. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide . ough to have one or two, but the peers of the wholefield were Captain Witt of Wisconsin and Captain Hoffman ofChicago. The former was the most spectacular guard of theyear, and with the assistance of his remarkable dribbling abilityscored as many field goals as did the best forwards. He out-played all of his opponents, and scored one basket or more innearly every game. With the exception of one or two games,when he was not in first-class physical condition, ne was thekey-man in Wisconsins passing, and much credit must reflect onhim for his s
. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide . ough to have one or two, but the peers of the wholefield were Captain Witt of Wisconsin and Captain Hoffman ofChicago. The former was the most spectacular guard of theyear, and with the assistance of his remarkable dribbling abilityscored as many field goals as did the best forwards. He out-played all of his opponents, and scored one basket or more innearly every game. With the exception of one or two games,when he was not in first-class physical condition, ne was thekey-man in Wisconsins passing, and much credit must reflect onhim for his splendid work in the game in which his team defeatedChicago by the close score of ii to lo. Then again in thePurdue game, from guard position he managed to cage fivefield goals, and in every respect was the star of the game. Next in ranking among the guards is Hoffman, who was thecoolest player in the league and who throughout the entireseason played very consistent ball. It made no differencewhether the game was a hard or an easy one, he was always. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY, 53 playing his best game, had his man well covered, and took careof two men in many instances when his team mate Page wasplaying the floor. As in former years, Pat Page of Chicago played a verygood ganie. He is rugged, exceptionally active on his feet,plays the floor well and is a past master at the art of blocking,l)ut it is to be regretted that out of all the chances offered himhe was not able to throw more goals. In easy games he didnot show his aljilit}-, but in the hard games he always gave agood account of hnnsclf. Bernstein and Thompson of Illinoiswere a pair of guards much like the Hoffman-Page combination,Bernstein playing an exceptionally good game the past Harper of Wisconsin, because of his speed and abilityto dribble and shoot goals, was also a valuable man at was often called upon to play center and demonstrated thathe was an all-around good player. Rosenwald of Minneso
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