The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12
COLUMBIA'S CHAMPION FIVE.
BASKETBALL TEAM FOR SECOND
SEASON HAS CLEAN SCORE.
Local Players Claim National Intcrcol-
iegiate Title. HAVING Defeated Best or
East and Wcst-This seasons Scores
and Play Observation-Disclosures Wind Up

Iegiatc Title. Having Defeated Hest OF
East and Mcst-Thls Seasons scores
and Play Decentralization Wind Up
BY beating Pennsylvania at basketball
on Friday evening Columbia's team not
unexpectedly finished the season OF 1905
with a clean score in the intercollegiate
series. In the last two years Columbia
has captured the college championship
without single defeat. 1t is a remarkable
showing and cannot be duplicated by any
other team The great work OF the basket
ball PLAYERS has caused much enthusiasm
over the game at the local institution, and
il Ia likely that the team will this year have
the privilege Of wearing the varsity &C.
for the championship Five Of the seven
men who have participated in every game
this season have already won their letters
in other branches OF sport, SO that the
letter. II awarded, will have to be given
anew to but two others, George @. Moore,
Jr.. 'Os college, and Conrad d. Trubenbaoh,
'O5 science. Harry A. Fisher, 05 science:
Chester W Cuthel, '05 college; Marcus l..
Hurley 20 science. Herbert G. Cannon, 'O6
science and Bernard r. Won Sholly, post
graduate. already have the co. Gold
basketballs emblematio Of the champion
ship Of this season also will be given TO
the men.
In the season just ended Columbia beat
Yale Princeton, Cornell and Pennsylvania
each twice In addition, the local team
beat Minnesota. the Western intercollegiate
champion Of 1904, and Wisconsin, the next
best team in the West. On the basis OF
the past two seasons and the victories
over the Mesterners, tho Columbia men
feel fairly entitled TO claim the title OF
national college champions. 1t was a
hard season for the local team, inasmucn
as but six out Of twenty games were played
at homo.
Columbia started out by beating Pratt
Institute in Brooklyn by a score Of 20 to
~. Company + Of Norwalk ono of the
strongest military teams, was defeated
u to o in Norwalk. The third game OF the
schedule was one OF the hardest. The
Central Y. VI. c. A., which up to that time
had not been loser on it's own court in
couple Of years, was the opponent. Column
bia played fast and exciting game with
the Brooklynites, which was a tie at ??
points apiece at the end OF the two halves.
In an extra period Hurley shot goal
from field, winning for Columbia by
FcQTe OF - ~ ~. Inc local I'VE lHtu look
q trp during the Christmas holidays. Tho
first match resulted IN a tie with the New
port Y. NJ. G. A. at Newport. goal by
Fisher won the game on the play on. Fail
River \. NJ. c. 4. was beaten is 10 II and the
Htchburg Y NJ. c. A. by 10 TO 49, All
these teams sfterward united in roasting
Columbia for roughness and crooked work
on tho part OF the officials brought along
by the New Workers and in general showed
that they did not take their defeat In good
part.
The only reverse OF the season for Column
bia came directly after these three games.
All four games were played on consecutive
evening". The Washington Contlnentals OF
Schenectady, the only team which lowered
Columhia's colors in its long schedule last
season, again defeated the Light Blue and
White, by a score OF II TO Z. Columbia
defeated West Point at West Point by
score Of 70 70 Is. just before the Inter
collegiate series began. Cornell was the
first team 20 be met and Columbia won
by 80 10 II. In a game fun OF wraugles
and disputes over tcchnicalities raised
by Steinmetz the captain Of the Wisconsin
FIVE, Columbia defeated the Badgers 81 10
Is. The visitors got all except four points
on fouls and were plninly outplayed. Column
bia beat Cornell at Ithaca by a score Of
y 10 II and wound Up the north Of Jan