The Washington herald., 1922-01-18
Downtown School Holds
Colliflower's Men to
27.14 Score.


a vaudeville program. which in
cluded a battle royal floor game,
burlesque on basketball. when the
Yanks walioped the American Le-
gion flve, 81 to %. and a dance 20
the jazziest kind Of music by jazz
artists stuck away in the small
balcony at one end OF the hall.
When Georgetown failed to swing.
into its real form in the early
stages, Coach Jim Collinowcr, the
Blue and. Gray tutor, rushed Jack
Flavin, star of last years Quint,
into the fray. Flavin, in keeping
with the poor form of his mates.
could not produce the brand of
basketball he is capable of, but his
presence in the liHe-up gave his
colleagues the confidence the club
needed.
Georgetown Never I'm Danger.
Georgetown was never In danger of
losing the game. in spite Of the
scare thrown into their camp after
26 minutes of play, when the Hat
chetites resorted to marathon shoot
ing and managed to boost their
total by scoring three field baskets
in rapidfre order.
From the outside, it appeared as
though both clubs were, afraid to
take the chances that are necessary
to win a basketball game. George
town feared G. WIS teamwork and
speed. The Hatchetites kidded
themselves into believing the Hill
toppers' weight would prove too
much of a handicap to over
come. As the result the game de-
yeloped into a tight defensive duel,
with the four backfeld men doing
practically all the work.
1T would be unfair to say that the
Hughes-Dailey combination had
anything on the stonewaIl defense
of Zazzali and Byrne. The reason
why the George Washington guards
are deserving of the most credit is
because they had tougher assign
ments that the Hilltop rear stars.
Zazzali was pitted against Gosnell
and Bracklaw was in Byrne's
charge. Through zazzaIrs work.
Gosnell, the leading point getter of
the G.. W. team, registered only one
basket and this was made on one of
those trust-to-luck" shots from
center.
For the first twenty-six minutes of
play George Washington did not
dent Georgetown's basket They
had quite a few stabs at the rims,
but the going was SO speedy, that
they never had a chance to get set.
O'Connem Stars.
Barring the stellar performance
of the G. w. guards, the outstand-
ing star of the game was Capt. Joe
IOConnell. who had little trouble in
leaving Altrup flat-footed. The bur-
ly OConnell enjoyed profitable
evening, caging six field baskets.
two in the first half and four in
the final. He was the only George
town man who could get in there"
10 toss under or near the basket
OConnell was the first man TO
score He managed to shoot into
the pack and toss one from under
the basket shortly after Referee
shorty Hughes sent the ten ath-
letes into action. Hughes. by the
way. kept an eagle eye on the
Blue and Gray steam rollers in the
first half. He called almost all of
! GeorGetown's thirteen fouls in this
period while Morse's men were pen.
allied only six times.
George Washington's first two
counters were made at the 15-foot
line. This tied the score at 2-all.
The Blue and Gray tossers went
into the lead on Florence's one
pointer. Florence added field goal
and minute later tailed a foul.
Again Florence grabbed the ball on
the rebound after Altrup missed a
foul and by clever passing brcrght
1t down the floor with the aid of
his teammates for a doubledecker.
FIavin Goes In.
At this stage of the game George.
town failed to show any semblance
| of teamplay and Jim ColIifower
made the shift of sending Flavin
| into Schmitt's place. JACK was
only in there a few seconds when
he counted a goal, but il was ruled
out on penalty. Just to show he
could duplicate the trick the
Massachusetts, athlete counted
two-pointer on the dead run.
O'Connell was the next to score
from scrimmage before the gong
ended hostilit'rs with the count at
| IL to 4.
Shortly after the whistle sent the
foormen back for another 2O-min-
utt clash. O'Connell stood under the
basket and disposed of the ball
throuEh the rim, after receiving a
pass from Zazali. The Georgetown
floor leader Gagged another basket
from scrimmage. giving the HILL
toppers an 1S-to-4 bulge. He fol-
lowed with a foul, and then crashed
the basket for another twopointer.
With the score at 81 to 4, George
Washington finally came to life,
after Gosnell Gagged a free toss.
Hughes tricked the Catholic toss
ers with a long shot. On the next.
play off center GosueH got the ball
''off the tap" and made a long star
for 2 points. Catching GEORGETOWN
cold. the Hatchetites continued
their bombardment when Bracklaw
made long one. During this Pc
riod the Hatchetites showed some
read teamwork and sreed.
Each team added a pair of points
from the free line. making the
score % to IL.
After calling time out, the Blue
and Gray tosssrs went in and broke
up the Hatchetites' rally. O'Connell
added his sixth field goal on a shot
under the basket after he had freed
himself on clever passing inside the
15-foot line. With the game on ice,
Boss Collifiower yanked Flayin and
sent Schmitt back. Byrne end~d
the excitement with his only bas-
ket of the game. Just before the
pistol was fired Florence had a
chance at the free line, but missed
Geo wash. Positions. Georgetown.
Gosneu .....-... L. F........... Florence
Bracklaw ........R F.......... schpitt
AItrup ......-., Center. O'Conneii