Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-06
MARYLAND IS ONLY
FIVE NOT TO PLAY
Georgetown, First Quint to
See Action, viii Meet
Duke Tuesday.
BY H. c. BYRD.
IL local college basket ball teams,

A IL local college basket ball teams
" except Maryland, are to see &C.
IA ton this week. Georgetown
\ and Gallaudet took part in con.
tests last week, but Catholic
University, George washington anc
American University get on the floor In
real competition for the first time since
the holidays.
Duke University comes 10 this section
for three games. Tuesday night il
meets Georgetown. Wednesday after
noon plays Navy at Annapolis and
Thursday, on its way back home, stops
at Charlottesville to try conclusions
with Virginia.
Last Winter Duke had an exception
ally good team, and is said to possess
another. In it's lineup are two former
cillor and Werber. Many former Tech
students will be anxious to see how they
stack up against the Blue and Gray
and Navy.
"Wednesday night Gallaudet, George
washington and Catholic University
have games Gallaudet goes out to
Brookland to play c. U. and George
Washington entertains. Elizabethtown
College.
No game is listed for Thursday night.
but Friday night American University
@~~NNN-
more University.
Saturday Catholic University has what
probably is its most important game OF
the year that with Navy. The BROOK
landers look forward each season to the
test with the Sailors and notWithstand-
ing they are not as strong as usual,
feel they should make good showing.
The only other game booked Satur-
day night Is between Gallaudet ana the
al AlnXQ
Georgetown seems to have another
exceptionally good quint. its showing
thus far being way above the average.
There really Is no reason why the Blue
and Gray should not be expected 10 90
well, inasmuch as it has back practl-
cally the same men who made such
fine record year ago. Last season the
team lost only one game out OF the -
PLAYED, and during the present schedule
has been defeated only once by col
lege five And it is rather coinci-
dence that New York University was
the only team that won from the local
school a year ago and 1t is the one col
1ege team that has been able to turn
the trick since the present schedule
opened.
Up in the Yale tournament where
the Blue and Gray met just about as
basket ball world, the team went down
TO the final game.
Coach Elmer Ripley has Just about
put basket ball at Georgetown on the
high plane attained in foot ball during
the last few years.
For the first time in many years the
University of Maryland will make no
attempt to develop relay and track
squad for the indoor meets. No indoor
meets are scheduled in this immediate
section. and sending squads North to
meets is expensive.
The relay team which has been going
North for the last three years and max
ing an enviable record has been broken
up through graduation last year OF
three of its members, and 1t is unlikely
that another team will be developed
this season strong enough to take part
in the kind Of competition that mas
been faced.
In ali probability about the only rep
resentation MARYLAND will have in track
this Winter will be three or four fndi-
viduaIs who may be good enough to be
entered in invitation events IN big
Northern competitions.
ST. Johns College Of Annapolis is
Mkely to have basket ball team TINS
wear that win give the best Of its OPP
penents all they are looking for. The
Annapolis Quint last season was strong
In every position except center. where
it was depIorably weak. and this Win
ter that position is taken care OF by
Smith, who held down the center job
on the Navy five last season. With
Smith, who really Is f1ne athlete, at
hts best. st. Johns ought to have just
about as good team as there Is around
here, with the possible exception OF two
or three.
That only one real Recommendation
came from the Foot Ball Coaches AS
ISOLATION this year in regard to possible
changes in the gridiron rules Is about
the greatest tribute ever paid to the
present condition Of the game. Coaches
themselves generally seem to be wen
satisfied with the regulations under
which the game now Is played, and the
fact that there was no great effort
made by any group to create new rules
or to change old ones indicates that the
game is fast reaching the point where
1t viii become almost as stable Is paSe
ball
About the only suggestion that was
given serious consideration was IN re-
gard to fumbled ball. 1t was proposed
that tumble be dead If recovered by
the team on defense, which would not
allow a defensive team to pick up
fumbled ball and run with it. AND
even that suggestion Is not likely to
get much consideration when 1t comes
before the rules committee.