Evening star., 1921-02-20

Out in one corner of the campus a.
{. L. young man of the name OF
Lynch should have a monument erect
ed to personal feat which should go
down in Brookland athletic annals
as recording the only instance of one
maroon and black player. with some
aid from others, whipping a big uni
Versity combination. This may sound
like greatly exaggerated statement
but after having watched young
Lynch rush, tear, slip, slide. side-step
and race his way around the floor in
ana out among bigger and stronger
players. and besides making some
successful shots which not even most
ardent {. L. rooters thought possible
IT is the only conclusion one could
reach. Even with all due considera-
ton for the capabilities and actions
OF the other members of the team.
Lynch's performance against Prince
ton stands out as about the most re-
markabie exhibition ever given by
any player on a local court, within
| the last decade.
Scores Nineteen Points.
Besides doing everything well and
practically running the team. Lynch in
ceid ngures scored 19 of the 23 points
made by his team. Three goals from
one neid were made in The second half,
after brilliant bits of personal play, in
which he received little help. One goal
was thrown in the first half and, be-
sides those four tosses from the floor
ne dropped the ball through the basket
from the foul line eleven times.
While the aforegoing apparently
gives Lynch nearly all the credit for
defeating Princeton and practically is
dissertation on his personal virtues
on the basket ball court. Lynch ac-
tually did not do quite all. One de-
partment of play. as a team, in which
c. Z. outdid anything shown previously
on local court in years was passing.
Under all kinds of difficult conditions
the Brooklanders got the ball away
from them and shot it accurately TO
their fellows, and just as accurately
was, 1t handled. 1t takes a real basket
ball five to carry away a victory when
stacked up against such passing as
c. L. did: better team than Prince
ton showed during the forty minutes
1t was on the floor.
Tiger Players OutcIasxed.
Princeton players probably will at
tribute their defeat to many differ
ent causes. but to get down to brass
tackS. Princeton is lucky it was not
whipped by a larger score. Had the
Washingtonians shot baskets as ac-
made good on as big a percentage
of their chances for goals from the
floor, they would have won by
much better margin. Rather medi-
ocre shooting. except for Lynoh's
brilliant work. was about the only
department of play in which the
quint fell short of actual brilliance.
Catholic University was the first
to score, the point being rung up
when Lynch dropped the ball
through the basket for his first goal
from foul. However, it was not long
a
the hrst half ended IL to s in its
favor. because c. U. had not been
aoie TO get many of the goals which
1T had shot for.
In the second half. following some
more or less gentle advice by Coach
Fred Rice between halves, the Brook
landers came back and started a whirl-
Wlnd passing game that simply kept
prlnceton guessing and which the Wis
i1ors never were able to fathom. At
least they never solved it sufficiently TO
break it up, and for much the greater
part OF the time the ball was held =
c. US possession.
LIE Gendre Does Well.
But it must not be thought that
Princeton did not do good work and that
there were not men in its line-up able to
leave Washington with the feeling that
despite defeat they had acquitted them
selves as worthy sons of a distinguished
institution. Especially is this true of
LIE Gendre. who last fall made a spe-
cialty of knocking over halfbacks who
started ambitiously around his end. As
a running guard LIE Gendre seemed in a
class by himself. and his shooting and
hard, fast play Were big factors at all
times. He scored eleven of his teams
seventeen points and also was a big
part of the defense.
An account of the game would hard
ly be worth while without some men,
ton Of the quick action of Referee
Schlosser In preventing what probably
would have been miX-up with flying
fists in evidence. Toward the end of
the game, when things began to get a
little rough, LIE Gendre tripped Dunn,
and Dunn rushed at LIE Gendre in a
way which made it apparent that
there was only one intention in the c.
U. mans mind. No other man was
between Dunn and lie Gendre, but
Schlosser rushed across the floor.
threw himself between the two men
and Jared off Dunn for a sufficient
time to allow other less-perturbed
players to calm things. Schlosser's
quick action saved situation which
might have developed serious conse-
quences, and the only results were a
double foul, one against LIE Gendre and
one against Dunn.
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