The Campanile . ye and speed served to morethan offset his lack of weight; andnext year, his last, should find himone of the strongest cogs in thewheel. V Vy^ { £> ^ r5^: ST., Kennedy, RankinSabinal, Texas Football star extra-ordinary, he added tohis laurels by pleasingperformances on thebasketball floor. Hisbulldog, driving methodswere a force both on de-fense and on was one of the mostaggressive players seenon a Texas court. Hereceived his third Rfor services rendered asforward and guard onRice quintets. ClTT i Coleman, LeslieCorpus Christi, Texas Combining a marvelous ability


The Campanile . ye and speed served to morethan offset his lack of weight; andnext year, his last, should find himone of the strongest cogs in thewheel. V Vy^ { £> ^ r5^: ST., Kennedy, RankinSabinal, Texas Football star extra-ordinary, he added tohis laurels by pleasingperformances on thebasketball floor. Hisbulldog, driving methodswere a force both on de-fense and on was one of the mostaggressive players seenon a Texas court. Hereceived his third Rfor services rendered asforward and guard onRice quintets. ClTT i Coleman, LeslieCorpus Christi, Texas Combining a marvelous ability toshoot from the hardest positions,with brilliant passing and dribbling,he fought his way to honors as thestar of the 22 Owls. Coleman waskept out of 1921 basketball by abroken arm, but he returned to theteam as the pivot of the Owl at-tack. A senior next year, he is ex-pected to be an inestimable assettoward a championship team forRice. I </m»v - ..»\\ - ..,»%^X • ^//,.:. • ///ll. • • //y,,. BASKETBALL, 1922 The history of the 1922 basketball season, truly enough, is merely that of aseries of disheartening defeats; yet it is interesting, for it gives the story of anuntried team which started out with mvich enthusiasm, keen ambition and someability; went on the rocks immediately and disastrously; learned to worktogether and light together against odds; lost nearly all the games it played andyet never failed to retain the respect of the student body behind it, throughsheer nerve and spirit. There was really good material in the squad. Captain Hugh McKean, Willis,Coleman and Swartz were sure-fire cagers, and many others had the requisitesfor stellar play. They were ably coached by Yerges of Ohio State; he knewhow to play the game, knew how to teach it, and had the backing of his men. In the opening game, however, the need of teamwork was sadly there was too much early season awkwardness and hesitation; too muchtendency for individual play; too m


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