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INTENSE MOMENT FOR BOTH PLAYERS AND CROWD U. in the
making aa the ball heads for the twine a nd a possible two points in the
Denver Chevrolet game. Vandals awaiting return of the rawhide a.re
Dick Reed (3) , Hartly Kruger (14), Sam J enki ns and Herb Mead.
IT'S IN ... H artly Kruger gives the Colorado Aggies an exhibition o f
making 9ood shots when under the basket. Tho Gem c ameraman
c augh t t h is action j ust as the ball started its trip downward. Dick
Reed (3) applauds the efforts of Kruger.
Tabbed by many sports writers as the favorite of the 1951 Northern Division cage race,
Coach "Cheerful Chuck" Finley's casabans ran out of gas in the early stages of the
conference campaign. Establishing themselves a definite threat for the flag, the basketball
squad compiled a record of nine victories against four setbacks. Defeats were
administered at the hands of the University of Montana, Long Island University, Phillips
Oilers and LaSalle. Strong point of the season came when a game staged in Madison
Square Garden in New York City saw a strong Long Island University quintet nose out
the Vandals in a last-second thriller 59-57.
To prove that the Vandal pre-season schedule was not a farce, victories were registered
over Idaho State College, Montana, Gonzaga, Denver Chevrolets, Colorado A.
& M., Utah State and St. Joseph's. Idaho State and Gonzaga each suffered two losses.
Coach Finley is taking his 1951-52 basketball squad to Oklahoma City during the
Christmas holidays to participate in a tournament with name schools consisting of
Tulane, Alabama, Oklahoma City University, Tulsa, Oklahoma A. & M. , Wyoming and
San Francisco. On a national scale, the Vandal basketball squads of the past years,
under Finley, have been rated high.
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