isa-normaladvance-1913-00154

Description:	154THE NORMAL ADVANCEStfrfetoT?OR several weeks things have been very■*■ quiet in athletics. The men have been recovering from the effects of the somewhat disastrous Illinois trip. The first game played,that with Eastern Illinois, was rough playfrom the start, and at the end of the first halfthe score was 15 to 5 in favor of the Suckers.Coach Westphal gave the order to ginger up,and the last half was a runaway for our men,the final score being in favor of the Hoosiers.The next game was played at St. Louis withChristian Brothers College. For real unfairness, unsportsman-like treatment and brutetactics this little college has anything beatenthat Normal has ever played or even heard of.Soon after the game started it was found thatthe referee was a Christian Brothers man. Ourmen held their own during the first minutes ofplay, and then the slugging began. Our mencan stand a little rough play, but when a manis backed up against a wall and deliberatelyslugged in plain sight of the referee, basket ballceases to be basket ball. At the end of the firsthalf Knauth had lost two teeth and was bruisedover the face, Stiffler had two ribs cracked andwas laid out, Clark was suffering from a deepbruise and cut on the nose and head, Wilsonhad been pushed head first into a brick walland was bleeding from the cuts. Coach Westphal showed his spirit of true sportsmanshipand withdrew his team from the floor. It wasfound later that this Christian Brothers hasthe name of being the most unfair college inthe West, and they lived up to it. It can beput down without doubt that they will neversecure another game from Normal, nor withany other school over which Normal has anyinfluence.A pleasant reaction from this treatment wasthe reception accorded the boys at McKendrieCollege. They were met at the train, taken tothe dormitory, introduced to a number of students, given supper, and in general wre madelords of the evening. The game that followedwas fair and devoid of the angry feeling thathad prevailed the evening before. The batteredcondition of the team prevented any work ofquality, and we lost the game, 26 to 46. But welost it cheerfully, and the boys on returninghome were full of the praises of McKendrieCollege. We hope that this pleasant relationmay be maintained and we will try to providefor their men as they did ours, but we can neverhope to better them in their hospitality.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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