Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-08

BIacksburg Basketers to
Meet Catholic u. and G. u.
Monday and Tuesday.
BY II. c.. BYRD.

| Virginia Polytechnic Institute comes
| here next week for two basket ball
games. The BIacksburg coliegians
meet Catholic University Monday and
Georgetown Tuesday night. Both
contests are scheduled to begin at s
o'clock.
Catholic University is having con-.
siderable difficulty in getting d floor
on which to meet the Y. P. /. quint.
Charley Moran, director of athletics
at c. u, had about determined to use
the Mount Vernon hall. but upon in
vestigation found that lighting facil-
| tiles were extremely poor. He has
tried to, find another place. but so far
has been unable to do so. 1t is pos
sible that the contest may be staged
in Gonzagas gymnasium, but facili-
ties there for taking care of spectators
are poor. Georgetown's game is to
be staged in the Ryan gymnasium, on
the hilltop.
Practically nothing is known Of V.
P. Is record in basket ball this year.
The Virginians are said to have q
| team better than the ordinary, most
of the men having had considerable
experience in prep and high school.
Charley Bernier, director of athletics
at V. z. l., week ago was enthusiast
tic about the prospects of his team,
and stated that he expected to bring
up a quint comparable in every de-
partment to Georgetown and Catholic
| University.
Georgetown and George Washington
| ma tn oh ut ha in hD3
second basket ball game of the year, the
/ Blue and Gray having won the first by a
good margin. George Washington is in
better shape now than it was then, ac-
expects to put up slap bang game
from start to finish. Play is scheduled
to begin at O'Clock.
Lansche, guard for George Washing
] ton, usually is guilty of a lot more hold
| ing in basket ball games than he gets
penalized for. He is big man and
strong enough to handle most any play
ers in the collegiate league, conse-
Quently has little difficulty wrapping his
arms around a player any time the OPP
ponent gets within striking distance OF
! the goal. Glascott and Gleason of G. l..
are two other men who are not penal
| lied as many times as they ought TO be,
| their fault being i'm starting to run with
| the ball almost every time they attempt
to advance it without passing. Both
are fast in getting away once they get
the ball in their possession and usually
take a couple of short steps with the
ball in their hands. This is not said in
criticism of officials, as such fouls are
extremely difficult for referee to see.
particularly when he is watching the
ball all the time and is too close to the
play to see much more space than that
in the immediate vicinity of the ball
Western High had big day in
| basket ball yesterday. four teams
| wearing it's colors winning games.
| The first string men, Sophomores
and Freshmen, went over to Eastern
High and engaged quints represent
ing the Capitol Hill schools. and all
| three engagements resulted in vie
tories for the Georgetown institu-
1 ton. The first team beat Eastern's
best combination by 81 to 49,; the
Sophomores won by 16 to 6, and the
Freshmen got the long end Of a 30
victories for his teams that went
visiting. Coach Morse left a third
| team at home to play the Eaton
School. The Eaton boys gave the Red
and White a real fight. but lost by
30 to 22.
AS preliminary tomorrow night to
game at the 'Y," the Georgetown
| Props will hook up with the five rep
resenting Business High The Blue
chance to win, following the over
wheIming defeat of the Stenographers
at Episcopal night before last
One game is scheduled tonight in the
District intercollegiate Basket Ball
League. George Washington plays
Georgetown, but the other three
teams in the league are idle.