isa-normaladvance-1913-00079

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE79&tf)IettcsSTATE NORMAL TAKES THE FIRST who was considered to have done his share byTILT OF THE SEASON. making nine points on fouls, gave way to Man-BEFORE an enthusiastic crowd of more ager Wright,than five hundred students, the State One of the big surprises of the evening wasNormal basketball quintet swamped Merom in the attendance. With support like this all yearthe first college game of the season, December we cant help having a successful season. The6, at Terre Haute by a score of thirty-five to cheering under yell leader, Miner, was a fea-thirteen. The visitors did not have a chance ture of the evening. The rooting commencedagainst the sensational early season team work with the first tap of the gong and lasted untildisplayed by our team. Normal displayed ex- the last. Keep it up, it helps,cellent form in winning. The individual work From the outlook now it seems that Normalwas good and the team ran well together, has the best chance to come to the top in bas-Normals forwards and center did the stellar ketball, that she has had for years. Our menexecution. Clark shined as a guard by sensa- are heavy, most of them are experienced, theytional stops of the ball and close work in have the speed, and enough scrubs are out toMeroms territory, while the bulk of Wilson keep every man working to hold his place,proved a stumbling block for the Merom for- And it will take work and training to win inwards. • the hard schedules to face this year.Stiffler, the big man of our team, made thefirst points of the game ten seconds after the ....■.,.■:ball was put in play by tossing in an easy field Normal (35). Merom (13).goal. From that time on the game was all Unverferth, Wright ... F... VanDyke, BowmanNormal. In fact, it was so much so that the Knauth F W. Thompsonteam -did not seem to be exerting them- Stiffler C.. .Bowman, VanDykeselves very much. At the end of the first half AVilson, Caffee G M. Thompsonthe score was nineteen to six. During the last Clark .G Rectorfew minutes of play Wilson was replaced by Field Goals—Stiffler (?), Knauth (5), ClarkCaffee, an all state football man of Wiley High and W. Thompson (3). Foul goals—Unver-School. Caffee is small, but he played the fast- ferth (9), AV. Thompson (4), Bowman, M.est game at guard of the evening. Unverferth, Thompson (2). Referee—Whissen. Umpire
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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