New-York tribune., 1911-02-18
COLUMBIA CRUSH[S YR|
0verWheIms Blue in Rs.,
Basketball Game.
VISITORS FIGHT FIsRcElY|
Make Twenty-six Fouls-o..,
win Knocks Out Three o,
Murray Lees Teeth

rolumoias undefeated basks,,.,
mas sun to he beaten. for in a ,or.x@
tumble game in the Columbia sv,s"
last night IL sent the Yale Nv. da.-'
crushing defeat by score Of xs,
from start 10 finish Columbia o,,.s
Yale and was never in danger. hy, ~
second half. with all chances for ,I.sy
gone the visitors gave themselvs. -
disgraceful tactics. which culnin,,.,
Goodwin. Yale forward. swung o, ~
ray Lee. Columbia's guard and sra,
bail pitcher, and knocked three te.,s
Lee was stunned for q momen, a.
game had to be stopped while h. os,.t
momentary relief. but he piuckuv
tinued and did not retire until the
was practically over. Meanwhile Gooa..
foul was passed unnoticed by the on..
Fauver, Of Oberlln. and Cartvrig1,
Swsrthmore. and not even a techni,,,
was called.
The story Of the contest Is be,, ,o,,
the fact that in all twenty-slx foul, =.
called on the Yale team half OF vhirh :,
personal and indicated deliberate foul "a
ing on the part OF the Yale five Colp-,.
on the other hand. although Il plav.S
hard. close guarding game. foued ouIv II
times. In the last minutes OF the co,,-I
Finnessy ard Goodwin. captain and I'll
ward OF the Yale five, were within an al
OF being sent from the game, each har.,|
made four personal fouls on the colg-s'|
team.
AS a game. however. Columbia Item,
played all around the visitors and had Ia,
guessing from the start. Kendl ri
Mahon. the Columbia forwards, ou,,ts|
all others on the floor and time and ,u,|
led fierce onslaughts on the Yale gz|
They broke up Yales play and had 40 Ell
fculty In working the ball down the e.
through the Blue guards. Yale had ",
little opportunity 10 advance the ball n
cause of the close guarding Of the Colurs.
five. and it's advances were checked Il Z.
bud time after time. thanks 10 srlsr.g
work by Lee and Alexander.
Finnessy was the life Of the Blue fv. "
on him the team pivotod He was al cry
the floor in the first half when he pare.
forward. and again in the second prH
when he took Brinsmade's place at s,cs
Goodwin played a strong game whei II
entered the contest in the second hall, i.
on the whole. the Yale FIVE did little ess
than hang on 10 the lightning Colgrsi
combination as il worked down the eocr
Some idea OF the character OF the cor's
can be learned from the fact that d a
first eight points scored all were mads I
free tries after fouls. When the tts-l
really settled down the score stood al ~
Kiendl and Finnessy each having s07
four times from the foul line. II was u
that the Columbia team opened UP its u
teries. and in a few moments had rus
a lead that Yale was never In danss
overcoming.
Lee got the first goal from the field az
about ten minutes OF play, and In ancci
minute Alexander followed with spls,1
shot from the side OF the court that v
good for two more points. After that ~
was hopelessly out OF IT, and at ts q
of the half the score was l5 TO II ns'
of the Blue and White.
II was desperate attempt that the y
made TO come back in the second haa
IL was OF no avail. for Columbia VIZ
team OF second string men, was abe
hold them off with little difficulty. Tovs'
tho end of the half Goodwin scored Yia
only goal from the field in the hall. OIL
easy chance from under the basket "
It was left unprotected.