Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-16

~ I0H' area to be busy tonight Action
~ g. also was listed this afternoon.
+ VI Two basket ball games are
a. carded here tonight, both
starting at o'clock. American Uni
,tr,versity is to entertain Virginia Medical
: College and Gallaudet has an engage
fnent with Juniata.
81 Georgetown was to entertain West
3 virginia's quint this afternoon at
O'Clock in the American U. gym in the
biggest game on the program and one
"a of the most important of the season in
. this section.
- GEORGETOWN boxers were at Yale for
o match with the Old Eli leather push
- ers and the Blue and Gray's 1-mile re-
lay team is In New York to compete in
: the Crescent A. C. games tonight
~ Quints Of the District group all were
successful in matches last night. Amer
;. Jean University defeated Juniata, 80 to
vs. IS. on the A. u. floor, George Washing
ton took the measure of Virginia Med
6.icsi- College, As to 81, in the Colonials'
gym. and Maryland was a 32-to-17
=. victor over Western Maryland at Col
4, lege Park.
~ In a preliminary to the @eorge
!" Washing ton Virginia Medicos' same,
9 Georgetown's freshmen scores over
. George Washington's yearlingS. "a to 20.
American University is expected to
add another victory to its string at the
Expense of Virginia Medical College
tonight. The Richmond team showed
little last night in losing to George
> the last home appearance of the Metho-
y. dists. A. U. defeated the Virginia
gfMedicos early in the season at Rich
..'mond, So to 80.
GalIaudet will be winding up its home
t.. season against Juniata tonight. The
Kendall Greeners hope to win but prob
=. ably will have fight as Juniata showed
8 decided strength in its match with
American University last night.
- Georgetown and West Virginia were
expected to put on stirring game
70 The Hoyas have won IL of their Is
contests this season and West Virginia
has captured IL out of 10, counting
among its victims Pittsburgh, 1928 East
4 Iern collegiate champion, and Army.
Georgetown was depending on Jack
Tierney, middleweight; Joe Davis, ban
tam: Emmett Hagerty, 125-pounder; Joe
Madden, In the 135-pound division;
Henry Murphy at las, and Mario Pozzo
ITS in the boxing encounter with
Yale. Tierney was to take the place
of Jim Greeves, injured in the Navy
j, match last Saturday, and Davis was to
replace Saur. 1t was to be Davis first
fight.
John Cranley. Capt. Eddie O'Shea,
Erwin Gosh and Eddie Hector will make
up the mile relay team that will repre-
& sent Georgetown in the Sammy Reid
Memorial race tonight in the Crescent
- "A. G. games. Gosh has just returned
to the team following an injury suf-
fered while pole vaulting about three
weeks ago. He Is expected to strength
en- the quartet.
T.. with New York University, Syracuse
: and Colgate arrayed against it, George
: town expects its most difficult test of
the season. New York u, with Phil
Edwards, Canadian Olympic star, and
Freddy veit on its team, is most feared
- by the Hoyas.
A determined rally in the closing
minutes swept American University to
its victory over Juniata last night. With
the visitors leading, % to Is, and only
q few minutes to play. the Methodlsts
came through with a furry of baskets
to gain the edge at "a to %, and there
after were always ahead.
It was a keen-fought match all the
way. After A. u. had achieved ga
lead in the first half Juniata loosed an
attack which enabled it to overcome
the Methodists and get out in front,
IL to IL, at the half.
A. u. early in the second half again
pulled to even terms with the visitors
by solving the latters zone defense. but
later the visitors once more swept ahead
4 only to be overcome by the late victory
producing rally put on by the home club:
Burgess and Lichliter for A. U. and
Berry for JuIiiata were leading scorers.