Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08

BY H. E. BYRD.
~ GEORGETOWN opens it, la sket
ball schedule this week with
IL T Rutgers and New York Uni
versity az its opponents.
Rutgers comes here FRIDAY
night and New York University Sat
/ ,Irday. Both are said TO haze strhne
| teams. and they are likely to neeH
! them, too. if they expect 10 do rnuch
against the Blue and Gray. especiaI}
I IL the latter measures up 10 what "aF
expected at the end Of last year.
In 1926 the Georgetown Ave did not
have very happy seasOn. but some
thing of the failure OF the varsity hfe
10 come mp to- the general standard OF
Hilltop teams was made up for ny y
brilliant freshman auint. IL is fet
that the men returning from the W."
varsity and the candidates avaF.abe
from the 1925 freshman outfit should
he welded into one Of the strongest
and most versatile aggreGati"ns that
have ever worn the Blue AID Gray.
Old Liners to Travel.
/ Next In inporta nee to :eorgetown's
cpenipg Of the season will be Mary
lands three game trip TO virginia
Thursday night Virginia Polytechnic
/ institute IL to he met at Biackshutg'
! Friday night Washington ana Lee Al
Lexington snd Saturday night Nir-
giria Military Institute at Lexington.
| Narvia nd did not meet V. u. ]. last
sea sop. but IL split even with Wash
trcton and Lee and defeated V. NJ. l.
First Of the weeks games In srhed-
! uIed Tuesday night between Ameri'
csn University and George Waning
ton on the iatter's court. while on
/ "Wednesday Gaiiaudet and Catholic
, University ella an ct Rrookiard. Thirs-
dar night George Washington starts
a trim with "A contest at Tia mpden-Sld-
ney college.
The biggest night of the ~eek Il
Friday. Every one II the six local
colleges represented IN basket hall -
tn plav. The gamcs to he played bE
i;corcetoun and Maryland already
have been mentioned In addition,
Catholic University appears at Amer
ifan University. George Washington
visits the Medical College OF Virginia
at Richmond. and C;aliaudet has
game on it, own hnor with the ~
Mary's ce1tics Of Alexandria.
SATURDAY, night besides George
towns meeting with New York l.
and MARYLAND with '. NJ. J.. Cath
Nils University IL To meet Davis AMI
F.l.,,ns at Cumberland. Md. and
George shins,on faces William
and Mary at williamsburg
Interest sure to RE Keen.
With an even dozen games sched.
,'.d for I,,r.ii schools TN" basket hall
ssa s.,n gets under way in earnest ai'6
w.ll continue With many contests us-
~ around Maryh ]. Indications are
that there will Ire plent" Of interest
to beca,isa several ~ the iiVes hill
fnIr tn he exceptionally strong Not
oulv does George Washington Zee.
that ia should have 1na az It's lest
n,tsnts and American University
ysemx confident that IL again MI
prove stumblin. block fnr Hf%
ether five 1T faces-hut GS" Se;"wr.
catholic f'uiversi,y and Mplyie,d
ere ,lsi as certain that their teams
ar. going ~. stand out among IT,.
s4rnn.est in the East.
II - doubtful IL any other city sr
The country Fouki prrhuee thfrr t"3-
4i,-p basket hsli teams anyxhe' =
near as stron. IS the three Enst "a II
ven the Hilltop RrCnais nd ami ffhi
Line rsslcr< nf cours~ the state
irs.i ahnu, tinr:Si1wr's ;"atn =
merely fnr 20 tnts i,us e1nuch ias'
far the opinion can ia found in The
quality NJ the material anh the r'c'
that the ma'~riat is sure 10 Ire well
coached. Catholic T.. and MARYLAND
already have shown strength in at
tual tests.
University Of Nnrth carolina. which
tnck III, l9Nlny tao yeat> az" ~
something af an experiment.. seems io
have found something worth while IN
The x,A,rt. Al any rate. this year e
has arranged nIu schedule, ipr,Di
ing matches with Dukr tn,Ver>itN
Virginia Military Institute, >Ntrsi'sii
rnlvtechnle Institute, Virginia, G"of-
Sia. Washington AMI Lee ;sni fi"l ;d.'
and in addition 10 these matches VIII