauthKenzler, Little Center .. . Stiffler, SchaferStinchfleld, Dillon . . Guard RoyerBerry Guard ClarkField goals—Skemp, 5 Berry, 1 Kenzler, 9  Brockenbrough, 4 Dillon, 1 Schenck, 2 Knauth, 4 Stiffler, 3. Foul goals—Oliphant, 1 Berry, 1  Knauth, 5. Referee—Diddle, Wabash.During this time the work of organizing the athletic association was being rapidly pushed. A mass meeting was called for Wednesday afternoon, January 7, and here for the first time in Normal a crowd was present that really represented the
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