Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-20
RICE DOES WE'LL
WITH c. j. QU|NT
Former Georgetown Man De-
veIops Mighty Capable
Basket Ball Team.
BROCKL ANDERS AND G. U.
CAPTURE THEIR GAMES
Former Beats Gallaudet.. Latter
Trims Loyola-Harvard Exon
crates Penn State Eleven.
BY n. C. BYRD.

Fred Rice has developed basket ball
team at Catholic University that bids
fair to vie with the best that has ever
represented the institution. The Brook
landers have played six games-two on
their home floor and four away-and
only one has resulted in a defeat. The
one contest in which the Brooklanders
have been defeated was with the Navy;
ST Johns. Gallaudet and Mount St. Jo-
seph's We're trounced on their home
floors
In the opening game with Gallaudet
1t did not appear that the Brookland-
ers were going to have Il very capable
team. The players seemed not to be
on edge. and. excepting the two guards,
did not look to be possessed of eNtraor-
binary ability. Rice. though. has inn
proved the team as individuals and as
q whole until now it is capable of play
ing on even terms with any quint it
may meet from this section. The work
of Gallivan at center is better by 20
per cent now than when he first donned
a Catholic University uniform.
Tuesday night the West Virginia Uni
versity quint. which has been playing
some good basket ball, was defeated
with ease. The visitors did some close
defensive work for the first five min
utes. but after that there was not much
to the contest except Catholic Univer
sity.
Last night, Immediately after the
hard battle with the West Virginia
ouint, the Brooklanders were given a
close call by Gallaudet, but showed
their real capabilities by delivering the
punch" in the final moments of the
game, which gave them victory. CAL
laudet put up fine fight for the long
end of the score. but could not quite
reach the mark because it was against
a stronger combination.
The guards of the c. L. quint are its
nlainstays. both being brilliant players,
but it is very questionable if anybody.
after seeing the team play>at Ga1laudet
in the opening contest, thought Rice
would be able to develop as successful
a five out of the material as he has.
Also a word might be said about the
Georgetown team. and along the same
line. Coach OReilly has done well
with his team, though the material at
his command has been way below the
standard usually seen on Hilltop
quints.
Last night Georgetown went against
Loyola. one of the best teams in the
section. and won after hard fight. b.
over that quint is not to be underesti-
mated by any means, as it is indicative
of greater ability than they have been
given credit for. Georgetown finished
the first half with the count standing
10 to in it's favor. and there is not
the least doubt 1T had outplayed it's OPP
ponent by small margin. The same
margin represented its victory at the
end of the game.
Harry Kelley and O'Lcne did the best
work for Georgetown, while Scheurich
was the star for Loyola. Scheurich
played splendid basket ball. his work
IN every particular heing exceptional
He was not only the main scoring unit
OF his team but also it's greatest de-
fensive factor.
The first two scores made by George
town in the opening half of the game
were very sensational. bordering on the
lucky. One was got by OLone and the
other by Kelley The shot made by
OLone was one in which he raised up
and threw the ball half over his head to
the side from which he was not so
the basket without touching the rings.
Keiley's shot was made when he was
standing with his back to the basket.
Guarded from behind. ra raised up and
tossed the ball backward over his head
and il dropped for perfect score
as could have been made.
There is no doubt that something Of
olic University last night was due to
the fact that the Br0oklanders played
hard game the night before. OF
course, this is not meant to detract in
the least from the sterling performance
OF the Kendall Greene~s, because they
paved good basket ball. They did not,
however. find G. L. at its very best.
Also the Brooklanders were without
one OF their regular players. Shortley
being absent because of a strained
back. ShorJIey hurt his back in the
game with West Virginia University
and was unable TO play McMa hon
who took his place. threw four goals
from the floor The whole Gallaudet
team played well as "A team and really
gave better exhibition of floor wori;
than the Brooklanders.
George Washington last night ended
it's trip through Virginia with a game
at Ashland against the Randolph
Macon College. The work of the