1918 Helms National Championship

[Rage4CUSE]

As of now, does SU have anything in the works to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the first national championship?

 

[orange79]

Winning their 4th

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I can't believe they let Penn score 17 points in that last game.

Should have switched to man.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Inviting family members would be nice if they could even be tracked down. Might be near impossible.

 

[orange79]

I can't believe they let Penn score 17 points in that last game.

Should have switched to man.

Ed Cronauer got Boeheimed

 

[pfister1]

Inviting family members would be nice if they could even be tracked down. Might be near impossible.

I'm sure the players know where their family members are.

Fun fact:

The National Champion hoops squad in its best offensive effort of the season topped out at 37 points against NYU.

The football team on the other hand tagged Brown for 53 points that season.

 

[EnnisEnvy]

Where's the 118 year old point guard?

 

[SWC75]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917–18_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team

 

[andyw715]

Really?

 

[skurey]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917–18_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team

Can we have a nice 10 page discussion on those hideous uniforms?

 

[SWC75]

Can we have a nice 10 page discussion on those hideous uniforms?

We've seen worse.

 

[RandygoCuse]

Can we have a nice 10 page discussion on those hideous uniforms?

I heard Nike gave them good money to wear those.

 

[tee1222]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917–18_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team

And fixed!

 

[cpatrocks]

I heard Nike gave them good money to wear those.

Did they provide the Hair Gel too?

 

[MSOrange]

If they don't have the entire team back to reunite in the Dome, I consider this a major failure of the athletic department!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I heard Nike gave them good money to wear those.

It was so long ago, it was the Greek goddess Nike.

 

[sutomcat]

As of now, does SU have anything in the works to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the first national championship?

Interesting to read the story on the final SU-Penn game, which was played at Archbold Gym and spoiled an undefeated season for the Orangemen.

Scroll to the bottom of this story.

Archbold Gym opened in 1908 and like Archbold Stadium, it was really big and a state of the art facility circa 1918.

More on Archbold Gym here.

 

[cpatrocks]

If they don't have the entire team back to reunite in the Dome, I consider this a major failure of the athletic department!

We can give them all Jerseys...and when we spell their last name wrong, nobody will notice.

 

[br801]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917–18_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team
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And fixed!

True ironmen, in the Syracuse basketball tradition. They only went 8 deep, and did it without TV timeouts.

 

[MSOrange]

True ironmen, in the Syracuse basketball tradition. They only went 8 deep, and did it without TV timeouts.

They didn't have commercials in those days?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

They didn't have commercials in those days?

They didn't even have radio until 1922.

 

[br801]

In those days, you would consider yourself fortunate if you could get your hands on a copy of Poor Richard's Basketball Annual.

 

[Dave85]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917–18_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team

Racially looks like a Duke team. Just saying.

 

[sabach]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917–18_Syracuse_Orangemen_basketball_team

I love that quote from "Dead Poets Society" and was thinking the same thing when I saw this picture. "These boys are feeding daffodils now."

 

[Dave85]

In those days, you would considerate yourself fortunate if you could get your hands on a copy of Poor Richard's Basketball Annual.

In those days they didn't have rubber soles which made sliding on the wood court very common. Also the basketball was made out of dried salmon skin. And there were no buses so the students had to walk to Manley field house in the snow. Kids today have it so easy and their hands don't smell like fish.