The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-03
IurHnRANs GAGE TEAM WILL BE
oAB or BEST IN YEARS
PLENTY or MARTIAL
oaly TWO RSgulSrS Ara Back From
Last Xear-Play Yale, Cornell And
Ohio state
Snecial 70 the IntelligenCer

Springfield. Ohio. Zee. while
basket hall prospects At WittPnherS are
far from being gloomy. Coach Godfrey
faces very difficult task in develop
snE cage outfit which viii uphold tho
brIllian reputation tho Lutheran oaske-
teers have been enjoying IN" past re"
years Like its football team or the
2ast season. an almst entirely new team
must es developed. and even the Wise
ores arc forced To admit that "lttSn-
berE's basket ball strength IN the ph!"
Conference this fall Is an unknown
quantity.
For one thing Coach Godfrey an
rounces that Wlttruhers's system or
play will be entirely changed this seas
on. Due TO the loss OF TraU;wein. the
giant center. DetrIrk for three years
all state forward. anG LanEc and etter'
Godfrey Is confronted with the neSes-
sity OF building not only new 'ea"''
but must replace his ord system OF play
which was built 40 largely aToun"
Trautwein But Godfrey Is not an
amateur In the basket bail realm ana
he saws that he IS going to show some
thing new in the cag- arr th'S winter
start Two Regulars
witteubsrg will start the season WIN
but two regulars. captain SfanoarEer'
and Hummon From last year re-
serves there will be sra!laoie horne
the tall lad who will undountediy take
Trautwein's place az center. Then there
10 Hsberllpr who is mighty fast on his
feet and an equally accurate shot; ana
RESIN. who plays a great ga me as guard
Last but far from least here IS Surg
nor OF football fame.
From last years freshman squad God
rrev will have a wealth Of fine materlai
I'm which are some 81 the outsc1hulhS
high school basket pa,l stars or OHIO
and Pennsylvania. Principle among
these are Crisis. Mong. Bittn"r. Ness
rrehn and Sweltzer. all or whom are 80
inr 20 cause some fast competition 'or
places on the first team.
Thompkins and compton. who have
given every promise or developing IN N
two OF the best cage H-t!St Wft'enoere
ever had. may not br able to get into
,he opening Of the season. due 10 IN
iurles received in football.
Play Big Teams
Ohio state, Cornell and Yale appear
on Wittenberg's exhibition schedule. BE
sides these Wittenberg will play twelve
Ohio Conference games. An oHer from
The University % Michigan for game
late I'm December has been declined.
Following the game with Ohio state
on December 81. the entire Wittenhere
SQUAD will domain in Columbus FOR sew
pral days and have practice with the
Buckeye squad. following out~a custom
established several years ago. 80
The SEIZED
Wittenberg's cage schedule Is np'
Vet completed. but those schools so far
listed are:
December -. Ohio state at Columbus
December 90. Yale - Springfield.
January .. Cornell at Springfield.
January Is. Kenyon at Springfield.
January 20. Ohio Wesleyan at Dele
ware.
January -. Otteroetn ut Springfield
February I. Miami ur Springfield.
February 3. Heidelberg at Sprtngheld
February 10. Akron at Springfield.
February rs Ohio Wesleyan at Spring
field.
February is, Ohio Northern az Ada.
February %. Miami at Oxford.
March 3 Akron At Akron.
March s. Cincinnati at Cincinnati.
March II. Wooster at Wooster.
The home games with W'itcnoerC
will all be played N Memorial Hall
here which has a sssting capacity OF
abont lO0Q Ths popular clamor OF
Springfield fans demands that the
games DO played in rne largest hall in
the Ny.