Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
G. U.FNEPlAYS
BELOW STANDARD
Blue and Gray Quint Shows Its
Poorest Form Against
LoyoIa.
INDIVIDUAL PLAY TOO
PROMINENT A FACTOR
0verConfidence and Poor
Work Generally Hi|Itoppers'
Undoing-Cook the Star.
BY II. C. BYRD.

bY ID. =. BYhD.
The Georgetown basket ball team did
not play according to it's usual form in
its game last night with the Loyola
quint. Not only were the Hilltoppers of
In their teamwork, but they failed tc
measure up to former standards in every
detail of play. The work of the players
as a whole and as individuals was MOI
nearly as credtable as has been done
previously in their very poorest exhibi.
tons.
The one main fault with the Blue and
Gray five last night was the proneness
of the players to take long shots and
| thus do away with every vestige of team
work. Except in one or two instances
there was no attempt made by the men
to work the ball down under Loyola'
goal SO that shots could be obtained from
points of vantage, but instead the bal
was tossed from the middle of the floor
| in the majority of efforts to cage it. The
natural result of such a style of play was
defeat, and because the individual eff
| forts were poor also the defeat was
made decisive enough to be ridiculous.
Georgetown was Overconfident. Wher
| it walked on the floor it appeared that 4
had no idea that it could be defeated
and. to judge by the style of play, 4
| looked very much as though the player.
were caring more for shooting goals
| themselves than for winning the contest
That is the most fatal thing that car
happen in a basket ball game and it gen
orally means defeat every time IL occurs
Last night was no exception. The Hill
! toppers looked no more like the team
| they really are than any two things
| that may be greatly contrasted.
There was not single department o.
play in which Georgetown excelled las
| night, or even in which its work wa
| creditable. The players passed poorly
| there was lot of fumbling and the all
around play was mediocre.
| 1t must not be thought, though, tina
Georgetown will play that kind Of ;
game all the time The Blue and Ora!
there will be less of the so-called grand
stand efforts and more of that teamwork
, which is an absolute essential IL baske
| ball games are to be won.
| Georgetown has the material for a goot
| basket ball team a hundred per cen
better than it showed last night, ant
there is a fair certainty that 1t will SHOW
much better against the New York Uni
versity, notwithstanding the fact tina
the Gothamites are probably twice a.
| capable as LOyola.
While there is no attempt to disparag,
the work Of the Loyola quint. there wa.
lot of luck in many of the goals Il
threw. 1t scored time after time by heav.
ing the ball in random way. There Is
an old story of hunter who had roamed
the fields all day without killing thing
but as he was going home he fell ir
climbing over a fence, his gun being &C
| cidentally discharged, killing a goos'
which had wandered across the path o.
the shot. While it would be an exaggera
ton to say that that is aRexact compari
son of the manner in which Loyola scored
its victory. it would not be amiss to sa!
that many of the goals it shot might b.
likened to that incident The Loyols
men, though, played a much better gam,
than was generally expected in passing
and handling the ball. and several of the
goals it tossed were accomplished aftel
it had worked the ball down the floor t.
a position directly beside the basket
The chances are. though that Loyola die
not expect to win any more than die
Georgetown figure it would meet defeat.
1t had been repotred that Cooke had
graduated from LoyOla and was not or
the team this year. He was there last
night, though. and with bells on" as the
saying goes. What he was not able to ac-
complish was not worth doing. He could
shoot goals, he could dribble and he
could pass and handle the ball much bet
ter than any other man on the floor. II
he continues to play during the remainder
of the year as well as last night there
will not be much question as to who will
De gwen the JOD as dll-SOuln AllantlC
center. Cooke was the man around whom
the play revolved, he being the pivot OF
his team on the offense and defense. His
work was extraordinary, to'say the least
There was one other man on the Loyola
aunt who looked to be very capable
performer-Shurick, at right forward
His work on the offense was better than
that of any other player.
Both the LoyOla guards did some work
that appeared to be above the ordinary.
but the chances are that the defensive
play of the visitors looked to be very
creditable more because of the poor work
of the Georgetown five on the offense.
The Georgetown men were loose at times
during the first half, but the man who
was to pass the ball would tumble 1t,
Cambell, at center. being especially at
fault In that regard.
The fact that Cooke was able to get the
bat off the Georgetown center nearly
every time in the first half kept the Blue
and Gray from showing as well as ii
might on the offense Even with q SUBJ
stitute team in the game in the second
half. with different men playing center,
the Blue and Gray did all it's scoring
with the exception Of two points.
Three contests will take place tonight
The Catholic University will meet ST.
Johns College in the National Guard
Armory, the MARYLAND Aggies are sched-
u'ed to play the Y. NJ. c. A. quint in the
booked to go against the National Guard
aggregation.