The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12
WITH The COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS ~ THE FIELD or SPORT
m East md WEST.
NieasOR, ppNi Won Basketball Victory
-Mlk1r Sport Championships In Gene
Fal-syraewe Satlsned with s. ".
C~Ook-LAmitlnE Princeton schedules

NieaGOR pHl Won Basketball VletOFy
-Mlk1r sport Championships Ia Gene
T~al-syraeuse satlsned With s. "
COok-LlmitinE Princeton schedules
In view Of the result Of the basketball
sones for the national intercollegiate cham
piopship won by Chicago. therc may be
recalled something In this column in Janu-
AIRY, when a comparison was made Of the
college teams Of the two s%ectlons. Al
that time II was said; There has been a
decided improvement ia tho present season
In the quality Of basketball az played in
the colleges Of tho middle West, 80 much
20 az 10 call for w~ohderment, also, regard
ing an East Va. West series, now, however,
thore Is more than a little suspicion that
the Western teams would come Oh very
well in such a competition" .
II IL as we'll that the Pennsylvania and
Chicago teams we've ablo 10 meet this season,
the intercollegiate Basketball League hav-
ing been shelved for a season. The chances
are that It will be a long time before play
in the league il resumed, because the feel
ing In many colleges Ia strongly against
the championship In every form Of sport.
There IL practically M chance for a cham
pion team any more, anyway, so the whole
system Is foolish,
That 10 to say, granted that a big college
team wins all the games on It's schedule
in baseball or football, how can it even
then be called the champion team, except
by It's admirers? II is permitted TO the
admirer Of some other team which the
so-coled champion did not meet TO con-
lecture that II his team had met the other
the title would have passed. Anyway the
comparative score plays a part In football
doping, and that Is used frequently TO reason
out that the champion really isn't.
AZ for college baseball II Is absolutely
impossible 10 figure out the really best team
in q college season, because some small
college In the Southwest that isn't heurd Of
hers may have a team able 10 trim HAIR
ward, Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cor
nell and the others and then cry for more.
That may happen, 30 until there Ia a national
league Of college baseball clubs II Is rather
dlficult TO award a championship.
That has been a great trouble with COL
loge sports. There always has to be a
champion something or other team, and
from the moment that minor sports, 20
called, began 10 10 anything hut minor
the interest in them was heightened by the
formation Of championship leagues. There
arc championships In basketball. gym
n~sstics, wrestling, fencing, swimming,
water polo, soccer, football, lawn tennis,
golf, hockey, lacrosse and others. Many
" these championship leagues owe their
formation 10 some such benevolent spirit
~ this: A college particularly strong
FOR a certain year in a certain minor sport
conceives the idea Of writing 10 some other
college or colleges which support teams
Of the kind 10 suggest making up a league.
This is done TO the greater glory Of the
college with tho strongest team. That OF
course Is not tho invariable way, but in
many cases 1t Is so
Whenever a championship Is in question
tho game loses some Of It's sporting element,
There Is a little too much at stake and q
consequent temptation 10 eyade rules.
Thus, for instance. some colleges which
have the freshman rule have in times past
arranged 20 that this rule would not apply
70 certain varsity minor sports. This is
merely a type Of tho damage playing for a
championship is likely to cause. Whether
there should be championships at all is a
question that is open 70 argument where
the major sports are concerned. II does
appear, In any event, that the holding Of
league series competitions for titles In
every sport will not work best for the in
terests Of college athletics.
However, TO return to the recently played
basketball championship. In the games
between Pennsylvania and Chicago It was
proved o~onclusively that the West has
learned. In the game In the Bartlett gym
nasium the Fasteners we're Of course at a
disadvantage. They had to contend with
shooting at baskets with glass backs. which
naturally made It hard to gauge the flight
and direction Of the ball. They were treated,
too, TO a very different style Of play from
that 10 which they were accustomed.
The Chicago men have developed the
system Of putting the bulk Of the aggressive
work in a game On the guards, judging
from the description given by Pennsyl-
vanla players. The forwards have been
taught 10 loaf under the opponents basket
10 take a long pass there. The Chicago
guards we're exceptionally good and were
able 10 take care Of the Pennsylvania for
wards, and they did manage 10 get In the
long passes. according 10 programme.
very often. The short passing and drb-
bling game OF Pennsylvania The Western
men handled with greater success than
any. other, college the Red and Blue met
earlier In the 0eason.
In the first game Keinath. the leading
scorer Of the Eastern players, did not
make a goal from the Reid. Page, the
great Chicago guard, q ht candidate for
An all America team. attended TO that. The
best Keinath could do was 70 make twelve
out OF fourteen goals from the foul line,
Even had he made the other two Che game
still would have been Chicago'G. The
excuse, II It may be called an excuse, made
on behalf OF the Pennsylvania men In
that ffrst game was that McNlchol. the
For that reason q cloud Ia thrown on the
work Of Sehommer, the Chicago centre
and captain, who In the first game scored
four baskets from the door. making eight |
al Ohicako's 81 points by doing 30. Kiefaber,
who opposed SohommeF. made a basket. |
Speer, who was supposed 10 guard Falls. |
had two baskets made against him. but
made . basket himself. Falls made seven
out Of fifteen tries from the foul line.
The score was 81 TO 10 In favor OF Chicago. |
the bulk Of the scoring Of actual field goals
beng strongly In favor Of the Westerners.
me second game, four days later IN Ph[a-
delphia, showed adaptabihty on the part |
Of the visitors. KeinAth was Cd form In |
this game, which was won, 10 10 IS, by |
Chicago. KeinAth made only o Of ak |
tdea a. foul goals In the hrst half and play
ing On his nj floor. MoNichol was In the |