The Washington times., 1924-12-20
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PUZZLE
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Byrd Would Commit Mayhem
on SuppIee to Build Up
Faber and Ensor
ROSS L. CONKLIN.

Burton Shipley, Curly Byrd and
Bill Hotel, athletic triumyirate
of the University of Maryland,
are. seriously contemplating May
hem. Cursory examination of
what confronts them in basket
ball way indicates that the
thought is not without merit.
It is this way: Bill Supplee,
center Of the quint, has reach Of
s feet s inches, when he stands
on tip toe and stretches forth an
arm. Captain Jack Faber and
Lionel Ensor, forwards, are sadly
in need of that yardage and If
Maryland is to be success at
basketball this winter something
must be done.
The proposition afoot is this:
Cut down Supple at the knees, and
give Ensor andN Faber each a leg.
The donor would still be quite
lengthy, and Ensor and Faber would
gain some much needed height.
Maryland has a pair of forwards
who are extremely light, and COM.
fortably speedy. That Navy game,
when Maryland had visions of a
triumph over the Annapolis toss
ers, was lost mainly because the
of the trip to- New York and then
to Annapolis. all within a few days.
Victories over Columbia, Virginia,
and Stephens Tech, of Brooklyn,
attest the prowess of the team.
Maryland is alternating over
the Christmas holidays: The en-
tire squad has disbanded, and
viii not be put together until
school reOpens in January.
Catholic University, dear neighbor
OF Maryland, is the measure of how
good the team is. Out at Maryland
they say "Weli, looks like we'll
beat Catholic University this year.
And the Brooklanders have a good
team, too. Fred Rice will. see to
that.
Bill Beatty, a member Of the foot.
ball team, and Ensor, are the only
regulars who are not Washington
boys. Faber and Cardwell are
Fasteners, and Supple is a Tech
tie. The subs who get the first
call are nearly all products Of the
Washington schools.
One Of the sweetest things about
the Maryland team. is the. fact that
not. single man will be absent
when the roll is called next year.
Barring, of course, the inevitables.
Faber is a senior, but he will be
forced to return next year to get
enough credits for graduation. Sup
plee, Ensorr and Beatty are juniors,
and Cardwell is a sophomore.
Joe Burger, probably the best
lfneman on the football team, can
play any position on the quint.
He usually plays 'eTn all, even II
specifically assigned.
Arthur Boyd, last years fresh
man star, is a. forward. He came
from Tech. Mike Stevens, another
forward, is a native of Georgetown.
Walter Troxell halls from North
ampton, Pa. He is an all-round
player. Sammy Crosthwaite, from
the Hyattsville High School, is "a
guard or forward. That about de-
pIetes the varsity squad.
The al-round ability of the men
is astounding. All except Ensor
and Crosthwaite played football.
Supple, Cardwell, and Stevens are
the only ones who do not play
lacrosse. Supple is a track and
football man, and Troxell, Stevens,
and .Cardwell are baseball men.
Ever since .Maryland's football
team beat Pennsylvania and came
within an ace of trimming Yale and
Syracuse, the athletic teams have
ated highly. The basketball team
brimful of promise and with Bur-
IN Shipley in active control mat
ers should hum along.