Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-13
VII BE Out Of Lafayette
Came as Result Of Badly
Sprained Thumb Received
in Cornell Defeat
ROUGH GAME

TWAS ROUGH GAME
ct Asst seasons reverse at Ithaca
- was the making Of the team then
and, outside Of the defeat, at the hands
Of State College. went through the re-
mainder OF the season without blem-
ish. I think this years setback satur'
day afternoon will be the making OF this
seasons team ,.s... -,
Eddie McNichol. coach Of the Uni.
versity Of Pennsylvania basketbal
team, made the above assertion this
morning when asked what his teams
chances were for winning another In
tcrcollesiste League championshop for
the Red and Blue.
After sixteen consecutive victorises 1ss
with Princeton numbered among the
iist IN the league games and the Army
and Nayy IN the out Of the league con
tests. Bill Grave and his mates went
down ~ defeat saturday afternoon at
The hands Of Cornell, "a to 10; The
| ma rsin OF victory was the laiEes'
scored over a Penn team IN more '"a"
"The players had an OF aft:rnIoonii .'.I. NJ
Cornell plays a ready .rougn s,.d ,,..ed 70
and cannot play because OF the s,zs ~. y.
our niaycrs. Walter Huntzinger was
injured at the ktart Of the game. me-
thwnh bejns badly spfained. and az :
rcn,it he was not himself. The deaea. su
will do them a world OF GOOD. i"eS sS
know they are not unbeatable now anu
will fight all the harder IN tne s."''
10 come" continued McNichoi.
| u.s,.,.ocr has suoL . bddlt IN.
:,..S thmmb that he rtli be Kept
out Of practice until Tharsddy,
Scco,dino TO McNickol. This neGns
fSat he vill be unable to ptay
| aon;nst Lafayette Wednesddy ns9"
| IA .clI not be in the beat o1
| shnoe for the grueling contest ,na'
;s esoectcd Nth Dartmouth sd'-
| urdov ri1ht at HdnoCcr.
A. h. Is one Of the highest, scorers
on the team, Huntz's loss VIII Du D.
severe one. Label Goldblatt or 9sn a.,
Dessen will probably start sha ~
night. and II Hunstinser ,sn m Iii S"1 nct
by Saturday the first named WI" se'
the call.
A Rough Game ,..
One ~ the Red and Blue players VINO
.rLcd that his name be withheld. salI
that ,hc game was the toughest ne had
played in all season. ana that tne Ia-
cans got away with lot tina! uhuu houo
ordinary circumstances wouid na''
been called fouls. ~. .;u.
he said. and also that when Penn y.
cured hold OF the pisskin 1t was tor u
short time only. Cornelrs guarding was
excellent. though Of the rough variety,
and Penn failed to do it's scoring nndel
Tho basket, az Ia part Of the Hed ana
Rlue system Of play. Most OF the Cor
nelr shots were made by following the
bali. p w,,h
two field goals and seven out OF nm nm
fouls. Emil Rosenast checked IN Wltn
A Dair of double -deckers. but Mi'ler,
Voceiin and Huntzinger. who usually
set into the scoring column, failed to
garner a single two pointer.
The Red and Blue coaching stan
doesn't figure Lafayette as being strong
enough to defeat the team, 10 they are
Dointiur to the game with George
Zahn's Dartmouth quintet Saturday
night in the Mountaineers' lair: Dart-
mouth has had a single setback In the
league this season, Princeton turning
| the trick by single punt at hhoho'S''
Since that time Zahn' y five has shown
reversal Of form that should make
Saturdays game one Of the hardest
fought battles Of the year.
Boxers Beat Virginia
While the basketball team was re-
ceiving its first jolt of the season George
Decker's boxes were demonstrating the
art Of self defense to the Virginia
mittmen in Weightmar Hall. The Red
and Blue team won the dual meet. five
matches to two. one of them being
awarded to Penn when the Virginians
did not have a man to box kretz in the
176. pound class.
English college rules were used for
the first time and they failed to greatly
impress the spectators. The referee
remained out Of the ring. points decided
the winher and cheering was tabooed
while the bouts were going on, among
other restrictions.
The lack Of a third man In the
ring made the going rather slor.
the mittmcn disddining to become
too aggressive because of the taking
of Of points tor any so.called
roughness. The borcrs instead of
tkroicIng caStion to the rind and