The Washington herald., 1908-02-09

Georgetown Wins Victory at
Basketball.
ROLLS UP TOTAL OF GA POINTS
Visitors Are Mystiaed by the Light
ming Attack of Blue and Gray
Feet-RecOrd-bre Crowd Sees
Contest iR Convention Hall.

Georgetown University basketball team
soundly trOunced the University of Vir-
ginia fve before a record breaking CROWD
last night at Convention Hall, score, 81
to T.
This is the second defeat administered
by Georgetown to the Orange and Black
within a week. and in measure off5ers
the trimming doled out by the Charlottes-
vile eleven on Georgetown field last fall.
1t is doubtful If there was a single spec
tator in the hall, biased or otherwise, who
entertained any speculation as to the final
outcome Of the contest two minutes after
the ball had been put in play So fast
was the work of the boys from the
heights that the Virginia players could
do little else than follow the course If
the ball, which invariably sought refuge
in the basket after each few seconds Of
play, guided by the unerring aim of the
machine Prof. Joyce has butt up IN
some instances the passes were so rap
idly executed that the spectators had diff
iculty In locating the ball, ard IN two
occasions Referee Pimper himself was
nonplussed.
Despite the one-sided score. the game
was interesting throughout, and upon oc-
casions would arouse the spectators into
frenzy Of excitement which was in
yariab!y shoTt-liyed however, as the
feather was never long IN play before the
objective point. the basket was reachtd.
The skill shown by Georgetown in
manipulating the passes and runs has
seldom If ever. been equaled by any
basketball five in the District, and there
are many of the opinion that the Blue
and Gray quint could cope successfully
with the big college teams OF the East If
games could be arranged.
Virginia Il Mystifed.
That the Charlottesville Players possess
ability was clearly shown in their game
with George Washington. Friday night.
aud from the form they displayed then
it is the more surprising that Georgetown
should wallop them as they did. and has
only one explanati0n-intrinsic worth
Virginia was simply mystihed by the
clever onslaughts of her opponents. and
never stood a shadow of a chance Of
making more than a fairly creditabls
showing.
There were no stars. Every member of
the Georgetown team performed his stunt.
md did it at the right time-siways with
results. IL there Is any one player upon
whose work any stress can be laid. that
one Is Fred Rice The 1.-THE player was
here there. and everywhere. and brought
howls- Of c0mmendatiOn from the thrOats
OF the appTecjauye audience time and
again by his spectacular runs and aCCu-
rate tossing Rice threw a total of eleven
neld goals in the forty minutes Of play.
and still found time to enable his team
mates, by his clever passing, TO score
points and hold his opponent, Scott, 10
one goal
Those Of the Creek team who did not
distinguish themselves by shooting bas-
kets did equally as effective work in
blocking and breaking up the plays OF
their opponents. which were in almost
every instance no sooner started than
checked
Cochraae and Glenn did the best work
for the visitors. the latter obtaining four
Of his teams twelve points on free t0sses.