The New York herald., 1922-01-04
PENN'S BASKETBALL
TITLE THREATENED
Dartmouth and Cornell Loom
Up as Dangerous COntenders
This Season..

With only a few days remaining be-
fore the opening games of the 1922 In
terco,legiate Basketball League season
the quintets representing Pennsylvania.
Dartmouth. Cornell, Princeton. Columbia
and Yale are busy in preparation for
what promises 20 be the most interesting
ecaso in the history OF the popular floor
game.
| Greatest interest will revolve around
the work of the basket tossers of the
University of Pennsylvania. For the
| last three seasons the quintets represent
| 'nr the Quaker institution have been the
class of the league, and as many times
have been returned champions over the
| best IN this section Of the country.
There is a strong possibility, however
that the crown will find another resting
place this year. and this alone will be
sufficient to keep interest at fever heat
throughout the season.
| In winning the intercollegiate basket
| ball championship last year the Penn
floor men brought to the trophy room OF
their alma mater for permanent safe
keeping the Hoppe cup. This valuable
prize. which was donated by f. ]. Hoppe.
ESQ.,. of Philadelphia, became Penns
property by virtue OF three victories
The quintet acquired further honors bv
winning the first leg on the Arthur D
Alexander cup. which was placed In
competition by Columbia Universlt"
alumni In memory Of Capt Arthur d
Alexander. an old Columbia player, who
lost his life in the world war.
In addition TO winning the intercolle-
Riate Oh mnionsh'n for the third success
sive time the Quakers won a mdseaeon
game from the strong New York U-i-
vers'ty quintet by "a 70 II score. Penn
State alone was able to wrest victory
rom 'ha Penn fioor men last year. and
that defeat was accomplished only bv
the PLAYING of on extra period OF the
fastest basketball seen In recent years.
Green Five Reneyvs BID.
! IT Is ex~ected that Dartmouth. which
was rerresented by good teum last
wear for the first time IN the history
Il league basketball. viii be Penn's
| strongest opponent IN the STRUGGLE fo-
the basketball ci-c'et of cold this sea-
son. Last year the Rig Green five from
Hanover made strong and determined
| bid for the title but the remarkable
| foul shooting OF Danny McNichol of the
| Quaker outfit turned them back when
within sight OF their goal.
PENIS master of shooting from free
tries has played his last COLLEGE game
however. and with this star out of the
| lineup il is believed that onronents win
!
erably less formidable than they were
! during the past few seasons The
Q"akers were not a one man team, how
ever. and with the great system that
Jorrdet esta abllshed still being carried
I on by Coaches Eddie McNichol and Toe
Forarty opponents may find urexpectcd
STRENGTH in the Red and Blue lineup.
Dartmouth has a veteran team on the
floor this season. The squad has been
NJ -ayNr lie NJ m tto
Christmas trip showed fine all around
scoring power. Coach George Zahn IL
| highly pleased with the prosrects for a
| great team. and hores to better the rec
ord of last year. when the team finished
second In the race, losing out only W
the last game OF the season against
Fem.
Cornell played brilliantly In some de-
| rartments Of the game last year and
should have finished better than thitd
Capt. Mo'inet OF Cornell was the In
diyiduai high scorer from the field, witt
20 baskets TO his credit. In team scor-
Ing the Ithacans finished second. VIII
25S points. They led In fed goals,
however, with a total of 81. All tl'ls
work should have given them high 81
place In the leagues percentage column
but their brilliant play came only at In
walls. and this. together with their
their downfall.
Expect Much of Cornell.
Several of the veterans of last yeaI
are back on the Cornell floor. and with
the e. tensive preparations being made
and the early season showing combined
1t is reasonable to expect big things
from the Big Red five this season. At
the present writing the team is away
on a holiday trip and giving a good
account Of itself against all opponents.
Princeton was the disappointment OF
the league lasI yiar. Following the
great showing of the five In 1920 II was
looked upon as capable Of giving the
Quaker champions a real argument.
The Tigers failed badly. however. and
after Coach Louis Sugarman resigned
| in mldseason the Princetonians drifted
ong. winning but one rame. being
beaten six times and finishing the sea-
son poor fourth.
Coach Bill Zahn Is working hard this
year with the Tigers and hopes to get
them back TO the form displayed two
years ago. A wealth of material re-
! ported for the opening workouts and
with several veterans back IN harness
! the work OF the team Is bound to Inn
prove. No Christmas trip was taken
this year, but several games were
played with local teams The showing
OF the q lntet was none too encouraging
In those early season contests, but the
men have scarcely had tine TO adapt
themselves TO the new system of coach
in0 After a few pre- e'iminary games
within the next few davs the quintet
viii tourney 60 Hanover for its first
league game against Da tmouth or
JAM AIRY 13.
TIL o,t ook is none too hrI~ht at Co
lumbia this year. The brilliant Johnson
Is lost by rad alton, and although
Tyran Is still IN school his late classes
IN the School OF Engineering will pre-
vert his reporting for the team. The
lack OF fowl shooter Is kcen'y felt a.
Columbia this year. IL must not be un.
ccrstood however. that the ion rerre.
sentatlves viii be easy opponents In
the ". v. U. game a few days ago the
team rlayed br'll'qntly and u rearired
an overtime period to decide in favor
Of N Y. Z. BY a two point margin