The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-12
ADIEU TO BASKETBALL.
College Players End season Varsity Up"
for Champion Team.

Play In the intercollegiate Basketball Asso-
citation series ended last ga turday with the
game between Harvard and Yale at New
Haven, in which the Cambridge team won.
The result OF the games in the lea que Ia to put
Pennsylvania first. Columbia second, Har-
ward third, Yale fourth. Princeton NTH
and Cornell sixth. The title OF champion Of
the Intercollegiate association goes to the
Philadelphians. although their claims for
supremacy among the colleges will be con-
tested by Dartmouth. Syracuse and othe n
colleges which play on. small gymnasium
floors and are unbeatable at home. Dart
mouth beat Columbia in New York early In
the season. however. for which credit should
PennsylvanIa last year lost every game e1-
cept one. This season the Philadelphians
bia at Philadelphia, This is the frst time
that the championship has fallen to a college
99t sIigb than Sys1 Ya ,k. or C1Inmbia, o So great is I he
team In the, university that It ia planned to
award to the Aye regular players the uni
lette T has been given for basketball at Penn
sylvania.
In order, that the students OF Pennsylvania
may ne able to see the team In action II has
been arranged 10 hold a game bet ween the
team and an alumni Ave in The franklin Field
gymnasium. There will be special ceremonies
In connection with the game to show how
much Pennsylvanians delight TO honor q win
The season was characterized by con sid
eFa6ls rough play; Harvard vas The chief
with the ball nI's showed 1H hat o0V Gsoiumbla tsp team
was too slow in the early part OF the 3 eason
to compete with the best. In general the
York. teams. Princeton ri a a hkeTse. de-
termined game. but. one lacking ,~fnesse.
Their ,fis sa' t SSn'I bnt tsa rSu 4En. !. a %eaf G ~
fo'ii Is pl GR; e co 1qS 10 started szed t he s %'s.ef'S Win
Cher OF s"S% College, y n0 but pe tss lltR Ra9sRs'sdSi did mot not PAM
out any better than last season. There il a
| bSli Of n,t team earn spirit MTicS Sm Ge.Ii the n ,ha jnd 32sdks,I
determination Of the men stops the five from
winning games At that, the closest games
cept Columbia 2, were with Cornell.
II is likely that changes will be made in
The rules Of basketball for the Sollese en tsa ,hs,
is likely to kill the popularity. OF the, game
sooner or later unless something Is done to
prevent. The rules probably will provide
for heavier penalties for fouls.
The final standing Of the teams In the league
college. WI. PC. c.p,r. W.. PC.
SSSt@${sS5s ! 3: $. S $f s5&fS ! =: y; -
The games of the schedule resulted as
follows:
Pee 20. Columbia u. PENNSYLVANIA ~, at Phila.
c csinSbafidt .an it, o. Havana rfRafGa'E q. Cornell m hf 10. sf Cam Z; az
4 i: fP; :na,y!ysRis & &. f PHS { 5. 5 s # shi psinseIas.
10. Columbia "a. Cornell ia, at Ithaca; 10, Yale On.
Princeton 20, al New Haven: 20. Harvard "a, Prince.
ton : at Cambridge: 2. pennsylvania 50, Yale Q.
Ithaca; 7. Harvard IS. Yale 0. at Cambridge: Q.
Pennsylvania H. Columbla Is. at New York; 10
Princeton 80. Cornell IL. at Ithaca: IA, Princeton
%. Columbia 10. at Princeton. 10, Harvard 81. Prince.
New York; ~, Yale 81. Cornell J, a, New Haven;
L. PcnnsylysnIa o. Harvard IL, at PhIladelphIa;
81. Columbia II. Harvard 10 at Cambridge. -,
Princeton 81, Yale Il. AT Princeton, %. Columbia 81,
Princeton IL. a. New York; g, Pennsylyania Is,
Cornell %. at Philadelphia; "a. Cornell IS. Princeton
Il. at Princeton; 81. Yale II. Columbia IS. at New
Haven; March ,. Pennsylvania %. Yale II. at New
Haven: 8. Harvard "a. Cornell 10, at Ithaca; Q,
Columbia %, Harvard II. at New York; O. Pennsyl.
vania 20, Cornell ~. al Ithaca; 10, Harvard %.
Yale II. at New Haven.
BY defeating Chicago last Friday. Wisconsin
assured the possession of the Western Inter
collegiate basketball championship for an
other year. The Badgers have lost only one
game thus far. while the other colleges are
far behind. Chicago is likely to be second
and Minnesota third.