Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-12
IS Trays LISTED,
| WITH NINE HERE
Games to Be Staged Every
Day--Many Attractive
Contests Carded.
BY III. C.. BYRD.

There will be more college basket
ball here this week than has been
crowded into any six days during the
present campaign and the attractions
will be we'll above the average. In all
- contests are listed for the local
collegiate tossers, Q Of which will be de-
cided on home courts.
However. tao CT the big games Of
the week viii be played away. One,
though, will be close enough to almost
be called home. This is the George
togn-Tavy clash that will take place
at O'Clock. and Blue ard Gray fol-
lowers will flock 10 the Maryland cap
.,ai for the struggle.
Maryland Plays Virginia.
IN the other contes: OF note on a
foreign court, Maryland, unbeaten by
4. Southern Conference rival. will go
TO Charlottesville tomorrow 70 tackle
the Cavaliers In a return engagement.
1t will be the Old Liners last Dixie
. organization on its regular schedule,
! although they plan TO enter the title
! tourney at Atlanta. Maryland beat
F.! Virginia at College PARK several weeks
| ago, Is TO 20, and the Cavaliers will
! Dc seeking reyenge. They have fae
/ CUNT and the game should Dc real
/ contest.
| Other high spots Of the schedule will
| BE- Dukes game with Georgetown. and
| Mount st. Mary'S tuss!e with Catholic
| University, both on Saturday night.
/ Duke has been cutting a vide sxath
! his season and added interest IN the
/ visit CT the team will be the fact that
Werber and Councillor. tao former
| Tech High players, are with the Blue
| Devils. Mount ST. Mary's also has
| been having good season with one Of
The best teams it has had in years. o
| Guilford College and St. Bonaven-
ture also visits for pair o. games.
| Brooklanders Also to Box.
| In addition TO the baske. ball game
! Saturday, the Brookland boxers viii see
! action taking on the strong Virginia
/ Military Institute team.
! The basket ball schedule for the week
follows:
/ MONDAY.
/ Sidney at George Washing
/ ton.
/ Maryland at Virginia.
TUESDAY.
| American University at Duquesne
. tFittshurghi.
I WEDNESDAY.
| Georgetown at Navy.
| st. Bonaventure at George Washing
| ton.
American University at Loyola bal
timore).
THURSDAY.
Guiffo-d at George Washington.
j. st. Bonayen.ure at American Cniyer-
sity.
FRIDAY.
/ Guilford at Georgetown
| Washington College at Maryland.
| SATURDAY.
Duke at Georgetown.
] Mount st. Mary's at Catholic Uni
s-xerSity.
Baltimore University Mt Gaiiardet-
| Candidates for battery jobs with
Georgetown Universitys base ball team
/ viii report for their first dril Tues
day afternoon in the Hilltop gym. Bali
| Dudack. coach OF freshmen athletics,
viii supervise the workouts Of the as
pirantS, as no coach has been signed.
With Pete Burch and Frank Giles
pie dependableS OF the hurting staff for
| the past TWO seasons, again ut hand.
In addition 10 John Loughman. JACK
/ Edmonston, Tom Fogarty and Jack
/ ByrneS. other veterans from last years
mound corps. it appears that the HoyaS
will be unusually strong in the oox, In
addition 10 the seasoned varsity hUrl-
/ ers. several likely appearing candidates
/ from toe 1927 freshmen nine are NJ
hand. Including Gerald Hughes. q big
/ le!t-hander. no has shown real prom
Use Hughes suffered with sore arm
mos. Of the past season bat toward the
end OF of the campaign turys5 II sew
eral Shut-cui victories for the yearl.0gs~
one being registered over the Navy
plebeSs There also are several right
handlers who will come up from the
1927 freshmen. including Jim Bonner,
who turned i'll his share O! WINS IN 1877.
and Charles Holmes and John Coppia-
ger, who Two seasons ago cid We. TOR
New England scholastic teams.
Tom Phelan. last seasons firSt-strsng
catcher. viii aSaig. De Out for the back
stopping 100. but he Will find the gong
tougher than ever this season, Three
first -claSS receivers more than sss Hill
toaperS have had NJ enc time Il recent
years, will oe cut 10 win Sae!ans 100,
Jack l1erney. Phriaas UnGerS,udv IL
1927, viii make another escrt 20 hand
the Job Steve Ba:aeaS Of TOO, ball
tauie. did not play base ball last Spring,
but he made the freshman sear, ana
has announced that he Is ci,t 10 make
the varsity catching posi- this season.
fl'e third candidate Is Paul Donovan.
catcher TOR the 1927 freshman eGsat,
Donovan is unusually pr,miS,nS
After Tuesdays drill the battery afen
Will practice daily III the gym anal the
weather becomes suitable for cutS.CNar
work. When The cNt,rs sn,,S MI b.