New-York tribune., 1922-12-10
Tigers Must Step
To Hold Honors on
Floor This Season

with football uniforms tucked away
until next September, the colleges arc
turning 20 winter sports, particularly
basketball. While considerable inter
est has annually been shown in the
floor game as played by the colleges
the greatest interest attaches itself 20
the six members Of the Eastern Inter
collegiate Basketball League-COrnell.
Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth
and the University Of Pennsylvania.
OF tho Eextet all but Yale will have
played some preliminary contest be-
fore Christmas TO get in shape for the
really important meetings, those with
the league men bers. Yale, which had
an exceptionally long schedule ast
season, consisting OF thirty-eight
games, has chopped the card IN hall
and will not open until after the
Christmas vacation.
The FIRST league contest Is sehedeleo
for Tuesday, January Q. and VIII DC
settled at Princeton between the iigefs
and Columbia. Cornell and Dartmouth
will be the next pair TO play their hfst
league games, meeting, respectively,
Columbia on the Blue and White hoor
and Princeton in the Jungaleers' lar
on Saturday. January ia. Yale will en-
gage in is frst tilt for the crown ny
meeting the IthaoEns on the New ta-
ven court the following Friday, while
the University OF Pennsylvania will be
the last to launch its campaign for the
title. The Quakers will have as thei
first playmates none others than hil
Zahn's intercollegiate basketball cham
pions, the men Of Old Nassau, who VII
be taken on in Weightman Hall, the
stronghold Of Penn. ~
last season Princeton won the title
but not until Penn was defeated IN
piay-of following a tie. Az the end
OF the regular league season the Quak-
ers and tbs Tigers had both won eight
games and lost two.
Hill Zahn, the Tire- coach, says
concerning the next rae; princeton
has q hard night on her hands u she
hopes 20 retain the -hampionship.
Every team In the league has been
greatly strengthened" Zahn, who last
wear made his debut into Princeton
athletic circles, has oil five members
Of last years championship nve.
Eddie MeNicol, down at Penn, Is not
80 fortunate In having such an ARA
Of veteran material. His hardest 20
will be 20 replace Bill Grave, last se'
sons center, who led in the individu'
scoring with l3s points for ten game.
Brew, a sub, may be called upon 10 ~
the shoes OF the graduated star, bu
he lacks experience. However. his az
feet ono inch will without doubt star
him In good stead. Goldblatt, Georg
Sullivan anc Dessen stand oat As n
leading candidates FOR the forwar'
ter.hr. while "Pos" Miller. the footba
captain, and Al Yoegelin can be prcti.
sure Of the guard assignments.
The league schedule follows;
January 3. Columbia AZ Prineton; ~
Cornell ~ Columbia. Dartmouth A. Prince
Ton. ~ Cornell ~ Yale. 20 Columbia nt
Dartmouth, Princeton AZ pennsylvAnia
"a, Dartnaouth At Yale; 70. Princeton az
reb-uary -. Pennrylvanls a. Cornell;
T. Iaie al Columbia, ~. Ptnnrylyania ~
vale. ~. Cornell a. Dartmouth. ColumbA
a. Pennsyivanis. e. Dartmouth A. Coz
iumbia. Yale a. Princeton; - Pennsyl-
vania AZ Dartmouth. -. Cornell o. fflnce-
tor (sfisfnconl; a. fenusyiYAnl.. al Co
march 2. Princeton At Dartmouth: ?
Cornell A. Ftrnfyivania. Yale a. DART
rnouth. q Coiumbla ~ Cornelis Z. Yale ~
psrnsyiyanla. 10. Yale a. cornell. peit-
rnouth az pernayivania- Princeton A. Co-
iuubia; ~. Prlneeton AZ Yale. Is, Coipfn-
bia ~ Taie: ~. Dartmouth az Corne.l'
PsnnsJlVGnia AZ PrincstoH