New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
INDOOR MEN BUSY
COLUMBIA WAKES UP.
Sir Teams at WOrI; on Norm
ingsidc Heights.

week. bdShftDdil II anu hANa1S Ah"' f'N
the leading indoor sport at Columbia. and
this winter will find no great change In the
old order. although the disbandins OF the
intercollegiate association has undoubtedly
taken away some OF the interest that for
merly attached itself To the struggles for
intercollegiate supremacy that took place
in the Morningsiee Heights gymnasium
One other factor that IS against the bas-
ketbsll enthusiasts this year is the loss OF
practically last years championship hve'
Theodore Kiendl. 10 the captain. being the
only member of the team still eligible
Then, too. the faculty has seen Mt to make
some slight changes in the examination
schedule for the end of the mid-term work
and there has been a consequent shiftins
around Of the basketball dates Thinss
have only shaped themselves during the
last week. but the best the manager can
do is 10 announce the home games Tor ths
coming season There will be seven OF
these I'm all. the first. that with Trinity
College. coming on December 3. Then fol-
low. on the 10th and 18th. Georgetown ana
PENNSYLVANIA State. There is a break IN
the home game list I'm the Christmas hol-
days. for the team is preparing to take
trip as far as Washington i'm the recess.
and the first contest on the floor after "
returns is with Princeton. on January =
After that come Wesleyan, on January H.
and Pennsylvania and Yale. on February
and u. respectively. those being the annual
Junior week and alumni day games at 70
lumbia The season will close, as last
wear. with a game with Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia This comes on February o.
From present indications. the team will
not be 80 strong II was last season. Tot
MeIitzer. one of the fastest forwards that
centre. who were the backbone of the team.
were lost BY graduation. and there Is no
doubt that their loss will lie felt. TO sue
ceed Melitzer, Harry Fisher. the coach. has
a likely man in Benson. VINO played on the
freshman FIVE two years ago and was
substitute last winter. Benson Is shifty on
his feet, but he is not nearly so good a
man I'm taking the ball down the floor.
Ryan's place will probably go 10 Rohan.
the centre of last years freshman team
Rohan is having a hard night with ;. b.
Spencer but as he excels Spencer IN shoot
ing and covers his man better, there can
be little doubt as 70 who will get the call
MahOn. who substituted al guard for &C.
russi last winter, Is one OF the best men
for such a place. while the other VIII
probably go to r. H. Osterhouts 10. who
played on his freshman team but has
given his time 10 baseball since then
Osterhout is not speedy plsyer. but he
works into the team play. and that Is what
Fisher is after. OF course. Kiendl will be
the other forward
The one sport i'm which Columbia has
failed TO mako much OF showing in the
last two years has been wrestling. but
those who have watched the present squad
at work I'm the gymnasium say that some
men are being developed who will be heard
from later I'm the season. when the dual
meets come around. Under the direction
Of Fred Narganes. formerly of Columbia
and the New York Athletic Club. great
strides have been made in the coaching
system
No schedule has been announced for the
swimming team yet. but 1t is not probable
that any exhibitions will be held before
Christmas. except probably the meet with
the West Side branch of the Young Mems
Christian Association. which has come To
be an annual event. MacKinlsy is the only
man who is lost this year whose absence
will be felt for in the last three years he
has been constant point winner in the
shorter swims and dashes. To take his
place, however, there are Babcock, the
track captain, AMI F. Culman, of last
springs freshman crew. Both Babcock and
CUlman. with Bulleyn. another Oarsman,
did good work I'm the tank last winter and
should get some points in the swims.
Arkush will also be eligible this year. and
will ill in on the relay team. In the plunge
and dive there is some good material. Cap
tain Barker being capable Of plunging
more than sixty feet
With H. Bissel playing forward. the
water polo team should not be so badly of.
for Pel captain: Sternberg and Arkush
have all had couple of years experience,
and there are Culman and Buueyn. both
of whom well able to take care OF
themselves What effect the new rules will
have IL is hard TO say until they have
been tried out, but in practice the Column
bia regular team has shown up we'll
against the scrub
BOjus Will probably have n hard time
of il with the gymnastic team for all threa
point winners in last years intercollegiate
championship team have left college and
there are left only two or three men who
have had any experience at all. OF these
w. II. Wheeler 10 probably knows mora
about appearing i'm competition than the
others, for he won a tie In the horse two
years ago. lie was not in college last wear
So far there has been difficulty in getting
men out for the team. but this will prob
ably be eliminated during the present
week. when the coach takes hold of IN.
men regularly.
Hockey Is coming along pretty nicely
under the coaching OF r. L. Won Rernutb
'Oi. and r. h. Murphy. the CAPTAIN. For
the last three weeks the men have been
shooting and passing I'm the handhaU
courts but beginning on Tuesday night tbev
will take up regular work on the ice at
the St Nicholas Rink. Arrangements have
been made for the Columbia PLAYERS IN
have the Ice on Tuesday and Tbursda,.
evenings for a limited time throughout the
season. This is better than in any nre-
vious year, because then the ice at The
rink was available to the Columbia plav-
ers for Only an hour or so three MORNINGS
a week between the hours OF $50 and IN
All the men who played hockey last season
have not been reporting to Captain Muir
ply for the preliminary work, but IL IL ex-
pected that they win show up regularly,
ct the rink OF the old men back besides
Murphy, there is the nucleus for a fair
team i'm Nathan. Barnum. Fred Murphv
and Lovejoy.
Bernie Wefers has not announced inst
what he is going TO do with his track me-,
but il is very probable that he will bava
them entered in numerous indoor corone,,-
ttOns during the winter. working up In thu
Columbia games. which come on March !,
Wefers picked out several men from ,ha
regular gymnasium classes when tbs,-