The Washington herald., 1913-03-16


All-South Atlantic quint this season.
is a hard matter to pick the team owini
TO this account. To make matters NOR
complicated. Washington and Lee Uni
Nersity. the second choice for the Soutl
Atlantic title. Navy having been con
ceded the championship. did not pla,
either Georgetov : and Catholic Univer
sity. both of these teams being in tho
running for the championship or second
honOrs.
The Navy players cannot be very wei
chosen for the All-South Atlantic team
on account of not playing any games
away from home. While they have the
best basketball court in this section
- of the country. it would not be fair tO
deprive some player who has made an
excellent showing in all the games play
ed by mis- team both on the home floor
and on foreign courts and give Navy
player the preference in picking the ALI
South Atlantic team. To be sure, Navy
has two of the best basketball players
in the South, Smith at forward, and
McReavy, at center. no other team can
boast of such players these two and
ii is certain if the Navy team played
away from home that these two players
would he found on the team without a
doubt. Any way you look at it Navy
will have to be given the South Atlantic
title with comparative scores. giving
Washington and Lee second place.
Georgetown has the most representa-
tves of any university on the team.
having two men; Catholic University.
Washington and Lee and ST. johns Col
lese, of Annapolis, having each one man.
y better field of forwards could
not have been had than the bunch that
has been developed this season. Koran.
of Catholic University. and Campbell, of
Georgetown. having the call over the
rest. Center position on the team lies
between Cook. of Loyola College and
Miles. of Washington and Lee, the latter
heing given the preference In guard
positions Wetzel. of Georgetown. and
Mellon. of st. Johns College, are
pitched.
star Forwards.
Many bright stars were developed in
forward positions this season by all
quints. to be considered in the make of
r team of this kind. Campbell was the
best that Georgetown had in this de-
Tartment Of the game. while Horan. of
Catholic University. is picked as his
running mate. These two players out
classed the rest of the field of forwards.
while Stickley. OF Virginia; Gill of the
same institution; Bear of Washington
and Lee: Clayton, of the St Johns
Tuint. and Mcdonnell. of Catholic Uni
versity. all played credi:able game dur
ing the season. Campbell and Horan
had the call over all of them.
Cook, of Loyola. and Miles. Of the
Washington and Lee quint. were the best
bets on the center position. Both players
were the mainstays of their rcspectIv-
quints. Around them the rest of the
team was built Miles having It shade
the better over Cook Washington and
Lees great showing during the past sea
son was due mainly to the work of its
center. he being in all of the games
played and their chief scorer. As stated
before. McReaVy has the call Of the best
center in the South. but not counting in
the Navy players. Miles is picked as the
man ranking next to the Annapolis boy.
Lambert. of Catholic University. and
Rixey, OF the Virginia Quint. deserve
credit for the way they PLAYED last sea-
son, and it could be seen in the games
played by both teams that they are sure
to he heard from in another season.
of the guards, Wetzel has the call of
the best guard in the South, in every
game, a good eye for the basket. and
a speedy man. a better guard or more
capable guard has never been seen in
action around this neck OF the woods.
For the other guard position. Mellon,
the stocky St. Johns College boy. is
chosen. Guards were plentiful to pick
from. Foley. of Georgetown: Morris, of
the Maryland Agriculture College: Kee
gan and Derby. of the Catholic Uni
versity five: ChurChman, of Virginia, and
Frances, of Washington and Lee. all
playing a first-Ciass game during the
season. y
With WetzelI former star guard of the
University of California. in the game. the
rest of the team can feel assured that
the other team will have a hard time
making a basket, as "1shie" plays his
man close throughout the contest. Drib
bling by both Mell'n and Wetzel fea-
tured every game participated in by their
teams this season just closed.
On the second team places are given
to Mcdonnell, of Catholic University.
and Stickley, of Virginia. as forwards.
These men give the team good scor
ing machine, the former leading his
team in the number of points scored,
while the latter was used mostly to feed
Gill, his team mate.
Cook, of Loyola College. is picked for
the center position. being fast and ag-
gressive, but lacking an eye for the bas-
ket If the lsnky one could shoot goals
like he plays the floor he would have all
other centers outclassed. For this rea-
son Miles. of Washington and Lee. was
given the preference over him for po-
sition on the first team.
Guard positions on the second team are
taken care Of by Frances. of Washing
ton and Lee, and Foley. of Georgetown.
Both players are aggressive and play the
floor we'll, Frances having a shade the
better over Foley in the scoring line.
Both players keep their men well cover
ed and are able to bring the ball up the
floor TO an advantageous position from
where a forward can take shot at the
basket Had Foley played the kind of
game that he displayed during the last
nart of the season there would have
been no way to keep him off the first
uuint. At the start of the season he |
was wild and had much to learn. In
another year he will rank with the best
in the South.
FRANK CoLLEY.