The Washington herald., 1922-01-07
HATcHETTTES BURY
KENDALLCREENERS
AS COSNELL STARS
Former Technical Player
Counts "a Points-Game
Lacks Thrills.

Little Goose" Gosneli. former
Tech floor star. scored one-man
victory for George Washington last
night on the Coliseum court, when
he defeated Galiaudet College sin
gle handed by banging the baskets
for "a points In q; game that ended
50 to IL In favor of the Hatchetites.
This JGosneil fash received very
little help from, his teammates and
his scoring average proves that he
did not need any. He counted
most of his points through his abil-
ity to be on ithe right spot at the
opportune time without forgetting
teamplay.fA :"
The former. Techite II far from
being an Individual player. He has
the ability to dig into the serim-
mage and after getting the ball.
his speed enables him to breeze for
the basket for a short shot, Only
one Of his eight successful count
ers was made on long shot and
this came in the closing minutes
when the G. w. noofmen were
Sharpening their scoring eyes. AL
most every one Of Gosnelrs double
deckers were "sleepers" made
through his ability to free himself
from his man when within shoot
ing distance. He also showed good
rform in free pegging. basging eight
out of twelve tries. q.
DALEY .. Li.sIisht. g.
The other outstanding star fol-
Coach Bryan Morse's- collection was
Daley, backfield man. who pos
sesses plenty of basketball brains
which he was required to use last
night to keep the others from
cumming up the works" ...
Barring Gosnelrs all-arount
work, the game was played with
out furnishing the spectators win
a single thrill. Both teams played
or tried TO play-straight basket
ball. They never got any farther
than that. because Of their lack Of
teamplay and weird passing. De
spite their mediocre exhibition, tnt
Hatehetites displayed lots Of prom
ise, IL the. combination can acquirs
teamwork. The club is fast. but
most of its speed was wasted las
night.
The game was. an even-Stepher
AFFAIR in the first twenty minutes
when Gallaudet held its opponents
to a 13-to-s score. In this perioe
G. w. counted only four baskets
while the opposition collected three
CssnelI starts Fireworks.
When the teams resumed the
struggle, Gosneil started the hre-
works when he dug the bail out OF
scrimmage and went down the fooI
for a counter falling as he hit the
basket with an overhead shot A
minute later he repeated. and hi:
aggressivencss appeared to inject
life into the rest OF the squad. Dur.
ing the bombardment OF the basket
Morse's proteges ran their total fg-
ures to 90 before Capt. La Foun,
tain's men broke into the SCORING 9
column.
Gallaudet had quite a few oppor.
tunities to score in the final period
but was unable to, locate the bas
kets on the softest kind OF shots
The switching of La Fountain from
center to guard weakened the silen
FIVE. La Fountain Is too speedy e
be kept in the backheld. and ther,
was a marked Improvement in tn,
work OF the whole squad when HI
resumed his old stand at the tap
on position. The Kendall Greenerl
were further weakened in the be
ginning of the second half whel
Seipp was sent to the showers, hav
ing committed four personal fouls
He and La Fountain are the star
OF the team. and his absence lef
the auint in poor shape.