Tuesday, December 7, I937

    
 

lechawks Rally
@ver Milwaukee
_ lb Victor fi?“34

Scherer Wins Scoring
Honors as Tech
Takes First

The 'l‘echawks opened their new
season of play with a win over the
Milwaukee Engineers in lthe 108th
armory last Wednesday afternoon,
victorious by a 47-34 score. Fourteen
chhmen entered the game, includ-
ing six sophomores led by Bill
Scherer, high scorer, who dropped
five baskets and three free throws for
13 points. Co-captains O’Brien and
O’Connell netted 17 points between
them for second honors.

Small Enthusiastic Crowd

A small but enthusiastic crowd
which could have been considerably
larger, saw the Techawns roll up 18
points to their oppenents’ 6 in the
first several minutes of play. A free
throw by Henriksen, O’Brien’s long
basket and two slow, dead shots by
Scherer gave Armour a handy lead.
Both teams swapped points on free
throws and a pair of field goals by
Reese of Milwaukee. The referees
called a large number of fouls on

 

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Photo by Mchrinzcr

Another point being added to the Tech scorc in their opening victory over Milwuukcc
Engineers 41,34 last Wednesday.

Fresh Baskcteers
Train for @pener

days for the remainder of the sea-
son. Uniforms have been given out
already to the first five men, with
more for the second squad on the
way.

The lineup consists of H. Fisher
and H. Leave as forwards, G. White-
head and W. Futtorer as guards, and
D. Long in the tip-oil berth. Long
was injured during the holidays but

 

Coached by Gene Heike, last
year’s captain, and high—scoring
forward, the freshman basketball five
is gradually being worked into a well-

 

 

both teams due to overanxious first
game tactics by the fives, who
couldn’t seem to warm up in the all
too cool armory.
Techs-who Forge Ahead
After surrendering five free
throws to the north shore men, the
Techawks forged ahead on a pretty
rebound rescue shot by Henrikscn,
Wagner‘s conversion of O’Connell’s
pass, and a trio of free throws and
anathcr basket by O’Brien and Hof~
mann. The visitors, although they
had the ball a good deal of the time
had trouble finding the basket. The
Armour often/Se was effective only
through the first shot, as no one
seemed to be able to follow up his
tries. The Tech forwards had the
height advantage but weren’t under
the basket to take the rebounds and
sink them. Tech accumulated its 24-
15 lead at half time on some very
accurate shooting from midfloor and
dropping 9 out of its 10 free throws.
Milwaukee Has Rally
The second period opened with a
spirited rally by the Milwaukee five.
Captain Gutowski, Nirenberg, and
Doig slipped 10 points through the
Armour defense, while Henriksen
made the only play on a long shot.
The score stood at 26—25, Armour, and
the victory that seemed so near at
the half was now quite doubtful. Ku-
bicka took a pass, dribbled in and
sank a shot to ease the tension, while
Reese, a keyman in the opposition,
was eliminated on personals. To make
things look rosier and safer, Co-Cap—
tain O’Connell got hot and dropped
two quick baskets while he and Not—
kus tallied a pair of free tosses.
Reserves Are Lonscd
Game time nearly over, the Milwau-
kee coach released his reserves in a
futile attempt to find a scoring com—
bination to overtake the Tech five.
Meanwhile coach Grant Stenger tried
out his new material, playing Eggers,
Sher, Weber and Lurz.

 

 

 

 

 

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Intercloss Wrestling,
Boxing Begins Monday

Class will be pitted against class
in the coming annual school boxing
and wrestling tourney sponsored by
the intra-mural athletic board in co-
operation With the school’s athletic
department. The tourney will get
under way on December 13, and the
finals will be runoff on December 1'7,
the last day before Christmas recess.

There will be seven divisions in
boxing and eight in wrestling. The
wrestling bouts will be one fall or a
decision in eight minutes, while in
boxing the round will be three minutes

 
 
  
   
  

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
 

rounded quintet. There have been
six practices to date, the first being
held on Nov. 15; they will continue
to be held on Tuesdays and Thurs-,

will be in shape in time for the next
practice, his position being ably
filled by A. Shapiro, first of the re-
servos.

Captains C’Bn’en, O’Connell Head

Personalities of

’3?- ’38 Cage Squad

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By E. Worcester

Wee Willie O’Brien, commonly
known as “Bull," has been playing
basketball a’long, long time. Besides
his three years of play as forward

with the varsity
here at Tech, from
which he holds
three major letters,
O’Brien played for-
ward on the Mt.
Carmel lightweight

man at Mt. Car-
When he wasn't busy sinking

mel.
baskets at school, he spent his time
dribbling and passing with the C. Y.

O. league. He played with this or-
ganization for two years. If experi-
ence, then, is the criterion for a good
basketball player, Bill should be one
of the best—and he is.
Fair Sex Interest Bill

A senior mechanical, O’Brien has
his mind on a few other things be-
sides gears and Diesel engines. The
fair sex has long been a source of in-
terest to Bill, and in characteristic
manner he shuns none of them, and
even promised one a gift of fourteen
little O’Briens. She hasn’t seen him
since. Besides basketball and being
enrolled at Armour (which is a big
enough bill for anyone) , Will is work-
ing in the stoker research and is a
member of a number of active groups
in the Institute.

Scored 123 Points Last Season

O’Brien is six feel: 2% inches tall
and weighs 170 pounds. He tallied
123 points last season to carry off
scoring honors for the team. Bill is
a great asset undEr the basket and
in spite of half the opposition liter-
ally hanging on his neck, he just
reaches up and drops ’em in. O'Brien
isn’t a stylist on the court, but he
gets results; witness, ten points in
the season’s opener last Wednesday.
O’Brien’s offensive game is stronger
than his defensive and when there are
points needed, it’s Bill who leads the
boys into taking them. And it’s this
leadership that has made Bill an in-
tegral part ofthe Techawks for the
past three seasons. It’s Bill’s endur—
ance, skill and leadership that have
rewarded him with co-captainship of
an Armour squad that promises a
brilliant season at home and away.
long. The sponsors of the tourney
plan to have at least one man from
each class—freshman, sophomore,
junior, and senior—entered in every
weight division in! .0 r that thd
champion of each dwis;on;»will :be
representative of the best in‘l'rthe
school.

   

  

Jack O’Connell, alias “Mouse" and
“Bumpy," may be fat, but he’s fast.
And it’s this speed coupled with a
lot of basketball sense that has made

him a co~captain
of Tech’s basket;
ball team. Jack’s
clever fake set-up
shots and snappy
passes have fooled
a number of (lo—
fcated opponents.
Five feet and nine
inches isn’t much
height for a col-
lege baskctecr, and
consequently Jack

doesn’t fare too
well under the basket, but he certain~
ly makes up for it on the floor. His
fast foot work and accurate passes
have started a number of Armour
rallies.

O'Connell is a dead eye on long
shots and free throws, most of his
33 points of last season being shots
from the floor on the black line. Jack
can pep up a team when it needs it,
and when the home boys are trailing
and the time is short, he’s just the
man to keep the team level-headed
and shooting straight. And basketball
players like this are very few today.

Playing For Six Years

Jack hasn’t stopped playing the
game for six years now. A hard-sur-
faced court on the side of his house
has made it possible to keep in prac—
tice the year around, and in any
weather. Jack likes the game, and
always has, but the St. Rita high
school coach told him he was too lit«
tle. However, the C. Y. 0. felt dif-
ferently, and he was in competition
in their group for a year. After
graduating he stayed out of school
and worked for a year before coming
to Armour to study chemistry and
play basketball. He added some
weight and played on the varsity in
his second and third years here at
Armour, and is now a two letterman.

Jack Has Disappointment

Jack’s greatest disappointment is
Eleanor. She snubs him. (She ought
to see him play basketball.) How-
ever, on out-of-town games the case
is greatly different, and he draws no
snubs from the gaping females.
O’Connell’s last wish before leaving
Armour is to have a big crowd out
at the Armory for home games. “A
team that has a good coach, two Irish
captains and a student body to \back
it can win any title." And Jack’s
right, especially about the captains.
Drop in at the Armory and watch the
boys win their games and notice who
is in there lc' ding'thcm—those two
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Track Your Opens; Cagomen Play U. oi lilinois Tonight;
Meet Arkansas Here on Thursday

Equipment issued

The track season definitely got un—
der way Monday, November 29,
I when Coach Root held the first meet-
ing of the season. The meeting was
well attended, and judging from the
number of new men who have come
out the team should present a strong
well—balanced front to all opposition.
Coach Root explained the need of
real team spirit in this sport which
is made up largely of individual on-
deavor. He said that starting with
the interclass track meet some time
in January there would be some form
of competition for the team each
week.

He also made arrangements to give
talks of general interest to the squad
every other Tuesday at five o’clock,
provided enough men showed up to
make it worth while.

Uniforms were issued last week,
and practice begun December 1.
Practice is held at the University of
Chicago Ficldh’ouso between 3 :30 and
6:30 o’clock. Any new men who
want to try out for the team should
see Manager Monson this week to ob-
tain equipment.

 

lnterira’t Cagemen
Clpen Warfare Today

Anybody interested in watching a
couple of spirited basketball games
may indulge in this whim by waltziug
up to the fifth floor cubby-hole
around four o’clock, that being the
hour set for the opening game of the
interfratcrnity basketball tourney.
Not being hampered by the nicetios
observed in the inter-collegiate
games, the fraternities present a
floor show that is a delightful mix-
ture of rough and tumble and steam
roller tactics; much to the glee of
the more blood-thirsty spectators. Phi
Pi Phi, winners of nineteen straight
previous tourneys, will start the ball
rolling when they meet the Sammies.
The Phi Kaps and Bolts will take over
the show at five o’clock and do their
hit.

The curtain will be rung down on
the first round of play Thursday, as
Triangle goes forth to do battle
against Theta Xi, and the Rho Delta
meet the Pi Kaps. On the following
Tuesday the semi-finals will be play-
ed, and on Thursday the final game
will be played and the victor crown-
cd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Roy Brown

The chhawks opened their 1937-38
season in great style last Wednesday
with their 47-34 triumph over Mil-
waukee Engineers and gave us our
first glimpse of how fast the game
really is now being played.

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With the new rule eliminating the
center jump after baskets are made
the game has taken on more interest
from both the spectator and the play-
or angle. Now a team must be well
rounded out and the value of good
substitutes has become very important
factor.

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After the first game we find Scher-
er in the top scoring position with
five baskets and three free throws.
And closely following him are the two
co—captains with ten and seven, re-
spectively. The statistics are as fol-
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FAG. F.T. T . P.
Schcrer 5 3 13
O'Bi‘len . , . 4 2 10
O’Connell ...... 2 3 7
Henriksen ...... Z l 5
Hofmann . . . l 1 3
Norkus i i 3
Wagner ........ l 0 2
Swanson ....... l 0 2
Kuhiélm ........ 1 0 2

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Travel to Lake Forest
Saturday Night

Illinois’ “fighting Illini” will be

hosts to the chhawks at Urbana to-
night, when the local cagcrs invade
the town in contemplation of their
second victory of the season. A full
squad from Armour’s armory will
leave on the Illinois Central at 1:00
o’clock today.

The strong Big Ten squad will di-
vide itself into two complete teams

of equal strength. Carroll college will

be the contenders of team A, while
Armour will be pitted against team B.
The game for the chhawlcs will get

under Way at 6:45 in the ficldhouse.
Stranger to Send Largo Squad

Coach Grunt Stenger will take a
complete squad including all of the

men who opened the season in the
game with Milwaukee. These will in-
clude O’Brien, O’Connell, Norkus,
Swanson, Hofmann I-lenrikscn, Wag-
ner, Kubicka, Janicek, Sheehan, and
Sher.

To continue their heavy schedule
of the week, the chhawks will return
to the Armory Thursday and face an
invading five from Arkansas State.

 
 
 
 

kansas fill-billies for the three years
that they will have played them. Two
years ago they quellcd these invad-
ers by running up a 44~19 bill against
them, while last year they were satir—
fied to win 37-28.

Meet Lake Forest Saturday

The climax of the week will be the
Saturday night game with the For-
esters of Lake Forest College. It will
be the chhawk opener against teams
of the Chicago area. On this list are
some of the toughest contests of each
year’s schedule, from which origin-
ate especially the rivalries with
North Central, Wheaten, and Lake
Forest aggregations.

Last year the Armour five traded
victories with Lake Forest, each
squad winning on its own floor. Lake
Forest wore first to set‘ the trap when
they invited the Techawks to their
floor and won 34-81. Armour, in the
reciprocity, trimmed them 36-27.

Luke Forest Boosts Good Show!

Lake Forest, like Armour, «boasts
this year of an allaround good squad,
of no outstanding individual stars,
but of each one a dependable man.
Four lottcrmcn have returned to the
Foresters. Among those are Bob
Stickels, a forward from last year’s

The teams will open battle here at
4:00 o’clock.
Out for Third Arkansas Win

This will be the third consecutive
year that Arkansas has traveled to
the local floor. Their policy has been
to play the Loyola cagcmen, and then
face the Armour quintet before turn«
ing home.

The cagers will be looking for their
third consecutive win from the Ar-

squad, who has a good eye for the
basket, having won the free throw
trophy of the college last year. 7

This game will 'be the opener for
Lake Forest which has dealt only with
its alumni in a game to have been
played last night. Armour is first
and third on their list of (3011ng foes.
After a game with George Williams,
they invade Armour’s floor for the
return game on January 4.

   

 

 

 

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