The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-31
BASKETBALL
SEASON ON.
efand Struggles In Al Big
Leagues Anticipated
HOW THE TEAMS SIZE UP.
In West Chicago Appears Strongest.
In the East No One Team Stands Out
a. Best, but Cornell and Columbia
Look Good.

In the East No One Team Stands Out
a. Best, but Cornell and Columbia
Look Good.
Judging by the intense interest that
is being displayed and the large at
tendance at every game, the 1910 bas-
ketball season will be the greatest the
strenuous and popular indoor game has
ever had. In fact, basketball now oc-
cupies more important place in the
curriculum of college athletics than
ever before. In the east grand strug-
gle is anticipated for the chance of
playing against the winner Of the west
ern title for the national champion
ship.
Yale, Cornell. Princeton, Pennsyl-
vania and Columbia universities are
all represented by strong teams this
season; but, while the honorS seem to
lie among these teams, there are many
other fives to be reckoned with. Take,
for instance, the West Point cadets.
Uncle Sans boys have one of the
strongest teams in the east. while Will
liams, Dartmouth, Penn State, Brown,
Georgetown, Rochester and Syracuse
are all to be reckoned with before the
seasons honors in the east are decided.
OF the so called big six Princeton's
team is the weakest at present, but
the Tigers have several good players,
and the team may show improvement
later. Cornell is represented by one
Of the strongest fives that ever repre-
scented the Ithacans ON the floor. In
Captain Crosby Cornell has one of the
best all around players the game has
ever brought to light. He is splen-
did shot and Cornell's main offense.
AS he is first class man himself.
it is up to him to develop some good
guards and another forward. Last sea-
son he had few green men and whip
ped them into such shape that at the
end of the season the team disputed
the championship with Pennsylvania.
While Yale has lost Eddie Van
Week as center, the coaches have any
number of good subs left. The team
for the present is made up of Captain
Games, guard; Holdenridge and Hyde,
forwards; Scudder, center, and Legg
and Murphy, guards. All these were
regulars last year except Scudder
and Murphy, who were substitutes.
Fred Murphy, the baseball captain
and football halfback, is the best bas-
ketball guard in college. and it Is ex-
pected that he will play In the cham
pionship games. Yale expects to have
a better basketball team than for two
years. although there is no profession
al coach, graduates helping Captain
Games
Although Pennsylvania is minus the
services Of the famous Kienath, one Of
the best basketball players any uni
versity ever had, and the two guards,
McCrudden and Kiefeber, McNichol,
Hough and Spier are left, however,
while Miller, captain of last years
football team, also showed up well last
year in the few games that he played
This in itself is a strong nucleus for a
varsity team.
The prospects for a strong team at
Columbia are very bright. Captain
Ted Kiendl has two of last years subs
and one regular left to help him out
With Mahon and himself for forwards
these two positions will be well taken
care of. Columbia's recent easy de-
feat of Princeton in New York by
score of 40 to 8 shows that the Blue
and White men will be in the thick
est Of the fight from start to finish.
In the west a grand struggle for the
conference championship among the
three big universities-Chica Wis
consin and Minnesota-is in order. OF
the trio Chicago appears to be the
strongest. Although former Captains
Schommer and Georgen are both out
Of the game for good, the Maroons
have strong nucleus upon which to
build up another powerful FIVE in Cap
tain Hoffman, Page and Fulkerson.
guards; Hubble. subcenter, and Clark,
Kelly, Cleary and Henry, forwards.
This squad of veterans will be re-en-
forced and strengthened by several
likely candidates from last years
freshman five
Minnesota has nine veterans of last
years team in Grimes. Mencka, Grant.
Rosenwald, Anderson, LAWYER, Wal
ker, Hanson and Giltinan. Long, Robil-
lard and Clark are some of the fresh
men who are showing exceptional
quality on the floor
Wisconsin will have a powerful five
this season and will undoubtedly make
things warm for their rivals