DARTMOUTH QUINTET WINS FIRST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

In an exciting game played at the University of Pennsylvania, Palestra, in West Philadeldelphia, March 19, the Dartmouth basketball team defeated the Princeton basketball team by a score of 26 to 24 and thereby brought the College its first Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League championship. This game which was an extra to the regular league schedule was made necessary when Dartmouth and Princeton finished in a tie for first honors at the end of the season. It was a contest featured by many brilliant plays and the spirited up-hill fight of the Dartmouth team which was trailing Princeton at half-time.

Heep, of Dartmouth, scored the first point of the evening after three minutes of play, scoring a free throw from the foul line after McCabe, of Princeton, had been detected holding. The Dartmouth advantage was almost immediately wiped out when Gartner, high scorer of the Princeton team, caged the ball on a pass from Miles. Evans added another counter for Princeton-when he was fouled by Langdell. Evans added two more baskets from the foul line bringing the score to 5 to 1 in Princeton's favor. At this point the Dartmouth team began stubbornly to contest the game and although unable to reduce the Princeton lead prevented the opposition from drawing further away. The half closed with Princeton leading at 13 to 9.

Opening the second half with a rush Dartmouth cut the Princeton lead to one point, Langdell throwing a basket from the floor after a long pass from Picken, and adding another basket from the foul line. The score then stood at 19 to 18 in Princeton's favor with eight minutes of play remaining. Dey replaced Vossler for Dartmouth and after two minutes more of play Picken tossed the ball through Princeton's basket from the very center of the floor, giving his team a one-point lead. Gartner was successful from the foul line and tied the score for Princeton. Again Captain Picken gave Dartmouth an advantage, dribbling the ball past Hendricks, of Princeton, to toss it once more through the net. With three minutes of play remaining Langdell added two more points to the Dartmouth total, both from the foul line, giving Dartmouth a lead of 24 to 20. Gartner, for Princeton, duplicated Picken's feat and scored a field goal from the center of the court, cutting the Dartmouth lead to the margin of a single basket. But in the next moment Langdell once more cut for the Princeton basket and taking a pass from Austin scored again. McCabe retaliated for Princeton, dashing for the basket to score unassisted. In the remaining seconds, however, Dartmouth was successful in preventing further Princeton scoring, and at the final whistle was still in possession of a two-point lead.

Captain Picken, of Dartmouth, was the high scorer of the game, accounting for 9 of the Green team's points. Langdell scored 7 points, Hein 6, Austin 2, and Bunge and Heep 1 each. For Princeton Gartner and Evans each scored 7 points, McCabe and Alexander scored 4 points apiece and Miles 2.

Before this extra-schedule game the league season was completed with the teams ranking in the following order: Opp.Team W L Pts. Pts. Pet Dartmouth 7 3 285 231 .700 Princeton 7 3 235 236 .700 Columbia 5 5 251 273 .500 Pennsylvania 5 5 257 233 .500 Cornell 4 6 216 225 .400 Yale 2 8 208 253 .200

Simmen. of Yale, and Lorch, of Columbia, each of whom scored 73 points during the season led the individual scoring list of the league. Lorch netted 28 baskets from the floor and 17 from the free throw line; Simmen scored 24 goals from scrimmage and 25 after fouls. Captain Picken, of Dartmouth, who scored a total of 59 points, gathered from 18 field goals and 23 free throws, was the highest Dartmouth counter. The totals of other Dartmouth players were; Vossler 42; Heep 39; Austin 35; Ellis 33; Hein 30; Langdell 27; Spaeth 10; Dey 5; Gordon 2; and Bunge 2. Dey, who captained last year's Dartmouth team, was unable to play throughout most of the season owing to a severe injury to his hip.

Cornell 23-—Dartmouth 19

Dartmouth's championship aspirations were rudely checked by Cornell in a game played at Ithaca February 19, when the New York state team defeated the Green by a score of 23 to 19. As a result of this, defeat Dartmouth dropped back from a tie with Princeton for first place in the league standing to a tie with Pennsylvania for second place, the Philadelphia team having risen from third place by virtue of a victory over Yale.

Both teams were slow at the outset of this contest but Cornell, at length awakening, ran up a score of 13 points while holding Dartmouth to 7 before the close of the first half. During the second half of the game the Hanover team played a fast game and succeeded in outscoring Cornell. The lead of the Ithacans proved, however, to great to be overcome. Captain Picken and Ellis were Dartmouth's leading scorers, the former accounting for 6 and the latter for 4 of their team's points.

Dartmouth 38—Columbia 14

As though angered by the defeat administered by Cornell, the Dartmouth basketball five ran wild at New York February 21 and trounced Columbia by a score of 38 to 14, the scoring difference of 24 points being almost a record for a league game. Dartmouth gained the lead early in the play and at half time left the floor at half time with a 9 to 7 advantage. Columbia's 8. Play was fast and'scoring rapid throughout the second half of the game, which was enlivened also by an injury which incapacitated referee Risley and an argument which resulted in the banishment from the floor of Rothenfeld of Columbia, and Ellis, of Dartmouth. For Dartmouth Langdell led the scoring with a total of 9 points, and Picken and Austin each scored 8 points. Columbia scored but three baskets from the floor during the game.

Dartmouth 27—Pennsylvania 21

Captain Picken's basketball team again took the lead in the Intercollegiate League title race in Hanover February 26 by defeating the University of Pennsylvania five by a score of 27 to 21, while Princeton was losing to Cornell by a score of 20 to 13. The game in Hanover was rough and marred by many fouls.

Dartmouth played a close guarding game and restricted the Pennsylvanians to but two field goals in each period, 13 of the visiting team's 21 points resulting from free throws after fouls. Throughout the first half the game was close and tensely contested, Dartmouth maintaining a lead of one basket and leaving the floor at half time with a 9 to 7 advantage. The second half was opened by a scoring rush on the part of the Hanover team which brought the Green total to 15 points before Pennsylvania had added to its 7. Lindsay and Schaef, of Pennsylvania, then opened an attack which resulted in further scoring for their team. The Dartmouth lead was never in danger, however, and was maintained until the closing minute when Davenport added two successful free throws to the Pennsylvania score.

For Dartmouth Austin scored 7 points, Vossler 6, Picken 5, Heep 4, Langdell 3, and Ellis 2. For Pennsylvania Schaef, who was successful six times in six attempts from the free throw line, scored 10 points, Lindsay 8, and Davenr port 3.

Princeton 25—Dartmouth 22

Unable to swing into stride until the first half of the game was half over the Dartmouth basketball team lost its opportunity of clinching the league championship during the regular season of play when Princeton won by a score of 25 to 22 at Princeton March 2.

Princeton starting with a rush scored 10 points before the Green team was able to cage a single basket. Captain Picken then headed a Dartmouth rally and the Hanover men struggled to overtake the opposition. By half time the Princeton lead had been pared down to six points, the score standing at 15 to 9, Dartmouth gained three more points on the Tiger during the second half, but was unable to make further progress before the final whistle.

Dartmouth 30—Cornell 20

The final scheduled game of Dartmouth's basketball season was played in Hanover March 6 and resulted in a victory for Dartmouth over Cornell by a score of 30 to 20. It was only in the final quarter of the contest that the Green team began to draw appreciably away from the Ithacans, five of Dartmouth's points, being scored in the last minutes of play. Twice during the first half of the game Cornell assumed the lead and at all times the Cornell team was dangerous. Thq game was marred 'by the number of fouls called by the officials, 14 of Dartmouth's points and 8 points of the Cornell total being scored from the free throw line.

For Dartmouth Captain Picken again proved to be the individual star and the leader in attacking force. He scored three baskets from scrimmage and netted five of his six free throws from the foul line for a total of 11 points. Ellis added 7 points to the Dartmouth score, Langdell 5, Spaeth 3, Austin 2, and Hein and Heep 1 each. For Cornell Schlossbach scored 7 points, Deveau 5, Molinet 3, Winkler and Beck 2 each, and Bruckert 1.

The league championship, for which Dartmouth's chances appeared slight after the defeat at Princeton, was again thrown open to the Green when Columbia closing its season in a burst of glory, overwhelmingly defeated the Tiger team in a game played at New York. The resulting tie for first place in the league standing necessitated the Dartmouth-Princeton game played at Phildaelphia March 19.