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Newspaper
Hanover College Triangle
Location
Hanover, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
4
The 1908 Hanover football team posted four wins four ties and two losses under coach Jack Thompson. Key players Montgomery and Cochran depart as the squad vows a stronger 1909 team after close games with Kentucky Central Butler Franklin and Winona Tech and a lopsided win over North Vernon High School.
The Hanover basketball squad, in its best season in years, defeated Franklin Moores Hill and State Normal while giving Depauw and Butler strong challenges. All players were new to college basketball, with Mann at guard praised for his rough play against Butler’s Thomas, Nowlin dominant at center, and Miles delivering spectacular shooting. President Mills notes several promising athletes will join the college next fall from various high schools.
The 1909 varsity baseball squad under Coach Schooler showed steady improvement despite injuries. Only two players graduate. Freshmen Dawson Cooley Nowlin Harrison Drew Slawson K Miller Hamer Miles return along with others, promising vigor for next year’s basketball and athletics.
Honor roll lists Hanover athletes on varsity in at least two sports for 1908 09. One member competed in all five football baseball basketball tennis and track. others appear in three or four branches. Names include T H Montgomery F W Archer H M Miller E R Nowlin F C Millis and more.
Seventeen honored students show 100 percent athletic involvement. Forty five of one hundred twenty five boys attend football practice amid gym drills twice weekly interclass basketball and boarding house games. An interclass track meet highlights a culture valuing physical development with moral growth.
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