Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-10
FIVE SHOULD
HAVE SUCCESSFUL SEASON
Has Material From Which to Develop VIM
ming Basket Ball Team-Some Gridiron
Rules Should Be Changed.

prenty of good substitutes besides the ca
pable regulars it Is probable that George
town will experience a successful sea-
son on the courts.
| Basket ball at Georgetown was always
II losing proposition until last year. In
| fact, it was SO much of n dead drain on
! the finances of the athletic association
that it was thought that it would he
discontinued. but the law school organ
lied a team and held it together, at ii
loss Last year Tom Fortune took charge
of the team, and under his management
he brought it out to the extent that when
the season was finished he not only had
brought the team through the season
without accommodating debts, but his &C
counts showed a snug sum as a reminder
to testify to his judicious handling of
the affairs of the team. Fortune de-
serves lot of credit for the work he
has done for the Blue and Gray in
fostering the winter sport as it is un-
doubtedly due almost solely to his efforts
that the sport is about to be recognized
by the school and placed in the same
category as the other branches Of ath-
leticS.
As long as the weather holds good the
Georgetown track candidates will DO
their training outdoors. 1t is thought
that the outdoor work will condition
them great deal for the long grind
which is to come indoors, once the real
winter sets In.
1t is almost certain now, according to
those who ought to know. that Hegarty
will he elected to captain the Georgetown
foot ball team next year There seems
little doubt that the right end Will win
out in the election by a fair margin
There has been quite a little canVaSSlng
done and according to the reports of
what has been evidenced by the players
as to their intentions in regard to their
! selection, the majority has seemed to
favor Hegarty-
Now that 1t is practically admitted that
Hegarty will be elected it might be we'll
| to say that 1t is likely that he will make
| as good a captain as GEORGETOWN has ever
had. Hegarty has the qualities which de-
| termine the leader. He is the kind of
| fellow who not only is good performer
| himself but has that bearing which COM
mandS the respect OF all who Know hlm
The Baltimore Medical College has al
WAYS given Georgetown the hardest kind
| of a game when 1t has met that school
| in basket ball. and tie game tomorrow
| night is apt to be one of the same kind
| of contests The Baltimore school had
rather win from the Blue and Gray than
| any other institution on It's schedule,
| and that fact alone augurs well 1or a
| fast and hard-played game when the two
| fyes meet tomorrow evening in what is
to be the first game for each this season.
| Shuerholtz, who played one Of the for
! ward positions for the Baltimore Medical
School last year. and who was barred
! by the A. A. T., may be kept out or tEe
| game. but it is expected that he will be
made eligible. If SO. he will be quite an
! addition to the Baltimore team, as he
has been rated as among the best men
| playing the forward positions in the
| south.
| This matter of selecting representative
foot ball teams is after all no more nor
| less than a matter OF personal opinion
based in the majority OF cases on the re-
ports that have come. sometimes in round
| about ways. concerning the ability OF GER
! tain players Half the teams which are
| picked, and which are supposed TO en-
body the best playing talent In that sec
ton which the team is supposed to rep