The sun., 1907-03-03
WITH THE COLLEGE ATHLETES.
DOENGS IN THE FIELD or SPORT
IN EAST AND WEST.


Authorities Find Conditions Right
What Dartmouth has done this season I,
basketball comes very near emitting tn,
Hanover men to any intercollegiate cham.
plonship, 80 called, that may be figured
out. That depends Of course larE ely or
whether Yale wis the championship OF ths
regular intercollegiate basketball lea e ue
made up OF Columbia, Cornell Harvard
Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale. Al
present the Indications are that Yale will
be the leader in this org nization. The
handy victory OF Dartmouth over Yale not
30 long since shows the quality Of the
Hanoverians.
The credit for the practically unbroken
series Of victories OF Dartmouth is assigned
TO the captain OF the team, George w. Gre
bernstein. 0rebenstein Is considered one
OF the fastest forwards in ths college world
He has played on the team since he entered
college and during that time he has met
and outplayed most OF the crack guards.
Last season he was picked for the all New
England oollVgs basketball Ave. His best
work was in the lme G Ainst Pennsylva "a MIA
this year at Hanover. A. the time the
| Quakers had all the prestige Of being the
holders OF the championship Of the inter
collegiate league. Grebenstein scored "a
points by field baskets out Of 81 made by
Dartmouth. Pennsylvania got only Is
points in the game.
Grebenstein built up his team around
two veterans OF the 1900 Ave. when the
season opened only he and Lang were in
| college. Lang 10 a very fast player at
centre and an unusual man because. al
though he weighs 200 pounds. he is very
active. He was q tackle on the football
team last fall and learned how to handle
his weight in that place. Lang made the
basketball team a. freshman and showed
such aptitude in his play that he was named
for the all New England Ave.
OF the new men on the team Richard
Lane had years experience as a substitute
guard He is a hard man to score on and
besides Ia an accurate shot. He was out Of
the game for a time and his place was taken
by Dingle, who prepared at Williston and
learned the game there. Dingle improved
his opportunity and showed that he was
likely to be a first rate man for next season
at any event.
Dartmouth was very fortunate in getting
Schildmiller, who was at Cornell two seasons
ago and played football there He played
basketball in his prep school, too. Schild-
miller guards closely. but has developed a
habit Of stealing away from his man 10
take an unexpected pass. Throughout the
season he has excelled in this respect and
has scored as many baskets a. his opponents,
a rare record for a guard.
Francis Brady. the other forward on the
team. is a freshman. He played a great
deal in practice before it was seen what a
hA Ia har oh 20 bal
out great DEAL because the opposing teams
generally have put the best guard against
Grebenstein. Brady. who is a good shot,
thus has been let more alone. When fed
the ball by mis- teammates. when attention
was being called to Grebenstein. he generally
managed TO alp in goal
Dartmouth this year has stuck more to
the passing than the dribbling game. The
whole idea is 70 keep passing the ball about,
getting all the men in the play and then
working it down under the basket before
shooting. Owing to the strong guards,
the rival teams have been unable TO break
through for large scores, while the Dart
mouth men have pretty consistently made
goals whenever they had a chance. because
the ball was near the basket.
Dartmouth, incidentally, last season had
the unusual record Of being the first college
team to defeat Columbia in three seasons
The New Workers. won the league champion
ship in 1904 and 1905 and had not been beaten
by any college team in that time. IL was
the first game of their third season in which
they met Dartmouth, and although the score
was very small. the Hanoverians made just
a point or 90 more than Columbia. The
victory on the Columbia floor shows that
the Dartmouth team had plenty OF good
fighting stun in II.
About a year ago the trustees OF the
University of Illinois appointed a COM
mittee TO investiga the alleged abuses Of
h. ~ inf IN "a MT
report Of this committee, which has just
been received is one Of the most complete
and thoroughgoing Of its kind, based upon
one OF the most complete investigations
ever made by any college or university in
the United States.
The investigation extended over nearly
twelve months and took in every form OF
athletics and all the charges against the
abuses in the organization and manage
ment OF college athletics. The final finding
OF the committee, as far as relates to the
University Of Illinois, is summarized very
briefly. 1t is announced, too that the
athletic board considers that in most COL
leges the same conditions obtain.
The report says: First, the management
and control Of athletics in the university
are exercised by a satisfactory orgsniza-
tion, the general athletic board, consisting
Of representatives from the students.
faculty and alumni.
Second. the funds which have been re-
CelVou ana pdlO OUT III past years nave
been properly and honestly accounted for.
Third, no improper influences have
been used 10 obtain players in teams or
to win contests and games with other edu-
cational institutions.
Fourth, that the general practice Of the
several forms Of athletics by the great body
Of students Of the university, induced largely
by the interest developed among the stu
dents through the great college and inter-
collegiate games, Ia good, far outweighing
the possible or alleged harm resulting from
contest games with other institutions"
The University Of Illinois Press Bulletin
says Of the report simply: "The bearing Of
such a report made by people outside the
faculties Of the student body is self-ovident
and will go long way toward resasuring
the general public as to many Of the charges
currently made against the system OF inter-
collegiate athletics"
The advisory board Of the athletic asso-
citation Of the University OF Virginia has
decided to establish a graduate system Of
coaching in football. This decision ia in
conformity with the wishes Of the faculty.
For the position Hammond johnson, 'O7,
has been chosen field coach. He il con-
sidered one Of the most brilliant players |
who ever represented Virginia on the grid
iron, and has been prominent as a member
Of the all Southern team for two seasons. |
IL is announced that the Virginia coaching |
system will follow closely the Yale idea.
This Ia not unnatural in view Of the fact |
that the first and best coaching that Vir- |
ginia had was from q. +. Sanford, the !
old Yale player. who had coached Columbia |
b,F,-a 0Cin0 t, Vir0inia The FOundafiODs |