The sun., 1916-12-17
Observation-Disclosures
IN The LIMELiGHI
Popular Indoor Sport Keeps
Collcgians Busy on Many
Courts.
INVENTED BY NA1SMITn
ny SOL METZGER,
Coach Washington md JrHcrso,
Football Team.

ny SOL METZGER.
Coach Washington md JcMcrso,
Football Team.
The opening OF the intcrcollera.
basketball season Saturday night viii
Princeton playing Cornell at 1,hae,
nee more centres attention upon m,
splendid indoor sport which Is proyr,
more popular each eason among n.
various colleges. Indeed. basketball /,
crowding baseball. rowing and trar.
In point OF interest n strange cona.
ton when It's brief history Is reviewed
The game was invented In 1891 BY
DR.. James A. Naismith. now Of the Tn.
vers,ty OF Kansas n o. member o.
the Joint Committee on Basketbaa
Rules. when he was an instructor a,
ue Y. NJ. C. A. Training School a,
Springfield. This accounts for the In.
tcrest taken In II by the Y. NJ. 6. A
and its adoption in many foreign land,
No competitive sport-not even base.
ball following the civil war-evcr grew
SO rapidly in popular favor In It's arr
few years OF life.
II was not until ton years after \,
invention that the game was given mucs
recognition by the colleges. In laoi.0.
the first intercollegiate league vi,
formed in the East. with Harvard, whict
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was iihnIy asr'.u upon. .noush 'o''
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SO widespread has hecn tile inters,,
in the game that II may he said that
recently become standardized In fac.
me i9lo-l'io 'oue way we ilt't UNI
form one adopted ana " met win SUE \
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pay our ruleS or ioSr' l~'r guam
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mentals agree u,or tc,r uo,t :,
greater degree is hound a. resn,. ,,i
I no other spor,. excep,Inr football ID.
more apprecia,ed hy both nl,,c- ara
spectator.
Eastern situation.
rh. ou,,,or IN. ,ho ,,u.,,,
tba Eas,.rn tn,ornou 49, 80
mn r,,cnio,,v ..;n,, ,on
for tho bomn,o,.ht, bcr,
ho on VIII he asain coaghSl BY
to MI three vacancies. ms Car,ain "
Nichol. guard and .Jefo-d ro,,re are
the only regulars back.
Martin. forward, NAV become olIc'tI.
after the midycar %xa,niDatlop I'm, ,re,
the race is half run. Connolly is is
man looked upon TO MI Martins shoe.
as he PLAYED the position c,nahlv again.
Princeton in the playof last spr NJ
Evans. forward two wear. AGO I'm, 49,.
last year, is annthe- man out ,o- , Ma.
! John Clark, centre LAWN. forva.d ..
last years freshmen: Emory. quart "a
Williams. Nlu GIry,o and March al, no
q A p.n tfxa nal Isl,. ,,l -. -.
subs, are the men who Will nrh, 4, oi.
for place. Penn should he In ,ps run.
ming this year.
Princeton, under Coach Fred Iuahrir
has bright p~rospects. as The team vii f.
made up from tho following candld,,os
Captain Hass, forward or guard r NJ
so On. forward; Rahill, guard Cu,,t
guard. and Foster. forw ard or Ruatd
OF last years varsity. In additior. Tr.
mele. forward: Eddy, guard Film. fr.
ward or centre, and McGraw. the FOOT.
ball tackle. who will try out for cer'r'
are the new men OF promise.
wealth 81 Material At Yale.
Yale looks particularly strong wiz 4
wealth Of material and Bernie Ton.
mers. a former varsity pitcher and "a.
ketball star. as coach. Charley Tai.
captain. will be used al gut-i this SEA-
son. his. rightful place .Mallor, guar
should star there this year. Kinney ".
likely go to forward. as he led tho lesgl'
IN scoring last season Garnc'd, -
pitcher. will have first col ~ cc"'''
where ne showed well last year os"
the Football manager. Is likely "a mas
q Forward. and II will b" a task kcGoH'
lie Soro ana La Roche. both rTld r0'
Stars. on the team. Rhett, wh1 I'svet
two years ago and was barred last ,''
because or the Cuoguo incident. II n az
dldatc, Wplner is the only rCcu',r 10