Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-17
eALAUDET ORC. j.
Should WIN TITLE.
Appear to Have Strongest
Teams in Collegiate Bas-
ket Ball League.
BY Il. C. BYRD.

Championship of the District Inter
collegiate Basket Ball League seems
TO lie between Catholic University
and Gallaudet. Neither George Wash
ngton nor Maryland State has shown
sufficient strength as yet to prevent
either of the mentioned quints win
ming the title, and neither is likely to.
In the one game in which Gallaudet and
C Z. met the former won by a close
score, but did not show enough
marked superiority to warrant being
picked as the probable champion.
II will not be surprising IL the
league continues through the season
with just such a close finish as re-
suited from last years schedule. when
George Washington and Catholic Uni
versity played off a tie for the cham
pionship on the final night. II seems
certain that Gallaudet will figure this
year as one OF the contenders.
George Washington has almost the
same team that wore it's coiors a
year ago. but is not playing as good
basket ball. For a third of their game
with Georgetown the Hatchetits did
u
tice and condition kept them from
having the stamina to go through at
top speed. Gallaudet has been play
ing consistently. and so has Catholic
University. factor that may favor
Catholic University is the possible
presence of O'Brie1 in the lineup in
the anal games. O'Brien is back at
c. u, but has not been playing. If he
gets in the games he should add con-
siderable to c. Us scoring power
Basket ball in the high school series
is due to wind up before long, very
few games remaining on the schedule.
Central has yet to meet Eastern and
Western, Western is to play Eastern.
and Business has games with Tech
meal and Eastern. Business, how
ever, has the title won and there will
be little general interest in the re-
naming contests, although there is
sure TO be the interest engendered by
school rivalry. which, in most cases, is
intense
Syracuse is to resume its foot ball
games with University of Nebraska
next fall. The New Workers. are SEIZED :
Thanksgiving day. Other games on
SyracEses schedule are with West
Point, Rutgers. Pittsburgh, Brown,
Bncknen and Indiana.
Penn State is back on the Unfver-
S1ty OF Pennsylvania's foot ball sched-
ule, after an absence of two years. The
latter institution got somewhat peeved
three years ago, when Penn State pro-
tested q Quaker hnesman. and Penn
State, because of the bad feeling en-
gendered by the incident, discontinued
athletic relationships until the situa-
ton should adjust itself. 1t seems
that the two institutions are back on
= good footing again
Ferguson. GaIlaudet's star pitcher
Tor the last two years. Is captain of
the ban team this spring. The Ken
DAN Greeners have hardly begun to
arrange their schedule as yet, not
having settled single definite date
On big gymnasium floor il In i'm
poSsioie Tor one basket ball Official to
handle game and give satisfaction.
out all right, bat, as |. usual thing.
there Is going to be a whole lot OF
crfficlam of his work. The whole
trouble lies in the fact that the one
onctal a. referee, is compelled to
watch the bali 20 closely that he has
little time to watch anything else II
o foul occurs anywhere around the
middle Of the floor IN the vicinity of
the ball. the referee sees it: but il the
same foul takes place under the goal
" Is Just as likely II win not be called,
no matter how capable the official
may be. So intent is the official
watching the basket to see If the bali
goes through that he naturally cannot
see all things that take place directly
under the basket Jim Coilifower.
Bryan Morse. Shorty Hughes and
practically every good basket ball Of
ciai are IN agreement with this view.
Burton shipley. former MARYLAND
state athlete, now director Of athlet-
les at Delaware College. has turned
out a fne basket ball team this win
ter. Shipley's men have wiped up
Bscknen. Muhlenberg and almost every
other college of that kind they have
played Lehigh. on its own floor.
barely Won by two points. and Uniyer,
sity or Pennsylvanis was outpIayed
in the first half. only to come back
and win in the second by a close
score.