Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-25
BY H. c. BYRD.

The basket ball team representing the
University of Virginia will appear here
tomorrow to meet two OF the local insti-
tutions. The Charlottesville cOllegians
will go against Catholic University to-
morrow evening, while Saturday night
they will play Georgetown. It will be
the only appearance Of the Virginia quint
on a local floor this season.
The Charlottesville five should not find
the Catholic University quint any too
easy tomorrow night. With their best
man out Of the game the BrOOklanders
lost to the st. Johns aggregation yester-
day, but everything indicates that st.
Johns has a good team. The C. L. team
held the lead until Fred Rice left the
game, and the chances are that had he
continued playing 1t would have won. Vir-
ginia, although reputed to have the best
five that has represented 1t in long
time, will have to go at fast clip to
win from the Brookland crew.
Virginia has never won from George
town easily. Whenever the Orange and
Blue aggregation has claimed q victory
over the Blue and Gray 1t has never
been accomplished without having to
exert all its energies, and the same Will
be true Of the contest Saturday night.
Last year the two teams divided honors,
Geo. 5etown winning on the local moor
and Virginia taking the game In Char
lottesville, and there Is every chance tnat
they will split even again this year. with
the advantage Of its home floor It Is
probable that Georgetown will get away
with it's old rival, but the Blue and Gray
team has hardly shown strength enough
SO far this season to win In CharlotteS-
ville-that Is, II Virginia Is Is strong as Is
reported.
So far this year Virginia has won
three games and lost two. the victories
being. secured over Jefferson School.
Emory and Henry College and Gallaudet,
while the loss was sustained at the hands
Of Guilford College. Georgetown has won
from Loyola. Baltimore Medical and Uni
versity Of Maryland, while 1t has lost to
st. Johns Of Brooklyn. New York Uni
versity and the Army. -
The Hilltoppers have been playing a
better class OF teams than has Virginia
and that probably has caused the local
schools to show UP In q worse light than
was expected. Georgetown has shown
that it can play 2 mighty strong de-
fensive game and that fact alone should
preclude any chance Of tho victory going
to either team by more than few
points. especially so since the Blue and
Gray five has not shown much ability to
| score points even against the small
schools.
The team which Virginia will bring UP
tomorrow to use against the two local
universities has on It three men who
played last year. Aearns and Rixey.
forwards, and Ne6, guard. Three
Georgetown men who went against the
Virginia. team last year will also prob
ably wear the Blue and Gray this season,
Waldron. Heiskeli and Schlosser.
| Tomorrow's game between the Catholic
University and Virginia quints will mark
the opening OF athletic relations between
the two schools. It will be the first
meeting of the two institutions In any
branch OF sport. and probably means that
the Brooklanders will find place on
the Orange and Blue schedule In both
| foot ball and base ball.
| Mr.. Donnelly. who managed the Man
| haitian club I'm the Independence League
| last year. and who won the pennant II
| that organisation, will again have charge
of the team this season. He has startct
work already IN an effort to put out {
strong aggregation. One Of his firs
i moves has been TO sign Bob Doyle, wht
| represents the Savannah club in this city
| as coach, and to take charge OF the team
On tho held It Il the plan o6 the maR