Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-24
WlTHTHE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Ooine' in the Field Of Sport in the
East and West
INTERCOLLEGIATE BASKET BALL SEASON
Nipples on the Calm water. NJ
College RELATIONSHIP Am-Easterp
Team which Would Make An
Effective Five.

members OF an association ordinarily re-
markable for harmony OF feeling. II is
only testimony to the careful admins
tration OF the league Of which Yale, Co.
lumbia, Pennsylvania, Harvard Princeton
and Cornell are members that not much
has been made public property before
Columbia naturally is a little disgruntled
over the fact Of losing the championship,
or at least Of tying for it, and there are
several facts that add to the chagrin OF
the local players.
Among other things, II Is reclted that
on the occasion Of the Yale Pennsylvania |
game in New Haven, to which the inter-
collegiate basket ball rules committee had
assigned g. Walter Randall OF Harvard as
referee, the manager Of the Yale team,
Chapin, arranged for two referees the
other TO be II. G. Lochmuller. a local man.
In spite OF the fact that the two officials
were agreed upon, Lochmuller never re-
celved notice to come to New Haven.
When the time for the game came Ran
COLL naturally was the only man there to
officiate. The argument which arose from
Randalrs work in Philadelphia in a pre-
vipus game had prejudiced the Pennsyl-
vania men against him.
Eventually IL was agreed that one
player from either team should be named.
capacity
of umpires. It was testified by a man
who saw the game, and is member of
the rules committee, that Pennsylvania
should have won the game on anything like
fair work.
Again, in the final game Of the season,
that between Harvard and Yale in New
Haven, the Yale manager was response
BILE for having referee A. II. Sharpe,
the former Yale athlete The rules COM
mittee had assigned to the game Loeb
muller, because 1t was expressly desired
that no man with Affiliations with one
college or the other should act as an Of
fcial at any games OF the league. 1t is
declared by the same member of the rules
committee who is responsible for the fore
going statements that Lochmuller was re-
fused permission to go on the Yale floor on
the occasion Of that highly important
game
Yale certainly violated the spirit OF the
rules Of the game by having official other
than the one assigned and II is declared
that both the games in which the New
Haven men won victories might be thrown
out In case of a protest. 1t is considered
extremely unlikely that a protest will be
made, because the teams are not usually
kickers.
1t is considered that Yale was rather
lucky in getting away with the champion
ship. Many men who know basket ball say
that they believe that Pennsylvania had by
all odds the best team in the league. In
ternal discussions ruined the chances of the
ouakers. There was trouble between Cap
tain Flint and Keinath. and when they
were in a game together the team work
suffered. 1t was lucky for Pennsylvania
and unfortunate for Columbia that Keineth
in, alp In, he In,
where Columbia was beaten and thus
thrown out OF the race for the champion
ship.
Pennsylvania has cause Of complaint
against Yale for using, in the game be-
tween Pennsylvania and Yale in Phila-
dolphia, Murphy, a freshman player. The
., Quakers point out that he was not used
IN the games with Princeton, which were
governed by a special freshman agreement
between the two colleges. They say that
as Pennsylvania also has a freshman rule
II Is not fair to use man Of a class
that Pennsylvania was unable to call upon
At any event there is some feeling Of
soreness over this point.
II is suggested that the only thing TO be
done, to handle such points as the fore
going, as well as in dealing with such a
situation as arose when Harvard and Penn
sylvania broke their scheduled agreements
for games, is to form an executive commit
tee in college basket ball. At present there
is merely a rules committee, which makes
plans and suggestions, but which apparently
has not the power to enforce its recon-
mendations. II is more than likely that at
the next meeting OF the rules committee,
which will not be held until next spring
such an executive committee will be
formed. There is no penalty for violation
OF rules and things are run in a haphazard
style. This is through no fault OF the
rules committee, which is a hard working
body and one that Is eager for the best
that can be had. Basket ball has gotten
10 a stage where It would be very hard
for the colleges 20 he forced into disuuion.
on the basis Of what has been done this
season in the great indoor game there are
many suggestions as TO what would make
an effective all-collegate FIVE. There are
several players who stand out very promi-
nently, ana picking them on the basis OF
the work they have done in their regularly
assigned positions they would earn places.
Such men. for instance. as Kinney OF Yale
and Keinath OF Pennsylvania would be
first choice for forwards. Ryan Of Column
bia would make an admirable center Noyes
Of Yale would be n first rate guard. How
ever, when these four are chosen II Is hard
Hurley OF Columbia was on the defensive
the best guard or the year. He covered
Kinney in admirable style In the two Yale
Columbia games. The New Haven man
got one goal in each game on Hurley. ON
the other hand Hurley scored twice on
Kinney in New York and once IN New
Haven. This is exceptional work. How
ever. Il Is fair to say that Hurley did not
play his game OF other seasons He has
scored more points than his man in almost
every game In foregoing seasons. This year
he was chiefly the defensive guard.
Il Is suggested that possibly a shift from
orthodox positions might give team OF
fine scoring capabilities. Kinney. OF course,
as the fastest forward Of the year and the
most accurate and deadly shot, would hold
down one forward place. The other could
be assigned 10 Melitzer OF Columbia. He
Is one OF the best men possible TO get. He
"a lightning fast on the start; gets the
center pass better than any other man
playing the place and In fact never misses
II; he is strong and can hold the ball;
plvots quickly on the one, two. three play
and is almost always able TO drihble his
way 70 the basket. That was his long suit
with the Columbia team this year. His
only difficulty was that he was not much