Evening star., 1918-02-10
C. U. VICTORY GIVES
Il. TIE IN LEAGUE
BrookIanders Even Up Stand
ing in College Basket Ball
Circuit by Beating G. w.
SCORE OF GAME, 81 TO f8


By defeating George Wash
ington, 81 to 18, Catholic Uni
versity last night created a tie
with that team for the lead in
the District Intercollegiate Bas-
ket Ball League. Prior to the
c. L. victory the Hatchetites
were topping the. circuit with
out defeat against their record:
Now the two institutions stand
on even terms, each having won
three times and lost once. CATH
olic University's only loss was
sustained in a contest with Gal-
laudet. =.
Last nights fray was the best yet
staged in the collegiate league.
Both quints went after each
other hard right from the start.
and for the first fifteen minutes
some basket ball as fast as ono
might care to see was shown. Ehe
Brooklanders were in better con-
dition, maintained their gaIt
more easily and took much
greater advantage OF shots from
the foul lines.
Glascott Makes Fine Play. -
Shortly after the opening of the game
George Washington led by to 4, but its
margin was short-lived. Blascott broke
between two Hatchetite players. when
one was in position to shoot, grained
the ball out Of the shooters hand. SWUNG
his way down the floor and made per-
feet basket without help from teammates
or hindrance from opponents. 1t was the
most brilliant effort by an individual dur
ing the night. Three or four times affar
that Glascott executed almost the same
play from the bat-off. but only on one
occa sion did he register second goal
In the second half O'Brien distinguished
himself by accurate goal shooting from
the foul line. ''Oby" dropped every one
seven times. He missed frequently In
the first half. though, getting only two
points by the free toss method witt ana
White, who did the foul shooting for q.
w
making a couple in succession and ehen
missing several. George Washingtonvm
the first half got only three goals fros1
foul out of thirteen chances.
c. q. Players Cover Well.
George Washington made only i've
goals from the floor in the second half.
both of which were tossed by white.
and they were made in the last four or
Ave minutes. Catholic University. WIN
the count 16 to II at the end OF the
opening half. plainly had instructions.ro
play safe when it returned for the Sec
ond part OF the contest And until
IT opened up little better margin, kept
the Hatchetites covered so that not one
real good opportunity was offered for .
basket.
White was the main scorer for George
Washington. In fact. he seemed to be
the only player in the lineup capabie
of locating the baskets with any par
ticular accuracy. In the first half
he negotiated two goals and in the sec
ond got two more. OBrien was the only
other player in the game to scora-As
many times from the floor. 49,.
White, Underwood and Witt played
the best basket ball for the Hatchetitea-
White went in at center as a regular
for the first time this season and his
performance was exceedingly credit
able. Witt was in the game every mlu-
ute for the Hatchetites and his greater
experience kept the younger players
steady. Underwood put up defenss
that admitted of little criticism. -
Glascott and O'Brien. as usual and ae
was expected, were the mainstayS- OF
c. Us offense and defense. Wh61 not
scoring they were working the BAH
down into positions from which il could
be fed to one Of the other players. -
Teams Play Good Ball.
Comparatively speaking. the ten
teams played good basket ball. 1t vas
l>.-< <,v- Ia f1c acf hoS h
given in the league. However, there
was much to be desired in the work OF
each quint. lack of practice and
need of actual competition with strong
opponents in order to attain maximum
development was evident in every eff
fort. O'Brien. for instance. missed half
a dozen chances for goals from the
floor which ordinarily, under condi-
been the easiest kind of scores for him.
With these teams tied for the top
standing. in all probability the league
will have brilliant wind-up, WITH
the final game determining the chan.
pionship. c. L. and G. W. are sched-
uled to meet March =, closing night
of the list of games. and the vfctor
in all likelihood will be the champton.
Between the halves OF the game
Coach Rice Of Catholic University made
a brief address, in which he urged coll
stamps. Rice explained what the war
savings stamps are. methods of buya
ing and cost. and gave reasons why
college men particularly should pur.
chase them. -
Lineup and Summary.
G. W. Position. Catholic D.
Witt tt......... Right forward o BfieA
Allen. Roberts.
Keber ........ Left forward Donoynn
White. .....-.-.. Center ..:.... McDonouxh
Botrier. ......... Right guard .Gfhscott
Underwood. Left guard .....-..-..- .Mids
Goals from hocr-O' Brien IA. White az.
Witt Allen. Donovan ca. McDonouSh (Sl, GlAs-
colt to). Goals from fous-Witt (6l. 0'Bfieu
i9I Referee-Mr. Morse. Umpre-Ar. Haas,
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