Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-11
BY H. c. BYRD.

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to appear on the Hilltop floor Satur
day night.
Practice for the Georgetown SQUAD
has been going on since just after
thanksgiving, the players having
been coming along gradually and now
are in excellent shape. Coach John
OReilly has not been very optimis
tic over his teams chances, but with
the gradual improvement shown is
beginning to think his team may not
DO so badly after all In fact. O'Reilly
fast Is reaching the point of believing
that bis quint may make an excellent
SHOWING during its entire schedule.
Only two members of last year s
team will be in the lineup tomorrow
night. They are Nork, star forward
ana Donovan, guard. Glenn is to be
at the other forward, Clio at guard
and Mountain center. The last men
TONED was a member of the freshman
five a year ago.
The Hilltoppers ought not to have
any difficulty getting away with
their game with Lynchburg. How
ever, the one with Mt. st. Mary's
is different proposition and that
may develop into a real contest.
Catholic University's game with
Navy tomorrow is likely to be one
of the best played basket ball affairs
of the year in this section. The
Brooklanders have a real team, one
that is just about as good as any
other college outfit. One weakness
they are likely to experience against
the Navy is lack of strong reserve
material. The reserve strength
shown by them in their games SO
far has not been anywhere near the
standard of the first-string players,
NN-l~ = 1.
teams between which there is little
difference.
Catholic University will start in
the game with Foley and Harvey
guards. Long and Keale forwards,
and Carney. center. These men are
qikely to stick in the game unless
disqualified through personal fouls or
they become exhausted. Every SUBJ
stitution Catholic University makes
will weaken its array.
On the contrary Navy will start
the game with a heavy, strong team,
calculated to wear down the opposing
five, and then every substitution 1t
makes will speed up and make bet
ter its quint. especially on offense.
Hull and Miller are due to begin at
forwards for Navy. Lloyd. center;
Stanley and Matley. guards. The
FIVE that will take this teams place
the opposition is getting tired, will
be made UP of bennett and Schuber,
forwards; Smith, center; Hamilton
and Graf, guards.
Most of these Navy players are
foot ball men. Lloyd and Smith were
the six -foot-two pair of ends on the
Navy eleven last Fall. Schuber and
Hamilton both distinguished them
selves in the backfield of the Army
game in Chicago last Fall, and sew
eral of the others are of lesser quail
fications on the gridiron.
Catholic University, though, has
fine basket ball team and should put
up a great game. Odds favor the Navy
because of floor conditions and su-
periority in reserve strength, but,
even so, the game ought to be bril-
liantly played, especially during the
first half.
Tonight the basket ball team of
American University, victor In every
game it has so far played, meets
George Washington in the latter's
gymnasium. On a. basis of past scores,
the Methodist school ought to be vic
tor again, but the old saying that the
pitcher can go to the well too often"
may be applicable in this case. George
Washington is far from easy to beat
in its own gym, but the American
University gym is very similar to it,
and the strange floor may not bother
1t so much.
George Washington expects big
crowd at the game tonight. It's seat
ing arrangements have been enlarged
so that more than 1000 spectators
can be accommodated, and fully that
large a crowd should be on hand.
George Washington has changed its
lineup. shifting Sapp from guard to
forward. Bland Is TO hold down the
other forward position. with Haun at
center and Carey and Wallace, guards.
American University will have the
same men on the floor that have
played SO well in previous games,
SAWYER and Schloss. forwards; Banta
and Kessler, guards, and Birthright,
center.
II American University beats George
Washington tonight. in all probability
the largest crowd to watch a basket
ball game here this season will jour
new to Brookland Friday night to see
the Methodists meet Catholic Univer
sity. If George Washington is victor
the result undoubtedly will kill 80 per
cent of the interest, and thereby add
greatly to the interest in the games
to be staged between Catholic Uni
Maryland, which lost a raggedly
played game to Virginia at Char
lotfesville last night II to %. viii
have to show better form against
Navy next Saturday at Annapolis or
Il will be Swamped.
Neither the Old Liners nor the Cav.
alters played anything like good has
ket ball the Maryland tossers being
onIn,. in aual-,. 1pf<a ~ mont ~ ion.
larIy in their shooting. They not only
failed on many chances from scrim-
mage. hut could gather only 9 points
in u tries from the foul line.
Virginia was enabled to get an
11.to-11 score IN the first half. due tn
Maryland's poor craftsmanship on
omen shots and through F'ricdhurg.
cavalier forward, hasketing the ball
twice on enchanted losses over his
head from near the corner of the
court.
MARYLAND sent a bunch Of subs"
into the game at the outset of the
second half and Virginia got ) points
in less than two minutes, which was
its margin at the finish. Then the
MARYLAND players who were on the
floor when intermisSion came. went
hack into the contest, but could do no
better than play the Cavaliers even
for the remaining time.
Virginia stuck to it's starting line
nm with the exception that it had to
rarlace two men who went out on ac-
count of four personal fouls. while
MARYLAND used 10 players, changing
with frequency.
Despite the large number Of fouls
called on Virginia to only 10 against
MARYLAND. the game was clean. 1t
was fast and exciting, despite its lack
of high-claSs work.