Evening star., 1909-03-14
BLUE AND GRAY'S
BASKET BALL TEAM
Make Good Record on the
Season and Rank With
the TopnotChers.

The season. recently closed. of the
Georgetown University basket ball team
has demonstrated a great many hitherto
Unknown phases of the great indoor
game. the most conspicuous of which Is
the difference between the mode of play
iu@ the game in the south and that OF
the north.
In all of the contests the play was fast
while i'm the Virginia and Navy games ii
was extremely close and very rough. This
roughueSS. however, was of another klhu
than that which characterized the three
hard games with northern colleges. Ford
ham. Columbia and Cornell put up an
entirely different style of work from that
of any of the southern teams. 1t was root
hall altcrated To get around the rules OF
basket hall and the contests with these
teams. two of which were defeats ana
one q victory. clearly showed that if the
southern quints wish to he on par with
those from the north they must adopt
more aggressive style of playing
The game fight against Columbia. the
victories over Fordham. Penn state ana
the Navy and the cloSeness of the COR
nell game give Georgetown place among
the best teams of the east No one
denies that Columbia deserves the ciialu-
rankings there is a grand miX-up between
"A score or more of the Atlantic coast
schools. Whether any satisfactory SET
Element of the deserved places VIII ever
hr brought about is hard TO say, out II Is
highly improbable.
One Of the features of the local season
was the scrap between Georgetown anu anu
the local Y. NJ. &. y. The ASSOCIATION
team took two of the three games plaNeu
and on it's record base a pretty authorl-
tatiyc claim 10 the District title. rms IS
siisputed by the ColleganS on the efouiiu
that none Of the contests came of on a
neutral floor and that the championship
was not at stake. As efforts 10 again
match the teams hav" proven futHe. the
championship must he given 10 tit
NJ c 4 until some time i'll the future
when il is hoped the rival organizations
will again contend for the supremacy
The records of the players on the mn
top five show plainly that the regulars
were closely matched in ability 10 plaS
their respective positions. lhe ohlS eN'ep
ION 10 this rule being SchloSSer. Who<e
work was nothing short of phenomenal.
This ex-regimental star took part in every
half Of the season and always hialil-
tanned high average lie naue Hloie
points by a margin of Is than any one OF
his team-mates speaking. of course IN
proportion 10 halves prayed. while MS OPP
pCnents made fewer goals OF the oppo-
nents of the other men,
cant Rice's work at center was or an
of il he should easily land place on the
alI-salltharn. The two Co!liftoWers plaAeu
pretty evenly in the guard positions: Jlin
has a slight advantage. according 10 tie t,
dope sheets hut the margin Is so shiaii
that IL can hardly be counted. ,
Csossin by hard work improved niihseil
greatly as the season went on. SelthS
nosition as a regular for the latter par
He was the smallest and Hghtest vi ti,e
bunch but his uuickness on ms rect iliaue
him a valuable addition to the passing
department. He showed marked apilitS
as a guard and il would not be sulPrisiiis
To see him in that position next year
or the other four men not H!uch can
he determined for certain i'll regard 10
their ranking on account of the niue theS
pIayed keliher had a meteoflc cdreei'
starring in his debut as varsity HILL
hui could not keep up the pace. DoWhes
was way off form all season. while hlngs-
lev and Sitterding We're lacking IN weleht
and experience. Another year lraS 90 d
lot for all of these
coach joyce is deserving OF great prdise
on account of the wisdom lie dlspldEed III
selecting and training his men. lie never
hesitated minute when he saw lhat II
change would work to the best iiterestS
of the team and the result was that ms
men made "A glorious name for themselves
their coach and their alma mater.