Evening journal., 1921-12-30
.ALL-AMERICANS
DEFEAT LOCALS
College Stars Show Super
iority in Game With Will
mington Collegians
GLENN KILLINGER
is GIVEN OVATION

Basketball OF the most approved
fashion was presented to a capacity
crowd which jammed the Auditorium
when the All-Americans-f
Penn state stars-defeated the VIII
mington conegians last night by the
score Of 81 TO 21 Perfect passing.
which always denotes superiority in
the court sport. was the outstanding
feature. with the team OF great ALL
around athletes excelling in this
branch. II enabled them to better
chances at the basket and they made
most Of their attempts good.
The invading aggregation. all of
them in the best OF physical trim,
displayed with their smooth work
ing team work that this Is not the
first time they have been on the
floor together. Coupled with this
was their Individual proficiency
which made them a powerful COM
bination, one well able to combat
with any Of the leading basketball
aggregations in the country, college.
professional or independent
Each man was an assistant 10 his
mates but there We're two who out
shone the rest They were Roth
ensies. the diminutive forward. and
Kohler. at guard. present captain OF
the Penn State varsity cagers. Both
displayed n superior knowledge Of
the game and also a keen eve for
the basket. Rothensies. who form
erly coached the Princeton Fresh
men FIVE. was exceptionally agile,
his speed in getting rid Of the ball,
either as a pass or a shot, being one
Of the features. Kohler, also a
great team working man. has the
art Of dribbling down pat and snak-
ed his way through the local Col
legians several times either to de-
liver. the ball to one OF his mates
who was free or to make an attempt
at the net himself He also showed
uncanny ability from the penalty
line
The fans were mostly interested
in the efforts OF Glenn Kininger,
unanimous choice for a backheld
berth on the mythical All-Amerlcan
elevens during the past football
season. They were not disappointed.
for although he used his brain to
good advantage at times he clearly
displayed why all the sport experts
OF the country are raving about his
all-around athletic ability. "Killy"
practically bossed the bunch on the
floor. directing most OF the play He
will graduate from Penn State at
the end OF this semester and at
present is coaching the Nittany
Freshmen quintet. Hinkey" Haines
and Charlie Way completed the
great combination, and although
they did not shine individually were
very much in evidence in the team
play.
on the defence tn invaders used
the FIVE men back and it was a DIM
cult matter for the local cagers to
penetrate beyond mid-hoor. with
the shots taken by the Wilmington
cniiegians. all OF a difficult variety,
their showing was far from poor
against such a formidable foe.
Sank" McCaughan aided greatly in
keeping the Auditorium crew in the
running with his excellent foul
shooting. He netted eleven tries
from the 15-foot mark.
A few formalities marked the
start OF the game. The Aii-Ameri-
cans we're given a great welcome as
they walked across the floor TO the
dressing room and later individually
as they were introduced. Killinger
Of course. was given the biggest
hand and he showed that even a
great athletic star is not altogether
used to applause by blushing a
bright red in Acknowledgements. The
spontaneous outburst when he was
presented 70 the crowd. louder thar
that which greeted the other ath-
letes, seemed TO take him back foi
"A moment
The triple program planned BY
the Wilmington Collegiate Athletic
Association for the evening resolved
itself into double bill as the girls
preliminary game which was booked
as the curtain raiser was called on
because no opponent could be se
cured for the COLLEGIATE Girls.
The Collegiate Reserves defeate,
the Ail-Delaware Freshmen in IN,
snappy game which preceded tn
big number Better work from tn,
field gave the Reserves the decision
Scores.
cool.