Evening star., 1920-02-27
last COURT GAME
LISTED TOMORROW
Catholic U. and GaIIaudet
Wind Up Local Collegiate
Basket Ball Season.
BY H. e. BYRD.

Basket ball for this season will wind
up tomorrow night with the game
| between Catholic University and Gal
laudet. Georgetown finished its list of
contests last night In New York. and
George Washington played it's final
game last Saturday night at Kendall
Green.
Neither Galiaudet nor Catholic Uni
versity has had as good a season as
| both expected At the beginning Of the
| year. 1t is reported very directly
that lack Of harmony In the ranks
Of tho Brooklanders prevented the de-
velopment that could have been at
tanned had things worked more
! smoothly. However. tho team should
proat considerably in another year
rom what has been learned In the
last three months.
Gallaudet, for one reason or another.
has not shown the good form that
marked its play a year ago. One
thing. Of course, that has stood in
the fact that all teams know that the
real strength Of tho quint Hes in the
! capabilities Of Downes and Gallaudet's 8
opponents have played accordingly.
Then. too. illness prevented Downes
taking part in some Of the contests.
olic University are anxious to wind
up their seasons with q victory. How
ever, the team which suffers defeat
Is not going to "shed many tears" to
use a rather hackneyed expression.
Despite its rather one-sided defeat
at Yale. GeorEetown has had good
season. 1t won something like twelve
games and lost one. and some OF its
opponents were exceptionally strong.
The Blue and Gray developed q ca
pable combination out of some fair
players. Fees. Of course. is star OF
the first magnitude. but the other
members Of the squad are not very
much above the ordinary. John
OReilly deserves credit for the show
ing he has made with his men.
George Washington had one or two
players who stood out among the best
on the collegiate quints around here.
but was so handicapped by lack of
out consistently that it was unable
to accomplish much.
All in all. the absence Of the Dis
trict intercollegiate Basket Ball
League. which existed for two sea-
sons. detracted much from the gen.
Some league organization would be
the life Of basket ball in this section.
and not much in the way of general
enthusiasm may be looked for until
some kind OF an organization Is per.
fected.
Georgetown. which turned out the
best basket ball team around here.
had as it's star Fees. probably the
most accurate shot In the south At
lantic section. George Washington
had two good men in Gilman. for
ward. and Daily. guard. Gallaudet had
a great player in. Downes, and Cath
olic University a splendid guard in
Glasscott and a conner In Dunn. Had
Glascott and conner in Dunn. Had
shooting goals he probably. would
have made q record as a point scorer.
Glascott had the hoor ability to get
the ball into a position to score, but
could never develop the accuracy in
shooting that is necessary to be a
consistent point getter.
Ono thing the past basket ban ssa-
son did, II nothing else, was to bring
forth 4 really capable referee. To
say the least. sood basket ban ref
plentiful by any meena Ono Of the
main reasons Why basket ball has
ket ball played in tho north and in