Columbia 25—Dartmouth 24
There is something in a League contest, though, which spurs a team on, and this year's Columbia game was no exception. Dartmouth lost, 25-24, in a sensational contest which saw the Indians battle Columbia throughout the game down to the final whistle.
Harold Mackey was the individual defensive star, for he was assigned to guard George Gregory, Columbia's great negro center and captain. Gregory, who has been high scorer off and on for three years of League competition, did not sink a single field goal that whole game, and Mackey dogged his steps all the way.
In the meantime, Kramer, Burch and Magee were fighting hard against one of the crack scoring teams in the East. The first half saw the Lions ahead by a 14-8 score, but the second half saw Dartmouth sweep the favored visitors off their feet in a deluge of shots which eventually tied the score at 20-20.
And mixed up in all of this rally was Wild Bill McCall who seems to have the happy faculty of starting things in any contest, whether it be football or basketball. Columbia was leading when McCall was sent into the game, and his first act was to breeze through the entire Lion team and shoot the tying goal. A few minutes later, when Columbia had gained a 23-22 supremacy, Hartman of Columbia was standing under his own basket with the ball in his hands when McCall grabbed it from him and shot another leading basket all in one motion! It was as pretty a play as I have seen in a long time, and it was only nullified when Lou Bender, the great scoring ace, dribbled down the side of the court to shoot a one handed basket as the game ended.
Dartmouth has tried many combinations this year in an attempt to find a winning one, and as yet it has not been found. The only two players who have retained their positions are Ed Picken at guard and Ben Burch at forward.
Capt. Gray Magee has been tried out in both positions, and Irving Kramer has been shifted from center to guard in order to give the taller Mackey a chance at the pivot position. Lauri Myllykangas, after giving so much promise as a sophomore, has not been up to standard, and Bob Beisel, whose specialty has been long shots, has not fitted into the close scoring picture. It looks as though Dartmouth would have to wait for another year, when Edwards, Stengle and some of the other freshman stars graduate into varsity ranks.
THE BASKETBALL TEAM Snapped before practice one afternoon in the midst of their vicissitudinous season, at the basketball court erected in the baseball cage of the gymnasium. Left to right: Back row: Coach Stark, Kramer, Prince, Britten, Mackey, Edwards. Front row: Picken, McCall, Capt. Magee, Burch, Myllykangas.
