The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-24
MANAGER CUTHEL REPLIES.
Defends Columbia's Action In Cancelling
ahkeibnll Match WIN MIllinns.

Chester ". Cuthel. oj college. manager Of
the Columbia University basketball team,
yesterday gave out statement anent the
story from Williams College which declared
that the local university had unexpectedly
cancelled date with the New Englanders.
The Williams story said that Columbia either
unsorupulously cancelled dates without giving
the other college chance TO I'll tho time with
another college or else was afraid 10 meet
Williams Manager Cuthel said that neither
OF these statements was true
when Manager Appel OF Williams
arranged for a date back IN September.
he said. Il gave him Feb. Is. with the pro-
viso. according to our rules. that the faculty
committee on athletics should approve the
date. and moreover that II should not be within
week OF any regular championship match.
Tho Williams people were perfectly salts
fed with this. to all intcnts. and purposes
on Nov. q OF last year our schedule went
In for approval Prof Kemp. chairman OF
the university committee on athletics. sent
back letter. saying that he approved all
the dates except Jan and Feb. Is. on these
dates. he said we might play. providing the
men IN absentng themselves from college
did not interfere with their university work
He explained TO us that outs would be al
lowed only when necessary for intercolle-
eiate championship games.
Il forwarded copy OF this letter. or rather
the information in It, to the Williams manage
mont The Williams game preceded by six
DAYS a game with Princeton at New fork
and was three days after n game with the
Tigers at Princeton. and could have been
declared on. according TO the agreement. for
that reason waited, however. thinking II
might be fixed up. Prof. Kemp declared
that laboratory work counted as regular
university work. and that was about the
only thing the players had TO do on saturday.
Feb. Is, the game had to be called on. The
samo thing had to be done with the Jan
meet the Thirty-siXth separate Company
OF Schenectady on that dav.
1T Is unfair TO us 10 say That no notice
was given OF a possibility Of tho dave being
cancelled Had ! wished need only have
waited for the issuance Of the intercollegiate
schedule, which was arranged after my
correspondence with Manager Appel. TO
have called II on then aud there
Far from being averse to PLAYING VIII
lians through fear. wa would like 10 meet
tage 10 us Should. We beat the New Eng
landers Il would mean nothing tor Williams
- by no means the strongest Of the colleges
In that section Williams makes the claim
OF having defeated teams TINT We have beaten
by much larger scores than we rolled up
When 1t ia taken into consideration that We
play on big floor md Williams in little
bit OF place II II easy to understand why
the Willamstovn team can roll up larger
scores on It's home floor than we do when we
play away from home in lttl" place which
disconcerts our men. who arc used TO 40 big u
moor. Last year with three Subsi flutes.
defeated the same team which Williams has
to-day by score OF 10 20 .. | should think
that with our regular team We need not he
accused OF fearing TO meet Williams
The students In general concur with Man
aRer Cuthel. and there ia n feeling that the
Williams attitude IL unnecessary