1907–08 Columbus YMCA basketball team

basketball 1907–08 Columbus YMCA 12–0 W. L. Dowd 1st Howell Peacock Southern champion The 1907–08 Columbus YMCA basketball team won the Southern championship. The team was coached by W. L. Dowd and captained by center Howell Peacock. The rest of the five were guards Alonzo Dozier and Chester Newman; and forwards Tippo Peddy and Tom Lewis.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/172613128/ Article clipped from The Atlanta Constitution March 1, 1908 2 newspapers.com The team beat Illinois.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/172613613/ Article clipped from The Atlanta Constitution January 3, 1908 12 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser/172613918/ Article clipped from The Montgomery Advertiser February 28, 1908 10 newspapers.com The team finished with no substitutions. Dozier busted his knee open against the seats in the last game against Auburn, and the team finished the game with four men.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbus-ledger/172743356/ Article clipped from The Columbus Ledger September 6, 1972 25 newspapers.com Schedule no yes no November 26, 1908 yes yes no Montgomery YMCA Montgomery, AL 38–29 1–0 December 7, 1908 yes no Montgomery YMCA Columbus, GA 69–20 2–0 December 14, 1907 yes no Birmingham YMCA Columbus, GA 89–11 3–0 December 27, 1907 yes no All-college Columbus, GA 61–9 4–0 January 2, 1908 yes no Illinois Columbus, GA 31–29 5–0 January 17 yes no Auburn Columbus, GA 37–32 6–0 February 7, 1908 yes no Georgia Columbus, GA 50–28 7–0 February 14, 1908 yes yes no Atlanta YMCA Atlanta, GA 61–24 8–0 February 20 yes no 1907–08 men Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's basketball Wake Forest Columbus, GA 62–18 9–0 February 21, 1908 yes yes no Montgomery YMCA Montgomery, AL 33–28 10–0 February 22, 1908 yes yes no Birmingham YMCA Birmingham, AL 27–20 11–0 March 2, 1908 yes yes no Auburn The Gymnasium Auburn, AL 33–19 12–0 550 no no References Category:1908 in basketball Category:Sports in Columbus, Georgia Category:1908 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball season