1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois .
Regular season
Under the direction of coach Ralph Jones , the 1917–18 season for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, was unusual because World War I was happening in Europe . Co-captain George Halas , for example, left the team in January 1918 to help out with the war effort.[ 1] Big Ten Conference continued their 12-game schedule of home and road co-captain Earl Anderson and B.E. Mittleman at the forward positions, J.S. Probst and P.C. Taylor at center, and co-captain George Halas and Burt Ingwersen as guards.[ 2] All-American for the season.
Roster
1917–18 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
F
Earl Anderson —
—
Sr
Charleston, Illinois
G
George Halas (C)
—
—
Sr
Chicago, Illinois
C
John S. Probst —
—
So
East Aurora, Illinois
C
Paul C. Taylor —
—
So
New Orleans, Louisiana
G
Charles W. Vail —
—
Fr
Chicago, Illinois
F
Burt Ingwersen —
—
So
Urbana, Illinois
G/F
William K. Kopp —
—
Fr
Beverly Farms, Massachusetts
F
Benjamin F. Mittleman —
—
Jr
East Farmingdale, New York
F
James Garfield Stevens —
—
Jr
Alfred, New York
G
Raymond Christian Haas —
—
So
Evansville, Indiana
Head coach Ralph Jones (Indianapolis YMCA Training School) (6th year)Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible(W) Walk-on Roster
Schedule
Source[ 3]
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Non-Conference regular season
12/15/1917 *no, no
Millikin W 40–13 1-0
Kenney Gym Urbana, IL
12/19/1917 *no, no
at Millikin University
W 31–13 2-0
Millikin Gymnasium (-)Decatur, IL
1/5/1918 *no, no
Wabash College W 24–9 3-0
Kenney Gym (-)Urbana, IL
Big Ten regular season
1/9/1918 no, no
Purdue W 27–17 4-0
Kenney Gym (635)Urbana, IL
1/14/1918 no, no
Minnesota W 28–17 5-0
Kenney Gym (1,008)Urbana, IL
1/19/1918 no, no
Wisconsin L 21–22 5-1
Kenney Gym (1,108)Urbana, IL
2/2/1918 no, no
at University of Chicago
L 19–23 5-2
Bartlett Gymnasium Chicago, IL
2/9/1918 no, no
Northwestern Rivalry W 38–22 6-2
Kenney Gym (925)Urbana, IL
2/11/1918 no, no
Ohio State W 35–21 7-2
Kenney Gym (673)Urbana, IL
2/16/1918 no, no
at Purdue
L 26–29 7-3
Memorial Gymnasium West Lafayette, IN
2/18/1918 no, no
at Ohio State
W 26–23 8-3
The Armory Columbus, OH
2/23/1918 no, no
at Wisconsin
L 15–23 8-4
University of Wisconsin Armory and Gymnasium Madison, WI
2/25/1918 no, no
at Minnesota
L 22–35 8-5
University of Minnesota Armory Minneapolis, MN
3/2/1918 no, no
at Northwestern Rivalry L 14–29 8-6
Patten Gymnasium Evanston, IL
3/6/1918 no, no
University of Chicago W 20–17 9-6
Kenney Gym (518)Urbana, IL
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Central Time .
Player stats
Player
Games Played
Field Goals
Free Throws
Points
Earl Anderson[ 4]
15
67
67
201
Bert Ingwersen[ 5]
15
24
1
49
Paul Taylor[ 6]
14
24
0
48
J.S. Probst[ 7]
10
15
0
30
Benjamin Mittleman[ 8]
7
13
0
26
Charles Vail[ 9]
11
8
0
16
J.G. Stevens[ 10]
7
5
0
10
George Halas[ 11]
5
1
0
2
Awards and honors
George Halas was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1963), for his role in the development of the National Football League as well as for his coaching and playing for the Chicago Bears .
Earl Anderson was named a Consensus All-American for the 1917-18 season.
References
^ A Century of Orange and Blue: Celebrating 100 Years of Fighting Illini Basketball By Loren Tate, Jared Gelfond pg.17 ISBN 1-58261-793-7
^ Fighting Illini Basketball: A Hardwood History By News-Gazette , Sports Publishing LLC ISBN 1-58261-356-7
^ University of Illinois Fighting Illini Statistics Summary for 1917-18 Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine , FightingIllini.com^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
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