Evening star., 1919-01-25
COLLEGES TO PLAY
TWO GAMES HERE
Catholic U. Meets Maryland
State in League and G. u.
Entertains 6. w. u.
EY Il. C. BYRD.

Two college basket ball games are
to he played on local floors tonight.
both being scheduled between home
teams George Washington goes up
to Georgetown for the first of the
two annual games between them. and
Catholic University meets Maryland
State at the Y. N. c. A. in the third
contest Of the District Intercollegiate
League schedule.
Georgetown ought not to expert
nnce much trouble getting away
aetipSt George Washington. The
Hatchetites have practically the same
plavers that represented them year
AGO. when they won the District In
tercollegiate championship, but
Georgetown seems 10 be stronger this
wear than it was last, and last year
the Blue and Gray won from the Buff
and Blue in both contests.
Whether Maryland States victory
over I.alIaudet last week by the mar
row margin Of single point was
fiuke or whether the team is strong
enough 10 make q real showing IN
the District intercollegiate League
VIII be proved tonight when tne
MaryianderS 20 against tathoi.H
University Gailaudet does not hesi-
tate to say that the State five was
mighty lucky and that il should not
have won and the Kendall GreenefS
seem 10 be aching for another oppor-
tunity to get a chance at thelr con-
Qnerors
Preceding the game between State
and c. L. the George Washington
University girls team and the Gai.
laudet girls are to meet in the y.
The same admission price viii cover
both contents.
Gallaudet last night won the great
est victory in basket ball that 1t mas
ever attained in it's own gymnasium
when it defeated the University OF
Virginia by 80 to 80. The Nirginians
started the game by going well to
the front. holding a count of IL TO
at one time agaiast the Kendall
Green aggregation. That pace could
not be kept up. though, and Gatlamdet
slowly cut down the margin until at
the end of the half the visitors were
leading by only four points. Shortly
after the opening of the second half
Galiaudet got in front and by some
hard fast defensive work managed
to stay there.
1t was brilliant individual play on
the part of Downes which gave Cal
Iaudet its victory. The former Fred
erick Y. NJ c. A. man did about
everything there was for him to do.
and when it came to pushing his way
through mass around the naskel
and shooting goal he showed that
he has no equal in this section. Time
after time it would appear that Viz
ginia players had Downes so smoth-
cred that it was impossible for him
to score yet he would suddenly reach
up and put the ball through the bas-
ket. And he kept doing it right after
the Virginia players had been told to
watch him particularly. Out of the
thirty EIGHT points scored by Gallau-
det Downes got tWenty-eight, twelve
goals from the floo- and four from
the foul line.
Virginia's basket bail team left here
this morning to go to Annapolis for
a game with the Navy this afternoon.
1t is probable the Midshipmen will de-
feat Virginia by comfortable mar
gin. The team did not show enough
here last night to warrant a belief
that it can do more, at best, against
the Navy than hold it to as small
score as possible.
Pop" Lanigan. coach Of the Nir-
ginia quint, said little after the game.
He congratulated the Gallaudet men
and said out and out that that fell
low Downes is a wonder. / never saw
anything to beat him in my life"
Which is a broad statement, as Pop
has seen some basket ball in his time.
Westerns varsity team did not do
as Well yesterday as did its Freshmen
in the two basket ball games played
by Red and White. The varsity COM
bination dropped contest to Gonzaga
by to 50, while the Freshmen won
ON Technical Freshmen by 80 to
81.
Central Highs basket ball quint
goes to Alexandria this afternoon to
attempt an evening up with Epis-
copal for the defeat administered by
the last mentioned to Central in Cen
trails gymnasium Wednesday. The
game ought to be well played and just
as hard fought as was the one earlier
in the week.
The Stands brothers, former WeN-
ern High School men, are managers
OF teams at Virginia. One is manager
of basket bah and the other of track.