The Washington herald., 1922-01-06
COLLEGE TOSSERS
RETURN TOCOURT,
AFTER LONG REST
Georgetown and Catholic
University Resume
Practice Sessions.

When Gallaudet steps out on the
floor at the Coliseum tonight for
a forty-minute whirl with George
washington. the Kendall Greeners
will present different lineup
from the one that received a set
back at Catholic University before
the Christmas holidays. Capt. La
Fountain. the lanky pivotman of the
silent collegians. wifi start in the
bacl<feld instead of in his regular
position at center. His place at
the pivot position will be covered
by Baynes, a new man. Lain.
whose place LaFountain will take,
Is out with an injured ankle. Lang
enberg. utility man, Is also out for
the balance of the season with an
old football injury.
The switch is bound to add plenty
of scoring strength to the Kendall
'Greeners. as 1t will give LaFoun-
tain. the star of the club, more
chance to roam at large. Baynes
Is said to be a consistent point
.Retter and is touted as a good
Jumper. There will be no change
in the forward end Of the team.
as Boatwright and Seipp will be
found at their old stand when the
referees whistle sends the fioormen
into action.
Though Coach Bryan Morse las
not announced the makeup of his
George Washington dribblers,, it is
believed that he will send the same
squad into the game that turned
in an easy victory last Monday
night against the Fort Myer off,
GERS. Gosnell and Thomas, who APP
peared at forward. make a capable
pair and work together very we'll.
Altrup will be the tap off, man.
In, the rear positions will be found
Goldstein and Capt. Daily. This
1--WE are good "teamers" and should
prove formidable combination
after they get a few more games
under their belts.
In the preliminary duel at the
Coliseum tonight the Congress
Heights Yankees will try to take
fall out of the All-Stars of Balti-
more. Reports from Baltimore
states that the visiting club will
be composed of the cream of the
seml-pro talent of the Oriole City.
Floor practice was resumed last
night at Catholic University when
Coach Rice sent his squad through
q stiff scrimmage. Daily workouts
will be held until the Brooklanders
troop over to Baltimore on January
IA to meet Mount st. Mary's.
Coach Rice is not discouraged
over the failure of his inexperienced
squad to chalk up a victory in the
four games played in the North.
They lost to Villanova, West Point,
brooklyn Poly and the Crescent A.
C., of Brooklyn. The games helped
10 polish of the rough edges, and
should prove beneficial to the team
which is starting the season with
only one Yeteran-Capt. Joe Lynch,
a guard
Corwin is making a strong bid
for the other guard job. 1t appears
to, be a tossup at center between
Yeager and Eberts. Yeager has
started in most of the five games.
but Eberts has horned his way into
the lineup on several occasions.
He has a slight edge in experience
Reilly and Fasce have the best
chance at forward. though they must
keep on their toes to freeze out
L.awley. Donovan and Dowd. Law
ley appears to have the goods" and
stands an outside chance of getting
a varsity berth.
Joe O'Connell. Georgetown's court
captain. will be called upon to serve
in a dual capacity for the remainder
OF the season at the Hilltop institu-
ton Owing to serious illness.
Coach O'Reilly will be unable to
drill the Blue and Gray combination.
He is slowly recuperating from his
operation. and will be lost to the
school until the baseball season rolls
around.
Capt O'Connell will tutor the
squad when practice is resumed to-
day. The veteran floor leader will
he surrounded with seasoned
bunch to assist him IN instructing
the rockies Three and probably
four OF the players apparently have
their positions sewed up.
O'Connell will direct the team play
from the center position. In the
rear he will have ZazZali. the cap
tain OF last years FIVE. to steady
the defense. At the forward end
will be Florence. the Eridiron end.
and regular of two campaigns on
the court.
Flayin. who Captaincd the Blue
End Gray gridders. intends resuming
his place at forward. but Hilltop
athletic officials are urging him to
give up basketball this winter so
that his leg. which was injured in
football. will have a chance to rorr"
into form. II Flsvin quits the squad
there 70 fNE-n
enc at forward and the other at
guard Thirty men will fight il out
FOR these jobs.