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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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y coolid holds his team together well. I consider him the most valu-)le of the three for a teams success. Guards. There were few high-class guards playing the game during theist season; that is, men that were not only good defensive play-s, but could also assist in team work and scoring. The gameas arrived at such a point where a guard to be a valuable manlUst practically be a first-class forward. The man that approaches nearest to this ideal in the East isenson of Columbia. Changed from the forward to the guardosition, he had the advantage of the forward play. Although aght man, he possessed an abundance of nerve and grit thatDunterbalanced his lack of stamina. His eye for the basket^as as good as any player in the East, and this, combined withis lightning speed, made him a dangerous man to prevent fromcoring. His defense was hard, and he followed the ball well.lis handling of the ball was excellent, and on a straight driWVoward the basket it was practically impossible to prevent him
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SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 27 om scoring. His record during the season was far ahead ofly other guard, in nine games, he outscored his forward inght, and prevented his forward from scoring during five games.e scored a total of 17 field goals and only had 6 scored againstm, a wonderful record for a guard, considering that he wastted against such high-class forwards as Goodwin of Yale andaxe of Pennsylvania. Eames, the sturdy Yale captain, is my choice for the otherlard position. If any Yale man ever possessed bulldognacity, Eames was the man. Most of the credit for thetie success that the New Haven college gained was due to theiver die spirit of this player. Although short in stature, heivertheless was a stone wall in defense. He covered his oppo-;nt closely and gave him few opportunities to score. Although)t a heavy scorer, he had a good eye and started his spurts frome back guard position timely. With Eames playing the backime, and Benson the running forward game, we have an idealla

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