Evening star., 1924-03-02

of several varsity aggregations tur
teams were in charge OF able coach,
siderable experience at teaching the
instructions OF these mentors were
kind OF slipshod basket ball indulge
Perhaps lack of talented ma
tertal had much to do with the medi-
ocre work OF most of the. quints.
Georgetown had ii dependable reserve
strength. and the latter was not
blessed with regular material of the
hest caliber. Gallaudet possessed but
Two or three really capable men for
the sport. while not much was ex-
pected of Maryland, that resumed the
game after d lapse of four seasons.
KS for George Washington. II usually
was Fortunate to get 4 team together
for contest
Catholic L.. Was Hest.
OF the five institutions Cath olic
University made the best showing. 1t
opened it's schedule with Il team of
holdovers, all experienced campaign
ers, and held its team intact until
near the close of the season. In
all twenty-three enEa Tements were
indulged in by the Brook klanders. and
they won fourteen OF them. Five OF
the defeats were sustained on for
eign floors.
The Brooklanders probably consider
their season very successful in that
they twice vanquished their most
Important athletic rival, Maryland.
hut the Red and Black playing at
Princeton, Fordham and City College
"f New York in its biggest contests
IN addltion to win over Maryland.
the only road victory achieved by
nam In December. Probably the best
WORK done by the Brooklanders away
from home, though. was at West
Point, where Army barely managed
70 squeeze out 4 win.
Two. games from the end of its
-ampaign. Catholic University lost
Joe l-aWler, its captain, because of
.IneSs; No more will he grace Red
ana Black court teams. nor will Ed
EbertS, forwards.
Even with its veteran combia ton
catholic University was an in-and-
outer In the season just closed It
now appears that with a new team
.he Shedding will be rough at Brook
land next year
Little Interest at G.. L.
Gcorgetown, on the verge of aban-
ioning basket ball as Il major sport.
miEht Just as Well have done away
with it this winter. The Hilltoppers
played only nine games and most of
those with Indifferent quints. Nor
was the sport well patronized by the
ho MI dS' HtilHeT SluQtnCS nor
nlumni mantfesting much interest
AS a consequence, the squad was
small and of poor quality for one at
the Hilltop.
six of the engagements played
went to Georgetown, but 1t was
beaten decisively In its two most i'm
nortant manifestations with Navy
and Prineeton-and was given a real
surprise by the outfit that came here
from tarson-Newman College. The
tennessee men put up brand of
basket ball that swept the Hilltop
rers off their feet and won handily. =,
Ga .liludet, with Il numerically small
squad. did fairly well, although it
failed to make any headway in its
70 main matches. Maryland, Catholic
University and Fordham found the
det won its seven other games.
though. among them one with Loyola
Of Baltimore that had taken the
measure of Catholic University and
George Washington.
Maryland Builds for 1925.
Playing the game for the first time
since the early part of 1919. Maryland
did about as well as could be expect
I'd and indicated that 1t will be a
formidable opponent next winter.
Four of ten games played were won
by the Old Liners and in one of their
defeats they gave North Carolina.
Sou South Atlantic coll eolIegiate title win n
Marylands engagements were with
South Atlantic aggregations. it's vic
tins being George Washington, Gal
laudet, Richmond and Washington
George Washington had the most
disastrous season In it's history. OF
twelve games played, only one went
the way of the Hatchetites and that
victory was scored after nine straight
defeats. Maryland was the victim.
being beaten by one point. The
Hatchetites started practice early in
the winter with fair prospects of sue
cess. but scholastic difficulties made
II impossible for several stellar
basketers to continue with the squad.
Soon Jack Daily, new coach. had to
struggle to muster IL team. After its
first game. in which it was crushed
by City Club. George Washington
practically was helpless.
All Teams Had stars.
While the teams were far below
standard, individuals distinguished d
themselves by their good work dur
ing the winter. OF the forwards.
versity, Ensor of Maryland, Boat
wright of Gallaudet and Klopsch of
George Washington were quite capa-
hle: Riddle of Gaiiaudet, Okeefe & OF
ters that any college coach here
about would like to have on his squad.
Guards who were especially promi-
nent were Lynch of Catholic Uni
FPTSlIS, SdIueS VI ,eISoi 6Seo w "a eAAiN
Dowd of George Washington. Others
not mentioned gave their best to their
teams. but were not so brilliant in
play.
A series Of basket ball games has
been scheduled for student clubs at
Catholic University. Utopians. Sena-
tors, Abbeys and bod Moons are to
strive for Il cup presented by Mgr
George A. Dougherty. vice rec
tor of the university. The final OF
the tournament probably Will be
played Friday. The affair is part OF
n widespread movement on the Brook-
land campus to encourage every stu
dent to engage in at least one sport
so that the university may become q
center for physical as we'll as intel
lectual training.
Craig wilton and Vaughn Connolly,
former Central High School grid
stars, are expected to help make
Georgia Tech formidable on the foot
bali field next fall. These boys are
out for spring practice with the yell
low Jackets and have impressed
Coach Alexander ia, ,rahly. Georgia
Tech has a horde of good backfield
material, but it is believed these
Washington boys will break into the
regular eleven.
DUNDEE AND MORAN WILL
SWAP BLOWS MARCH Ia