The Washington herald., 1921-01-20
BY JACK NYE-

University Of Pennsylvania'S re-
nowned quintet, collegiate cham
pions for the past two years and
without a blot on their escutcheon
Tor the present season, received a
little surprise party in the Brook
land gymnasium last night when
they clashed with the Catholic Uni
Versfty tOssers.
Playing a brand OF ball that sur
prtsed their strongest supporters,
the Red and Black, outplayed in the
hrst half, came back strong in the
second and were. trailing by but 2
points when the whistle blew. The
nnal score was 10 to, II.
Seven hundred or more spectators
VINO had come to marvel at the
heralded ability of the visitors, end
ed up by whooping wildly for the
Brooklanders to tie the score, which
they seemed bent on doing had time
permitted.
c. U. Defense shines.
Penn presented a well-oiled ma
chine, as had been expected, but
catholic turned out a defense that
Kept them worried, especially as the
game drew near a close. In the first
half the Quakers, taking a victory
for granted, seemed to be holding
themselves back. They showed
marked ability to keep the ball
travelling in mid-court, but when it
came to getting it under the C. U.
basket found plenty of trouble. The
half ended with Catholic trailing
by score of 13 to 5.
Watch Penn in the second pc,
Rod" said the wise ones. They
haven't begun to play yet"
But II was the Brooklanders who
had only begun to fight. With the
lanky Mike Dunn injected into the
lineup in place of Kelley the
Brooklanders discarded their futile
i efforts to pass theh ball under the
basket hopeless effort in view of
the wonderful Pennsylvania defense
began to take a chance on
ong ones. At the same time they
continued their great defensive
york. The result was that they
butplayed their opponents, scoring
~ points to Penn's s in the period.
Dunn and Lynch Stars.
Mike Dunn, who put new lite
into the team when It appeared to
be outclassed, and Lynch were the
leaders of the Catholic offense
while the entire team put up a
splendid defensive game. This was
especially true of Gleason, Fossee
and Lynch, the latter preventing the
lanky Graves from registering a
single goal.
Eddie McNichol. Penn's famous
all-AmeTican guard, proved not only
to be a guard par excellence but
one Of the finest bits Of offensive
machinery. seen in the District In
some time. He counted all save
four of his teams points, eleven OF
them on free shots. In thirteen
chances he missed only two chances
to convert fouls into points. Lynch
registered nine out Of fourteen and
had he been as expert as his rival
the tables might have been turned.
Penn failed to start of with a
rush as the game got under way,
getting lead Of four points through
the ability Of McNichOl to drop free
shots through the basket. Neither
side was able to cage one from
sCrimmage until the period was nine
minutes old. when MCNichOls spurt-
ed down from the back court and
shot the ball through. Three more
fouls. one a double affair called
on Mcnamara, gave the Quakers a
9-point lead. The period was draw
ing to a close when Gleason drib-
bIed the ball down the court and
counted the first field goal for his
team Two shots from scrimmage
by Miller increased Penns total to
13, and Lynch, eventually regis
tering on the basket, registered a