Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-28
DELAWARE WINS
OVER SWARTHM0R
Closing the Best Basketball Season
in the History Of the College,
Having Is Victories.
Special Correspondents Of Every Evening

Special Correspondence OF Evcry Evening
Newark, Feb. 2S--Delaware closed
tn greatest basketball season last night
with clever victory over Swarthmore
by the score Of 33 TO 20 This victory
was fitting close 10 \ most successful
season by the strongest five that has ever
represented the blue and gold, as Swarth-
more for years has been Delaware's jinx.
II brings the total victories for the sea
son up TO thirteen, but that number was
lucky, at least on this occasion The
only two defeats OF the season were BY
Georgetown University and Penn.
The game WAS witnessed by the largest
crowd that has ever been in the Della
ware gym" and il WIS the best arri-
ment possible Of the urgent need for a
much larger and more modern gymnasium.
Long before time for starting the game
the running track from where spectators
watch the games was crowded to capacity.
Many persons were unable to even get
inside the gym"
From the standpoint Of spirited interest
and speed il was the best game OF the
year. While it was exceptionally fast
from start tn finish the game was free
from any unnecessary roughness on the
part OF the players Of either team. Raby
Of Gettysburg referred the game and did
good job in that respect.
The teams played for several minutes
before either team scored, then Yoder
OF Swarthmore broke the ice with foul.
Gray Carter evened it up by shooting a
foul less than a minute later. Yarnnll
put Swarthmore in the lead again with
FIELD goal. but this was the only time dur
ing the entire game that the Little Quak
ers were in the lead, as q short time later
"Sank" McCaughan took a long pass
from "Bces" Carter and dropped the ball
in the basket. Alexander followed with
another field gosl. Mclaughlin played
goals, While GRAY Carter also got two
pointer. Delaware gradually increased
the lead until the half ended. Is to 8, in
their favor. Swsrthmore got but two
field goals in the first half. The visitors
did some clever passing but the close
guarding Of Captain "Bess" Carter and
frankie Wills kept them away from good
shots
Both Gray Carter and Yoder had
perfect average in shooting fouls in the
first half, each making four out Of az
many chances.
SECOND HALF.
Swarthmore started of strong ut the
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five points before Delaware got any,
bringing the score up TO IL TO H. After
this the blue and gold boys again struck
their gait and gradually increased the
lead until the close Of the game
Dolaware's guards worked Just as hard
in this half and Swarthmore players got
through them for only three more field
goals, one Of those being long shot
frankie Wills played one of the best
guarding games ever seen in the local cage
While the two foul shooters missed several
CHI. noes in this half Carter managed 10
get FIVE while Yoder did slightly better
with G. Delaware did not make change
during the entire game while Swarthmore
made two in the last three minutes. Yarn
all did the best floor work for the Little
Quakers.
SEASONS RECORD.
Delawareis victories this year has been
over such teams as Navy, Catholic Uni
verpity, Stevens, Lafayette, UrsiniIs,
Haverford, Franklin and Marshall, twice;
Gettysburg Muhlenburg, Dickinson, Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute and Swarth-
more.
Great credit is due Coach Fl. B. Ship
ley for the wonderful team that he has
developed at Delaware in two years.
While il is true Shipley found fine material
to start with vet it has been his clever
coaching that developed the players and
brought about almost perfect team work
The game last night was the last in
blue and gold uniform for Captain "Bess'
Carter, the big guard. Carter bas been
PLAYING on the team since he entered col
lege and his absence next year viii be
greatly missed. He graduates in June
and early in the fall will sail for England,
where he will attend Oxford University,
he having won 8 Rhodes scholarship.
Jim Clancy, formerly a Delaware
student, was with the Swarthmore squad,
but did not get into the game. Jim
renewed some old acquaintance.
The lineup of the game last night fol-
lows:
Delaware Su-srthmore