Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18

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university, will come here
this week for two Basket
ball games. The Generals from Lex
ington. Va. win play Maryland az
College Park tomorrow night at
o'clock and the next evening will op-
pose Catholic University At Brook
land. They also win play Navy mt
Annapolis on Wednesday afternoon.
Coach Dick Smith Of the Genera Is
has eight letter men from last season.
some reserve leftovers and number
of good men from last years fresh
man team from which to select the
10 men he will bring on the trip.
However, SPOTS, regular center
and one of the best men on the team
will not be with the squad on the
Washington invasion. He has gone
West with the all.DiXie foot ball team
TO play one of the wing positions
against the all-Pacific eleven in the
benefit contest at Los Angeles on De-
cenber IS. Nance, his understudy,
will fiji the job.
ID. c. Boy With Generals.
Letter men who viii I've with the
Generals are: White, Ebert, Eigel-
bach ard Lowry, forwards; Joynes.
Groop and Howe, guards. Lowden,
Washington boy and former Eastern
High School star. is fighting for
place on the squad. and may be on
the trip. Gordon, Jones, Wood and
Hawkins are other leading candidates
and Smith is having a hard time in
making his selections
Washington and Lee. having closed
its foot hall season after its Thanks
giving day game. while Maryland
played on December 8. got the jump
on the Old Diners and has had n
weeks more drilling than enjoyed by
the first of The College Parkers to re-
port.
Coach Burton Shipley will not de-
eide on his lineup until just before
the game starts tomorrow night.
With some of his dozen men reporting
late and about a half of them having
jumped on and off trucks Saturday
and repeating the performance tomor-
row in helping To deliver the Christ
mas mail here, Shipley will he hard
put to place fresh five on the floor.
He doubtless will use his whole squad
during the contest in an effort to keep
the team going at the speed that will
be necessary to keep the Old Liners
in the running.
First Game for Both.
With SPOTS away ana Paying III
its first game of the season. Wash
ington and Lee may not show its real
power here. but it surely will be
strong enough to give Maryland. like
the. Generals. also playing the first
game of the season tomorrow night,
and Catholic L all the opposition they
are looking for.
Coach Shipley. while he has not
picked his starting team, has been
using his men as follows;
Ham Adams and Fred HetZel. CEN
tiers: Julie Radice, forward or guard;
Bill Evans. forward or guard: Capt.
Fred Isinisous, Walker Hale. George
Madigan and Mel koons. forwards.
end Thurston Bean. Albert Heagy and
Delbert Zahn. guards,
Adams. Linkous and Dean were reg
uIars last wear, while Hale and Zahn
were reserves. All the others came up
from last years freshman team
Adams and Linkous were the last 10
report for practice and for that rea-
son NAV not start.
Catholic L. doubtless will Start the
same lineup against the GENERALS
Tuesday night at BrookAnd mat it
used at the outset of its three win
ming contests, the. big four" conn
posed of Long, forward; Carney. CEN
ter. and Foley and Harvey, guards,
with the only newcomer. Fats" Og-
den, at the other forward berth.
George Washington basketers win
omen their season Wednesday, enter
tanning Bridgewater College at Bridge
water, Va, in the Colonial gym. 1t is