Wyo . Sam Fuller. C. Q. BURGESS. Without doubt the most bril-liant player on last seasons teamwas Neil Burgess, comes from Lorain,Ohio, and has all the earmarksof a natural athlete. He isspeedy, stocky, and as a quarter-back usually used excellent judg-ment in directing plays. Kick-ing is his strong point, and hislong and well-placed punts great-ly strengthened the Varsitys de-fense. His phenomenal goalsfrom the field brought us many apoint, and his spectacular run-ning with the ball elicited praiseeverywhere. Burgess was picked as quar-terback on the All Rocky Moun-tain eleve
Wyo . Sam Fuller. C. Q. BURGESS. Without doubt the most bril-liant player on last seasons teamwas Neil Burgess, comes from Lorain,Ohio, and has all the earmarksof a natural athlete. He isspeedy, stocky, and as a quarter-back usually used excellent judg-ment in directing plays. Kick-ing is his strong point, and hislong and well-placed punts great-ly strengthened the Varsitys de-fense. His phenomenal goalsfrom the field brought us many apoint, and his spectacular run-ning with the ball elicited praiseeverywhere. Burgess was picked as quar-terback on the All Rocky Moun-tain eleven by the leading footballauthorities, and was regarced gen-erally as the best man for that position in this part of the West. Wehope to have him with us again next Burg ess. 0 •:-o< 5 00- >00 00-> 1911 —BASKETBALL— 1911 About fifteen or twenty men responded to Coach Deans call forbasketball candidates about the first of December. 1 he team was notpicked until after the Christmas vacation, but the time was spent inbasket practice, passing the ball, learning the rules and in scrimmagework, which enabled the coach to get a hne on the men. Three of lastyears W men were out, together with several second team men anda few new candidates. Prospects were bright for a good team, and no doubt this wouldhave been the case had the players shown the right spirit. After vacation the men were lined up as near as possible and sig-nal practice followed for about three weeks. The first game of the season was played on January 2 1 with theGreeley Red Sox. Both teams played fairly well, but Wyoming wasinclined to slowness, lacked team work, and did not pass the ball fastenough. This latter fault stayed with the men througho
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