Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-27
TWO LEAGUE GAMES
FOR PENN THIS WEEK
Nee. Yale Wednesday and
Cornell Saturday.; -Four
Teams Win in Saturday
Contests; Quintet Defeats
Columbia

Light teams representing the Uni.
u v.rsity Of Pennsylvania competed
.,.,nst the best in their class Satur-
~, and Of the number, four scored
victories, tive suffered reverses and one
lied its opponent. The otner team.
rack. was divided into two parts, one
showing in Baltimore ana the otner IN
New York. Like the other teams.
Robertson's made an excellent showing
on rba NJ most notable Of all the victories
,.s 81 scored by the basketball team. which
N.aistered n league victory over Colum-
Ms Tommy Cowell'a Knockout punch
oorred 4.to.3 win for the boxers
Jimmy Sections great play gave the
Doloists a win over Yale. to ., and
the freshman soccer team for the first
Hme captured q second. division cricket
cluh cup, The fencers were enabled to
tie NJ, I. T. in q series OF thrilling
Souts because of the great work OF
Covers, TI of the Red and Blue team.
The wrestling team lost q close ver'
dict to Cornell, and the freshman swim
ming team was swamped by the Prince.
ton clubs, George Bronder was the
nrincipal place .getter for Penn In the
baltimore meet, the veteran taking
second in the handicap shot.put.
Over in New York Welch and Saylor
surprised a big crowd by finishing first
and second, respectively, in the 75-yard
dash handicap. Larry Brown took
fourth place in the mile run in Gotham.
Busy Week for Quintet
Another busy week faces Captain Bill
Grave and his mates in their fight to
bring another intercollegiate basketball
title to their alma mater. Two league
games. the first time this season, are on
>this weeks schedule. Wednesday night
the Bulldog quintet, last place holders
but playing much better basketball than
when Penn met them first this year,
will be the party of the second part at
New Haven. .-.-
saturday night Cornell. the conquer.
ors of Penn Mt Ithaca a week ago, will
be the attraction in Weightman Hail.
After leading at half-time by a point
and coming within a point of tying the
figures against Dartmouth Saturday
night, the Ithacans were forced to bow
in defeat by five points.
Since the addition Of Crabtree and
Capron at the guard posts, Cornell has
shown a remarkable Improvement IN
team play.
Red and Blue in an excellent position
for the games with Dartmouth and
Princeton. which follow on successive
Saturdays. The Zahn brothers have q
game to play at Princeton that will
mean much to Penn. "a victory for
George. of Dartmouth. will give Penn
the odds in the championship battle,
,,ht1a ,,.iv, Gov yyt11 ~ Det~noknsS ,,,s11
mean that the Tigers will come here on
even terms with Penn II they also de.
feat Cornell.
Walter Huntzinger's great playing
was in the main responsible for the
five, 2s to II. The light but speedy
Huntz sent the leather through the net
six times in all. four Of the sextet com.
ing In the first half.
Refuse Tourney Invitation
1t was learned this morning that
Penn had refused an invitation to com.
pete in the national basketball tourna-
ment In indianapolis to be held next
month. The dates Of the tourney con.
flict with the last two games on the
Penn schedule. which was the reason
given for turning down the Invitation.
Coach Alleman, of the polo team,
tried out Jack Bridgeman at No. 2
post and the recruit worked SO we'll
with Captain Jimmy Sextbn and Dinon
that the trio defeated Yale, 7 to 3:
The game was one of the hardest fought
Of the year with the Bulldog team ever
dangerous. Fierce riding and excellent
use Of the mallet in the final period
earned the verdict for the Red and
Blue. Sexton led in the scoring with
four goals, Bridgeman had two and
Dixon one.