BASKETBALL
It is a pleasurable thing to be able to record another successful basketball season for Dartmouth For basketball, until recently, was for a long time so consistently a mediocre sport in Hanover and Dartmouth teams during that period so consistently below the level that alumni and undergraduates alike wish Dartmouth teams to maintain that the novelty of a more or less spectacular rise to real merit has not yet worn off. More and more as the green court team establishes an enviable reputation the memory of the 1918 debacle is over-shadowed. Yet it will take at least a third creditable season to soften that memory as should be done. The 1922 team contributed its full quota of joy to that purpose and well merits the praise being bestowed upon it.
Playing a difficult schedule of 20 games, Coach Zahn's quintette captured 13 decisions. There were disappointments, to be sure, but the record to those who have more than a casual acquaintance with the Hanover situation is not disappointing. Of the games lost, four were to Princeton and Pennsylvania, the two strongest teams of the intercollegiate league, and two of these were lost by but one point. Two more defeats were registered during the Christmas vacation trip in which the Dartmouth quintette was playing its first games preliminary to the league season. The other loss was to the fast Crescent A. C. team, of New York. In only one instance was the Green team defeated by a score of any size, that occasion being the meeting with the University of Pittsburgh team, when the Panthers rode rough shod over the Hanover outfit.
Giving due consideration to the fact that the importance of the intercollegiate league conests overshadows that of the other games and that therefore the energy of the team must be conserved as much as is possible throughout the games not on the league schedule the 1922 record is very favorable. Moreover the Green team, in almost every game, was handicapped in having to take the ball from opponents who captured it easily by reason of having a taller man at the center position. And in justice to the team it is but fair to record the fact that in at least two instances rumors of an alleged unsympathetic attitude on the part of referees appear to have more than a little justification.
Princeton's defeat of Pennsylvania at Princeton, March 18 tied the lead position of the league in a knot which it will take an extra game to unravel. The league record at the end of the season follows:
Team G. Won Lost P.C. Pennsylvania 10 8 2 .800 Princeton 10 8 2 .800 Dartmouth 10 6 4 .600 Cornell 10 5 5 .500 Columbia 10 2 8 .200 Yale 10 1 9 .100
INDIVIDUAL STANDING Field Foul Goals Goals Tot. Grave, Penn, c 30 77 137 Loeb, Princeton, c, rg 24 81 129 Pulleyn, Col., rg 20 81 121 Cullen, Dart., If 17 85 119 Luther, Cor., rf 16 70 Klaess, Princeton, rf 30 1 61 Huntzinger, Penn, rf 28 0 56 Baither, Yale, If 22 11 55 Cooper, Yale, c 9 37 55 Millar, Dart., rg 25 0 50 Springborn, Col., rf 18 0 36 Rippe, Cor., c 18 0 36 Capron, Cor., rf 11 13 35 Barkelow, Cor., lg 17 0 34 Watson, Col., c 17 0 34 Goldstein, Dart., c 13 0 Jeffries, Prin., c, If 12 0 24 Gaines, Princeton, c 12 0 24 Crabtree, Cornell, lg 11 0 22 Malcolm, Dart., If 10 0 20 Rosenast, Penn, If 10 0 20 Moore, Dart., rf 10 0 20 Kernan, Yale, rg 8 3 19 Field Foul Goals Goals Tot. Mullen, Col., If 9 0 18 Miller, Penn., rg 9 0 18 Voeglin, Penn, lg 9 0 18 Haas, Yale, rf 8 0 16 Dessen, Penn, rf 6 0 12 Shaneman, Dart., c 4 0 8 Wedell, Col., rg 3 0 6 Porter, Cornell, If 3 0 6 Heep, Dart., lg 2 0 4 Reilly, Col., lg 2 0 4 Wilmer, Princeton, lg 1 0 2 Caswell, Yale, If 1 0 2
With the 31 to 13 defeat of the strong Exeter basketball team the Dartmouth Freshman quintette closed its season of 9 games with a clean record of victories over the strongest school teams in New England. The Green yearlings caged baskets during the season for a total of 300 points to 137 for their opponents and in only three contests were hard pressed to win. Friedman at right forward was the outstanding star of the plebe team netting 52 baskets from the floor and 2 from the foul line for a total of 106 points. Goas, with 10 baskets from the floor and 50 foul shots made a score of 70, Edwards following with 21 baskets netting 42 points and Chapman with 12 baskets for 24 points. Wiley with 19 points and Sailer with 16 points were other frequent scorers.
Pennsylvania 26—Dartmouth 21
The University of Pennsylvania quintette displayed superb form and steadiness in the face of difficulties which enabled it to defeat the Dartmouth five in an intense encounter on the Hanover court, Feb. 18. Rosenast, one of the most dependable veterans of the Red and Blue team was severely injured on the first play of the game when he broke his wrist as the result of a hard fall on the floor. But this casualty did not upset the play of the Pennsylvania men who began the attack in real earnest with a basket by Dessen who had gone in at Rosenast's forward position. Pennsylvania baskets followed this first sally in rapid succession until half way through the first period the Quaker team was settled into a comfortable lead of nine points with the Green side of the scoreboard a blank. Cullen then caged a free throw for the first Dartmouth tally and the Hanover rally got under way, five points more being scored before Huntzinger counted another basket for Pennsylvania. The Dartmouth attack, however, was fast and furious, so much so that at half time the balance of power had swung to the Green team by the margin of a IS to 12 score, the Green forwards having registered their 15 points while holding the Quakers to three.
The usual second period strength of the Dartmouth team was lacking in the last half of the contest. Pennsylvania, starting in exactly the same manner as in the first half, again rung up nine points before a Hanoverian could add further to the Green score. This time the Pennsylvania lead was sufficient for victory, Dartmouth being unable to produce a rally which would reach the required distance, and Pennsylvania by means of a smooth passing game and excellent floor work holding the Green five at bay until the gong. For Dartmouth, Cullen registered two baskets from the floor and seven of nine free throws for a total of 11 points. Goldstein and Millar each contributed two field goals and Moore one. Grave, for Pennsylvania, caged a total of ten points by means of two floor goals and six successful free throws in ten attempts. Huntzinger added eight points by means of four baskets from the floor, Dessen caged three goals and Vogelin one.
Dartmouth 21—Columbia 19
Captain Millar, of the Green basketball team, rose to great heights in the game with Columbia at New York, and scored six baskets from the floor for a total of 12 points of Dartmouth's 21 to 19 score. Millar caged basket after basket from difficult angles and from the middle of the floor. For Columbia Pulleyn was high with nine successful free throws in 14 attempts and a basket from the floor in addition, thus netting 11 points. Cullen rung up five more points for Dartmouth in his nine attempts from the foul line, and Shaneman and Goldstein contributed one field goal apiece.
Dartmouth 27—Cornell 22
The rejuvenated and regenerated Cornell basketball team which had suffered serious casualties at mid-years but which had been so rebuilt as to take a healthy poke at Pennsylvania's swollen record was not quite able to take the measure of the Dartmouth quintette in their meeting in Hanover February 26, the Green team bringing off the floor the long end of a 27 to 22 score. Several minutes of extremely tight basketball followed the opening whistle, none of the forwards being able to escape from the guards who were at all times active and agile. Cullen at last registered the first basket on a free throw and after twice duplicating this feat handed over the scoring task to Millar who responded with a beautiful long shot from a difficult angle. Goldstein and Millar continued a fusilade at the Cornell basket but to no avail and the Ithaca team was likewise powerless, failing to succeed in many shots which bounced from off the hoop and spun out of the net. The slack season came to an end at last, however, and a one hand shot by Crabtree started the visitors to a five point lead. This, Cullen pruned by two free throws and a magnificent shot from mid-court leaving the New Yorkers only the margin between 10 and 9 as the half ended.
The Green offense could not be checked in the second period. Foldstein followed up on a long shot and caged the rebound for the first score of the period and foul throws soon tied the score at 12 all. Dartmouth again plunged ahead when Millar dribbled the ball through the Cornell defense for another neat basket and from that time forth the Green attack surged ahead until Dartmouth held the weight of a score that stood at 22 to 13. The Cornell offense became once more alert as this stage was reached and by spectacular work achieved a position within one point of the Green total. This was as far as the rally would reach, Zahn's men gathering five more points to a single counter for Cornell. Cullen's work from the foul line was particularly poisonous for the Cornell team, the diminutive Dartmouth forward dropping through the net 11 out of 12 free throws. His long goal from the floor brought his individual total to 13. Millar with four baskets from the floor followed Cullen with eight points, and Goldstein, Moore, and Shaneman each contributed a double counter. For Cornell,. Luther who made eight out of ten foul throws and two baskets from the floor was at Cullen's heels with 12 points. Crabtree scored three baskets for six points, and Barkelew and Capron each counted once.
Princeton 27—Dartmouth. 19
There was no question of the superiority of the Princeton basketball team over Coach Zahn's Green five at Princeton March 1, when the Tiger outfit registered a 27 to 19 victory. The orange team displayed a defensive combination which held the Green team well in check and as the latter aggregation, suffering the handicap of being unable at the jump to outreach the lanky Princeton center, was constantly laboring under the necessity of taking the ball from the Tigers. This defense was all that the New Jersey men required,
Throughout the first half of the contest both teams showed flashes of brilliant play and the Dartmouth defense was especially noteworthy, the Princeton forwards being forced to resort to long shots from the center of the floor. It was the ability of the Tiger men to cage a number of these shots which was responsible in a large measure for the outcome of the game. In the scoring column Cullen, of Dartmouth and Loeb of Princeton, were prominent factors, the former caging 15 out of M free throws and the latter netting 13 of 21 such opportunities and throwing two baskets from the floor in addition for a total of 17 points. Millar and Moore were the only Hanoverians to score from the court, while for Princeton Seidensticker scored twice, as well as Loeb, and Gaines, Klaess, and Wright, were each successful once.
Dartmouth 39—Yale 14
The last basketball game of the season played on the Hanover court showed the Dartmouth team in astounding form which brought gasps of admiration from the stands. In passing, floor work and shooting the Green quintette provided one of the most spectacular exhibitions ever staged on a local court and were in complete control of the situation at all times. The score of 39 to 14 is probably the most overwhelming one registered m the Intercollegiate league during the past season and with the exception of the opening game with Middlebury, when Zahn's men scored 43 points, was the high point of the entire Dartmouth season.
From the minute when Moore caged the first basket of the game shortly after the whistle the element of suspense depended entirely upon speculation as to the size of the total the Green stars would be able to amass. Cooper was the first man to score for dropping in a single counter from the foul line. Cullen followed for Dartmouth with a beautiful basket from mid-floor which Cooper duplicated. The Hanover team kept up.the pace, however, Goldstein scoring twice and Millar once, and Cullen adding a free throw. Thus the scoring continued until the first half ended with the count 19 to 10 in favor of the Green team.
The second half was also fast and spectacular with the Dartmouth team adding 20 points while holding the New Haven men to four. Cullen, as usual, led the Dartmouth attack, scoring six baskets from the floor and five out of seven free throws for a total of 17 points. Millar caged five field goals, and Moore and Goldstein three apiece. For Yale Cooper led with three field goals and two out of seven free throws for a total of eight points.
Pennsylvania 24—Dartmouth 23
Bad breaks in the luck of the evening were a contributary cause of Dartmouth's second defeat at the hands of the championship Pennsylvania basketball team at Philadelphia, March 11, when the Quakers were accorded a victory by a score of 24 to 23, after a first half which found the Green team leading 15 to S. The winning basket was caged by the versatile Captain Grave, of Pennsylvania, who lifted the ball through the net after a foul called in the last 30 seconds of play.
Dartmouth showed throughout the first half of the meeting an attack which completely baffled the Pennsylvanians and a defense which the Philadelphia men were unable to penetrate with any degree of success. The second half of the game was much different. Materially aided by numerous penalties inflicted upon the Green quintette the Pennsylvanians successfully cut down the Hanover lead until the teams were deadlocked with the time limit less than a minute away. It was at this juncture that another foul called on the Dartmouth team gave Grave the opportunity to cage the winning point. For Dartmouth Millar was an outstanding figure his guarding withholding from Pennsylvania a number of scoring opportunities.
