Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-02-23
LATEST HAPPENINGS IN
THE WORLD OF SPORTS

The college basket ball season is
drawing to a close and soon the rah-
rah boys will be looking toward base
ball.
Among the big fellows, there is
basket ball intercollegiate associa-
ton, composed of Columbia, Pennsyl-
vania Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth,
and Cornell Last year, Princeton
won the championship, and prior to
that Pennsylvania was in front for
several years. Dartmouth has al
ways given the leaders trouble to
win, while Yale Columbia, and Cor
nell have generally been trailers.
This year, Cornell is leading the
procession, having lost but one game.
Columbia is second, and Dartmouth
third. Pennsylvania is fourth, while
Princeton and Yale are tied for the
bottom.
This is quite reversal of form; but
Pennsylvania is coming fast, and it
would not be surprising to see them
cut in front when the time-keeper
blows his whistle for the close OF
the season.
Among the Maryland colleges there
are court teams at Washington, Mt.
st. Mary's, Blue Ridge, St. Johns
Western Maryland, Loyola, Maryland
University, and Hopkins.
AS usual with Maryland Collegiate
athletics, there is no general exchange
OF courtesies. The champions, Wash
ington meet only Mt. st. Mary, West
ern Md, Blue Ridge, and Loyola; all
the teams have scattering schedules,
and SO far as actual tests are concern
ed, nothing can be settled as to the
championships.
Washington College, however, last
wear outclassed all other teams in the
State, and had strong claim for the
South Atlantic Championship. This
wonderful quint invaded the South
ard in six days won six consecutive
victories, and were dubbed by sport
writer's as "The Flying Pentagon."
This year, they do not seem to be
fying so high. The Navy has won
two games from them; the first, when
the sailor boys seemed to be weak, as
some of their stars were away on the
foot bali trip to the Pacific coast.
The victory was by only one point,
consequently the Eastern Shoremen
asked for another go. Again the
score was close, but the cadets were
again on the long end. The losers
seem to have used bad judgment in
both contests In the first, after Sc
curing a good lead, they played an
altogether defensive game, thinking
to hold the score at the winning point.
But the naval lads never let up in any
contest;t they play as hard at the end
as they do in the beginning, and while
the Washingtonians were trying SIM
ply to maintain lead-not increase
1.-THE sailors crept up and were a
head one point when the final whistle
blew.
The second game found the 'Sho
boys reversing their tactics; they held
back for the first half thinking to re-
serve their strength for the middies'
rush in the second. But when the half
closed the score was too one-sided for
the college boys to overcome. They
played whirlwind game for the sec
end twenty minutes, but, while they
outplayed the navy, could not cut
down the points and so lost.
Catholic University and Dickinson
also took the measure Of the Mary
land champions, and as Mt. St.
Mary's easily defeated Catholic Uni
versity, it looks as if Washington
were in danger of surrendering her
laurels to the former wearers of it.
To the onlooker it would appear
that Gordy is sadly missed at center
fol- Washington. He was not the clas-
siest player seen on the court, but