The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
BASKETBALL H0ARSENESS.
spring AILMENT DUE ~ GLASS;
Rooms or WOMEN'S COLLEGES.
sos l. the Time when the spring Practice
Begins-Ihe Way Teams Are Formed
Ethics und Traditions of the Game-Inst
Name, of Players Used Invariably.

Ethics und Traditions oi inc 'hhie ihNt
Names of Players Used Invariably
basketball has begun" said the senior, stand
ing a, ue OPEN door and addressing thr first
wear graduate student. Come On. No more
books, no more anything but basketball. Rah.
rah. rah. basketball forever
The senior executed a war dance that st her
short skirts whirling and wound her long braid
Of hair about her neck. The f~irst-year graduate
student, who for "A whole hour had been tracing
idle patterns with the end Of her penholder and
staring out at the swelling buds Of the horS, chest
nut tres. below her window. was glad Of the OPP
p~ortInity escape.
4 dc not kuow a thing about baskShail, she
confessed But I'll go anywhere 10 be out o.
doors now IT'S spring. lcannot work"
"Nrithrr can any one else " said the senior.
Elf you don't know basketball. come out and be
inluard into it, mysteries II will be the one
suhJv, Of conversation from nov on All the
classes have teams, and there Is even n graduate
team. Perhaps you will play on 1t. II yulI don't
play, you may b. a trainer to some friend. In
any case you will be- n spectator, and In a week
you viii b, "A partisan, and then you will watch
The play Of your iHyurite team. and you will get
So interested that nothing will tempt you away,
not even tho chance Of long walks aud bicycle
ndrs. The interest il growing every year The
juniors had Two complete teams in the field last
year, the Suphomor's were practising three, and
the freshmen, like the juniors. two. | don't know
how /, Will b. now We are seniors. We have lost
sgood many girls"
The s.Hipr gave a b, Of a sigh. Then She said,
"DJ hurry While the senior hal been talking.
'he graduate student had been slipping into her
short skirt and Jacket. \ faw minutes later the
two girls were skiriing Taylor and crossing the
tennis courts In front OF Merton. Beyond, in
front Of thr gymnasium, they could see the girls
al play.
They are passing nov explained IN" senior.
That is, they ar throwing the ball from one To
another There is a grrat trch in IT. Nou can
g.. yourself with what fore the balls 81. There
l. a girl who hal the bail night in her hand and
roultn', hold it. But they ARE all muiiug the
balls, it SEEMS 10 me. They always 10, in the
spring, bfor they rrt down 10 work
This is only practice, you understand" con-
tinucd the senior The iirN, thing W. do is 10
call class meetings and elect captains for our
class teams Then every girl who wants 10 play
anu +, abb" to pass tn" physical examination
for heart trouble, j. allowed 10 come out here and
throw the bail This Kind Of pracic' keep, up
ST. some time. Then the captains select what
they consider the best material. This they form
into temporary team which they pat to work
against a team made up Of the second rate ma
t'IaL The arrangement Is purely tentative
The captain shifts her girls constantly. Zach
daS she makes the personal request VIII You
play c'ntrrcrnUrun tn dhrtchlris ei"dHy'
ar viii you play forward On my side She
shifts the girls until she finds out what position
each one Is suited for. Then she calls for special
p'"'u'' VI WIG "''''g"' P'7'"'"' '"' Mp -
up until the very end III the season. nut albr n
lima she sattlps pretty definitely on her team and
L.
OIL ht SUBS any, Ei''S "'m yam pay III
addition The final arrangement, however, Is
moi made until the last week before The champion-
snip games
Are they are 80 very Important asked the
cr,Jua,o. ,,,J.n, "N,u .,.,L ,i tt.m a. thnurrh
" - ~
they were me CRISIS.
They are, answered the senior When the
,o., bavu,,,,li r,m. ~. j. "a .,cb 9, ,,r,
'"' N"'"ff sum "
weather mat We cannot play You see 'hat II
takes nearly n month To play off all the games.
Inc, ,oo, "a. .sui,r, 49,, ,r,ir.t tho s,nln.
~ W. "N
moreS ana the juniors against lNc freshmen
Then the seniors played tie freshmen and were
ba,ta, I'm, a cl,s. Inns 4, win IA, pomps ont
oe",eh pu' d ''"N' ""' w. ~ '"o '"' ou'
ol 'hrte ana "hth you "un utd"h games 10 INC
number, as We did last year, you find that q good
IL TO-, ,a,riralu
-" ~ '"' ''
does dnylllhg Depend on th'm' lSthe 'ham
pirnship ANYTHING more than a name
"Irdssd il is answered the senior "unye
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