isa-normaladvance-1913-00353

Description:	THE NORMAL ADVANCE 353athletic* I kHE close of the year marks the close of an eventful year in athletics for the Indiana-*- State Normal. Successful teams, both in basketball and baseball, have been evolved,and work was begun in the fall term towards building a track and field team for Normal inthe course of a year or two.The first event of the year was the interclass track and field meet held at Parsons Fieldduring the fall term. The men started with a vim and in the final windup the Seniors wonthe meet over the College Course by a margin of two points, 31 to 33. The joy of the lastyear men was unbounded and the cider furnished by the losing classes flowed freely attheir meeting.Coach Westphal now issued the call for basketball candidates and began weeding outa team. The first game was called on December 6.Before an enthusiastic crowd of more than five hundred students Normal swampedMerom in a one-sided game. Our team displayed sensational early team work, and the visitors did not have a chance. Score, 35 to 13. NThe second game, that with Danville Normal College, was another overwhelming victory for our team. From the first few seconds of play the game was all ours. The secondhalf became a monotonous succession of goals for State Normal, and the final score stood 82to 19.Accompanied by a car load of rooters the team played next at Greencastle. Our men weregreatly handicapped by the unusual floor conditions at DePauw, but had little trouble intaking a victory from them to the tune of 35 to 31.Showing wonderful ability and splendid team work Normal won her fourth consecutivevictory when she defeated the strong Butler five at Indianapolis. The Butler team was at notime a match for the blue and the white and the final score stood 29 to 11, Normal leading.Our men again downed DePauw in the second game of the season between the twoschools. The game was poorly played. It was an off night and we could not hit the basket. At one point of the game we were twelve points behind DePauw, but the fightingspirit of our boys was aroused and they came back strong, winning by a score of 32 to 26.At Indiana University we met the first defeat of the season. The Indiana team provedtoo strong for our men, and at the final tap of the gong we were left with the short end of an11 to 26 score. The game was rough and Unverferth was compelled to stay out of school forsome time afterward.The game with Eastern Illinois was a series of rough tactics, brilliant playing, and fistfights. The changes made because of the illness of Unverferth almost proved disastrous tothe team, but swift playing at the last pulled us another victory.The next game, that with Christian Brothers College, at St. Louis, was a farce as far asbasketball goes. The referee being a member of the college team, was blind to all but oneside. After three of our men were slugged our team was withdrawn from the floor. Thiscollege has anything beaten for unfair treatment that Normal has ever heard of.A pleasant reaction from this treatment was the reception accorded the team at McKendrie College. There they were treated as men and friends, not as animals. The game thatfollowed was devoid of the angry feeling that prevailed the evening before. The batteredcondition of the team prevented any work of quality, and we were defeated by a score of 26to 46.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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