The Washington herald., 1919-11-25
BY JACK HAAS.

Football IL on the wane. Basketball
" coming In again. This week will see
The finish Of broken arms and legs,
otherwise known as football. This
season Is expected TO be the best ever
IN the greatest OF indoor sports, bas-
ketball.
The Collegiate Basketball League,
composed OF Gailaudet College, Mary
land State, George Washington and
Catholic University ceased TO exist
last season. The league was a life
saver during the war when It was q
hard matter to schedule out-of-town
games. The league was a compIete
success and II seems a pity that all
OF the college teams in this section
coulQ rot get together In the formation
OF q league.
Georgetown University is efpected
to have one OF the greatest teams in
It's history. Although Coach John
O'Reilly has not taken hold of the
squad as yet on account Of being busy
on football. Freddy Fees. the we'll
known star, Is in charge of the squad
and the material appears to be the
best seen I'm years.
Dudaek Out OF Game.
Capt. Dudack. who had his leg brok-
en- in the Georgia Tech game, will
not get into the lineup until The
latter part OF January. and TO say the
least, he will be greatly missed. as he
was one of the best defense men in
the South.
Freddy Rice will be back at the
helm out at Brookland with Catholic
University and nun sed" you may
expect the Red and Black team to be
placed back on the map The team
Is lucky II having a player Of Glass
cotts caliber around whom to build
team This is Glnsscott's last year
ano ne Is expected 10 again prove the
star that he IS.
George Washington University could
not nave made a better selection than
Harry Almon as basketball coach for
TINS season. Almon is a local product.
as he was a protege OF Prof. Beckett
at the Y. NJ. {. A, and later an all
South Atlantic star On the team he has
been selected TO coach. Harry knows
basketball from all angles. and We
VIII miss our guess IL he does not turn
out a championship five. The team
will play all their home games at the
lf. and get started on December l.
against their strongest rival. the Blue
and Gray five
Gallaudct Has Material
Gallaudet College had a great team
last season. coping the champions hip
In the Collegiate League from Cstho-
lie University, George Washington
and Marland State. All Of their
last years team have returns 10
school. and. in addition. there are
several new students who are ex-
pected 10 make { he regulars hustle
TO retain their coveted positions.
The Kendall Greeners, although
handicapped by not being able TO
talk or hear. have turned out some
wonderful basketball teams in the
past five years. Everyone will remem-
Der Rockwell and the wenger twins
who were selected for the all-South
Atlantic fiVes, and II seems queer. but
the Bun and Blue always have a star
in their midst. Downs proving a veri-
table giant on the basket-baIl court
last season. and he will be here again
this year.
Coach Curley Byrd has called on
basketball and no team will represent
Maryland state. Byrd has been great
ly handicapped by not having a gym
nasium in which to practice. He hopes
by next season TO have a big gym all
his own.
School QuintS Start.
Several OF the high schools have al
ready started practicing. Eastern.