Evening star., 1924-02-13

Catho.ic University will enter the
fray anxious to redeem itself foitoWns
the defeats sustained in the games last
week with North Carolina and Army.
Coach Fred Rice and his proteges have
no alibi for the loss to the Tarheels. as
the southern team dSp. aged "A brand Of
basket ball superior TO anything e.se
seen hereabout, but they do feel that q
bit more of the element of luck would
nave helped in the battle at West Point.
Leading by Il 17-to-5 count at the end
of the first ha.f the Broollanders.
having outs hot, outpasSed and outdrib-
bled the Cadets. shifted to safety
game with occasional sorties into the
second half easy shooting opportunities
were at hand, but the Catholic Uni
v.Tsity tossers trimmed the basket
The same outfit that was barely
nuSed out by the i'ulnts II Will open psay
against ir.nceton tonight. 1t inc udes
Blrslin and Eherts, forwards; FltZ-
m.rald, ceater. and Lynch and LaWier,
guards Lynch 10y the way. played Tor
Catholic University wh,n princeton was
last encountered ard scored Hineteei
points for his team.
Princeton is expected to use us its
starting lineup ;de following that be-
gan the game at the Hilltop last night:
klaess and Hynson. towards; Hun.
center, and Eben and Anderson. guards.
As an added attraction. Catholic
University will trot out its boxing
team tonight. Two or three bouts
OF three rounds each will be staged
by the pupils OF Coach Ted Mitchell
prior to the basket ball engagement.
The first of the tisIic tits will start
at SIS o'clock.
GeOrSet0wn hasketcrS gave the
Princeton team good battle part OF
the way last night in Ryan GYM
hIIt Tigers
customed themselves to the court
they clearly demonstrated their su-
periority The first half nd part Of
the second were nip and III. tue
teams being deadlocked at 10 at
conclusion of the opening session and
Georgetown holding only slight
advantage shortly after the final sec
tion az the fray began. The Hilltop
pers had lead OF ( points when the
Tigers launched their fierce attack
that quickly swept the opposition OFF
its feet. The game was fast the
greater part of the way. with the
visitors seemingly bearing up better
than the home team toward the
finish.
Word from Coach Lawson Robert
son states that the University of
Pennsylvania will be represented by
Il squad of fifteen to twenty men in
the Georgetown track and field meet
at Convention Hall a week from to-
morrow night. The big men of the
Red and Blue squad are the pole
Taulters Owen, Sheriff. and Stewart.
each of them capable of betterinS
rill tied for first place at the inter
colles siates last March with leaps of
twelve feet nine inches. Owen also
cleared the bar at that height to
tie for first position at the outdoor
intercollegidtes.
ri IN. o1 9 q
fascinating spectacle and this year
the event. with at least five athletes
competing, should be one of the fea-
lures of the Hilltop games. The
ought to be afforded competition
aplenty by Emerson Norton. Hilltop
man. who is a remarkable all-around
athlete.
Needs, Hubbard and CaHsOn. high
jumpers. also will enter the lists for
Penn. Each man is credited with
jumps topping six feet. but the best
of the trio is Needs, who did well here
last year Robertson also has some
good dash men and speedy quarter
milers who may make trouble for
their competitors. Pennsylvania is
coming here sufficiently strong in
numbers and high enough in quality
to make determined bid for team
point honorS.
Freshman basketers at University
of Maryland are travelling at top
speed these days. They ran their
consecutive victory string to eight
yesterday at the expense of Catholic
University cubs. in 80 to Is engage
ment in Ritchie Gymnasium at Col
lege Park. 1t was the second win of
the season over the Brooklanders for
the College Parkers.
The visitors never had a look-in.
Maryland jumped into a 16-to-2 ad
vantage in the first quarter and won
under wraps. Frisby, former West
ern High School star, and Boyd, one
time Tech High basketer, of the
Maryland freshmen. were the stars
of the fray. The former tailed 19
points, while Boyd got IA and played
a spectacular floor game. Kinney
was best of the Catholic University
youngsters.
The Maryland cubs are to entertain
the Tech High quint tomorrow and on
Saturday will go to Annapolis to play
the Navy plebeS.