New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Penn Quintet
Again Assured
OF League Lead
Foul Shooting of Captain
McNichol Biggest Factor in
Success of Quaker Team

The intercollegiate Basketball League
race Is taking on a Red and Blue hue
for the third year in succession, for
the University of Pennsylvania five,
captalned by Danny McNichol, is out
IN front at the halfway mark with
record Of four victories and one de-
teat. The Quakers practically clinched
their hrst leg on the new Alexander
trophy by defeating Columbia and Cor
nell last week
The wizardy of McNichol in shoot
ing fouls accounted for the last two
trlumphs, and it appears that the in
1ractlons OF opposing players will
ease fenn INTO the championship again.
Against Columbia Captain Danny net
ted nine out of eleven chances, and
against Cornell his fourteen points
from the penalty line was the deter
mining factor in the game, as Penn
won this by the close margin of % to
20 McNichol missed only three chances
against the Ithacans.
Penn's only game this week will serve
IN the nature of d warm-up, as Yale is
to be met on the New Haven court to-
morrow. afternoon. The Bulldog con
tlnues to cling tenaciously to last
place, having lost all four of it's games
to date, dartmouth, which is pressing
Penn for the lead, having won five
games and lost two, also will see action
on Washingtons Birthday. with
Princeton furnishing the opposition,
such as it. will be,
Hard Luck Trails Tigers
The Tigers have trod rather thornv
road in their chase for this seasons
championship. They started by losing
their captsin, Netts, through lneligibil-
lty, and now il is without a4coach, Dr.
Lu Sugarman having resigned last
week. Fortunately, Princeton has had a
/ chance to reorganize its forces, as it
has not played league game since
January Is. The Tigers will also
tackle Yale on Saturday night of this
week, while in the other league game
Cornell will appear at Columbia on
Friday evening.
Columbia is just behind Cornell in
the standing the local team being fifth,
but Coach Joe Deering's boys insist
| they are not out of the race yet and
they look for a sweep in the balance of
! the games on their program, as they
are not listed to face Penn again The
Blue and White cohorts are roofing
hard for a couple Of their rivals to
check the Quakers and thus keep them
in the running.
The fight for individual scoring hon
ors has narrowed down to three men,
Cullen. Of Dartmouth; McNichol, of
Penn, and Sidman, Of Cornell. The big
Green forward still holds the lead, with
! a total of 86 points, while McNichol
and Sidman are tied for second place,
each with 72. However, McNichol ap-
pears to have the best chance of wind
ing up in first place, as his team has
played only five games to seven for
Dartmouth and Cornell. Johnson, OF
! Columbia, is fourth, with So points.
Makes 81 Points on Fouls
Molinct, of Cornell, who is behind
Johnson, with 48 points. tops the field
in the matter of floor baskets with a
| total of %. Cullen is three behind in
this branch of endeavor. McNichol has
only shot four goals from the floor, but
stands out as the greatest foul goal
shooter the game has ever produced.
He has accumulated 81 points by this
method and has failed on less than Z
! dozen chances in the five games.
McNichol has unique record as a
basketball player, for he has missed
only four games in the seventy-five his
team has played since he adopted the
sport at the Quaker City institution.
| His work has been responsible for
every victory credited to Penn this
! season.
The Individual scoring and team
records to date. including Saturday
/ nights games;
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