Evening star., 1915-02-19
C. j. QU|NT MEETS
PENN STATE TEAM
Tormey Will Not Be in Basket
Ball Game Tonight on
Hilltop.
ALMON GETS % POINTS
FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON
Hatchetites Win From Franklin and
Marshall in Great Contest.
c. q. Victor.
BY q. G. BYRD.

quint tonight at Georgetown. The
Pennsylvanians come here with the rep
utation of being one Of the fastest and
best drilled teams OF that section,
section in which the game of basket
other part Of the United States.
The Blue and Gray quint will be
weakened somewhat by the absence OF
near as strong as when the big center
Is in the lineup. Tormey has proved
the star Of pretty nearly every contest
in which the Hilltoppers have appeared
big factor in the successes attained.
Tormey will be compelled to stay out
of the game because of an infected
wound received in the contest with
Three of the local colleges are to
play games on foreign floors tonight
the Brooklyn College at Brooklyn,
George Washington has a contest
booked with the Seton Hall College
team is to face the Pennsylvania Mill
tary College at Chester, Pa.
The Catholic University team won
from Fordham last night In the game
played at New York between the two
teams by a score of e6 to 13. The con-
test was much more desperately fought
than would seem to be indicated by the
score. Five minutes before the end of
the last period the score stood at IL
to II. brilliant squirt by Catholic
University nj that last five minutes
gave it the margin by which it was the
victor.
splendi9 work by HinchcliFe is said
to have featured the game. Particular
ly is he reported to have done some
great playing during the last few min
utes Of the contest.
Almon's great work was responsible
for the victory of George Washington
University over the Franklin and Mar
| shall quint last night at Lancaster, Pa.
The Hatchetites got total of twenty
nine points and Almon obtained twen-
ty-three Of them himself. Almon threw
five goals from the floor and thirteen
from the foul line.
Evans, playing right forward for
Franklin and Marshall, did the most
of the scoring for his team, getting
| seven goals from the field and six from
The game as whole is said to have
been the best played Of the year. both
teams doing exceptionally fast and
clever work. The final score was 20
to 26.
The Memorial Athletic Club won the
wrestling tournament held by the Ma
| tiona. Guard Athletic Association last
night, taking the majority of the bouts.
Gallaudet finished second in the team
| standing and the National Guard third.
Tho results of the bouts follow:
1o5-pound class-Marshal! Memorial 4. G.,
115,pound elsss-santai.i. National Guard
,G Marshall Memorial
S. Beckett. Memorial A. G., by tall In min
is5pound ciass-Fr.ne, Mcmoria, A. c., de-
feated Elizalde, T. NJ c. A., by fall in 2
i35pound ciass~Mursic, National Guards, de-
feated Jordan. Memorial A. c.. by decision in
| 145-pound class-R. Beckett Memorial A. c.,
defeated McInturf, Gallaudet by decision in
F, 81 minutes.
15s-pound class - McInturn, GaIlaudet de-
feated Miller, Memorial A. G., by decision in
| Heavyweight class-Davis, GaIIaudet. defeated
Ladd, Gallaudet. by fall in 81 seconds
| Preparations now are being made by
season of the Analostan Boat Club.
The crew already has been taken out
on the river, though no strenuous work
has been done. The boys have padded
and have been compelled to row bun
died up in heavy clothes for protection
against the chill air.
A more pretentious schedule has been
| mapped out for the club this spring
than it ever before has had. at least in
the last few years. The first race will
take place against the second team of
the Naval Academy. May Z; the Balti-
here in dual event. The local eight
is to go to Richmond for a race there
with the Virginia Boat Club May 80
while the season will be closed July 4,
when the boys go to Philadelphia to
take part in the Peoples regatta.
The contest scheduled at the Y. NJ
c. A. tomorrow night between the reg
u1ar W Quint and the team from Bal
timore which styles itself as the Mary
land State Champions should be one
well worth the seeing: The local as
sociation was defeated by the Mary
| landers at Baltimore some time ago,
but thinks it will be able to reverse
the decision on it's own floor. The
MARYLAND team is fast. though. and it
has on it several players of exceptional
worth. Prof. Beckett Of the Y. NJ. c. A.,
who coaches the local five. says the
contest probably will be the best staged
on the ''Y" floor this year.
The Auditors won from Southern in
the Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. League by a
close score. the count being 10 to IA.
The work of both clubs was good,
the game being about the best of the
year in the Terminal circuit.
Georgetowns relay team will be
against one of the fastest quartets in
the east tonight when it faces the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in a mile race at Hartford, Conn. In
fact, SO fast has the Massachusetts, four
proved this season that it is very
doubtful about the Blue and Gray get
ting a victory. OF course, II the first
three men for Georgetown can send
Stebbins or within a few yards Of the
last Massachusetts runner the former
will have an excellent chance to win.
There Is no question about Stebbins
capabilities, and the man who defeats
him in quarter-mile race will have to
go at better gait than any runner in
this section has traversed his season.
Two games are scheduled in the scho-
lastic basket ball leagues today.
Business and Eastern are to play at
the National Guard Armory in the
School League. Another contest will
A. C. is to meet the Georgetown Preps
at GeorgetoWn In the Preparatory