Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-22
NAVY 0vERWHELMS
GEORGETOWN QU|NT
Sailors Play Exceptional Bas-
ket Ball Game and Win,
al to II.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, February o.
Outclassing her rivals in every stage
of the game. the Navy basket ball team
defeated the Georgetown University
quintet this morning and added another
victory to it's already long list or sue
cessful contests by an overwhelmlns
score. At no time during the entire bat
tie was the Navy forced to go its limit
The losers, however, must be given credit
for putting up a gritty fight. and at
times during the game showed flashes
of good form. The entire game was
characterized by very fast and accurate
play on the part of the Sailors, and that
which had the most to do with sending
the Washingtonians down to defeat was
the teamwork of the Middies.
The Georgetown team failed to show
sufficient speed, even in the start OF the
game. to cope with the young officers, as
before the contest had gone more than
ten minutes the Annapolis lads had rolled
up margin of "a points.
GEORGETOWN was unable to score any
goals from the floor until the game had
gone for over fifteen minutes. and then
the Blue and Gray did not score again
by a goal from the floor during the en-
tire first half.
The Navy outfit worked as a big ma
chine in this mornings game. never al
lowing an opportunity which was offered
it to get by without counting, and In
five in the east that can compare with
the naval cadets. Never for a minute
during the entire time Of play did the
Navy lose track Of the ball. while Its
opponents seemed to be stage struck at
times in the game, not knowing what was
happening around them. On the defen-
sive the Blue and Gray seemed helpless
to break up the passes OF the cadets, and
in many cases the midshipmen carried
the ball the entire length of the field
their opponents.
The Nays noticeable weakness was In
fouling, as the Sailors had eight misplays
registered against them in the first period.
Schlosser tossing six of them. George
town also made several fouls. but, as
Wendel's eye was not accurate, only one
of them was effective in the final score.
The first half ended with the score q ia
8 in the Nays favor. In the first part
of the second half the Blue and Gray
team took a brace and for a time showed
fairly good form. Whallen, who took
Foley's place at right forward In the
latter part of the first half, scored two
beautiful goals from the floor. The
young officers defense soon frightened UP
and the scoring became less frequent for
the Capital City boys.
The scoring during the latter part OF
the game was very little. as both teams
seemed to feel the pace they had been
travelling at and slowed their pace con-
siderably. The absence of George Col
lifiower materially weakened the George
town team. 1t Is safe to say that II ne
had been in the game the Blue and Gray
outfit would not have suffered defeat by
such a large margin.
The Annapolis team was greatly handi-
capped by the absence of Ertz, the star
left guard of the soldiers five. Ertz
turned his ankle. in the Swarthmore game
and has been unable to get on the court
since that time. If this midshipman had
been in the game 1t Is certain that the
sailors would have won by an even larger
margin. AS whole, the Georgetown
team Is not in the same class with Navy,
and this fact was clearly shown by the
fact that the former team never had a
chance to win at any time during the en-
tire contest.
After few minutes OF play there was
absolutely no doubt as to the final result