Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-14
VIRGINIA HERE TO
PLAY G. j. AND c. j.
Charlottesville Five viii Find
Hard Shedding in Both
Contests.
INDIVIDUAL STARS TO
RUN IN HOPKINS MEET
Lippincott, TeWanima, GAL
Iagher and Others to Be
There.
BY 81. G. BYRD.

The University of Virginia quint will
be here today to meet the Catholic Uni
versity and Georgetown teams. The
Orange and Blue will go against the
BroOklanders this evening, and tomorrow
1t will try its hand against the Blue and
Gray. The Virginians will be without the
service Of their star guard this evening
but it is reported he will be used tomor-
row.
The Virginia team comes here tonight
to meet Catholic University, and for the
first time 1t meets the Brooklanders under
conditions which are by no means favor
able. 1t is probable that never before
has u Virginia five gone into a contest
with a Catholic University quint that 1t
has not been judged the victor before the
start of the contest, but tonight, If any,
thing. the Brooklanders are the favorites.
There are many who figure that the
Black and Red will win from the Char
lottesviile institution by a decisive mar
gin, holding that the extreme advantage
it will gain from playing on the armory
floor will lend to it a margin that should
mean victory in itself. On the other
hand Virginia has a team that Is not
mediocre by any means, and 1t will not
have a team it has never been defeated
by to become a victor over it if there is
any possible way by which 1t can be pre-
vented
The Virginia team will be at a disad-
vantage tomorrow evening when it meets
Georgetown for the simple reason that
no team when 1t is compelled to 20
through a grueling contest on one even
ing can follow up the next day as well.
III so, 1t Is the exception. There is no
doubt that the game between G.. L. and
Virginia this evening will be hard fought.
III Will be contest in which one school
VIII be working harder than at any other
time IN its career to bring itself into a
position of prominence by a defeat of
the institution it has never been classed
with, and Virginia, on the other hand,
Will be striving just as desperately to
prevent such spring into the limelight
at it's expense.
Virginia will probably put forth great
err efforts to win from Georgetown tomor-
row night than from Catholic University
this evening. There Is no doubt that, de-
spite, the defeat from a smaller institu-
ton the Charlottesville men had rather
succumb to the players of C. L. than to
those of Georgetown
Georgetown did not play brilliant
game against the Maryland Aggies We'd
nesday night by any means. but it was
probably because it did not have its reg
ular team on the floor. With one cog
loose, d basket ball five is not apt to show
nearly as we'll as might otherwise be
the case. Then. again team cannot show
Its best form against any aggregation it
has outclassed, and Georgetown failed to
do so against the Farmers. That 1t will
show We'll against Virginia is certain.
Every Georgetown team does It's best
against the players from Charlottesville.
and the hilltopers are not likely to be
lacking tomorrow evening.
AT best. Virginia Is up against two
mighty hard propositions in the two con-
tests in which it must appear here. and
the chances are that 1t will not get away
than possible that it will not get even
one win out Of the two attempts.
1t is reported by the George Washing
ton meet management that the incOmpar-
able Mel Sheppard will appear here in the
games to be given under the auspices OF
that institution next week. Without doubt
Sheppard is one of the most remarkable
runners ever developed.
He has been in competition on the track
for the last ten years. and each season
he seems to get more capable. When he
broke the worlds record in 1903 in Lon
don for the SoO-meter race 1t was pre-
dicted that he had reached the height
of his ability and would never be able to
run that we'll again. In direct opposition
to what was supposed would take place,
he did even better work last summer. four
years later In the Olympics last year he
| iiidoS AdStcI tiiic 1Of the oUV-IHelcT race
than he did in the London event, despite
the fact that he lost to Meredith.
With Sheppard will come Abel Kiviat. it
is said. II Kiviat comes here for the G.
w. l.. meet it will mean that the Hatch
cities will have secured two of the most
capable men in the country as attrac-
tons for their games
The Terminal Y. NJ C.. A. basket ball
team Is scheduled to meet the Engineers
Of the Washington barracks tomorrow
evening. The railroad men have shown