Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-11
Georgetown Quint to Open
What Should Be Most Sue
cessfuI Season Tonight.
NEW FACES TO BE
SEEN IN LINEUP
Walk, Center, and Weitzell,
Guard, Are New Men on
Team-0ther Gossip.
BY n. C.. BYRD.

Georgetown will start tonight what is
likely to he its most successful season In
basket ball. With excellent prospects of
meeting some of the best quints in the
country, the Blue and Gray five should
end the year with an exceptional record
The University of Maryland will be the
opponent of the Hilltoppers this evening
Georgetown should win the opening con-
test, even though it may not play as
creditable basket ball as it will later on
The University of Maryland team Will
have the advantage in that 1t has al
ready played one game. while the local
AGGREGATION has yet to be seen. That ad-
vantage will probably cause the Balti-
more men to show to a little better ad-
vantage as a team, but that is not likely
to give them enough to win.
In aggressiveness and general play the
margin is almost sure to be with George
town. The Blue and Gray quint is COM
posed of men who will go in to win what
ever the cost and they are not the KIND
who Quit when things are going against
them.
The work of the Georgetown team as
a whole Will PROBABLY be superior to that
of last year, in the first game. Walk al
center is an exceptionally good man ano
has a left-handed pass which is dlmcul'
TO block The wonderful defensive WORK
OF George Collifower will be missed. Duh
IL reports are to be credited IL mas an
exceptionally capable man to take us
place in Weitzeu. BY all accounts Wen-
zeu is likely to prove the star or the 10,
cal season. Hollander at the other guard
il also an excellent defensive player,
while the ability of Jack Martin and Roy
Waldron is we'll known Botn Maruh anu
n 40 01
baskets. Waldron being one of the pest
shots from a distance seen on a local
floor in long while
The Georgetown University FIVE will pc
one which should be able to play wnoiy
ON the defensive when necessary ana aiso
is one which should not ind a great oeai
Of trouble in carrying the game assISs-
eiyely from start to finish. Against the
strongest teams it met last year Geoase,
town had much success In playing a
strictly defensive game. and In dong SO
there were two teams which 1T beat slfa-
ply by that method
There is little doubt that GeorgetoW.n n
will show a we'll developed quint TINS
wear. one that will be well coached ana
capable of putting up a game Wnlch
would do credit to any college oreahl1d-
ton The Blue and Gray starts VIII
what appears to be the best prospects ZOE
a successful year II has ever had
The men who will be used in the line
I'D at the start will be Martin and wal
dron. forwards; Weitzen and Hollander'
guards and Walk, center. There are sew
eral others who will be used during the
progress Of the contest, though.
Inst how much Georgetown will miss
Schlosser this year will be seen tonight.
The center of last season was a cool.
steady player, who was the keynote OF
the offensive play of his team. He di,
things together while on the floor. Walk.
who will play the position tonight, Is
probably a faster man and can pass as
we'll, but whether not he will be able
did SchIosser is something that will not
he known until after the contest this
evening.
sity of Maryland viii bring over Is not
known. but the Baltimoreans are nearly
always represented by capable qulnt
They have given the Blue and Gray the
battle of its life to win on two or three
occasions. and it is probable that the
play tonight will be hard and fast, es-
peciaily for this early in the year.
The District of Columbia Nationa
Guards five is scheduled to meet the
AIoysius Club quint in the guards arm
DRY tonight.
Glen Warner has given more recogni
ton to the Pennsylvania State clever
than has any other man who has picked
an All-American foot ball team this year
Warner gives two places to men from
that team, fullback and one of the ends
Mauthex gets the first mentioned posi-
ton. while Very is placed on one of thu
extremes.
When the record of the State eleven /.
considered IL may we'll be figured tina
IL is deserving OF some mention. Their
certainly must have been some star play
ers on team which could defeat Cor
nell. and Pennsylvania. in rather cas-.
fashion, run up big margins on the othe
schools it met. 1t is said of Very tina
he Is one OF the most capable ends eve
developed, and that only Bomeisler rank