Evening star., 1917-01-21
GEORGETOWN TEAM
DEFEATS G. v. FIVE
Takes Basket Ball Game by
Superiority in Shooting
Goals From Foul.
FEES PLAYS STAR ROLE
BY n. c. BYRD.

Superiority i'll throwing goals
from the foul line enabled George
town University last night to win
from George Washington at
basket ball in the Y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium. The margin by
which Georgetown was the victor
was ! points, just the difference
between the goal throwing from
free tosses. The contest was a
succession OF fouls, twenty-three
being called on Georgetown and
twenty-one on George Washing
ton. OF these, Altman and Gia-
como tossed ten goals for the
Hatchetites and Fees of George
town dropped the ball in Tor
scores seventeen times. The re-
suit of the contest was 81 to "a.
The game was uninteresting
from a spectators standpoint, the
close defensive work of both
teams doing away with any
great opportunities for offensive
play. Every man in the lineup
of the two quints went after the
man opposed to him and played
the ball only when it happened to
come into his possession. Such
game was productive of many
fouls, it being stopped on an
average of more than once each
minute to allow one side or the
other to take a free toss.
Fees Plays Brilliantly.
The most noteworthy performance Of
the game by an individual was tnat of
Fees. who played forward for the Blue
and Gray. His work in shooting goals
| from fouls was particularly worthy of
| special mention, as that factor alouo
practically decided the contest in favor
of his team. Incidentally, Fees played
a good floor game. And even after no
had received a whack on the back of
his head, in falling to the floor. that
seemed hard enough to knock an or
| dinary man senseless, he got up and
went on playing. Two minutes later
| he got another crack against the moor
which broke the skin just over his
| temple and caused the blood to cover
half his face That did not feaze MT.
Fees, though, and he breezed along
\ through the remainder of the contest
just as If nothing had happened.
| Groesbeck, captain of the George
| Washington team. deserves lot OF
! credit for doing very commendablo
| thing in connection with Fees injury.
The Georgetown man took the fourth
time out when he WAS injured tho
second time to leave the floor In or
der to have the blood washed OF his
| face. Groesbeck's team was only two
points behind at the time, and it looked
as If one point might decide the con-
| test. However, Groesbeck refused the
possibility of scoring that point through
4 the medium of an attempt for a goal
| from foul line to which his team was
| entitled.
The game was remarkable for its
| closeness. For the first thrty-five
| minutes there was never time when
| more than three points separated the
| two Quints, and during the greater part
| of that period the tossing of goal
| from the floor placed the team making
| it in the lead. Near the end of the con-
| test the better condition of the George
| town players began to tell. and they
| forged ahead, Notwithstanding the at
| tempt of the Hatchetites to forestall
| that by sending in fresh substitutes
The second string men did not provo
equal to the occasion. though, and tho
Hilltoppers carried back across Rock
creek another George Washington
scalp to add to their already big col
lection.
There was little of the kind of bas-
ket ball that enthuses, despite the
closeneSs of the score. There wero
many partisan "rooters" present, too,
but they did not support their choices
very vociferously. At times some in
dividual would get loose and execute
long shot from u rather difficult po-
but in the kind of basket ball that at
tracts and holds the attention the game
was decidedly lacking.
The largest crowd that has watched
basket ball game here in years was
present The gallery was completely
full. and the game was hindered time
after time by the hundreds OF persons
standing around the playing floor.
Many notables in basket ball from
other cities watched the struggle,
which was typical of the fierce com
bats in which Georgetown and George
Washington usually face. The meeting
of the basket ball rules committee for
this section was held just prior to the
game, and practically everybody pres
ent at that watched the play. The meet
ing was presided over by Prof. Ray
croft physical director of Princeton
University. who is chairman of the
basket ball rules committee of the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Association.
Nothing of special importance was dis
cussed by the coaches and others who
took part in the confab.
The lineup and summary:
GEORGETOWN. Positions. Geo. Wash.
Fees. s..............L Left forward. Almon, Allen
O'Lone. Right forward. Giacomo, Heist
McNulty. Center Patterson. Wilson
OBoyie. Left guard. .Groesbeck
Cashn. Balnigan. Right gunrd............H Hills
Goals from foor--Alnon (2), Giacomo 90
Hills. OLone t3i, McNulty "a. Goals from
foul lne.Amon %. Giacomo 80, Fees d7j.
Referee-Mr. Collifower. Umpire-Mr. Morse.
Time Of halves-20 minutes each.
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