The Washington herald., 1922-02-20
VIRGINIA MILITARY
INSTITUTE TO MEET
cATHOLICSTONIGHT
Hilltoppers, With I'm
blemished Record, In
wade North This Week.
BY BILL coYLE.

Plenty of. basketball will be
crowded into the fnal week of
the District court calendar. starting
tonight when Virginia Military In
stitute will visit Catholic Univer-
sity. ..--.. -.
- While there will be plenty of
games at home to entertain the
court followers, most OF the inter-
est of the District fans as a whole
viii be conferred on Georgetown's
invasion of the North in an at
tempt to continue its unchecked
drive through basketball foes.
With a record Of duplicating the
feat or last years Ave in going
through the home season without Q
defeat, the brawny Hilltoppers
will hit the road this morning for
three-day jaunt. The first game
will be played tonight when the
Blue and Gray Jtossers oppose the
Crescent A c. of Brooklyn. To-
morrow night, Georgetown will be
the attraction at New York Uni
versity. On Wednesday night the
Hilltoppers will tnoop to New
Brunswick. M, for a game with
Rutgers.
On form the toughest game Of
the trip will be against Rutgers,
which has defeated Drexel, Column
bia, Swarthmore. Crescent Athletic
Club, Stevens. New York University
and Lafayette.
Time alone will tell whether this
years. unbeaten combination will
hiyver as did last seasons outfit
when IL stepped on foreign lumber.
Eight players will make the trip.
Several of the players who live
North left Saturday and will Join
the bunch In the Big Town tonight
Coach Jim Collii6wer. who tutored
the squad this year, will be in
charge of the team. which will be
composed of Capt. O'Connell. Zaz-
zali. Carney. Flavin, Florence. Nc
Grath. Schmitt and Sweeney.
Coach Collinower is taking plenty
Of reserve talent along to use In
case of emergency. Schmitt will
sub at forward McGrath will MI In
at center IL anything should hap
pen to O'Connell- while Sweeney
can be used in the backheld IL nee
esSary.
Catholic University will put in
busy week to- polish up the team
for the whirlwind finish next week
on the road The Brooklanders are
booked for three games in a row.
The ,hrst Will be at home tonight
against the Virginia Military In
stitute- Tomorrow night Coach Rice
will take his squad 10 Charlottes-
Vile for the second game of the
season with the University of Vir-
ginia.
On Wednesday night, the Brook
landers viii take on George WASH
ington University. This game was
booked for next week, but was
moved up at the suggestion OF Cath
. ole University so would not in
terfere with the Pennsylvania trip.
The showing \of Coach Rice's
squad this year has been one of the
big surprises of the District COL
1egiateT season. Starting with a
greenj line up, the club did not ind
itself until several weeks ago. Since
that thine, the quint has been dis
playing a brand of~basketball that
is Utmost equal to the quality of last
YEARS team.
4 George Washington will wind UP
Its season this week. meeting vir-
I Einia Military Institute tomorrow
night and playing at Brookland
Wednesday night. The Hatchetites
were scheduled for a road trip to
Virginia the latter part Of the
week, but Coach Morse cancelled
the games
Eight games are scheduled for
tomorrow at the Coliseum on the
opening day of the George WASH
ington University scholastic bas-
ketball tournament.
The second game Of the series
for the District Championship be-
tween the Yankees and the St.
,AIoysius i've VIII be played We'd
tnesday night in the latter's gym.