1926 Macedonia High School Memory Book page 22

     The first game was with Carson, coached by E. E. Coe,  now of Mondamin.  Before a basket had been made a dispute arose over a decision by Coe, who was refereeing, and the two schools have disagreed in basketball ever since.  On this team, Miller played standing or "post" guard, a term invented because the baskets and backstops had been fastened to posts.  Hugh Braden threw most of the baskets, everyone feeding the ball to him.  Then methods then used would appear crude today.  Braden threw baskets from between his knees, giving the ball a backward twirl,  and could hardly throw any other way.  The result was that he had to maneuver into his between-the-knees position, and often lost what could have been made into points had he known other methods of shooting baksets.
     During the winter of 1911 Miller became ill and Henry replaced him and played out the season at "post" guard.  But two games were lost during the season, one to Carson high school and one to the Woodbine Normal school.
     The next year the team consisted of Hugh Braden, f;  Adrian Hobson, f;  Miles Boyer, c;  Henry Dinwiddie, g;  James Henry, g;  Naason Young and Wilbur Plumb, subs.  This year they won unofficial Southwestern Iowa Championship and lost no games.  There was no official method of determining the honors, but Malvern beat all the larger schools in this corner of the State, including Council Bluffs, Red Oak and Glenwood and publicly claimed the Championship.  Macedonia challenged, and on Malvern's floor, won, 24 to 14.
     In this contest, the Macedonians overcame the disadvantage by a trick.  The Macedonia boys played with ordinary tennis shoes, and on a slick floor were helpless.  (They used tennis shoes because they were lighter than suction soles and Macedonia was so heavy, averaging 156 pounds and needing all the speed possible.)  Malvern played on a dance floor and with suction soled shoes.  When Macedonia started practicing the boys slipped and fell.  An attempt was made to get the suction shoes, but it was fruitless.  Then Tacy tried to get Malvern to resin the floor.   They wouldn't do that, so the 'Donia
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