. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide. he was pitted. Regarding the ability of Colliflower, Georgetown, and mybrother, who is placed at right guard, I deem it best to quoteverbatim what Mr. H. C. Byrd, basket ball coach and sportingeditor, said of him: Colliflower, since the first contest, has done brilliant workand been the chief factor in his teams success in almost everygame. There are few better men in the country than he when itcomes to recovering the ball and getting it out of the dangerterritory, and once he gets his hands on it there is small dangerof his losing possession
. Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide. he was pitted. Regarding the ability of Colliflower, Georgetown, and mybrother, who is placed at right guard, I deem it best to quoteverbatim what Mr. H. C. Byrd, basket ball coach and sportingeditor, said of him: Colliflower, since the first contest, has done brilliant workand been the chief factor in his teams success in almost everygame. There are few better men in the country than he when itcomes to recovering the ball and getting it out of the dangerterritory, and once he gets his hands on it there is small dangerof his losing possession of the leather. Colliflower handles andpasses the ball almost to perfection and is a wizard at diagnosingand breaking up plays before they are fairly started. He knowsthe game, is cool at all times and is a wonderful offensive as wellas defensive player. The men here chosen are not only finished players but havebeen in the game several years, possess a thorough knowledgeof its finer points, are cool and deliberate under the most 1. Oaiius; 2, Dr. Stroud, Coach; 3. Westmoreland; 4, Irwiu; 5, Cook, , Bloom; 7. Roddenbery, Capt.; S, Doyle. MERCER UNIVERSITY, MACON, GA. jS^ K^ H il^yK ^^^^^Pl^^^^IB^^ft- j^K ^Bwi*M^w5i / v^H I^& K^ ^^Mfill^.i. Ik ^^^H|^H^^r^^HBi y-^-^^^^t ii^^^V ^ m EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE, EMORY, VA. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 79 It is my opinion that this combination, in the hands of theproper coacn, would compare favorably with any other collegiatequint that could be selected. There was a wealth of good material among the forwards andI here mention those who were far above the ordinary: Waldronand Whelan of Georgetown, Smith of Navy, E. Rixey of Vir-ginia, Rice and McDonnell of Catholic University, and Peters ofLoyola. Honorable mention is deserved by the following men who helddown the pivot position with credit: McReavy, Navy; Cook,Loyola; Rixey, Virginia, and Lapham, Baltimore Medical College. Finished men in the guard positions were n
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