Evening star., 1926-12-17
MARYLAND QUINT, BEATEN,
ENGAGES w. & L. TONIGHT
Old Liners Bow to American u. Five, That, Playing
Flashy Came, Carners Fifth Straight Victory.
CIV. Elects Allshouse Grid Leader.

F, ged, the team showed fine possibilities
and should get going after couple
more games. especially after Adams
| gets back.
The Old Liners should have more
| than an even chance to beat Wash
| ington and Lee tonight as the Cen
| erals will be facing the same handicap
that Maryland had last night In that
| they will be playing their inaugural
game. The Old Liners should be i'm.
proved by last nights engagement.
,, Has Nifty Gymnasium.
American University has a nifty
gymnasium that was used last night,
although not fully completed. The
| ! floor Is Of ample size the court being
40 by 80 feet, and it Is probable that
1000 persons may be comfortably
landed when the building Is finished.
There is a gallery at the entrance
| end of the structure and a stage for
| JramaticS at the other extremity.
There also Is ample room for three or
four rows Of chairs. or probably Ave
rows Of bleacher seats on each side.
When George Washington's cleated
warriors take the gridiron next Fall.
they will be piloted by David Red)
Allshouse, who was elected captain at
the university's annual foot ball din.
ner held last night at the Hotel La
Fayette.
Allshoure, who next Fall will be a
| junior, has played end for the last two
years on the eleven and also is a
| basket ball dependable. Before enter
ing George Washington he held forth
on the grid at Dairy, Pa, High School
| and Indiana Normal Preparatory
| School.
High tribute was paid the 1926
Colonial eleven, which came through
the hardest schedule q G. w. team
has ever faced. by faculty members,
alumni, students and other well
wishers who gathered around the
festive table last night.
Speakers included DR.. Frank A.
Hornaday, president Of the general
alumni association; Stephen Kramer,
Dean Hodgkins and Prof. Mackaill,
chairman Of the athletic advisory
committee.
Washington and Lees quint, after
playing Maryland tonight. will re-
| main in town for an encounter to-
| morrow night with Catholc Unlver-
sity at Brookland that will be the
| Cardinals initial test. and also will
furnish opposition to George Wash.
ington In the lattter's first game on
Monday night. Coach Teddy Hughes
Gallaudet paSsers will make their
| seasons bow tomorrow night when
their guests will be Arnold College
dr1bblers OF New Haven. Conn.
University of Maryland yearline
basketers, who opened their season
with an 18-to-14 win over Baltimore
| Poly, will not play again until Janu-
ary IL, when they take on Western
High.
other dates for the Old Line Cubs,
whose leading lights are Scruggs,
Radice, Madigan. Hetzel, Heagy,
Evans. Ribnitzxi and Rooms, follow:
January IA, Forest Park; 90, Navy
Plebes at Annapolis.
February s, Calvert Hall; z, Central
High; s, Dewitt Prep; 13, Eastern
High.
Georgetown Alumni Association will
have as it's guest Of honor at q formal
dinner December 20 in the Hub City
John d. O'Reilly. coach of the Blue
and Gray track, base bali and basket
ball teams. O,Reilly is a New Eng.
lander: Capt. Frank McGrath Of the
1895 Hilltop team and Babe Con.
naughton. All-Ameaican guard, viii
be among other guests at the Boston
| dinner.
Return Of four nlittmlen whom he
had thought lost to the boxing SQUAD,
has brought smiles to the face Of Ted
Mitchell. coach Of Catholic Univer-
sity's leather pushers.
| Emil Mayer, 175-pound heavy
weight; Eddie Lafond, Al Moore and
George Adams have all returned to
the boxing squad to renew their
stellar roles of last year, and there
Is considerable new material that has
been developed by the boxing coach
In the last three months. Moore and
Adams left the school last year, but
returned to finish their courses.
Mayer has recovered from foot ball
injuries to the point where he believes
he can mix 1t in the ring with the
best of the collegiate heeavyweights,
and Lafond also has recovered from
grid hurts
-Four bouts are carded for the
! Cardinal glove tossers, with Washing.
ton and Lee to be met in the Brook
land gym on February z in the first
program. Other matches are with
Army, Navy and New York Univer.
sity. while efforts are being made to
book Princeton. Virginia Military In.
stttute and Fordham University.