The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
LEAGUE GAMES
HARD FOUGHT
George Washington Defeats
State While Brooklanders
Nose Out Gallaudet.

Gallaudet College,. 3 400
Maryland State 49,. 900
No games are scheduled for this
week
Final games Saturday night.
March 2, between Gallaudet College
and Maryland State and Catholic
University and George Washington
University.
In two of the most interesting
games that have been played in the
intercollegiate League this season,
Maryland State lost to George
washington, 25 to IS, and Catholic
University won from Gallaudet Col
Iege in the nightcap. 81 to Is, last
night at the Y. NJ. c. A
In the opener. Maryland State
surprised its followers by putting
up a fine exhibition against George
Washington, holding them down to
q lead of only seven points. They
played a great game on the defen-
sive and did a lot better on the Of
teasive than in any of the previous
contests. BaTlin did himself proud
In tossing them in from the foul
tine. getting six straight before he
missed
Eersity and Gallaudet College was
humdinger and the result was In
ioubt up to the last few minutes
Of the contest. The game was sew
cd up seven times and a one or two
point lead was gained ten times
II 1t had not been that Dohrman.
who played the pivot position for
EaIlaudet, gave ost, or rather got
Einded. in the last five minutes, the
game would still be going on The
pace set by these two teams was
terrific and Gallaudet appeared to
have the edge SO far as condition
went, but Catholic University was
much the speedier in advancing the
ball towards their basket.
George Washington was terribly
slow getting into their stride and
aid not play nearly as good a game
as they are capable OF playing. The
State team lead them eight to
Ieven at one time during the first
half and it was only by the hard
est kind OF playing that they were
able to finish the first half in the
lead, II to IL.
They maintained the lead in the
pecond half but only by a very
light margin until near the end
,een for the two WIS, White and
Witt. Maryland State would have
Won their first game of the season.
These two boys scored four field
goals a piece for a total of sixteen
,oints out of the twenty-five
There have been some exciting
contests played in the league this
Ieason, but the one between Gal
audet and Catholic University was
leart rending from start to finish
In the first half O'Brien and
williams had three chances to score
rom the foul line before a field
goal was scored. Williams got two
Df his but O'Brien missed all three.
rhe Red and Blue player made up
'or this deficiency by feeding Dono-
ran the ball from which he scored
he first double pointer. tying up
he count He got the next one
rom foul. putting his team in the
cad The lead was switched from
me team to the other eight times
Turing the first half.
O'Brien scored seven straight on foul
shances after he had missed his first
hree. Whitman tailed seven out Of
Eleven chances from the foul line in
he first session. Whitman was away
,fr in tossing them in from the field,
u he did not score a field goal during
he contest. He tied the score up at
Nan with a 1-pointer. and the first
aalf ended in the Kendall Greeners'
Avor II to 10. when Sanders put
through a double-pointer.
The game in the Vesper period was
Tyen more heart-rending than the first.
zallaudet tied up the score at E-2,
+14 and 15-15. After the second half
lad gone fifteen minutes Catholic
University made great rally,
rBrien and McDonough scoring two
Iouble-pointers in quick succession.
4 was at this point that Dohrman
Eave out and a few minutes later.
utter O'Brien had scored another 2
Fointer, Ferguson took the lanky CEN
er's place, but II was then too late,
the best the Buff and Blue could
10 was to score three more points, one
N a foul toss by Wilman and a field
bal by Sanders.
The winning OF this game from Gal
audet gives Catholic University a
plendid chance to land the title in
he District Intercollegiate League.
they are tied up with George WASH
ngton, each having won four games
md losing one. AS c. u. defeated g.
". U. in the last game, the boys from
srookland feel that they have the
dge and will land when they meet
ieorge Washington in the last game
Il the season. on Saturday night,
darch > The lineup: