Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-09

4, voTuER intercollegiate League
A h,sketball season gets under way
,..,,ht when Columbia and Dartmouth
~. N Hanover. Tonisht's game is the
~, A. four league games that will
:. ,V.ry quintet on the circuit in action
duriug the week. va a., ,.,.
L..rs coaches Of the Dartmouth and
snv.soton teams, will test the mettle OF
III 6yes In the second game. Satur-
~. Nv nisbt Penn opens here with Yale,
m. fornell Is uncovering the lid for
cc..mn,cbia c.m, at Morningside Heights.
With every team in the league with
a, s.ception OF Yale boasting cham
-. ,.h;n teams, this years 1ntercollegi-
rv'f Y. fssguc race promises to be one Of
N. most interesting in the history OF
%s colleges. Pennsylvania, three. time
%,mpions, have virtually a veteran
80 while all the other teams have q
,rcleus OF veterans with a wealth OF
,sW material that presages a battle
.l.r down the stretch for all but Yale.
r,om tonight until March Is,
,h,r the final league games Of the
,,a,or toiil be staged, basketball
nllo,brs Of the college Varietv
iays IN store q pdrtety of games
ikot pill add interest to q league
Nat has usually ndrroped itself
damn. 10 tpo real contcnders.
Penn, with four members of last
u,rs championship FIVE, the third
sr,isbt for the Red and Blue, is re-
nrdsd as the likely winner, although
n the other teams in the league, with
4. eIception of Yale, have teams that
rill severely test the mettle Of the
Red and Blue. ,,,
m. possible loss Of Pos Miller on
saturday night may hurt the chances
/ 4 tbe Penn team, but it is figured that
/ y,e. not having the strength Of the
.tbsr contenders, will. fall easy vic
Ans. even without the services of the
Sdlliant Lebanon youth. Miller was
AIKEN III during the holidays, but ac-
nrding to Eddie McNicbol he Will re-
|nrn 70 the University today and will
mort tomorrow night for practice. II
|bs Il strong enough to enter Saturdays
ume with Yale, McNichol will start
him.
| |lhe Penn Line.
Added to Miller, Penn has Captain
| Bill Grave, one Of the best centers in
clege ranks; Rosenast and Huntzin-
rr, two star forwards of two seasons
.rperience, and AL Vogelin. who
| Jumped into the breach last year and
developed into one Of the strongest de-
| snsye players in the league.
With Dessen and Goldblatt, both
Exceptional players to be warming q
bench, Coach McNichol has an excel
| Int squad for the grueiing season that
|hces bis team. Penn won the famous
| Hoppe Trophy for keeps, and now has
one leg on the Alexander Memorial
| gup, which was offered for the first
dms last year.
Last year Princeton was regarded as
ae Of the likely winners Of the cham
Monship, but n change of coaches at
ld.eason and lackadaisical playing
revious to the change proved costly to
De Tigers. The loss Of Captain Netts
VT no end of havoc with the team
vork.
Virtually the same situation er-
ats this season. A neD coach is
IN ohorge and he Is face to face
pith the some situation that caused
no snd of t0orry to Lou Sugarmam
last year. Mel Dickinson, one of
he.strongest players in the league
dst year and Princeton captain,
cas- declared Ineligible recently
and rill be out Of the game until
after the mid year examinations.
This greatly reduced the small numbe.
VETERANS presented to Coach Iahn and
breed him to choose player from
inong the new men, less experienced III
s game and lacking the technique Of
Play that Dickinson possesses.
Joe Desring, who formerly refereed
As intercollegiate contests, but who is