. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide . ts he has a quickbrain and is a born leader. I consider him one of the bestplayers that ever stepped on the court. Mahon, the running mate of Kiendl on the Columbia champion-ship five, is an entirely different type of athlete, and what hehas accomplished has come from hard work and diligent applica-tion to the gamie. His improvement during the past season hasbeen remarkable, and from a mediocre player he has jumped inone a star of the first magnitude. Unfortunately he is notof robust nature, but his speed, coupled with a wonderful
. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide . ts he has a quickbrain and is a born leader. I consider him one of the bestplayers that ever stepped on the court. Mahon, the running mate of Kiendl on the Columbia champion-ship five, is an entirely different type of athlete, and what hehas accomplished has come from hard work and diligent applica-tion to the gamie. His improvement during the past season hasbeen remarkable, and from a mediocre player he has jumped inone a star of the first magnitude. Unfortunately he is notof robust nature, but his speed, coupled with a wonderful eye forthe basket, more than over-balances this deficiency. He is a quickand an accurate shot, and his defence is practically perfect. Fewmen can claim to have scored against him as his record willattest. He is not a scintillating player and attracts little atten-tion during the game, but he is always working hard and is theman in emergencies. In eleven games played he scored 28 basketsand had only 5 scored against him. In six contests he prevented. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 23 his opponent from scoring, and in no game did he have morethan one basket scored against him. This is a record to be proudof, and stamps Mahon as one of the best forwards playing thegame. White of Princeton and Marks of the University of Pennsyl-vania are players of similar type, giants in stature and strength,rugged and able to stand a hard game. They are good shotsand very hard to guard, owing to their strength and size. Theirdefence is good, but they are not nearly as speedy or elusiveas Kiendl and Mahon. Goodwin of Yale, although a speedy and aggressive forward,was not consistent. In some of his games his forward work wasbrilliant. Then again he would go to the other extreme and loseall of his efficiency. Another season should see him one of thebright stars of the East. Wachenfeld of N. Y. U. is a high-class forward, with anoverabundance of natural strength. He is proficient in everydepartment of t
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