Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
C. j. BEATS c. v. i.
BY 3523SCORE
Second Game Between the
! Local Rivals One of Best
of Season.
DONNELLY AND ALMON
PLAY VERY .CLEVERLY
Brooklanders Do Some Good Passing,
But Fail to Shoot
{ Accurately.
BY II. C. BYRD.

b1 ID. Y. BYRD.
Catholic University won from
George Washington last night in
their second basket ball game IF
the season by a score OF IS to p.
The contest was one OF the tastes,
OF the year. and was well PLAYED
from start to finish the men went
about their work as if champion
ship were at stake. and the fine
competition developed much more
interest than usual.
The game started as though
George Washington would be
likely to win. The Hatchctitcs
got off well. and held the lead for
the first ten minutes by three
points, but after that c. L. began
to show better. and gradually
worked into the lead, from which
it was never ousted. In less than
seven minutes George Washing
ton had two field goals and three
from foul, while c. Z. only had
two free losses, but at the end OF
the first half the score stood Ii to
10 in favor of the Brooklanders.
c. q. Played Well on Floor.
The Catholic University team played
fine game on the floor during the first
half, but was unable to make its shots
tell The players would get the ball
down under George Washington's basket.
but could not toss it in. having as many
as four five clear throws several
times The passing was good and there
was not the tendency to tumble that
was to be seen in the work OF the oppos
ing men. Time after time c. u. man
had the ball for a free shot and he
either got another by following il up
or else one of his teammates secured
an opportunity by getting the ball when
it fell. But in the first half not one-fiftii
of the splendid opportunities for scoring
were made good.
Just the opposite was true in that sec
ond half The Brooklanders seemed TO
come back fresher and in better condition
than their rivals, which told before the
game was ten minutes older. George
Washington was first to score again IA
this half. but the two points We're soon
evened up and bettered by shots which
were great deal more accurate than in
the first period. The Catholic University
bunch made good the majority of their
opportunities when they came back in
the second half. and their work in drop
ping the ball in the basket was really
commendable. Goals were scored from
very difficult angles and from disad-
vantageous positions. one each by Lam
bert and Donneliy being exceptional piece.
of work. The points scored III the second
half stood Il for Catholic University and
Is for George Washington.
G. w. U. Players Do Well.
George Washington played good basket
ball. though fumbling and poor passing
at times married its work considerably.
Often the ball would be tossed to L Buff
and Blue player directly under his
basket, but he would fail to make the
throw. because he generally dropped the
ball long enough to allow somebody 10
cover. OF course Catholic University
covered very closely, and this was re-
sponsible foc the breaking of a great
many of George Washingtons passes.
but even So there was some poor work
done at times in this respect.
The game was undoubtedly one of the
fastest of the year, both teams keeping
i'll the play for all they Were worth at all
times. The players set such a fast pace
that they tired considerably toward the
end, the George Washington men especi-
ally not being able to put up their best
game during the last few minutes.
Almon and Hurley played best for
George Washington. The work of these
two men was really above the ordinars
Hurley did some splendid defensive work
at guard, and that he was able to stick
closely to Tracey at all times is evidence
Of the kind of play he put up. Aimon
was the chief scoring factor for his team.
He was going at a good pace all the
time, and that Notwithstanding the fact
that Keesan. Catholic Universitys best
guard, was on him nearly all the time.
Once Almon made very spectacular
shot From position about three-quar-
tiers the way up the floor he shot the bail
into the basket almost without touching
the ring.
There was little Of the spectacular
among the c. L. players. They worked
consistently and well. keeping together
and developing little of the individual.
The performance of Donnelly was eXtraor-
binary and he put up about the best
game he has shown. He seemed to be
everywhere on the floor on the defensive
and he was quite scoring factor Lam
bert continued to shoot well, getting five
goals from the floor. Almon shot eleven
goa.s from the foul line.
The lineup and summary:
G. W, U, Position. C. L.