Evening star., 1912-01-17
c. u. HAS AN EVEN CHANCE
TO WIN FROM GEORGETOWN
So Say the Supporters Of the Red and Black
Basket Ball Team After Showing
Against St. Johns Last Night.
YIN. CA. Swimming Meet.
BY II. c. BYRD.

Before its excellent showing against st.
Johns College last night it was the gen.
eraI opinion at Catholic University that
the team representing that school would
have a fair chance to- beat Georgetown
this year, but after the way the quint
played against the Northerners last night
the adherents of the Brookland team are
not hesitating to make it plain that they
think they have at least an even chance
to win from the Blue and Gray five.
While Georgetown held the st. Johns
team to smaller score than did Cath
olic University, it failed to score as many
itself against the Northerners as the
Brooklanders tailed, and lost by larger
margin than they. Consequently, the
hopes of the Red and Black five have ris-
en- considerably in regard to securing
victory over Georgetown.
One connected with the Catholic Uni
versity team made statement before
the Georgetown-St. Johns game to the
as good as the one representing the Blue
and Gray. Since the game last night the
opinion has widened, and there has been
general idea prevalent that the Red
and Black five will stand an even chance
to win at least one of the games sched-
uled with the Hlltoppers
The first dual swimming meet Of the
year will be he,>- at the Y. MIC. A. to-
morrow night between the Nautilus club
of the local association and the team
representing three Baltimore clubs. The
aggregation that is coming from Balti-
more is picked and represents the best
talent in that city. The officials and list
of events to be contested are as follows:
Officials-Referee. W. G. Stuart; judges,
Charles Orme, John j. Meany. J. &.
Doyle and d. +. Garges; timers. w. G.
Ihacher ID. c. Grain. II. Brent and j. J.
course. w. W. Tenney; scorer, II. w.
Long: inspectors, William Peet. H. {.
Miller, Z. NJ. King and Mr.. Johane. sen;
announcer, Nils G. Hansen.
ORDER OF EVENTS.
I. Relay race. PIP yards.
= Do yards. Junior, boys under - years. weight
less than l15 pounds.
j. ,eyard dash. two lengths.
4. Plunge for distance.
.. lOo-yard swim. four lengths.
=. S.yard breast stroke. three lengths.
:. S0yard back stroke three lengths.
~ 2oo-yurd swim. eight lengths.
Mcdonnell of the Catholic University
basket ball team put up a great exhibi-
ton last night in the game in which his
quint appeared against ST. Johns. Be-
sides scoring seventeen of the twenty-five
points made by the Catholic University
orally handled the ball exceptionally we'll
he is the mainstay of the Red and Black
team
Hope FalcOner, who has been MEM
ber of various local amateur base ball
teams for the last three or four years.
will not be seen in the amateur ranks
this season. Falconer has accepted a
position i'm the Engineering Corps of
Jacksonville. Fla. and will leave tLis city
4 I'm hn moi MT
Falconer starred with the Gurley Ath-
letic Club and Manhattan teams for two
years and has done some good work for
various other clubs Falconer was the
best first baseman in the scholastic ranks
for two seasons and captained the Tech
nical High nine the last year he was in
school. After leaving Tech Falconer
went TO Lynchburs. in the Virginia State
League, for a trial. but the team had
practically beV picked when he got
there.
There is no reason why Princeton and
Pennsylvania should not be the greatest
kind of rivals in all branches of athletic
sport. The two schools. from a geo.
graphical standpoint. couldn't be better
situated to foster rivalry. but during the
past few years they have paid little at
tention to each other. This season,
though, there appears to be a spirit of
revival in the athletic relations of the
this year, and. better yet, the Tigers are
scheduled to have it out with the Qua
kers' crew in an eight-oared race next
spring. The meeting of the two crews
should be an annual affair and probably
will If the Tigers, can make it SO, as
they have many old scores to wipe out
against Pennsylvania on the water
The winner of the POwderliall marathon
this year is thought by many to be rne
logical choice to finish in the lead in the
marathon to be held in the Olympic meet
this summer. If such turns out to be
the case the race will not come to Amer
lea. Kohelmeinen, Finlander, won
the race this year. beating out Hans
Holmer, the American. by less than ten
yards. 1t is the general opinion. though
that had Holmer set the pace and wore
down his opponent he would have won,
but he evidently thought that he could
absolutely refused to set the pace at any
time merely keeping right at the heels
Of Kohelmainen all through the race. His
Judgment was faulty, though. and in the
final sprint the Finn beat him out and
won the greatest honor that can come
to a marathon runner with the exception
of the Olympic race itself.
There may be some upset calculations,
though in regard to the Olympic winner.
because a man seldom runs more than
two or three good races at the marathon
distance before he is through as far
the distance games is concerned. The
distance is too great and the strain too
much on a mans physical powers to al
low him to last long at the game. In
six months an entirely new crop of mara
inc