Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-28
BY II. c. BYRD.

For the second successive year no COL
lege has attained an absolute right to the
south Atlantic basket ball championship
There are three teams any one of which
may put IN a claim. Had Virginia won
from Catholic University it would have
stood alone in it's contentious. with none
to dispute its title. but as matters stand,
1t seems that Washington and Lee. Cath
ole University and Virginia would never
consent to any agreement on an award.
The claims of Washington and Lee and
Virginia are held to be much stronger
than those OF the Brooklanders by the
followers of. the two schools in question,
but the adherents of the aforementioned
would consider 1t slight to divide hon
ors between the Virginia quints. Vir-
ginia, especially. bases its claim on the
comparative showings made by Catholic
University in the two games in which
those teams appeared. Virginia won on
its own floor by big margin. while
Catholic University took an extra period
to get away with the long end Of the
score last night in its home.
There is undoubted merit in the reason
ing, but it is difficult to make an award
of that kind, because Washington and
Lee would then step in and say that 1t
also beat Catholic University in Lexing-
ton. Virginia has better basket ball
team than Washington and Lee, on the
merits of the play OF the two f1ves
against c. L.. and had not Washington
and Lee won from the Brooklanders it
probably would be considered as having
the best right to the honor. AS the mat
ter is. though, it is almost Impossible
for anybody to say definitely that my
club stands out in front OF the others,
especially when the tie game between
Washington and Lee and Virginia is con-
sidered.
Had not Referee Hughes called very
technical foul on the Virginia team near
the end of the second half last night the
Orange and Blue would have beaten
Catholic University by margin OF one
correct, it was hardly the spirit Of the
rule. and it was not a gain which ac-
crued from superior play.
The incident took place near the end
Of the game-or near the END OF the
second half Campbell, one of the Vir-
ginia guards, was tripped and fell
heavily to the floor. He lay apparently
unconscious and unable to move. 1t
looked as If he had been seriously in
jured. and Lanigan, the Virginia coach.
walked out on the floor and made an
effort to revive him. A few minutes
afterward Lanigan got Campbell on MS
feet and at once left the field of
play. Immediately it was announced
that foul had been called on Virginia
because the coach had come on the floor
| without permission. Technically: the
| rules require a coach to get permission
to enter the field of play, but with
time out and player injured. possibly
seriously. it is not the spirit of the
! rule to handicap team because man
valves what is only a formality under
such conditions. Had that foul not been
called Virginia would have won the
game in the regulation time by a score
Of 26 to 20.
The playing of Donnelly for Catholic
University and Stickley for Virginia was
undoubtedly brilliant. Both these men
proved the mainstays of their teams, and
their work was away above the ordinary.
Stickley was all over the floor. in the real
sense of the word. and Donnelly proved
the most aggressive performer of his
team. Derby also comes in for his share
of the praise. Covering Nichols, who had
previously done the majority of the scor-
ing for Virginia. he held down the place
in fine style. He was after the bigger
and heavier man at all times, and in an
effective manner.
The Business High quint got away with
with Cathedral yesterday, which insures
it the championship of the scholastic
league. The Stenographers played below
their real standard, as did Cathedral,
neither team showing as well as it would
had it been under less strain. The VIC
tory gives Business the championship by
a good margin. and without a defeat hav-
ing been registered against it.
In the success of the Business team
the work of three men stands out as
excellent. Harris has been doing some
very fine playing at guard all season.
while Culligan has proved himself the
star forward of the series. Wise, at
center. also has been better than the
other players in the position.
Curry has been named to act as as
sistant manager of track athletics at
Georgetown. He takes the place OF
Phillips, recently resigned.
The results OF the events in the meet
in the boys department of the Y. M.
Z. A. last night follow:
2o-yard dash. class 1. boys under l2-f'irst.
Holmes: second. Paine: third. c. Foster. Time,
O.03 10.
Potato race First. Clarence Holmes: second.
Rae Stewart; third, Carvel Paine Time. 0. 10 10.
1O-yard dash, class =. IL to - years First.
sam Robin; second, Donald Wight; third Sam
Spruce. Time 0.03.
2 laps class First Robbins; second. Smith;
third Held. Time. OF.
2O-yard dash, class B. IA 10 Is years-First.
Henry Evans; second, b. Beyer' third. Ed
Brooke Time. O.O3.
1 laps. class s-F4rst, Bragg; second. Hayes;
third. Cummings
laps, class !, over 1s years-First. Blnss: