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[g]1rr:c;loc~~;:=::C:o~~====:J"7ilI~IIIo~i~ll[Q] ------, o 'R.!gume of "Basket "Ball Season measure up to its usual Hill did standard place for several good Lack of a good year ~I I this ASKET_BALL on the very difficulty not reasons. half the season, Next, due to scholas- the to practice Stanley was the greatest before the team. unable to play about Injuries in the important to several including Captain Grant Williams was the final obstruction cogs to a winning machine game. The season was opened in Baltimore with the Suburban Club furnishing the opposition. The game was hard fought throughout, the Suburban Club winning by a one point margin. Western Maryland was a guest of the Navy the next week. The Middies were easy winners and ran Lip quite a score. They broke even on a two day trip right after the holidays defeating Susquehanna and losing to Bucknell. Lebanon Valley and Blue Ridge were next in order to be played: both games were hotly contested and lost. Gal1audet was beaten very handily several nights later in the Armory. Penie Stanley displayed his old time form scoring about half of Western Maryland College's points. The next game was with our old opponents Blue Ridge. This game was one of the hardest played and most enjoyed by the spectator? of the season. The New Windsor team just managed to nose ahead at the finish enough to win. The biggest upset of the season was pulled off in the next game when the "Terror" team downed Washington College the State Champions. This was the best game played by Western Maryland and was one of the few times that Washington was defeated this year. Gettysburg was met twice and the "Terrors" were twice thrown for the count. Loyola and Temple were the next in order, both teams were above the average and had little difficulty in winning. Stevens Tech, one of the best teams in N. J. was played in Hoboken, Stevens winning by a good margin. Of the remaining games Western Maryland won two by good scores, Susquehanna and St. Mary's Club being the visitors. \Vashington College won a close game, and Bucknell closed the season by downing \Vestern Maryland by one point. The latter was a real thriller and a tough one to lose. The season next year should be much better as E. Williams, a guard, is the only man lost to the squad. Williams' loss will be felt very much however as he has been a varsity man for four years.