Evening star., 1928-02-13

"EE two most important OF tile 10
basket ball games IN Wlllcn local
COLLEGES arc 10 engage this week
are both scheduled on foreign
eoors. Maryland goes 70 Char
I0ttesytl,e tonight 10 meet Virginia loE
B Ihe second time this season and C1eofse-
tapY, travels 10 Annapolis WedneSoaE
for is annual fracas with Navy.
> L, their first game Maryland defeated
yirci,7;s hv IS 10 20. and should nave
az ever, chance for victory tonlgnt.
while GEORGETOWN, with It's beSI team III
= wears and The Navy weaker than uSuai.
has great opportunity 10 orlle oacA
the laurels.
tcsnl 10 beat tonisht than When II
-Iave6 az College Park little more
f17e,1 Two weeks ago. The Cavaliers
*o~ or,e thing. seem 10 have discovered
IN Jones a forward who compares with
tl-e best Of such players. while III the
game with Maryland that man got IN
o,1tv !cr few minutes toward the END
Ard II ;l7e game III which Virginia de-
.eated Catholic University the night
following The contest with Mary!ano
! Jones waS brilliant. almost AS Sclntillai-
tnc as his tearlDlate. Frank Meade, the
: ieii,lan6 guard. who has stood out IN
his position III every game IN which he
has taken part this season. The Mary
lard squad left here shortly after noon
TO-DAY By bus and is 20 return tonight.
VIII Attract Crowd.
Georcetown's game with Navy IS 10
b p'ave6 il the afternoon and It IS
likely that 4 big representation from
the stu6ey. body Will make the trip
-l1o Blue anG Ora: knows that Nay
a-W2ys IS hard 20 beat on its own floor.
s+-ra
tc par. and knows further that 1t must
play better basket ball than It has yet
shown n order 10 win.
Navy has always been great rival
c. Georgetown. and for that reason Il
for no other the Blue and Gray desires
e win And an added incentive to
strive for victory lies n the fact that
Catholic University defeated the Navy
ard Georgetown has little desire TO
have the Brook!an6ers show better IN
any branch Of sport.
The Navy game offers a still greater
incentive for GEORGETOWN 70 play its
best basket ball. ;!l2s!ruch as il IS the
game on the Ceo-gt9wn list which VIII
count most e victory is attained. IN
other words. GeorgstoWD has plenty OF
incentive TO paw good basket bail and
VIII az Navy Wednesday because the
game means more than any other con-
test OF is scEe1u!e.
The one game scheduled mere tollisnt
Is IN the George Washington gynlna-
sum. with Eampden-Sidney opposing
the Buf and Blue. The local I'VE
ought 10 come out on top. with the
probabilities good that Il will get
Something OF real battle, though, be-
fore Il does
Teams representing local schools in
addition To basket ball are 10 compete
n tao other forms Of competition.
Catholic Cr1iversity's boxing squad being
listed for q match with Virginia Mill
ta-v Institute IN the Bro0gland GYM
raS.um Saturday night and the Mary
land track squad 10 take part in the
meet a. Richmond under the auspices
OF the University Of Richmond.
!. ~. /. viii bring a good squad Of
fighters 10 meet the Brooklanders. and
j. IS expected that the matches will be
well worth while from a boxing point
Of view. as c. u. itself possesses a
capable ring aggregation.
MARYLAND fo- two years has won the
indoor meet az Richmond. but viii be
against a very difficult proposition this
year, as Virginia apparently has the
gina. Il is tuu squad enters. Will be
The foot ball rules have been little
tsnpered with FOX next year. Perhaps
there are FEVER changes than have
ever beer mace for any previous season.
Tie .ore feature is % take OUT Of the
-aGeS wi1a: was considered a mistake -
y,t;t 81 them last year namely an in
refps e'afsor that applied ti14 rule on he
literal pass 70 amply % any backward
pa1s. even Tle7g i was handed 10 men
On double passes behind the line Of
s-rsr7rage. That tJ0k from defensive
soos Da1! one thing thai always has
been one Of SIS features, last year ex-
cep.ec. which IS 70 haze the defensive
lire pl0W through hard enough 10
breaz up plays before they get properly
started, thereby cause funbleg. which
are recovered by the defense. Some
tines this resulted n long Sensational
y71ys a. different times during the game,
ore o. which, from is Own I-yard line
:o- Touchdown, enabled Navy % BEAT
Colgate two TearE ago. Last year any
bzckwaEc pass. Dne;her thrown o-
LANDED. resulted :n z dead ball i !un-
D1ed. oUt nexs Fa,I the only backward
ia>5s tnst viii oe cea1 - one :FIat is
tfarcvn tpy & distance ct az least 2
yards
TIE goal p1s.s ought y hive been
PIT oack og t!se goal ll:3e. but were not
That Is nD' fIDeak4rT especially from q
standpoint n cpacncs. b1t rather from
the y.e~ ft4at spectators take ct the
aau.e. .he of3y value tha. moving the
fJozt: 70 he ey4c line nas is that i Offers
perhaps JUS. ht,.e better opportunity
70 score By using q !tttie more far:ed
strategy N plays c!ose ~ the goal !.ne.
~ke argument soIebocy might get
hun 1.ta TIE costs IN the goal line
hardly IS at argument a. all. as pgac-
,1cs.1y ~ Injuries 9: ma. nature Tefe
:>S>a:nec II perhaps - years .. ne
game vn:4e tie 2cs. ppstx acre ia the
ga. .:ne.
Perhaps tkis brings %, cte feature
:. eGsg:.ectlca ws'h fnc neYfAxnei II
tie gI4es tonlnc3t,ee nat Is worth while
considering Detpre TIE making u the
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