New-York tribune., 1921-12-01
Hanover Five
Likely to Win
College Title
Dartmouth. With Star Team.
Threatens Supremacy of
Champion Penn Quintet
By Ray Mccarthy


The University OF Pennsylvania,
which has had q monopoly on the
basketball championships in the East
ern intercollegiate league, is again
making plans for big season. But
Penn is quite likely to find the goinr
harder this year thnn in any year
since 1915.
The other teams in the league an
parently Will be stronger than last
winter while Dartmouth, at the pres
ent has the likcliest looking prospects
of them all. Unless things break badly
Tor the Hanover students they ought
TO come through to their first basket
Dali champi onship this year.
Such q result would be gratifying
10 Dartmouth supporters and would be
a tremendous boost for the game. Only
TWO years ago the Green, after series
OF dismal failures on the court, was
thinking of abolishing the sport. The
euitors o. the Dartmouth paper So
iacated ADVICE on the subject and were
ADVISED by the majority of the men
to whom they wrote to retain the game
by all means. They are probably con
graduating themselves to-day on hav-
ing accepted that advice
1Hiee veterans Return
George Zahn, Philadelphian who is
coachlng the Green. turned out good
team last winter, and with excellent
material to work with this season
should finish at the top. Three mcm-
bers of last years runner-up Quintet
are back, viz: Captain Millar, one Of
the best guards in the league last year;
-Heep, also guard OF ability, and
cullen, fast forward, who ranked
with the leading scorers.
In addition to these Zahn has most
OF the 1920 substitutes and all of last
years star freshman five from whom
TO pick two candidates. We know of
one player who is going to fill into
one OF those vacant positions, and that
is young Jimmy Malcolm, from Holy
oke. Mass Malcolm plays forward
position and is wizard at this game.
Just watch that boy this year. IIe is
as fast as a streak, has a wonderful
eye and knows the game thoroughly.
With Malcolm playing alongside of
Cullen, Dartmouth will have by far
the two best forwards in the league.
1t will take q great pair of guards to
cover those two Penn will be in the
running again, never fear, for it has
Tour veterans remaining, including
billy Graves, star center. Graves halls
from Springfield, Mass, and played
often with Malcolm in school games
during the Christmas vacations.
Graves will probably be used as q
foul shooter this year in place of
Danny McNichol. who has departed Be
sides. Graves, Rosenast and Hunting
er, forwards, and Vogelin, guard
are back. These two teams should set
the pace. Yale is an uncertainty, as
is Cornell, although it is reported
both have plentv of material
Poor Prospects at Columbia
Joe Deering mas his work cut out
for him again at Columbia. The ma
teriai at the Morningside institution
does not compare with Dartmouth's or
Penn's by any means and if Deering
lands his quintet we'll up in front he
will have accomplished all that can
be expected
j. H. Zahn, brother of the Dart
mouth coach. viii instruct the candi-
dates at Princeton this year The
Tigers are also an unce rtainty, al
though if the Princeton coach is as
coed as his brother they ought to do
we'll
The following straight left was sho
at US from veteran football observer
who is more or less interested in
Eastern foothal:
Dear Sir: Now that the Western
football season is over and there is
some space in the New York papers,
maybe they'll tell us something
about the Eastern football season
Or, am l correct in assuming no
Eastern player WAS any good at all +?
Yours very truly,
"EASTERNER."
The backfre from our team-rank;ng
Of Monday has started, as was to be
expected. Most of the complaints are
because of the Navys position back
Of Yale. We can only refer our critics
to the records Of tie elevens and ask
them to compaln the two.