First basketball team (p. 259)

and Frank R. Castleman, ’06, “lifted Colgate out of the hick college class” by Runge’s interference coordinated with Castleman’s runs. The Dartmouth game in 1905 was of particular importance in attracting attention to Colgate. Dartmouth which had not lost a game for two years was defeated, 16-10, and the exploits of the winning team, hitherto covered only in the Central New York papers, made headlines on the sports pages of the Eastern press.

Basketball which students of the College, Academy and Seminary were playing as early as 1896 gained steadily in popularity but it was not until 1901 that Colgate had a regular team. Its captain was Earl V.