The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

A gallery OF 1000, including Mayor
Michel and a party Of friends. did not
snder but helped Columbia defeat Yale
" a score of % to is In the Columbia
gymnasium last night In their final inter-
collegiate basketball game. Columbia
leads the league now and will hold 1t until
tuesday night. when Cornell n expected
70 trim Dartmouth In her fnal game and
.au.e tie for first place between the
New Workers. and the big Red team.
A more spec acular game seldom has
been played. Yale tied the score twice
during the hrst half. tralled by a score Of
10 to when the session was finished and
ted the score again early In the second
serlod. Columbia then started q mys,eri-
GUS and nerve racking method Of attack.
eorIn- all kinds OF freak shots with
deadly accuracy. Yale tried to Initiate, but
Arnold was The lone Bulldog to succeed.
He scored three goals, any one OF which
would have teen a feature SHOT had not
Capt Danny Meenan. Kid Benson and
Wal, Dwyer--whose brass band made Il
. gala night for Columbia-,otally
sdIpsed him by hair raising tailies during
tho Intervening moments. Dryer Tot
three from midcout. Benson got one
While balancing on his left ear and
Keenan, bounded through the entire New
Haven quintet and scored with the tricky
Arnold on his back The ball shot through
the basket One armed Meenan and his
adhss.ive adversary landed In the crowd.
The preliminary practice sst the crowd
TO high pitch Of excitement. Benson
dropped In six clean. high shots from mid
court Lee, Dwyer and Burgha-d fol-
lowed suit The Mayor smiled at Ben
soa and II was noticed that he kept his
interest divided between the game Kid
and the gamer Meenan througho out thu
game. Later the Mayor. In whose party
vas Mrs. John Purroy Mitchell, r. r.
Seward E. A. Cardo1o and J. d. Pell. was
asked what he thought Of the game.
Bully" he exclaimed. Then. like q
child who has had something that ne
would like more OF. asked. when will
Cornell and Columbia play of the tie?"
What do you think Of that mite Of q
ashter, Kid Benson. who does q lot Of
damage and gets away with itr' he was
asked
Hes wonder at getting away with
t ~ you said" smiled the Mayor.
And Meenan?"
The gamest athlete ] ever have seen
Play" concluded the city's chief executive
But Benson did more than smash the
attack OF the powerful Blue team. He
scored eleven welcomed points. Out OF
two field goals. Benson got his hrst
'pportunity early In the fray. Swihart
an with the ball and the Kid took free
trial While posed to shoot Meenan broke
he silence. Make II good. Kid" he half
whispered. First blood! Kid made good
The personnel OF the Columbia team
vas changed. Wagner. the freshman
centre, was benchsd because Of . bad
ankle and Burghard substituted for him.
Msenan was moved to right guard from
right forward because A. Wilson. the big
Tale quarterback. who unused up the CO.
lumba captain last week. was still on
DUTY The change was . clever move. for
Les held Wilson down commsndably.
II was not decided last night whether
Cornell and Columbia will play on the
probable tie. Coach Fisher said the fac
MY consent would have TO be gained and
mat the game would have to be played In
New York The lineup: