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Title: Spalding's official collegiate basket ball guide
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Fisher, Harry A., (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Basketball
Publisher: New York, The American sports publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ler deserves the other position at guard for his consistentwork. He can be depended upon at all times. Besides keepinghis men closely covered he is exceptionally active on his feet,is rugged, can play the floor well, and has the art of blockingdown fine. He could be used to advantage as the defensiveguard. Mattson and May, lK>th of Oregon Agricultural Col-lege, were strong contenders for guard positions. They areboth large, husky men, and were perhaps the tightest guards inthe Conference. Though Mattson is a steady, consistent player,he is not as brilliant as Staatz or Keeler. May played a greatrame, but participated in only four games, due to an injuryreceived during the first part of the season. It may seem strange that Oregon Agricultural College wonthe championship and that only one of her men has been chosenfor the All-Northwest team. Her team was, perhaps, betterbalanced than any other in the Conference. However, outside ofCooper, there were no other star- in the aggregation.
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SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 69 Review of the Southern CollegiateBasket Ball Season By James E. Colliflower, Georgetown University. The past season saw basket ball more firmly established amongthe Southern colleges and each year during the past five or sixbasket ball has been winning over a large number of followers.When the larger colleges in this section clashed on the courts itwas, generally speaking, anybodys game, and this fact aidedmaterially in making the game popular. The Naval Academy placed in the field a team which unques-tionably took off first honors. This team played nine games andhad on its schedule some of the best teams in the South andEast. St. Johns of Brooklyn, St. Johns of Annapolis, Dickinson,Georgetown, Yale, Catholic University, New York Universityand Baltimore Medical College were defeated by the Middies,and Swarthmore alone succeeded in triumphing over Navy.Throughout the season the Middies played a consistent andsplendid game and Swarthmore, possessing one of

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