Evening star., 1928-12-04

Squads have turned out at
Georgetown, Catholic Unlvers-
| ity, American University Gallaudet and
Maryland and George Washington soon
will get down to serious preparation.
It appears that most of the teams
hereabout will be formidable, as each
has a deal of seasoned material along
with promising newcomers at hano.
Georgetown will have the distinction
of opening the college season, enter
tanning University of Baltimore mere
Saturday night. Whether the game VIII
be played in Ryan gymnasium on the
| Hilltop or on DOWNTOWN couIt Ads
not been decided
other schools of the District circle
also will begin their competitive sea-
sons prior to the Christmas holldayS,
but it will be until after the New Year
| that court activities get under way III
earnest.
Against Baltimore Saturday night the
Blue and Gray basketers will have vlr-
tually the same team that mace Sucn
a fine record last Winter. Bobby Nork,
last seasons captain and forward, alone
has been lost. Those likely to be start
ed against the visitors by Coach Elmer
Ripley are:
Freddy Mesmer and Johnny Dunn,
| forwards; Don Dutton, center, ana hal
Meenan and Maurice Mccarthy, guards.
Jack Byrnes, guard, however, may get
the call at the opening.
Bill Shea, sophomore guard, is one OF
| the leading candidates for a Hoya perIn.
Because of the one-year rule, Snea VINO
two seasons ago played with the New
| York University Freshmen, did not play
| at the Hilltop last season.
\ Georgetown will meet Western Mary
land December IL and Lafayette Decem-
Der is in other pre-holiday tilts.
American and GaIlaudet quints will
begin their campaign December IA on
| the formers court.
with several members of last sea-
sons clever team at hand along with
Forrest Burgess, former Central High
star, and Warren Hayes, who has SHOWN
strongly on courts here and otners,
| Coach Baillie Springston Is optlmlStlc' as
| to the MethodiStS prospects.
| GalIaudet with such clever tossers
available as Capt. Dyer, Cosgrove, Cain,
Yoder, Ringle, HokanSon and Mon
Afghan are hopeful Of good season.
Stebbins, Hiken, Weaver, O'Brien, Dra-
piewski are basketers Coach Walter
Krllg believes have a chance TO make
regular berths.
With Foley, Harvey, Long and Carney
| stars of the past three seasons missing,
Coach Fred Rice has his work cut out
to develop a formidable Catholic UNI
yersity team, but the veteran Cardlnal
mentor has proved his resourcefulness
before and the Brooklanders are apt TO
have highly creditable team.
Jim Schmidt, Tut Aman, Joe Beall.
Mike McCabe, Joe Champa and Hal
4 cNnpd
now appear to have the inside track
for regular jobs. on the Catholic U.
combination.
Six letter men and half dozen
others who have had considerable eX-
4 perience are in the squad, which has
begun preparations for the season at
Maryland with Coach Burton Shipley
again in charge.
Capt. Thurston Dean, guard; Fred
Hetzel, center; George Madigan, CEN
ter or forward; Julie Radice, forward or
guard; AL Heagy, guard, and Bill
Evans, forward, are the m" men on
the squad.
Other formidable aspirants include
Morris Cohan, forward; Bob Gaylor
center or forward; Warren Rabbit, for
ward or guard, and John PitZer, guard,
all from last Winters freshmen COM
bination, and John Allen, who came to
College Park from the Pharmacy School
in Baltimore to take chemistry, and
Burt McGann, guard or forward who
showed strongly in the Maryland Inter-
fraternity League last season.
Games listed so far for Maryland
follows:
December 2O-WiIIiam and Mary.
December 22-Pennsylvania at Phil
adeIphia.
January 7-Kentucky at Lexington
(tcntative).
January 15-Yirginia at Charlottcs-
vile.
January 1S-JOhns Hopkins.
January 26-St. Johns at College
Park.
February Virginia at College Park.
February 5-WashingtOn and Lee ut
Lexington, Va.
February 6-v. M. I. at Lexington, Va.
February 8-NOrth Carolina.
February 12-Navy at Annapolis.
February 15-Western Maryland.
February 22-JOhns Hopkins at Bal
timore.
1t is expected that half dozen or
more games will be added to this list
Maryland will start on December 20
with a game with William and Mary
and will play Penn in Philadelphia two
days later in its only other contest
prior to the Christmas holidays.
Fifteen members of the 1928 Catholic
University foot ball squad are to be
awarded letters, having played at least
the required minimum of 18 quarters.
Those to receive the insignia are
Capt. Jim Schmidt, Gene Murphy, Joe
Champa, Jack Malevich, Jerry Healy
Oscar Gerth, Russell Zeno Joe Raiche
George Smith, George Menke, Ed
OBrien, Frank Mullen, Duke McCabe
Michael O'Connor and Ed Mansfield
twenty-five members sof the crack