Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-28
PENN ATHLETES WON
3 TITLES DURING 1920
Basketball Track and Soccer Championships Ciue Red
and Blue the Lead Among Big Colleges-BasebaH
FftyFfty affair

u,uE fading year 1920 has brought
J. much athletic glory to the Univer-
s,,v Of Pennsylvania. Athletes wear
INC the red and blue made the year n
memorable one by winning three cham
nionships, the best record of any of the
bip colleges. The Naval Academy also
non three championships, but not one
of the branches in which the title was
.,on can be construed as n major sport.
Pom earned the basketball title of
Ono Intercollegiate league and of Amer
lon captured the intercollegiate track
md field championship and for the sec
nnJ successive year brought the soccer
tronby to Houston Hall. The Navy
won its titles in boxing, gymnastics and
Soncinr considered only minor sports
in the collegiate category.
The Penn basketball quintet brought
nrobably more athletic renowR to the
University during 1920 than any other
foam. Starting opt with five victories
before the first Of the year, the team
composed of Sweeney and Rosenast for
wards +: Bill Grade. center; Danny Nc
Nichol and Captain Peck at guard, the
same five starting every game, con
t;nued on an unbroken string of victo-
ries that mounted to nineteen before the
repular season closed. Not one mem
her of the Intercollegiate League could
stop Penn during the season.
Penn State, with one Of the best
teams in that colleges history, suffered
its only reverse Of the year at the hands
of Penn by two point margin. Sew
erol teams came to Weightman Hall with
records of never having been defeated
only to be routed by Captain Peck and
his mates. The longest basketball game
ever staged in the Intercollegiate League
took place in Weightman Hall between
Penn and Princeton. 1t required four
extra periods to decide the victor, and
Penn won out by n margin Of three
points when the players on both teams
we're well nigh exhausted.
After winning the intercollegiate title
Penn was challenged by Chicago, cham
MONS of the Western Conference. 1t
Wns decided to play three games, the
first in Chicago and the second in this
city. and the third, if necessary, on q
neutral floor. For the first time during
the wear the Red and Blue suffered de-
feat in the opening game in Chicago.
A victory was scored here, and in the
memorable third game in the Princeton
gymnasium the Red and Blue triumphed.
Sharing in the glory of the year with
the regular members Of the quintet was
Walter Huntzinger. substitute center and
forward, whose playing accounted for
more than one victory in the closing
minutes of play. Milt Fucker, Bill
BOYLE and Joe Yates also had much to
do with the success of the team.
Close Track Victory
Probably one of the biggest sur.
nrises of the year was the victory Of
Coach Lawson Robertson's track and
field team in the intercollegiate cham
pionships. Princeton. the favorite,
was beaten out by one and half points
in one of the most exciting meets ever
held on historic Franklin Field.
Five wcarers Of the red and blue
scored the points that gave Penn its
title. Earl Eby won the. half mile,
Landers scored by winning the broad
jump and placing in the pole vault,
Maxam scored in the furlong and the
quarter, Hampton placed in the running
high Jump and Everett Smalley in the
hurdles. 1t was not until the last event
on the program that victory was assured
TO Penn. When Maxam placed second
in the 900 yard dash victory perched
on the banner of the Red and Blue.
In soccer, Penn won only after play
ing three games with Princeton, two OF
which ended in ties. The two teams
went through the season without losing
single game. In the first game, the
regularly scheduled contest between the
two universities, a scoreless tie was the
result. In the second game four extra
periods failed to decide the winner the
game being called with three goals to
the credit of each team.
Wins Soccer Crown
In the last game played on the Merton
Cricket Club grounds, at. Havcrford,
before the largest crowd that ever
viewed an Intercollegiate League game,