Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28
COLL|FLOWER AND
WALDRON EXCEL
Brilliant Work of Two Men
Give Georgetown Quint VIC
tory Over Virginia.
FINAL TALLY OF TWO
TEAMS is 81 TO Is
Failure to Cover Well by vir-
GINA Men in Main ReSpon-
sible for Their Defeat.
BY II. C. BYRD.

Sensational playing at all times by
" aidron and Collifower gave the basket
ball game last night between Georgetown
and virginia to the former team by the
score of 81 to To- walcron's great work
In shooting goals from all kinds OF posi-
lions and distances and Collifower's re-
markable defensive playing arc the twa
factors which enabled the Blue and GRAY
team 10 triumph over Virginia There
was never period during the entire con-
test when the two mentioned men were
net in the game for all they were worth
and were not playing better than any
o.hcr pair.
The game started as though il were
going to be nip and tuck affai~ bota
teams playing a close. hard game. DIR
ing almos. the entire first half both fiyes
guarded we'll and paid moro attention II
protecting their own goals than they did
to scoring points. il was just the KIM
CT game HAT Georgetown has banks
on. and IL was the kind II could pa
the better. and the advantage that i1
gained i'm the first half was just about
what was expected. rho Blue and tray
players under their own goal took n,
chances and covered at all times, bLt d
soon IS they got the ball an ATTEMPT
their opponents territory, generally with
success.
Credit for Lucky Goals.
While many of the goals made by
Georgetown looked to be mainly due TO
luck, credit for the throwing OF them
goes to the men who consistently per-
formed well in that department OF the
game. Whalen. waldron and Schlosser
scored practically all the points secured
by Georgetown. Waldron threw seven
baskets, and four OF the shots were ot
the sensational order. Standing in tho
middle OF the floor he twice sent the bali
through the net and twice from the siIo
line he dropped II into the basket without
ever touching the rim. IL Is questionable
II four cleaner and better shots were ever
made on a locai floor by any man.
Many of the points secured by the Blue
and Gray quint were due to the great de-
fensive work of George Collifiower. The
Blue and Gray guard was the man who
recovered the ball from Virginia almost
every time that the Charlottesville col
fegians got possession of II, and when he
got his hands on II, II was seldom that
ne failed to get 1t down Into the oppos-
ing territory. In the majority OF the
goals that were thrown by the George
town payers IL was Coliilower who got
the ball down in a. position from which
the Georgetown man was such as to
place him I'm a class by himself, as far
as any OF the guards in this section are
concerned. No better tribute could be
paid to the playing OF Coili1ower than tot
say that his work was probably worth
more to the Georgetown team than the
fourteen points scored by Waldron.
Virginia Failed to Cover.
In passing the ball, the Georgetown
team was probably no better than vir-
ginia, except in one or two instances,
but in accurate goal shooting and COW
ering the opposing men the Blue and
Gray aggregation was the superior or
that wearing the Orange and Blue. In
fact, Georgetown's victory may in u
great measure be attributed TO the ex-
cred the opposing players. Down under
their own goal the Blue and Gray men
did nothing but look after the men to
whom they were opposed. and IT was
for that reason that Virginia had mighty
few free shots for the basket. Generally
when a Virginia man started to throw
the ball toward the basket there was
some Georgetown man on top or him
before he could complete his toss. anu
the ball was DETECTED at least enoug:i
to prevent a tally Down under their
own goal the Virginia players. instead
of covering and playing as safe as pos
sible. nearly always had two men down
the floor.
Virginia scored first at the start Of the
game. but the advantage attained by the
tally was short lived, as Georgetown toss
ed three goals I'm rapid succession From
that time on the Blue and Gray i've
maintained the lead. The score at III.
end of the first half was. II TO q: in the
second period Georgetown's margin was
a little greater. az IT made 10 to Tailed
by Virginia.
The game was witnessed by one Of the
largest crowds that ever watched
basket ball game on a local floor. There
were more than eight hundred paid ad-
missions, while In all there were more
than twelve hundred persons present.
The lineup and summary:
(aeorcefovn. Position. Virginia.
Whalen Fury. L. u. ...E. Rlxey. Christian
Graham. n. +. .kearns. Betis
Gchlosser Center wv. Rfxey, Duncsn
HelskeIl Foley -. L. q. .Chu-chrlan. Daianey
-. n. q. ........... Men. OH
Goals from feld-waldron ca. whalen t2,.
Fury Ca Schlosser (ai. Heiskell f. Rixey tsl.
W. Rixey Churchman. GIN. Goals from foul
a., Kearns a.. Referee-Mr. Hughes.
Cmpire-Mr. Martin. Time Of halves 10 inmates
each.