. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide. shots without resorting to a carom off the back-board, thus avoiding the inroads on good shooting which back-boards of various sizes, shapes and constructions make. Hisoffense, consequently, was better than that of any other forwardin the league, because of his wonderful scoring ability, althoughhe lacked that lightning speed and shiftiness which would havemade him an ideal forward. Some critics will say that Sissonwas too erratic to be considered for a position on the All Easternteam and will point with telling effect to the fact that he fai
. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide. shots without resorting to a carom off the back-board, thus avoiding the inroads on good shooting which back-boards of various sizes, shapes and constructions make. Hisoffense, consequently, was better than that of any other forwardin the league, because of his wonderful scoring ability, althoughhe lacked that lightning speed and shiftiness which would havemade him an ideal forward. Some critics will say that Sissonwas too erratic to be considered for a position on the All Easternteam and will point with telling effect to the fact that he failedto score a field goal in three of the league games in which heparticipated. The writer can only answer this objection by say-ing that it was more or less true of all the leading forwards inthe league and that none of them ever showed the brilliancy thatenabled Sisson to score seven baskets from the field in twodifferent games. On the defensive Sisson was all that could be asked of a manwhose ability to score made his opponent devote most of his. Halsted; llSanderlyn; 12;Kaufmln. °- ^? ^^ «• ^?CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N. Y.
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