The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
TIGERS HOLD
ADVANTAGE IN
COURTLEAGUE
Princeton Will Start With Same
Lineup That Won Title Last
Season.

A1EW YORK. Dec. 28.-Five
~ college basketball teams, all
members of the Eastern
Intercollegiate League, are mar
shaling their forces to meet the
onslaught of the Princeton -
tet, the champions of the SC
six-team circle, which looks Ia.
better shape than any of the 9TH
ers at the current writing. The
strongest material sometimes fails
to live up to expectations, but in
the case of the Jungleer bas-
keteers there seems to be a great
deal in their favor.
To begin with, the team that
brought first-place honors to Prince
ton last winter is back in school
intact, with more experience, con-
fidence and all that goes to the
waging of successful warfare among
the others of the league personnel.
The Princeton team of last year
performed in somewhat the same
manner as the gridiron warriors
OF the season Just finished. At the
beginning of the 1922 season the
Tiger five were not favored to fig
ure strongly in the chase to the
top. No Orange and Black quintet
had ever reached the dizzy heights
Of league fame. and Hill Zahn
was beginning his first year as
director of floor activities down in
Jungletown.
Before the season was very far
along. however. followers of the
game began to take the work of
the Princetonians quite seriously
ana their opponents began to take
heed of the fine work of the Tigers
IN their early games. The homes
OF the Princeton supporters re-
ceived a setback. however, when
the Tigers dropped two games in
league play. Penn was slipping,
however, and the Tigertown floor.
men. spurred on bv a glimpse of
the peaks Of success. lowered the
colors OF all comers. In a plav.
OF Following the close Of the lea e,Ie
season Penn. five times chamnion
was defeated for the title by a
score of 28 to %.
VETERAN FIVE BACK
IN SCHOOL.
todcn Aahn has returned and hone
runs nigh for another championship,
Ihirty-three candidates, including
every one Of last years regulars
answered the first roll call for prac.
tice four weeks ago, and in their pre-.
iiminary games the champions have
done well.
Jeffries. the Tiger captain, is again
at left forward, although he has
worked at guard a bit this season.
Loeb, who finished second in league
scoring last year. is at the right
guard position. klaess Is at right
forward and Loman at left guard. in
place Of Sidensticker, whose work on
the soccer team has kept him away.
Gaines Is holding down the center
position In fine style and looks ready
for big year.
Coach Zahn will have to fight
against overconfidence this year.
Two years ago the Tigers were a
likely looking lot of basketeers, but
there were too many stars" on the
Tigertown stage, with the result
that they floundered around to fin.
ally collapse before the earnest en-.
deavor Of several other teams in the
league. Coach Zahn will stand for
no nonsenGe, however. and whatever
else may effect the playing of the
team 1t will not be cocksureness.
YALE HOPES TO IMPROVE.
Yale Is out to do better this year.
Joe Fogarty, former Mystery Man"
Of Penn basketball, 10 now direct.
ing the affairs of the Eli floormen.
Just what the trouble was at Yale
during the last two seasons is hard
to specify. Rumor had it that the
men on the squad Just did not
know the game. Would never be
basketball players. The coaches
came in for a great deal of criti.
cism. They naturally would. Yale
was on the verge Of giving up the
sport for a few years, but the com.