Evening star., 1917-01-15
ONLY TWO GAMES
SCHEDULED HERE
c. U. Meets GaIIaudet and 6. U.
Plays George Washington
Saturday.
GEORGETOWN MAKES TRIP
BY n. G. BYRD.

BY n. G. BYRD.
Only three basket ball games are to
be played by local colleges this week,
two of which are to take place on
homo floors. Georgetown goes to Bal
tfmore tomorrow night for a contest
with Mount St Joseph's, and Saturday
night 1t meets George Washington in
the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium. The other
contest takes place Saturday night at
Carroll Institute between aCtholic Uni
versity had a game scheduled with
Swarthmore tonight. but 1t was can
celed.
OF these struggles the most inter-
! esting by far is that in which George
| washington and Georgetown are to
race. The Blue and Gray has the most
| capable five that has represented it
at the Arcade, and George Washington
is stronger than it has been since 1t
was represented by the great quint on
which Fred Rice, now coach at Cath
town is playing a fast, passing game
| ana is devotfng its main attention to
onensive work. 1t has scored many
points In its games and seems capable
|
| difficult struggles
| ANY contest between Georgetown and
george Washington is interesting. The
long rivalry between the two institu-
tenseness. Last fall. at foot ball
game which was conceded a certain
victory for Georgetown by ne-sided
score. big crowd attended AS
| the crowd really was bigger than ex-
| pected. considering the bad day and
| the poor showing our team had made"
| The game between Catholic Univer-
| sity and Gallaudet should result in
| victory for the Brooklanders. c. L.
| proved itself stronger than the Ken
dali Greeners by winning on the Ken
dali Green floor. and with all the ad
| vantages offered by the Carroll Insti-
tute to the team playing on that court.
c. U. again should take the long end
| OF the count. Georgetown will be up
| against rather disadvantageous coadi
| tions when it plays Mount ST. Joseph's
| in Baltimore, but the decisiveness of
the victory it obtained over that team
| in the opening game here indicated
superiority sufficient to warrant pre-
diction that it should take tomorrow'S
| contest.
The game in the high school series
! tomorrow at the "Y" will be played be-
tween Western and Eastern. The two
teams. by comparison of the contests
In which each has appeared. seem to be
near even in strength. Both base their
hopes OF success on fast passing bas-
ket ball and should give an interesting
| and creditable exhibition.
The games Friday in the school series
| will find Business meeting Central and
| Tech playing Eastern. Both these con-
tests ought to be productive of some
| clever play.
| A circular letter has been sent out by
Fl. F. Sturdy of Annapolis. the southern
| member Of the advisory committee on
basket ball rules for the National Col
| 1egiate Athletic Association, announc-
i ing general meeting of players.
l coaches. captains and others interested
to discuss the rules: The meeting is
| to take place at the local Central Y. NJ
c. A. The date for the meeting is
rather late. but circumstances seem to
| have prevented 1t previous to this DR..
Joseph E.. Raycroft of Princeton Uni
versity. chairman of the basket ball
committee Of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association, Will preside
| The Following excerpt from the let
ter sent out by Sturdy is self-exolana-
THE Joint rules committee earnestly
hopes that those interested, whether IN
school. college, A. A. Z. or Y. NJ. c. A.
basket ball. will cooperate in tho work
OF developing the real spirit of the
game by attending this meeting, which
is held in Washington in order to afford
an opportunity, in this part of the
southern district, to hear an official in
depreciation Of the rules. Every mem
Der of each team should know the rules
| thoroughly. This lack of knowledge
often causes unfounded criticism Of the
omc1als in a game. and is often the un-
iderlying cause Of the commission of
fouls"
! The reference to the members Of the
teams knowing the rules is timely and
worthy Of particular consideration by
members Of quints in this section Very
few of the players Of the squads in
Washington are as we'll acquainted with
the code as they might be.
| Last Saturday night. after the bell
had rung for the close of the first
half Of the game between C. U. and
flower was compelled to give Almon of
| the latter five a second free toss for
| a goal from the foul line after he had
missed his real chance. Two or three
of the c. U. players left the floor be-
fore the goal was attempted. which is
stayed on the court until after the at
tempt from the foul line had been made
they would have ended the second
half with the score 10 to 10 instead of
II to 10 against them. This is an ex-
ample of the many instances of this
games in this section. Basket ball
| around here is not near so we'll de-
veloped as in northern institutions. and
consequently Is not near SO interesting
to the spectator. A basket ball game
which must be stopped every two or
attractive to the person watching 1t.
The contest Saturday between c. u.
and G. w. U. was interrupted frequent
ly in this manner. total of thirty
eight fouls were called. which caused
the game to be halted to allow at