Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-14
NJ. A. C.. TO HAVE NO BASKET
BALL TEAM THIS SEASON
Aggies Will Not Foster Sport Because of
Lack Of Suitable Quarters - George
town G-Men Get Gold Foot Balls.

presented every man who won his G
during the year with a gold foot ball,
fixed on watch fob. The foot balls had
on them the names Of the positions play
ed by the men and the date. 1t was a
fine little memento for each player of
season.
Enthusiasm and optimism were the pre-
vailtng feelings at Georgetown among
those who attended the dinner last night.
Speeches were made by everybody con-
nected with the eleven and all seemed
imbued with the idea that the success of
the past two seasons is only a forerunner
OF what may be expected in the future
years. All pledged themselves to work
with vim for the furtherment of the
Blue and Gray athletics.
1t is seldom that a college or univer-
sity letter is given to a man who has not
really. earned it by taking part In the
games in which 1t was necessary to play
before the insignia could be granted. but
when 1t is the man to whom 1t Is award
ed is paid tribute higher than any other
player on the squad. 1t is given as proof
that while. he failed to earn the letter
from a technical standpoint and did not
come up to the apparent standard Of the
other men. he was really justly entitled
to it because Of the splendid faith and
loyalty shown to the institution with which
he was connected The man who goes out
and tolls days after day with scant rec
ognition from the coaches as far as the
granting him regular place on the team
is concerned Is entitled to just as much
consideration and really more credit than
Is the man who wins his regular place on
the varsity team. The player who makes
the team has an incentive to work and
do something that he may win the plaudits
or the spectators and his coaches, but the
other man tolls and works even harder
than does the regular because he does not
receive the same care and attention, and
gets nothing for his labors except the
consciousness that he has done his duty
toward the school and the development of
the team.
Two universities have given the much
priced letter to men this year who have
occupied the positions just described.
Keough. the man who subbed at quarter
to Minds, the regular man, even though
he did not take part in the games In
which it is necessary for a man to play
other man to receive the insignia of his
college under such conditions was Nc
Namara Of Georgetown. Mcnamara dur
ing the three years in which he has been
out for the Blue and Gray eleven failed
to win a regular place at any time. and
consequently was technically not entitled
to G, but because of his faithfulness
and steadfastness to the interests Of the
school and the eleven, he was given the
letter which he had failed to win by hold
ing regular place on varsity team.
No finer school spirit could have been
shown. in the giving of the highest honor
which any school can grant one of it's
athletes, than~that which caused Pennsyl-
vania and Georgetown to bestow their
insignia. although not earned in a tech
nical sense. on men who had shown that
in spirit, at least. they were as strong as
those who had regularly upheld the honor
of the two schools on the gridiron.
1t begins to look as though the Carroll
Institute and Y. M. c. A. basket ball
teams will again have it out between
themselves for the championship Of the
City League. On paper, at any rate, Car
roll and the Y. NJ c. A. seem to have
teams which are superior to the others
composing the circuit. And at that in the
two games that have been played be-
tween the Carroll and association quints
the quality of play shown was much |
above what has generally been evidenced |
by the other teams in the circuit.