Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-01
TOSSERS, FIGHTERS
CLASH FOR TITLES
D. C. Collegiate CUNTS End
Regular Season in Two
Games Tonight.

and boxing at Charlottesville.
l. begin today. Both champion
ship affairs seem certain to de-
velop the best competition they have
known, if reports from the places where
they ere to be held are to be accepted
at face value Sixteen Of the % schools
in the conference are taking part in
the basket ball clashes. while 3 have
squads Of leather pushers ready to
show their stuff in the squared circle.
Washington and Lee generally is be-
ing picked as by far the strongest team
IN the basket ball tournament. although
il is claimed that Georgia Tech,
Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi arc
not far back in the pre-tourney rat
ings, It may be, though. that the tour
nament viii develop some surprises.
Usually the teams that have gone TO
Atlanta with tho greatest records and
the most widespread regulations for
being good have been the ones to take
their beatings carly.
Mississippi went through last year
and won an entirely unexpected cham
pionship In tournament such as
that at Atlanta, one of the weakest
fves may topple the strongest the very
first day.
Ellis Brown, graduate manager Of
athletics at Virginia. who is sponsoring
the boxing tournament. is authority
for the statement that the biggest af-
fair ever held is in store. Brown says
that the greatest crowd that has ever
watched an indoor athletic event in
this section will be present this after
noon when the mitt artists line up for
sheir opening bouts. incidentally,
Brown and the Virginia Athletic Asso-
cation are to be hosts to all neWspa-
DER men and visiting coaches at a
luncheon today as a kind of prelimi-
aary get-together for the festivities,
University of Maryland has team
t Atlanta. but is not entered in the
ooxing tournament. having no boxing
quad, except for general physical eou-
alton purposes. Maryland Is slated to
lay in the opening basket ball game
MS afternoon, with the University OF
Mississippi as its opponent.
Basket ball games tonight also will
lark the end of the District collegiate
Jason in that sport so far as regular
>lleduleS are concerned.
American University is to engage
Tatholic University on the American
University court at O'Clock, while
allaudet will face Shepherd College at
hepherdstown, w Va.
American University basketers will be
at to even scores for the surprise lick
~ handed them by Catholic Univer-
ty recently, when the teams meet to-
: ght.
American University will start its reg
ar lineup including Burgess and La
avre forwards; Lichliter, center, and
essler and Shloss. guards.
Catholic University will present
roTon,npS combination
alsh will replace Hanley at a forward
lst and will be teamed with Reilly.
artin will be at WalsE's former guard
)sition with Mullaney as the other
lard Capt. Amann or O'Brien VIII be
e. center.
Galiaudet will enter the game with
1epherd with the hope OF evening
ores for a defeat handed It by the
est Virginians here earlier in the sea-
4.
Defeat for Maryland tonight at At
; nta probably will end floor activities
r the Old Liners this season. as it is
IT thought probable that the proposed
ird game between Maryland and Hop
ms will be played. -,
In Mississippi the Marylanders VIII
meeting the 1928 conference tour
az champion. but cole Miss" has not
/ exceptionally impressive record this
mpajgn and Maryland is by no
cans conceding it victory.
Western Maryland and Catholic Uni
ersity were scheduled for boxing
eet at c. U. tomorrow night that
as expected to be one OF the most
tractiVe exhibitions Of the year. How
fer. Western Maryland objected TO
u using freshmen and called OH
he match.
Catholic University and Duke Uni
,rsity meet in a dual swimming meet
morrow night in the Brookland tank
the only collegiate contest of any
nd scheduled here.
Coach John O'Reilly may not be
Die to accompany the Georgetown
ack squad to New York tomorrow
lcht to compete in the indoor inter-
)llegiates. O'Reilly has been III in bed
1r several days with a severe cold,
I'D it hardly is probable that he will
Ike such chances as he would have
} take If he got up to go watch his
len compete. 1t will be a keen dis
opointment to the Blue and Gray
zach not to go along as his squad
,enls TO have a chance TO finish we'll
o among the leaders. In fact, some
lpporters of the Blue and Gray think
7at the team has an even better
nance than lest year when 1t was
eaten out by a narrow margin.