Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-26
TTTLE WITHIN REACH
OF PENNiS QUINTET
o,uhers Parcel Out 29-I8
Defeat to Chicago and
Epen Series-Shoud Win
Tomorrow |
CAME VERY ROUGH
pv EDWIN j. POLLOCK

BY EDWIN j. POLLOCK
ruE intercollegiate basketball cham
niopship of America is dangling be-
,,,e the eyes Of Pcnnsylvania's nimble
players. j..
peaten, 2S to "a, in the FIRST start of
N. titular series, the sons of Ben
rankin exhibited once more the spirit
y the institutions founder last night,
rb.p they carried Chicago's tall tossers
,be sweep of q merciless drive into
n. depths Of a 20-1S defeat.
The victory-earned in the sweat of
,,nt;nued. determined and skilled team
,Ior--places the Red and Blue on even
arms with the wiry westerners in the
sr;es for Americas blue ribbon. The
$s;rd and final game will be decided on
bs % court of the Princeton gymnasium
tomorrow night.
crowd Packed, But Happy
Weipbtman Halls meager seating
,.nacity was taxed as never before.
rIose TO 5000 sat. stood and hung from
,on beams. IL ever you have cuddled
aside a can of sardines you have an
|dsa what It was like to be among those
nresept. The only difference was that
kardines have room to wink.
But IL was a Pennsylvania crowd
nd everybody was happy. What's a
S;ttle lam when the boys are winning!
Vhen they're not winning-well, that's
komething else again.
Penn won, and won in n manner that
at no doubt as to the superior quintet.
.The Red and Blue team play had 1t on
In, Windy City combination like a con-
rrete post has it on a hairpin. Chicago
has heighth, the players are tall and
Rsile and they have splendid eyes for
k6e basket, but the Quakers have a
better system Of team play. and ut that
khey have not shown as we'll as they
have previously this season.
Both teams played rough, hard
Basketball. it was a case of shake
hands and step back. Bad feeling ex
listed between the players at all times,
[and on several occasions it looked as
In blows would be struck. Pat Page,
the coach, and the whole Chicago
keam raved at the officials, Deering
|snd O'Shea, and at one time threatened
Ito leave the floor. ... -...
George Sweeney, as usual. con
|tributed more heavily to Penn's totaI
|than any other player. The Quaker
|star dropped fifteen fouls through the
met out Of twenty one chances, and also
|cared one field goal. In the two games
Penn has registered fifty three counters
land thirty five of them have been made
|by the Atlantic City youth.
Danny McNichol was the defensive
hero. Daniel interfered no more with
1.-The Chicago passing than blizzard in
|terferes with traffic. Besides. hi
|bagsed two field goals, both Of which
were from beyond the center of thu
court His first was the opening goa
Of the game. ..
Huntzinger Comes Through 80,
Captain Peck also was thorn in
Chicago's side, and Huntzinger. who
started at center, in place of Grave
the regular jumper, came through like
veteran. Huntzinger netted one
basket and played the floor well. HI
made good when heAwas needed most.
Rosenast, besides getting two field
goals, covered the floor like varnish
despite the fact that he was used NJ
considerably.
Penn outscored Chicago from th'
field, z to 5, the fouls making up fo
the rest Of the margin of victory. The
westerners fouled too often for cham
| pionship team. Twenty one fouls wer'
called on them by the eastern officials
Only eight were called at Chicago by
western arbiters. @
bhreo Scorers
Birkhoff, Halliday and Vollmer did
|nll the scoring for Pages passers.
IBirkboff led with out Of IA fouls