Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-26
GETS NEW COACH
FOR BASKET BALL
George Washington Obtains
George CoI|ifIoWer to Dr.
rect Its Team.
CENTRAL PLAYS WESTERN
IN SCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
Blue and White May Put Up Hard
Game Against George
town Five.
BY n, C, BYRD.

George Collifiower will coach the
George Washington University basket
ball team for the remainder of the
season. The former Georgetown star
was approached about a week ago and
asked if he would take charge of the
team, but he did not come to an agree
ment with the management until last
night. After seeing the Hatchetites
flower signed to coach them during the
| remainder of their schedule.
| Some such change in the coaching
policy of the team was foreshadowed
some time> ago, when things began to
go wrong in the ranks of the Ratchet
ties. A lack of cohesion in their play
and a failure of the individuals to CO.
operate has prevented George Wash
ington making a better showing than
J it has. and that is one of the factors
| which will have to be corrected right
at the start. Immediately after the
| was asked If he had come to an agree
ment to coach the Hatehetites and
! what he thought of the squad. This
was his reply:
Washington for the remainder of the
| season. 1 regret. of course. that I have
not more time to put into effect real
| basket ball principles. but there is no
doubt that a lot of improvement can be
made even within the short period.
There are better players on the squad
| than they have been given credit for.
but the real trouble has been in their
failure to work together. Get those
| fellows working as team and they
VIII make a whole lot better showing
and win some games. At least, that is
] my way of looking at it, Shaver and
Groesbeck are good guards. Almon is a
mighty capable forward, and Matthews
is much above the average at center,
but they lack the win spirit and the
| ability to play as a team. | cannot say
what we will accomplish this late in the
year, but II I mistake not there will be
ing George Washington within the next
! two weeks. There is one thing l might
say, too, and that is. 1 understand
| there have been some internal dissen-
slons, each player having had little re-
spect for anybody's opinion except his
own. and that is one thing that will be
eliminated or else there will be an en-
tire new team on the floor within about
two days. They will work together or
well get out scrubs who will. 1t is abb
solutely a hopeless task to try to de-
velop winning basket ball team with
out harmony"
George Collif1ower was one of the
greatest basket ball guards the south
S'SioPSo, anu hC PIOpdDly
never had superior in the section
When he and Charley Wetzell were
holding down the guard positions for
Georgetown University no college in
| the south ever boosted of a more capa-
BILE pair of defense men. Collif1ower
combines his basket ball capabilities
with a fine spirit and should make good
with the G. w. U. five.
George Washington played Catholic
University close game in the first
half of the contest last night at the
Arcade. but lack of condition and a
general let up in the second period
allowed the Brooklanders to take a
good lead Catholic University did not
/, play as well as it might have done
because it was only to be expected
that a natural relaxation would come
after the battle with Virginia last
week. George Washington did some
good work at times from a standpoint
of the individuals, but as a team it ap-
peared to be way below the average
The play of the Catholic University
five was below its average, especially
in the opening half.
Central High meets Western today
in the Interscholastic League game.
The Blue and White may give Western
more of a fight than is generally look
ed for. it being composed of heavier
individuals and faster than the aver
age.