The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-26
CORNELL DEFEATS
COLUMBIA SO TO IS
Ithacans' Decisive Victory
Shows They Have Chance
for Basketball Title.
BOTH TEAMS CRIPPLED
COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDING

Columbia finished It's home season lac.
nizht in the intercollegiate Raske.b,N
League ~ II began IL six weeks ago
VITA an Overwhelming detca.. 60 rA,'
was the opponent OF ;he badly hatt.-sa
Blu and White i've. and vher ~.
ancient rival got through frol 4 NJ
around the Morninesid. Height. gym.
nas!um columbia had been buried ua1e'
By a score ~ 80 TO -. 4, So, N.
wors, defeat coach Fishers charges hsv.
suffered Il date. and show 81 Cornell to
he the dark horsr IN the race.
The l,hacan team passed WIN such
lightning speed thai Il had Columbia he.
wildcred. long passes with ip'. ~
steam pehiuI them resulted ~ goal.
from field whenever a urWbrr o. 'he
big Red team fe'' Ike Dropping ore in
Murray shelton. the cornell f'o'ui "a.
va. 4 zeiipus aud deadly 81 otter No
Gagged six basket before H. ~, take
out TO give Roth a chance - show a'7i-
self Nca. the ,rd ~ the game Go.eh
sharp had "A team III sro>',g'". y ~
the exception ~ capt. Brow
rolumhia's big scoring vis don. by
buddy Wilber. Litfau.r mad & r,u.
tim. o. IL. and before r't-or rlu'"s
had passed Referee Fau,"r ordered nm
FROM 'he game for commiuUg !n.r p"'
sonal fouls. Wtlhe- succeeded l.t'ausr
ana justified coach fishc! f4tu % nu
The big football TACKLE hIi'' ,.ore7 &.
goal from field all season. He mad. 10,
.or II last night, win tire, h- tg' nj
long archirg tries that swisG-! 'n"ul:,
the mesh with NJ even touching 'h' i-o'
rim. The gallery "he-red him generously
u was the only thinc about 'o,IwNl's
game that deserved much appltus"
While Columbia was crippled hifv
without the services OF capt. N1lH'
Dwyer. cornell was not able To- pr,eeu'
It's strongest; lineup either Toe N.A.
| mead. a veteran guard of three -rtso",.
had been declared inellgi bile to The fic.
ul;y. The Cornell players sad lie M
followed Charley Barrett ana ~
'bus,eI ont" Austin. who sUbs'i'uttA
for Ashmead. didn't come up ,o .Ne
mark of his teammates. but then LI".
den. Brown. Sutterby and Sh.,,o-
showed the best brand Of Basketball
that had been seen ~ Nor "ss' .
Heights this season.
WITH four more games To- play ~
those ~ home cornell s,.rls Ia .h, 'cht
IN stay. \ cheering section oi ss',r.'
hundred sons of Ithaca We're sure =
nigh, that St. team couldn't b. -'"vp'
in It's belated dasl FOR the nth.
The Dartmouth Haskethall team. -
rout. 10 Frirc.thn, Nh're u PLAYS -
Tiger Hve Tonight, Was the que 4
Columbia. Coach Loudon SIT V''
Coach Fisher during the game t'
both said after the game that cor .'
looked mighty dangerous. far more .or
midable than Princeton n P.rrs,'
vania. The lineup
columbia. Positions corr.
kornsand. ....Lef forward.......i. .t'
Leonard Right forward ..... b.
Pureh,rl. ....... '"n'r" .... ~.'.-
Iittau"r. ......I.r guard ....... s ..'-
Weg-r.r. ... .Risht guard ... >'.'.
Score-Corncil. 81. Columbia. e.
from A~eld -Sh-l,on. >. Sutt,-by. . Pow
:. or'n"r Austin. Lun lon, We,
Leonard. Bureharl Goals frcu Cd.
Rrown, ; out Of II. /. uu,gI. u .
STt'erhv, ! out OF ! Roth q
Suhs,tutions--'o-nell o-,r'' '"- %.
den. Fuller for I't'rhy, 'i'.'r
Austin. Roth for shelton. 'ulumHi. "
her for Littsuer, Roberts 30 Hr-'-Ir'
H,tv ~ BIrghtrd R,te~", EiV l..
Yer WeslrVlu Ifnp'rt II Rod s'.-i /.