Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-03-17
Wrlte-up OF the Games And Players
Of the Season Of 1870
CLOSE OF SUCCESSFUL SEASON


been the best season that Aim a
College has ever had in that branch
of athletics.
Having lost an Intercollegiate
contest to Olivet, there can be no
claim laid to the championship title
but the team has been such a strong
contender in that race that it will
have to be considered well up to-
wards the top of that list.
Although there is no official cham
pionship in basket ball recognize d
by the Intercollegiate Association
the question of whom the holder
would be if there was such cham
pionship is problematical. Adrain
has lost to Alma, Alma has lost to
Olivet, Olvet has been defeated by
HillSdale, and Hillsdale was beaten
by Adrain. Before the question can
ever be settled satisfactorily there
will have to be a championship
and schedule planned by the M.
|. A. A. as there is in base ball.
Alma's season opened on her
home floor soon after the holidays
by defeating the five from the Mt.
Pleasant Normal. The Normals
had played a series of six or eight
games during the Christmas vaca-
ton and were accustomed to play
ing together, while Alma had work
ed together but few days as a
team. The game was a close con-
test and a y to q score was the
final count.
On the 10Th of January the Ka.
zoo Normals came here after hav-
ing defeated the Mt. Pleasant Nor
mails the night before and were
beaten by the rather one sided
score of IS to IA. A week later
the return game with the Mt. Pleas
ant NOrmalS was played on their
own floor and again the score was
in Alma'S favor. The final score
was 3 to 81 and was only made
after three minutes overtime had
been played; the game being a tie
when time was called. This was
the first time that Alma ever won
on the Mt. Pleasant floor.
The fast Adrain aggregation,
twice holders of the intercollegiate
title, were the next opponents of
the Maroon and Cream. The SUI
periority of the latter was clearly
demonstrated and the Adrain PEG.
pie were only able to hold them to
80 to Is score.
The Olivet game the following
week was the hardest fought
and most gruelling contest ever
played on the local court. The
first half was in Alma's favor, while
during the second half the score
was repeatedly tied. The size and
weight of the, visitors, however,
enabled them to nose out a 2o to
p victory in the last few minutes
of play.
Probably the cleanest and best
played game of the season was the
last one, that played with Ypsilanti
in which they won, "a to 10. The
Yysi men were the fastest team
that played here this season, and
well earned victory that was in
doubt until the last whistle blew.
The team this year was made up
of practically the same men as play
ed on the 1909 team. To the fact
that they have played together so
long as much as any other may be
attributed their success. Added to
this the men have worked hard and
earnestly with a determination to
win that has given them the endur
ance and the spirit that are essen
tial to success in any game.
A review of each individual man
is hardly necessary, each having
been prominent in other branches
of athletics.
koepfgen, who has been captain
of the 1910 team, has proven his
worth as a player and a leader in