The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26
START OF CORNELL
FIVE ENCOURAGING
Basketball Victory Over
Princeton Comes as Agree
able Surprise.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
ITHACA. N. Y. Dec. 25.-Greatly en-
couraged by their victory over Princeton
In the opening game Of the IntercoIlegi-
ate Basketball League. a victory which
to the Cornell undergraduate body at
least was more or less unexpected. the
Cornell basketball team will start next
week on Christmas holiday trip which
will take them to Columbus, O.. Pitts
burg and Buffalo.
The players went home for the Christ
mas holidays, but they will assemble
in Rochester next Thursday to meet
their coach, Ortner. and proceed from
there to Columbus where they will play
Ohio State on December 81 From
there they will go to Pittsburg to play
Yale on January / and University of
pttsburg on January 3. the first basket.
ball game ever played between these
two institutions. On their way back
to Ithaca the team will stop at Buffalo
to play the University Of Buffalo on
January 4 and they will be back on
their own court January to begin
special training for the game with SYRIA
cuse early>in January.
trip are Molinet. captain; Cornish,
Ripple Pope Sidman. Barkalew. Crab
tree, Knauss and Sheppard.
The teams showing gainst Princeton
was very encouraging, considering that
1t was the first game of the season.
The game established that the ithacans
team play was still somewhat crude and
that II needs lot Of practice In basket
shooting. but there Is no doubt that the
makings of a real basketball team are
there. The work Of Cornish at for
ward was a distinct surprise. Last year
he was used at guard. but II he keeps
up the standard he set in the Princeton
game he win be a distinct asset to
the team. Molinet seems to be hitting
his old stride while Sdman, though
a little chap. Is playing fine guarding
game and his throwing of foul goals
is very accurate. or the new men
Barka lew and Pope are showing much
promise and Ortner expects some Of
the other varsity newcomers to come
through on the trip.
Plea for Three Mile Course.
If John Hoyle. coach of the Cornell
navy. has his way. Cornell will vote
against the Columbia proposal to restore
the four mile race at Pouehkeepsie next
year AS Hoye is responsible for the
real Job of developing the crews It is
likely that his views will be con-
trolling.
According to Hoyle the three mile race
never has had real trial. and It GER
tainly ought to have one before there is
talk of making the Pouehkeepsie dis
lance four miles again. He claims that
the race will lose none of it's charm or
INF 80 ha
four miles to three, nor win the rivalry
for honors be any less keen than 1t was
In the past.
ut is a lot easier TO train a crew
which has been rowing two miles to row
three than IL Is to train that crew to
row four miles" sai- Hoyle in discuss
ing the Columbia proposal THE early
season races are with representative
crews which Insist on meeting the best
crews OF their opponents. They want 70
race varsity crews. not junior or sub
stitute Fights. Az this varsity crew Is
generally the same that rows In the IN
ercollegiates and as the early season
races are only two miles in length the
crew must be retrained for the addi-
tional mile or two.
] 81 believe that II is much easier and
better for the men to train crew 10
/ row an auuiuonal H'le IMAM 10 ualn II
to row two additional miles"
! AS for interest, n three mile race will
be Just as exciting and Just as much OF
battle as a four mile race The diff
ference in the time required to row them
will not be enough to dim nish interest.
Moreover. he says that the three mile
race Is much less OF a strain on the
oarsmen. and despite the claims OF OPP
moments II will not be a two mi'e drag
and a mile squirt. He strongly urges
that II be given n thorough trial, and
II II does not work out then will II b.
apropos TO consider going back TO the
old course.