The Washington herald., 1917-02-08
Both CUNTS Fight Hard for
Lond End Of the
Score.

Before one or the larSest croWus thdt
has ever witnessed basketball game in
Ryan Gym, at Georgetown University,
the Blue and Gray defeated George
Washington last night by score Of IS
to %.
Plenty of pep was INDUCED in. not only
by the two opposing quints, but before
the game the Bluff and Blue cheer lead
ers took possession of the floor and led
the student bodies of both universities in
cheering. finishing with a rousing demon
stration to both Capt. OLone and Capt.
Grosbeck
The game started with both teams,
more or less, on the defensive, and dur
ing the first few minutes of play the ball
Travelled up and down the floor only to
be repeatedly passed out of bounds.
Georgetown was the first to score. when
Fees. the brilliant little foul foal shooter,
beck had committed personal foul Nc
Nulty. of Georgetown, followed this up,
after the ball was put in play, by shoot
ing the first field goal from the hoor
| after short dribble! Fees again scored
as a result of personal foul upon the
part of Almon.
Harmon. of George Washington, scored
the first point for the Buff and Blue, a
goal from foul, when McNulty ran down
O'Lone twice in succession failed to pass
| or dribble the ball before carrying 1t the
| restricted distance. Harmon then scored
another point for George Washington
by making only one basket in his two
attempts at goals from foul.
The next five minutes saw the game
| resolve itself into nothing more than a
foul shooting contest between Fees and
Harmon. After, this George Washington
retained possession of the ball long
| enough to get twelve shots at the basket.
but in each and every instance the di-
rection was poor and not a single field
goal resulted. In a scrimmage between
Harmon and McNulty, the Georgetown
player batted one through the hoop for
double point. In the last few minutes
of the first half the Blue and Gray
| showed some excellent teamwork. Fees
shot a beautiful goal from center and
O'Boyle followed this up by getting under
the basket and adding two points to
Georgetown's score The first half ended
with the score II to in favor of the
Hilltoppers, George Washington having
failed to score tally from a field goal
The second session had hardly started
before Fees and Hills were penalized
Fees missed. but Harmon scored on the
penalty. On short pass by Hall to
Harmon, George Washington registered
Its first goal from field. Both teams a
this point started to pass and the game
became SO fast that it was with diff
ficulty that the progress Of the ball was
followed In its flight up and down the
floor
Fees, O'Lone, McNulty and o'Boyle got
the range of the basket and it began to
look very much as though the game
would resolve itself into a walk-over for
the Hilltoppers. but the substitution OF
Mcmahon for Grosbeck brought a stop to
the Blue and Gray's scoring. Mcmahon
then placed the ball in the basket three
times out Of four attempts from long and
difficult angles.
Capt. OLone deserves great credit for
his excellent work. as 1t was mainly
through his use Of the DETECTED pass that
enabled his teammates to get into posi-
ton for uncovered shots at the basket.
George Washington had many chances at
the basket throughout the game, but poor
Judgment of distance was the main rea-
son of their failure to run up a larger
score than they did.
Harmon and Fees were about on par
in shooting from the 15-foot mark, Har-
mon scoring eleven out of fifteen at
tempts, while Fees scored nine out of
twelve.
Both coaches inserted two new teams
into the game in the last few minutes Of
play. Mcmahon, Harmon and Hall play
ed best for George Washington, while
the work of the entire Georgetown quint
was as good as any seen here this sea-
son. The lineup and summary: