Evening star., 1928-02-24

r South Atlantic section. in the
~ opinion Of Burton Shipley.
coach Of University of Mary
land ouint Not only is the Hilltop five
superior 10 any other. according to
Shipley. but several of its players. three
especially. measure above the best in
0iyiduals on other teams,
In my opinion. Georgetown has the
best basket ball team in this section.
Is the way Shipley puts 1t. "and l have
seen them all except University of North
Carolina. Not only is Georgetown play
ing good basket ball as a team. but its
players as individuals stand out. ES-
pecially Go think that Dutton and
Meehan and MeSrer are brilliant II
has been long time since I have seen
two men more valuable to a team than
Dutton and Meehan. and. while others
may be of different opinion, feel
that Meehan is the best guard by far
that have seen in years. He is bet
ter guard than Foley. who has been
starring at Catholic University for
three years.
Il believe that Georgetown would
d beat any other five in the section. and
that includes Catholic University and
my own team as we'll There is not any
doubt in my mind that Georgetown is
better than c. U. and also better than
Maryland. OF course. either c. U. or
Maryland would stand a chance to beat
Georgetown III any game that might be
played, but taking everything into con-
Sideration Georgetown has the strongest
and most versatile team of the three.
And another thing that ought to be
mentioned is that Georgetown in the
games have seen it play has played
Just as clean basket ball as any of the
other ives I've seen play. and whole
lot cleaner than many Of them. George
town has team of which it may well
Be proud. and give them credit for it,"
Georgetown has made better record
in basket ball this Winter than it has
IN that sport in some time. The Blue
and Gray has been winning consistently
and has been winning with type of
play that has attracted attention for
being open and clean and sportsman
like at all times.
Three local college quints take the
door tonight, Georgetown with Virginia
Polytechnic Institute as its opponent.
Gallaudet and Shepherd College play at
Kendall Green, and Maryland with
Western Maryland College.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute played
miserable basket ball against Maryland
at College Park last night and unless 1t
shows decided improvement in every
way 1t is likely to be showed under by
Georgetown. Certainly nothing in the
play of the Blacksburg School last night
indicates that it has the least chance
against the Blue and Gray.
Not much is known of the ability of
the Shepherd College five. but 1t prob
ably IS strong enough to give Gallaudet
good game
Maryland probably viii have its hands
full against Western Maryland. The
College Park men know that Western
MARYLAND has played some brilliant bas-
ket ball at times, and has consistently
been strong. Not much doubt exists
that the game viii be one of the hard
est played OF the year. because Western
Maryland not only is strong, but it
probably would be willing TO give a
couple OF legs. q few ribs and two or
three arms thrown In for luck to annex
victory over the State university.
Both Georgetown and Maryland win
END their seasons tonight. The Hill
topperS are sure To top the local list.
having won IL Of their IL contests.
while Maryland has gained l3 victories
In II clashes.
Virginia Polytechnic was about the
weakest looking basket ball team last
night that has been at College Park In
years. The Virginians hardly had any
thing TO offer in the WY Of good play,
but it must be said In their favor tha:
they seem TO have been almost COM
pletely demoralized by the absence OF
two or three Of their best men. who
have been out for some time because Of
illness including Capt. Pearman- The
BlacksbYrg men Just did mt seem TO
know what IL was all about. and there
really is no telling how big a score
Maryland could have run UP had It
been 50 inclined
Y. p. !. got only one field goal dur
ing the game. this coming In the last
10 seconds Of the first half. the count
al !nternIssioa being II 10 6.