BASKETBALL

Dartmouth 21 Columbia 20

The Dartmouth basketball team opened its home series of Eastern Intercollegiate League contests with a smart victory over Columbia. The Columbia team, generally considered the most powerful outfit, except Cornell, among the league teams this year had not previously been defeated, and had disposed of Princeton and Pennsylvania in comparatively easy fashion.

Dartmouth went away to a five point lead shortly after the initial toss up, scoring one basket from scrimmage and three shots from the foul line. Swift and accurate passing and shooting on the part of the Columbia players soon offset this lead, three free throws and three field goals giving the New York team a score of nine while the Dartmouth score was added to by but one free throw making the home team's score total six. At this point the defensive work of both teams came to the fore and the score remained unchanged until the closing moments of the period. A rapid exchange of baskets then brought the half to a close with Columbia leading 16 to 12.

The second half of the contest opened with a spirited rally in which Edwards caged a field goal and Sailer a free shot for Dartmouth. Friedman added a beautiful basket from the side of the court and Dartmouth led by a score of 17 to 16. Columbia, soon afterwards, took away this lead when Mannheim scored two points with a pretty basket from scrimmage. The scoring see-sawed then until the final whistle, Dooley netting two points for Dartmouth, Lustig, two for Columbia, and Dooley counting once, more for the final and winning points.

The game was fast and clean throughout, Columbia exhibiting a smooth working attack and a strong defense, and on the whole displaying a better brand of basketball than that offered by Dartmouth. The factor in the Dartmouth play which overcame Columbia's brilliance was determination and will to win which all of the visitors' speed and skill could not overpower. The fouls of the game were evenly divided, each team having nine apiece. Dartmouth scored seven out of 16 free throws and Columbia six out of IS. Scoring honors were achieved by Edwards, for Dartmouth, with six points, and Mannheim, for Columbia, also with six points. For Dartmouth Dooley, Friedman, and Sailer each scored four points, Shaneman two, and Goas one. For Columbia Strom, Lustig, and Farer each scored four points, and Wilson two.

Dartmouth 30 Crescent A. C. 28

The Crescent Athletic Club's basketball team, playing in Hanover, Feb. 2, was unable to cleanse the slate of the advantage scored by Dartmouth in winning both games last year, when the Green team, craving vengeance for the defeat suffered during the Christmas recess in New York, stepped ahead at a fast rate and won by two points. The game was unusually fast and tense from start to finish.

Taking the lead- early in the game the Crescent Club continued at a fast pace and left the floor at the end of the first half with a 17 to 15 advantage. The speed of the contest was increased during the second half when scoring alternated rapidly and the advantage constantly shifted by one and two point margins. Dartmouth overcame the Crescent lead mainly by more accurate throwing from the foul line, and in the closing minutes brilliant shots by Friedman and Edwards gave the Green team a lead which was held until the final gong. Dartmouth's victory was the first defeat suffered by the Crescent Club five in 18 games.

Kurtz, at forward for the Crescent team, lead in the scoring throughout the game, amassing a total of 13 points. Friedman, of Dartmouth, scored 12 points. The defensive work of the game was featured for Dartmouth by Sailer.

Dartmouth 34 Harvard 25

In the annual Winter Carnival encounter with the Harvard basketball team Dartmouth scored a 34 to 25 victory after trailing the visiting team at half time. The Dartmouth team opened the contest with a powerful attack which netted 10 points before the Harvard team could get any footing on the score. Captain Gordon, of Harvard, then took the lead in a counter attack which quickly tied the count. Baskets scored by Rauh and Smith then gave the visiting team a four point lead. This was overcome by Dartmouth when Friedman, Edwards and Sailer accounted for five points, but another basket by Gordon gave Harvard the edge of a 16 to IS score when the whistle blew.

Dartmouth went into lead at the opening of the second half by means of a pretty shot by Edwards, but the score was soon knotted again at 20 all and again at 22 points apiece by rapid exchanges of baskets. Two brilliant shots by Friedman and Edwards then started the final Dartmouth rally and gave the home team a lead which Harvard was unable to overcome.

Captain Gordon of Harvard, scoring 14 of his team's points, proved himself the leading marksman of the evening, closely followed by Edwards, of Dartmouth, who scored a total of 13 points. The fouls were almost evenly divided with 11 called on Dartmouth and 10 on Harvard. The Harvard shooting from the foul line was more accurate than that of the Dartmouth five, however, the Cambridge team netting nine out of IS attempts and Dartmouth but six of its 13 efforts. For Dartmouth, in addition to Edwards' scoring, Friedman scored nine points, Goas six points, Shaneman and Tully two each, and Sailer one. For Harvard, Smith scored seven points, Rauh three, and Ramborski and Rudofsky one each.

Dartmouth 28 Pennsylvania 19

Dartmouth jumped into third place in the Intercollegiate League standing, Feb. 12, by defeating Pennsylvania 28 to 19 in a rather slow game lacking brilliant play by either team. Dartmouth again forced the playing when two neat baskets from the side of the court scored by Shaneman, three baskets by Friedman, and two successful free throws by Edwards gave the Hanover team an 11 to 0 lead. The Pennsylvania defense was tightened greatly, however, after this exhibition and the Green team was able to score but one more basket from scrimmage during the first half of the game. Both teams were far from their usual effectiveness at the foul line and Pennsylvania scored but five shots in 17 attempts and Dartmouth only four out of 11. The half closed with Dartmouth leading 16 to 5.

The play of the Pennsylvania five was vastly improved during the second half of the game in which the Quaker team outscored Dartmouth 14 to 12. Captain Carmack scored the first basket from scrimmage for his team and added two points on free throws. Two baskets by Kneass brought Pennsylvania within striking distance of the lead. Here Dooley started a Dartmouth rally which Edwards concluded with two baskets in rapid succession. For Dartmouth Edwards led in the scoring with a total of nine points. Friedman scored eight points, Shaneman four, Sailer three, and Dooley and Goas two each. Kneass scored eight points for Pennsylvania, Carmack five, Morris four, and Block and Dessen one each.

Cornell 32 Dartmouth 27

Cornell presented a swift and sure, smoothworking basketball combination on the Alumni Gymnasium floor February 16 which the Dartmouth five, erratic and off its stride was unable to check, and the fourth Dartmouth game of the Intercollegiate League series went to the Ithacans by a 32 to 27 score. The Cornell team held the Green shooters to six baskets from the floor and in winning the game assumed the leadership of the league.

Dartmouth jumped into a four-point lead immediately after the opening whistle, when Shaneman caged a basket from scrimmage and followed this with two successful free throws. The removal of Edwards, Dartmouth center man, who was called for three personal fouls within an almost incredibly short space of time, here worked havoc with the Dartmouth attack, making a substitution necessary and breaking up the team play of the Green effectively. An interchange of foul shots followed by two swift field goals by Wedell, of Cornell, soon deadlocked the score at seven points. Byron, of Cornell, placed his team in the lead with another basket and Cornell was thenceforth never headed, though Friedman scored for Dartmouth and Goas added three points from the foul line in a vain endeavor to stimulate a Hanover rally. A heavy scoring attack by Wedell and Byron gave Cornell an 18 to 12 lead at half time.

Cornell started with a rush at the beginning of the second period, Wedell, Dake, and Byron each caging shots from scrimmage. Edwards, returned to the game for a few minutes, and with Sailer and Dooley succeeded in caging six points for Dartmouth but a repetition of Cornell's whirlwind attack quickly offset these. Captain Friedman added two more field goals to the Dartmouth total as the gong sounded.

Dartmouth was outclassed from beginning to end of the contest and erratic and excitable play resulting in numerous penalties made such changes in the team necessary that the Green five was unable to maintain any attacking force. Cornell played an aggressive and alert game throughout with the Dartmouth team uncertain and faltering.

Wedell, caging 13 points for Cornell, was the scoring star of the game. Bryon scored seven points, Dake six points, Meyers four, and Capron two, for Cornell. For Dartmouth, Shaneman led with 10 points, scoring eight free throws in eight attempts, and was followed by Friedman with six points, Goas five, Dooley two points, Sailer three and Edwards one.

Yale 30 Dartmouth 23

At New Haven, February 20, the Yale court team which has been having a very checkered season in spite of its championship class of a year ago got under way to account for a Dartmouth defeat by a wide seven-point margin. Pite, Yale's star forward, after remaining inactive throughout the first half of the game caged five baskets from difficult angles in the second period and gave Yale a lead Dartmouth could not overcome. The game began as a bitter defensive contest for both teams and during the first eleven minutes of play neither team scored a point. Suisman then broke the ice, counting for Yale, and Sailer and Goas, by accuracy from the foul line gave Dartmouth a lead for a short period. The half closed with Yale leading at 12 to 8. The second period was one of considerable scoring.

For Yale Pite, who scored 14 points, was easily the star, followed by Luman, with seven points, Haas with five points, and Suisman four points. For Dartmouth Edwards scored six points, Friedman and Shaneman four points each, Sailer three points, and Goas, Shaneman, and Dooley each two.