Evening star., 1915-12-22
BY II. c. BYRD.

Aoi III new ioi ~ ieS'
night, was defeated by a score c. a to
To- Catholic University, pitt1uE its
strength against Mount ST. Joseph's in
Baltimore. won by 23 to II. George
| town was on the short end of the score
all the time in its contest with the
Gotham quint, while Catholic Univer-
sity went into the second falf with
| the count standing Is to 10 against IT.
! but rallied in the closing period suffi-
ciently to get the lead and win by six
| points
I New York University's experienced
qulnt was too much for the Blue ana
| Gray. The local school was unable at
any time to make headway against the
older and stronger five. and in the sec
ond half found itself playing against a
| team made up mostly of substitutes:
Catholic University also was compelled
to compete against "a team every bit as
old and experienced as its own men,
! but managed to win by a close score
SHIFT in the lineup of the BROOK
landers seemed to work to good advan-
tage, Lynch taking one of the positions
at forward
Kelley did most of the scoring for
Georgetown. The star guard Gagged two
goals from the floor and four from the
foul line, making eight of the fifteen
points as his total. Lynch registered
eight points for Catholic University by
reason of four goals from the moor,
while Cartwright scored eleven on nine
from the foul line and one from the
floor.
A floor so slippery that to play bas-
ket ball on it was almost ridiculous
made the Western Business game yes
terday pretty close to- farce. 1t was
simply impossi BILE for the light school
boys to hold their footing. and there
never was a time when it was certain
that ball would be procured by the
man to whom it was passed; it was i'm
possible for player to get the throw
.if it did not land exactly in his arms.
and when he got the ball he could
never stop suddenly to make a toss for
the basket nor to make an accurate
pass to one of his teammates. The re-
suit was that the ball went outside
about twenty times more often than it
ordinarily would on good floor. I'm
less something is done to roughen the
smooth dance floor it will be impossible
for Catholic University to play it's col
lege games there without having them
become more or less farcical Heavy
men would have just about as much
chance of going through basket ball
standard on that floor at the Arcade
that a foot ball team would if playing
on ice.
Western defeated Business because it
played better basket ball from a
standpoint of teamwork. And not only
did it win by a big margin--45 to 16-
but had it made good on the same per-
centaSe of throws for the basket in
the iiISt Hall tHdt IL ulu tne second
it would have won by many more
points. Business did not have near
the attack that did Western, and its
defense was not so good. All in all,
judged on the merits of that game
there was little real comparison be-
tween the two quints. Business seemed
to have good material which may find
itself later. but it will have to play
much better basket ball as a team if
it hopes to beat out Western for the
title.
Besides being an accurate goal toss
er, Peck of Western has the very de-
sirahle. attribute of getting the ball
away from him fast. He gets the ball
and makes the toss for the basket
almost with the same motion He ey-
GELS all local scholastic players in this
respect.
Buck" Wise was elected to the cap
taincy of the Business High foot ball
team at meeting Of the letter men last
night Immediately after the banquet
rendered the team by the school. Wise
has the distinction of having won his let
ter in four branches of sport at Business
basket ball, foot ball, base. ball. and
track.
The George Washington University
quint is to open it's basket ball season
today at the Naval Academy. The
Hatchetites are not likely to win, though
they are reputed to be stronger than
year ago.
Brown University, which local report
had as a probable opponent for George
town here next Thanksgiving day. will
play Colgate at Providence, according to
the schedule published by the first-men-
toned institution 1t is not probable,
either. that Syracuse will come down here
for a contest on that date And, as a
matter of fact, it is going to be a diff
cult proposition for Georgetown to get
any OF the big institutions from the north |
ern cities to come to Washington for a |
contest Thanksgiving Any team which |
plays in big city, especially those in
the north, wants to have a home game
On the holiday because of the extra gate
receipts which result. Washington can
not draw a foot ball crowd sufficiently |
large to warrant Georgetown offering |
Syracuse a guarantee enough to bring it |
here. Syracuse. and probably some of the |
other universities, would like to come here |
for contest, but the ever-present |
financial problem of foot ball stands in
the way.
Athletics in the colleges today are in |
such finely developed state that it |
takes a lot of money to carry them on, |
and foot ball is the sport depended
upon to bring financial profits Three |
or four thousand persons form an ex-
traordinary crowd to attend a game In |
Washington. and ten thousand or ff-
teen thousand would probably be a |
small crowd for Syracuse to play be-
fore on its own field Thanksgiving day.
1t looks very much as II the best propo-
sition Georgetown could get for a game