Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-21
MEN WHO WERE ATHLETIC
STARS BRING FIVES HERE
Kibler of Washington College, Which Plays Mary.
land i'm One of Three Local Contests Tonight,
and Stegeman of Georgia, Were 4-Sporters.
BY III, G. BYRD.

Two of the basket ball teams that
come here for games this week end
have coaches whose versatility as
college athletes and as college men
tors is seldom eXcelled. Tom kibler
of Washington College and IL. j.
Stegeman of the University OF Geor-
gia are men who were stars in COM
petition in four branches of athletics
while in college and since then have
coached four sports, although both
now are specializing in basket bail,
and both are doing exceptionally well,
Washington College plays here to-
night at Maryland and tomorrow
night at Catholic University. and
Georgia comes here for game to-
morrow night with Maryland
Both KILLER and Stegeman brlnS
their teams here for games that are
a mart of the busiest week end ever
scheduled here in basket ball. Besides
the three contests in which their teams
are to figure, five others are listed,
making eight in all. three tonight ana
five tomorrow night.
Blue Ridge plays at Gallaudet to-
night and Lebanon Valley at George
town. Tomorrow night, besides the
Washington College-C. u. and Geor-
gia- Maryland contests, there are
scheduled meetings between George
town and St Joseph's of Philadelphia,
George Washington and Villanova and
American University and Blue Ridge.
Both the men coaching Washing
ton College and Georgia are Western
Conference products--kibler from Ohio
State and Stegeman from Chicago.
Both men took part in foot ball, base
bali, basket ball and track. Siege
man especially was a good quarter
miller. Both are the types of men
who stick wherever they go and both
have been located at their present
schools for years. incidentally, klbler
and Stegeman have coached foot ball,
base ball, basket ball and track at
one time or another during their stay
at Washington College and Georgia.
While coaching basket ball at Ohio
State, Kibler won. four. conference
championships. The only reason that
Washington College retains Kibler's
services is because the school is To-
Gated in his home town and he is
engaged in a lucrative coal, wood, ice
and general feed business that keeps
him there. University of Maryland
three years ego offered Kibler more
than twice the salary he gets at
Washington College, but the offer
could not be accepted.
Both Kibler and. Stegeman are fine
fellows personally and games in which
any teams of theirs take part will
be clean and well played. They are
among the best coaches in the coun-
try in basket BALI Last night Georgia
defeated Virginia by 20 to % at Char
lottesville, while Washington College
has been defeated only once in half
dozen or more starts. Incidentally,
Washington College has lost very few
~ In OF
Georgetown's game with Lebanon
Valley tonight ought TO develop some
good competition, although it is not
likely the Blue and Gray is in much
danger Of defeat. Gallaudet's game
with Blue Ridge should result in
victory for the Kendall Greeners. de-
spite the much better than average
team possessed by the visitors. u
All the games tomorrow night are
likely to be productive of some good
basket ball. st. Joseph's of Philadel-
phia comes from real basket ball
section, and so does Villanova These
schools are expecting TO give George
town and George Washington strenu
Gus evenings Just what Blue Ridge
will accomplish against American
University remains to be seen, but
chances are not very good that they
win be able to trim the Methodists.s
University OF Georgia has played
excellent basket ball in both the games
1t has played on It's present trip. 1t
lost to North Carolina, which last
year won the Southern Conference
championship, by q to SO and last
night won from Virginia decisively.
Georgia usually has big. heavy
teams. And in regard to the size of
Georgia's teams, a rather amusing
incident is told of the way DIR. s. v.
Sanford, in charge of Georgia ath-
letics, spoke of his ends In foot ball.
DIR. Sanford said, Our ends are not
very big. They are barely six feet