Evening star., 1913-12-08
THREE COLLEGES
WILL begin PLAY
Basket Ball Teams at George
tswn, Catholic u. and Gal
laudst to Open Season.
RaTINos GIVEN FOR
!, ~ FOOT, BALL SQUADS
Rev york Writer Places Harvard ct
+ the .Ts3, Carlisle Second, and
= Yale Ahssa Of cslgute.
~ Il C. BYRD.

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4 Tnses q be isea, ess,e<es VAN open their
bashst baii eehedules this week. George
town viii play ats fiyst game Wednesday
With Mount sc. joseph. while Catholic
University and Gallaadet are to meet in
the svshnasi,m of the latter Saturday.
0sot6etown and Catholic University
shes3d bsean their seasons with vio-
soties Ntither Mount 81. Joseph nor
Qsilaudst should furnish any greas
amount st opposition for these CUNTS.
Nth aee in q ciaSs above that Of the
Susallsr schools. Enless Mount St
3essph sAows much better fo9m than It
lN eSsanst George washingtou. It Is not
lltilS MAT II v5ll DO other than lose by
Q Big lna$gln. The Baltimore aggresa-
ticn shs6ad be beaten BY the Blue and
Gray ty thirty points unless Its play Is
superior 80 that OF last Friday night.
Gall6udet hax vstesan Ave to put
against. Catholic University. but 1t can
hatdly hope Tor moro than q good show
aug. Il, - sald that tho Brookianders
have aa s~ess fa1ra capable aggregation
thls &xef thsA Iast. end, that bsing true,
Il means thkt dVe very clever players
~sn % Ia she ,lne-up.
Tnets % no .Aouse that the success
cf the 0<oytstsvn auint. rests on whether
Jtn 7osiney wsIl b able to play center
consistently. His knee, which has given
him trouble for two years. was slightly
hurt again last week. and 1t ~ possible
that It viii not stand up under the strain.
Tormey H. an Exceptionally clever play
e. and BIDS fair q be one of the best
csussfS IN 6he soaifih II not the best. ana
his SpesegacA riA mesn q great deal II
6assl1ey q AblA ia play center Tor George
taA sn4 Tivss his best 10. the same. the
esus end 0s4y ~an h4Ss. me: cf the best
auints syse turned oae Co the hili-o,s
thaH that of last season.
u vas thought that Catholic Uni
versity would pc weakened consider
ably by the loss of lite two star Cor
wares. Mcdonnell and HorAn. but itsap-
pears that II will not be. Two men ara
10 hold down those positions who are
just about IS clever as any who Will rep
resent any other five In this section. They
are Letters and Tracey. The former
played With Mount 81 Msry's' last season,
Jonas ,of Brooklyn team Tracey IL
kassn g ps Z very god Pasyss. while while
ths aversge. 49,
T. .xss. -suneunred ,this morning that
the GSof4e Waahtneton Cnfversity
Ath1StJt ASsoctsuoh ~ould support the
basket hail team this ysar. II ts net
generally known. but the quint last
ssseciation. and iadiSiduals we're re-
snonsibie for II, financially and other
wise That condition fs not desired by
the university authorities and the ath-
{efic association will hereafter assume
,afk an~. tSx,4 v,lo
ing Of the schedule.
n raalaE tho big foot ball teams =
norshern writer has made sofae queer se-
iaSs On - isismsit q the eoeassrsaiSe a.
yereaeth os The several e,evens st Differ
eat tiuassL n seems rather strange at
er2 stese tha& he should paace Yale three
places ahead Of ceisate, when the Dark
Is 20 Z. and that ne should give Wash
inkton and Jefferson q berth five places
below Yale when these two schools
played 90 game on Yates field. and
Washinxton and Jefferson did not lose a
game during the entire season. Here are
the ratings and some mention OF the rea-
aons Tor % placing the eievens:
Juef to show now the trail OF COM
paFAt1ye scores will lead around Q circle
TO bswidsEsnsnt . few tanes may be
aaentioued. ri&fsbmxh dsfsa$ed the Car
ilsae Inlleas. Buehnsii defested Pitts
tpsxh. rs1acsesu and the Navy crushed
4ucknell Dartmouth defeated Princeton,
Carlisle aefea*0d partrno,ith. Could any
thing b more put4ting. or snisisadinse
There 10 NO way to reconcile such q list
q sames. depsndinx upon score: alone.
and consequently one must be guided by
opinions formed when the teams are sup
posed to be fully developed and when the
players are In the best physical condition.
This opinion. no doubt. is likely to be
arbitrary. but IN my Judgment the lead
Ing teams should be ranked 40 follows:
:. Army: s. Yale: 9. Navy: I. Princeton:
D. Cornell; 3. Colgate: 10. Pennsyivania:
u. WaSAfnSt0n and Jefferson; II. Pitts
ba1Tyh.
! sRuskneil. ~ said besers, beat Pitts
6R9A. hus weS anothered W Princeton,
sou. Tufts held the Array 70 I score Of
B te q Sytaouse made an excellent
shewtng against, Colgate and Carlisle.
Rutgers was beaten hnly by Princeton
ana the Army. Trinity beat Amherst
and Wssleyss: Arnhsfst beat Williams.
sames played Leh.Gh had fair team.
defeating EaY&yette, among others but
Pennsylvania State fell below the stand
ard set last Year, when, like Harvard. 1t
Was uGdefeated. The ranking. then. Of
more than twelve teams e not possible.
although Rutgers and TUFTS. the latter
lostnx only. one game and that to the
Army. are dsesrvins Of speciai mention.
.sIs 10 impcssible 30 wind up without
Just one word for Harvard which went
through tts sesond season without q de-
fsAt- The eleven - II played against
ys3a was enA Of the strongest and most
anishsd ever dsyssspss y Percy 2.
ins punch BY stsaight rushing. elthough
tissa 10 an 6rsn question. hut 1t did not
ieek for peWef 70 rAAYeh down the field
Mr. dimes A$d wind ap with q Soal
from the held by Bf1ckiey The players
were 81 kind TO ahaofb q lot OF foot
ball and to Use this knowledge when
most needed. The forward pass was not
developed to the high point shown by
the Army. but. apart from this. II was
Jack Kaes viii probably referee the
baaktt ball gArnes at Georgetown this
seaeon. Haas has pEOveA himself q very
ta4o63e ,oAt9oa In III work Sr00nd here
ID tie last two - THREE yee1e. ana there
8 ~ a41SSGSeN .ah0u& his haAe ebls 70
svy s&s.sfsesics a,;s a,. ae ,nn, wili hsnSls the
! NssvisAstaadtns the fact that Gooch.
TIE Viretnla Quarterback. has . chance
Tor 9 Rhodes scholarship next year. 1t is
not probable that he will accept II. not
until after he has had another chance
70 pset 0eoxeetoep. Also another reason
10 csmslite his ecSfse S os stvdy Is the
fact &ha3 he u - 'c4pt&tn the team next
fan. 'Tha& MNqhs = iSt 70 . fellow IN
coslsef. 9n4 81 u na1hr yeadom that :
ln9a tyVt n9kp0 sc6noi the year he =
y isad tfs -SJevea.