Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-23
M'NICHOL WILL LEAD
PENN IN NEXT GAME
Basketball Captain, Who Injured Hand, viii Start
against Syracuse January 8-.Mouradian Also
In,proues-League Race Should Be Close

nENNsYLvANIA's chances to re-
I ,.ot IN the Intercollegiate Basket
,.r league have improved considerably
%" O,"a, the game with Drexel previous to
... a.. st,rt OF the holidays. At that time
r",,sin ~ Danny McNichol had his right
,.Id IN splints and bandages and AL
.,n,,d;sn ,'a" was limping on a cane.
% T.om the condition of the two athletes
:, VAS feared neither would be able to
..,.r the game for another month.
% r..,a r.ssimism has been spiked by the
players lyr,x McNichol says he will give
pal,,i na,iowers of the Red and Blue
{nSn,;stmas {Se present by removing the
,.naaoes from his hand on that ~.
paaoeordins to Dan, he will be IN the
ram. against Syracuse when the orange
sai; sa;ntet invades Weightman Hall on
9 99snnsry S. Mouradian, who turned ms
ans, - a. has thrown his cane to the four
inas tnata =" and that he will be in there tight,
%in's sor the forward post he vacated
ing ,o ;niuries. with The return of
N,aasrw;shol ,ar;h and Mouradian Red and Blue
n.,, a. boosted considerably. McNichol
~, ~ nsc.,ssry to the success OF the team
anse of his ability to steady the
VI. rsrs when they show tendency to
p,t! p.t careless. He Is the best foul shooter
se,d sed hest defensive player In the squad;
I'D b;s loss for the league games would
ss;rtually s;,t eliminate Penn from any
championship considerations.
With the return OF McNichol ana
,touradian to the regular lineup
Coach Eddie McNichols problem gets
more dificult. Grave is certainty az
center and McNichol and Hoegelin LOOK LOOK
iire sureties at guard. Rosenast will
one forward and for the other post
Wouradian, Miller, Huntzinger and
Rudine will stage a warm scrap, The
coach will have to make his selection as
soon after the holidays as possible. so
tSat he can get regular five working
toocther at all times for the league
contests. 1t was the team work of last
ears aggregation that gave Penn its
championship.
penn will have no easy task to win
the title again and the Alexander Cup.
donated by Columbia players since 1900.
The cup, which displaces the Hoppe
trophy. has been donated in memory of
Arthur Alexander, a star center at CO.
Iumbia in 1909, who died in the service.
Race Free For-All
Every team in the league with the
possible exception of Yale has an ex-
cellent opportunity to win the trophy.
The Eli team is not as strong this year
according to reports from New Haven
as It was last season. Princeton was at
first thought to be the only dangerous
rival to Penn, but Captain Molinet and
bis Corenll playmates spilled the we'll
known dope last Monday night by
trouncing the Tigers by four point
margin. Even Dartmouth, coached by
George Zahn. of this city, the cellar
champions for several years feel certain
they are going to change things this
season and make trouble for the other
Quintets.
Three new coaches take the reins this
year, Eddie McNichol, at Penn; Lou
sugarman, the professional, and once
freshman coach at Penn, who is guild
ins Princeton, and Joe Deering, league