San Joaquin County CA Archives Photo Group.....Basket Ball Team 1916
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Boys' Athletics
WOODSON HAWES, '17

    Among the school activities for the year 1915-1916 none have aroused greater
enthusiasm than have our athletics.

    Basket ball, especially, has been in favor.

Basket Ball

    During the season just passed, Lodi has developed one of the best teams
which she has had in several years. In the fall season a large number of boys
came out for practice and most of them stayed with the game throughout the
season. They practiced most faithfully, and under the able coaching of James
Conklin, accomplished great results.

    During the entire year Lodi lost but two games, only one of these being a
league game. The team lined up as follows:
Edward Atwood         Center
Frank Carpenter       Forward
Irving Neely          Forward
Sherwood Beckman      Guard
Ambrose Huberty       Guard
Waldo Porterfield     Substitute
Leon Rutherford       Forward
Howard Remick         Forward
Raymond Beckman       Forward
Oran Spotts           Guard
Nathaniel Adams       Substitute


Lodi 54, Oakdale 4 
October 16
    A good crowd of enthusiastic fans turned out for the first game of the
season. One feature of the game was the rooting led by Spurgeon who demonstrated
well his ability to lead stirring yells.

    The game from start to finish was full of life, with some roughing and a
good many fouls. Oakdale made the first point by a free throw.

    Lodi soon showed decisively that she had a much better team than Oakdale. At
the end of the first half the score stood 24 to 3 in favor of Lodi and at the
end of the second half, 54 to 4, Oakdale making only one point in the last half.
Throughout the game, Lodi showed especially good team work.


Lodi 44, Gait 12
October 30
    The second game of the season was played at Galt. The court was a great
handicap to the Lodi players, who were accustomed to the regulation court. But
despite all disadvantages Lodi put over an easy victory. The Galt men just
naturally wouldn't shoot the baskets, but they were game to the end. This was in
every way a clean game.

    The Lodi teams motored up in automobiles and a number of students went up to
witness the game and join in the rooting.


Lodi 30, Sacramento 17 
November 24
    Sacramento came to Lodi bringing along a good team. Nevertheless Lodi easily
won the game, showing a superiority in both team work and goal shooting. A good,
enthusiastic crowd attended the game.


Lodi 60, Galt 5
December 3
    The second game with Galt at Lodi was an easy victory for the home team. The
Lodi boys just played with the Galt team. Lodi showed splendid team work.


Lodi 31, Woodland 9
December 10
    The game with Woodland was the first league game of the season and naturally
there was much excitement in the school before the event. A good crowd turned
out, filling the gymnasium to its capacity.

    From the first shrill whistle until the last, the game was full of
excitement and pepper, with never a dull moment.

   Although Lodi was in the lead throughout and won by the large score of 31 to
9, the Woodland boys played well all the way through. This was a good clean
game, and was enjoyed much by the public and by students.

    James Conklin, former all star player, had been coaching the boys and they
showed marked improvement.


Lodi 29, Sacramento 14 
January 8
    The return game at Sacramento was in every way a pleasing event. As in the
preceding game the Lodi team had an easy victory. They reported courteous and
kind treatment at the hands of the Sacramento boys.


Lodi 28, Stockton 16
January 15
    On January 15 the Stockton boys came to Lodi and along with the team came
two special cars full of students. They made some noise.

    There has for some time been rather intense rivalry between Stockton and
Lodi, and this year proved no exception to the rule. From the moment the game
was called until it ended there was not a dull minute.

    In this game Lodi demonstrated that it had a number one team; for although
the Stockton boys outweighed them, they easily had the game from start to
finish. At the end of the first half the score stood 14 to 6 in Lodi's favor, a
score which ran up to 28 to 16.


Lodi 25, Esparto 14
January 21
    On Friday the 21st of January our team went to Esparto. This was a long and
tiresome trip and our boys had to play on a dance floor court. They did some
fancy slides but succeeded in defeating their opponents by a good score. Esparto
played a very good game, considering that she is a new aspirant for basket ball
honors.


Lodi 25, Turlock 34
January 22
    The team came back to Lodi from the Esparto game tired and sleepy and the
same day piled into autos and drove to Turlock. For the first time during the
season they had their colors lowered. This was a good game nevertheless, for
Turlock had an excellent team especially marked for fine team work. This was not
a league game.


Lodi 23, Stockton 22
January 29
    The big boys of the Stockton Athletic Club came out one night in January to
play us. They had the Lodi boys outweighed and played an excellent game. They
led Lodi by a score of 11 to 9 in the first half but in the second half the Lodi
boys rallied and won by one point. This game restored their confidence, which
had been slightly shaken by the Turlock game.


Lodi 33, Turlock 26
February 12
    When Turlock came to Lodi for the return game excitement prevailed as
Turlock had been the only team to defeat Lodi during the entire season. This
proved to be one of the fastest games of the year, but Lodi, much to our
delight, won by a good margin.


Lodi 24, Stockton 22
February 17
    On February 17 Lodi went to Stockton for a return game with the Athletic
Club boys. This game also was won by Lodi. The game this time was close, Lodi
winning by only two points.


Lodi 29, Corning 20
February 26
    The game with Corning was the semi-final game for the championship of the
northern section. News had come to Lodi that Corning had just defeated Oroville
and that she had "some team." A good deal of interest was manifested in the
game, and despite the inclement weather, a large crowd turned out. Lodi had the
game from the first; nevertheless this was a very good game except for a little
rough play.


Lodi 19, Berkeley 24
March 17
    But one game remained to be played which decided whether the Lodi boys
should get the trip to Los Angeles. This was the game with Berkeley and
naturally there was a good deal of excitement concerning it. It was one of the
best and one of the cleanest games of the season. The game was played under Bay
City rules, a condition which, in a way, handicapped our boys, because they were
used to playing under more liberal rules.

    The game was even all the way through. The Lodi boys had the lead by a score
of 12 to 11 at the end of the first half and the game seemed to be going in
their favor, until the last few minutes, when the Lodi boys lost their heads,
and Berkeley made a couple of baskets. This won the game. This was the last big
game of the season.


Conklin Benefit Game
March 25
    In order to show their gratitude to Mr. Conklin, for the aid he had rendered
in so ably coaching the boys, they arranged a game with the Stockton High School
boys who kindly consented to play with us.

    Things looked bad for Lodi, with Spotts down with the mumps, Beckman ill and
Jack lame in one leg. But on the night of the game Beckman showed up, and played
as fine a game as ever, while Huberty ably substituted for Spotts and Jack got
over his lameness.

    We had a liberal referee and the game was one scramble from start to finish.
True, it lacked some of the pepper of earlier games, but this was made up by the
excellent playing as a whole.

    At the end of the first half the score was a tie. During the last half also
it was tied five times and when the whistle blew Lodi was found two points ahead.

THE INTERCLASS GAMES

Sophomore – Freshman

    The first of the series of interclass games was played between the Freshmen
and Sophomores. Although the Sophomores won the game, the Freshmen surprised
every one by their strong opposition.

Senior – Junior

    The next game was between the Juniors and Seniors, a game narrowly won by
the latter.

Senior – Sophomore

    The final was played between the Seniors and Sophomores, the latter winning
and thereby claiming the basket ball cup for a year.


Additional Comments:
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Tokay 1916
Published Annually Under the Auspices
of the
SENIOR CLASS OF LODI UNION HIGH SCHOOL
Lodi, California

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