Kentucky Wesleyan - 13 (Head Coach: Marvin Eagle)

Player	FG	FT	Pts
James Rees			4
Ross			4
Crane			5
Totals			13

Kentucky - 23 (Head Coach: Stanley A. Boles) - [Final Rank ]

Player	FG	FT	Pts
H. C. Thomas	5	0	10
Pat Campbell	2	0	4
Arthur Shanklin	1	0	2
Garnett McKenney	1	0	2
George Zerfoss	1	1	3
Arthur Bastin	1	0	2
Bruce Bartee	0	0	0
Ben Marsh	0	0	0
Max Glickman	0	0	0
Totals	11	1	23

Wildcats Start Basketball Rolling with 23-13 Victory

The college basketball season burst forth with the customary blaze of excitement last night at the University of Kentucky gymnasium, when the Wildcats messed up Kentucky Wesleyan, from Winchester, by a 23 to 13 count. The game was fraught with all the lively catch-as-catch can wrestling features which make the game one of the most interesting and violent exercises. From the first Daddy Bole's Wildcats were headed for a victorious finish.

Thomas, the the High School product, who made his first formal appearance in Wildcat slippers, sprinkled stardust over the hardwood of the gymnasium, and flopped the bloated pumpkin-shaped cause of the argument into the so-called basket five times. Pat Campbell, newly elected captain of the team shot two goals and Shanklin, McKinney, Zerfoss and Bastin obtained one apiece. George Zerfoss, at forward, threw after fouls, which were few, and dropped the ball in once to make up the total of 23 points.

Daddy Boles last night was pleased with the appearance of his collection. The team started the encounter with Thomas at center, Zerfoss and Campbell at forwards and Bastin and Bartee at guards. Marsh succeeded Thomas, Glickman succeeded Bartee, Shanklin took Zerfoss' place and all the subs showed up well.

Game Preview - Lexington Herald (January 9, 1918)

VARSITY SEASON OF BASKETBALL OPENS TONIGHT

Patrick Campbell Chosen Leader of Raw Recruits Against Wesleyan

Daddy Boles has bought a bicycle pump and blown up the 1918 basketball of the Wildcats until it is as bloated as the face of a boy with mumps, and really to be bounced out tonight at 8 o'clock in the university gymnasium for the first college game of the season.

Kentucky Wesleyan, from Winchester, the self-styled Tulsa of Kentucky, will arrive today. Wesleyan's Methodists showed camp meeting spirit last year and plucked a feather from the cap of Centre, which claims this year to have the best team in the State.

The Wildcats, however, nothing daunted by the losses of the year, declare that they will beat the oil out of the "Tulsa of Kentucky's" output, and that when the runs and completions are announced, it will be found that there was something wrong with Wesleyan's pipe line and the only thing it struck was a dry hole.

Campbell New Captain

Election of Patrick Campbell, the Irish contribution on the Wildcats squad, was announced last night by coach Boles, Patrick galloped and frolicked around the floor with last year's Wildcats in rare form, and is the only member of the team who appeared last year.

It developed when the subject of election of a captain came up, that there was only one man entitled to vote. The rules say that the captain is to be elected by the "letter" men of the year before. George Zerfoss, a member of the squad won a letter back in 1916 season. But it was figured that if he and Pat were permitted to elected the captain, each would vote for the other one, and the only result would be an impossible tie.

So the athletic committee finally decided to take the matter in charge, and it selected Campbell. Pat is a former Lexington High School player.

Lack of Varsity men to vote on a captain will be felt worse in the games, the fans fear, than in the election. The team, however, has been working out hard since its organization. Of the collection, Dad Boles says:

"It's a pretty good lot, but mighty green. They work pretty well but have only been together since Friday"

Tigert to Preside

At the suggestion of the Wesleyan management, Dr. J.J. Tigert, last year's coach of the Wildcats, will be in the conspicuous position of referee. No other officials have been announced.

The team will probably lineup with men chosen from the following: Marsh and Thomas, centers; Campbell, Zerfoss, Shanklin and Bartee, forwards; Chickman (sic), McKinney and Bastin, guards.

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