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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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ecord of 52 goalsfrom the field, as compared with 20 by his opponents, show hisability to take care of the position. Te Veltrup of Ames is the next choice for center, playing infifteen games and making 36 field goals and holding his oppo-nents to small scores. Ettlinger of Washington deserves credit for his work at cen-ter and had his work in the early games been of the qualityof that in the later ones he would have ranked with the best. Cohen, who played for Missouri, was misplaced on accountof a lack of a good center and has been given a place with theforwards. For the position of guard the pair which worked for Kansashas been chosen for their effective work. Woodward being byall odds the most consistent and heady guard in the valley. Hiseffectiveness in scoring at the most unexpected times has alwaysbeen a feature of his play. His game lacks the spectacularsave at those times when he surprises the audience by his goals.His record of ■^i) goals scored from the field and the way in
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SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 91 which the opponents have been held to low scores show hiseffectiveness. Martindell is second choice for just the points that are notpronounced in Woodward, viz , the dash and brilliance in drib-bling and scoring goals without aid from a difficult position.This feature in his playing has led some to place him ahead ofany other guard in the valley. His record of 2^ field goals andonly 12 fouls show him to be a superior guard. Titman of Washington ranks next as a guard; his workwas of the brilliant type, showing speed and judgment in inter-cepting passes and assisting his forwards by clever dribbling, buthis inability to score at times left his opponents at an advantageas they did not need to follow him so closely when he left hisposition. Burress of Missouri is entitled to the position with Titman.He is a heady player and a good dribbler and covers the terri-tory with speed. His work throughout the season was not soconsistent as the men already mentioned.

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