The Washington herald., 1921-11-20
CATHOLIC QUlNT
GETS BUSY SOON;
z GAMES LISTED
Coach Rice Has Four Vet
Grams Back, Including
Eddie Lynch.


With twenty-five candidates ans
wering the frstscan for basketball
at Catholic University. among them
the brilliant captain Ed Lynch and
other veterans, prospects for an
other winning team are exceedingly
bright at the Brookland institu
tion. Coach Rlee will start.practice
In about two weeks in preparation
for . hard-schedule. The team is
out to better the record Of last
season. which resulted in seventeen
victories out of twenty-five games
played.
Four veterans make Coach Rice.
work OF moding team this wear
comparatively easy. though there is
wealth OF material that will be
scrapping for jobs. At the outset
two men stand assured OF places
on the quintet. They are Lynch
and Dutch" Eberts. A third vete-
ran who was not on the team last
year, but who won his letter the
season before, is Ed Donovan. Cy
Corwin, who played a few contests
last year, also gets lead for a
regular berth.
Twenty-Five Games Listed.
The scnedule for the coming win
ter. as announced by Athletic Di-
rector Charlie Moran. consists of
twenty-five games. Princeton. de-
feated by Catholic University last
February. and Pennsylvania, col.
lege conference champions. held to
2I-l9 score by the Brook klanders,
have excused their refusal to meet
Catholic University this year on
the ground that satisfactory dates
cannot be arranged. Director Mo-
ran offered to play either or both
teams in Washington or to travel
to New Jersey and Pennsylvania for
the contests. but these offers were
not accepted.
Penn and Prineeton.
However. Catholic University will
meet some of the strongest college
quintets outside the conference in
the East Chief among the oppo-
nents are ths6A Army at West Point.
Navy, Bucknells V. p. l., Carnegie
Tech, Lafayette. Lehigh and Wash
Ington and Lee. Pending are games
with Holy Cross. Harvard and
Springfield Y. NJ. c. A. Catholic L
students are anxious that their team
meet the Springfield College FIVE in
Massachusetts while on the North.
ern trip. II these games can he ar.
ranged. the Brooklanders will invad,
the North twice. before and after
the Christmas holidays The sea
son for the Brooklanders opens De
cember 20, and continues unit
March 4.
Lynch Crack Player.
In Capt. Lynch. Coach Rice ha
one of the best collegiate basket
Dali players OF the country, aroun,
whom he expects to build as stron,
a machine as won glory for c. Z
last winter in the great indoor game
The c. u. captain comes from
Northampton, Mass, a fellow
townsman OF Vice President Calvin
Coolidge, and has been playin.
Basketball since his sramma
| school days. He stars as run
ming back" but fits anywhere in
basketball machine. His creates
| collegiate performance was in cen
| ter position last February agains
the strong Princeton team, whel
he scored l9 of his schools ?
| points, c. u. defeating the Orang
and Black 21 to II. This feat o
outpointing. singlehanded, tn
Princeton Ave that were the seriou
challengers of Pennsylvania for tn
| conference title. and at the sam
| time holding his opponent score
les, is one that would undoubtedl,
have placed Lynch on any mythics
All-American basketball team. ha
an imitator of Walter Camp shove
up as student and writer of tn
! indoor sport.
Nor is the victory over Prince
ton the only performance of whicl
| Catholic University student
boasted last basketball season. {
L. came within two points Of tyini
the Pennsylvania collegiate cham
| pions with McNichols leading tn
| latter quint. The final count wa
| 81 to l9 in favor of the champs
| Lynch's work in that contest wa
to hold Graves. Penn center. with
| out a basket. and scoring ST
points while doing 1t. The c. [
basketball captain is a three-lette
man, the only one at the Brook
| land school right now, and hi
best sport is the indoor, winte
| pastime. 4.
Pin Hopes on Eberts.
After Lynch, the C. u. mentor pin
| hopes on Dutch" Eberts, who fe'
just two periods short last winte
OF winning a letter. Eberts was
freshman last year, coming fror
Columbus. Ohio. where he wa
picked by newspapers there as all
scholastic center for two years. A
a college freshman he showed splen
did form, enough that induced Coac
Rice several times last year to us
him In the varsity games. There 1
expected opposition from som
young fellows that have show.d N
with high-school records, but las
years experience will stand Ebert
In good stead when the choosin
takes place
Another player, who performed a
times last year, is Corwin. He I
captain of the baseball team and en-
on the football eleven. He nIav
forward position. and is expected :
win a varsity place.
/, Coach Rice will have to look owe
some newcomers to complete n,
outnt He has a wealth Of mater,a
according to the Optimistic report
handed out by Manager Lee o'con
nor. Among those who will he n
hand when the practice sessions ar
called are Joe Fasce. Yaeger, EN-
cry and Lawler.
YneEer Good Prospect.