Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-15
c. j. FIVE CLOSES
SCHEDULE TONIGHT
Winds Up Good Season
Against Camp Humphreys.
Central Beats Poly.
BY II. C. BYRD.

Georgetown's basket ball team
closes it's season tonight, Camp Hum
phreys being scheduled tc appear in
the wind-up on the hilltop. Play.
instead of beginning at s o'clock. the
usual hour. will not get under way
until 9 o'clock. Gonzaga and the
Georgetown Props. are to meet in a
preliminary to the Georgetown-Camp
Humphreys contest
Although it has played through a
much shorter schedule than usual,
Georgetown has had successful sea-
son. The only defeat administered to
the Blue and Gray quint was that at
Annapolis. when both forwards were
thrown out on personal fouls within
the first ten minutes. New York Uni
versity, Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
tute and George Washington are
among the quints that have gone
down before the Blue and Gray this
season.
1t is not probable that Georgetown s
good record will be marred tonight
Camp Humphreys, while it possesses
ing to report, is not likely to be de-
veloped sufficiently in teamwork to
outplay the Hilltoppers. Georgetown
has d team that has been together
for two months, which, in basket ball
is just as distinct an advantage as IN
any other branch of sport. Also. the
Hilltoppers are due to appear on their
homo floor, and basket ball is just
about as much of a home game as
any game can be-
Treasury meets Interstate Com
merce and Agriculture plays Navy
Yard tonight in the games in the
Government Recreation Basket Ball
League
Gallaudet and Maryland State play
tonight in the District intercollegiate
Basket Ball League, the contest being
scheduled as usual at the Y. NJ. G. A.
The Kendall Greeners lost to State in
the surprise game of the season, when
the two CUNTS met opening night,
and this time the Florida avenue
youngsters are very anxious to prove
to their followers that the result of
the contest was fiuke. Gallaudet
has been improving lot and has
since defeated Catholic University.
Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute, which shows that little fault
can be found with the fine work it
has done since defeat at the hands of
tie College Park aggregation.
Central Highs basket ball team did
itself proud" again yesterday. follow
ing its fine victory over Gonzaga with
a defeat to the Baltimore Polytechnic
Institute. The Blue and White five
played brilliant basket ball against
the Baltimoreans, the defensive espe-
cially being almost superb. The Cen
tralites got the long end of the score
by margin of three points, the count
being 16 to IS. In the game played
with Poly in Baltimore some time
result of the contest yesterday was
particularly gratifying to Coach
Metzler and Centrars followers for
that reason.
Maryland State plans to get out its
track squad next week, Tuesday being
the day set for the first practice
Judging by the number of men who
yesterday signified their intention to
report, the State squad will not be
lacking in size. AS a whole though,
the squad is certain to be composed of
the most inexperienced material the
institution has had in years. Hardly
anything more is to be expected
though, when it is considered that
nothing was done last year in track
sports and no men have recently come
out of high school of more than ordi-
nary experience. Some two or three
runners should do good work. but a
very difficult task is in front of the
college If it is to develop a capable
all-round squad.
While some Georgetown men have
been tossing the ball around little,
Coach John O'Reilly plans to get his
base bail squad ont Monday for a real
workout. In I4ct, if the present
weather conditions hold for another
week it is probable that all the COL
lege squads will be out in force.