The shy, self-absorbed, sometimes arrogant young man dropped out of the University of Pennsylvania and in 1910 began to practice his game against a backboard, and he also became a dedicated student of the game.
O tímido e ás veces arrogante mozo abandonou tamén a Universidade de Pensilvania e en 1910 comezou a practicar o seu xogo contra un taboleiro, ademais de converterse nun estudoso do xogo.