Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
PAIR OF Dc. BOYS
ON INVADING TEAM
Game Carded for American
U. Gym-MaryIand Lists
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baSketers will resume action
Y here tonight when they enter
~ tain Duke University tossers in
American University gymnasi-
UNI. The game will follow preliminary
between Georgetown Freshmen and
Emerson Institute quint starting at 1880
o'clock
For tonight's game Coach Elmer Rip
ley will have all his Hoya basketers in
good shape following a holiday trip.
Just how @. u. Wal start tonight has
not been announced. In early games,
Capt. Mesmer and Dunn, forwards;
Dutton, center, and Meenan and Nc
Carthy, guards, made up the combina-
ton which took the floor to begin con-
tests but in one of the games in the
Yale University tournament last week,
Ripley started Shea and Byrnes in place
of Meslner and Meenan and Dillon at
center instead of Dutton.
Bill Werber and Harry Councillor,
former Tech High stars, will be in the
Duke lineup tonight. Joe CroSon, an
other erstwhile Tech player, is member
Of the squad but is not eligible to play
having been at Duke few weeks less
than year.
University of Maryland baSketers will
meet Randolph College of Ash
land, Va, tomorrow night at College
Park. The Virginians wired the Old
Liners for a game tonight and Coach
Burton Shipley replied that Maryland
could meet them either tomorrow night
or Thursday night. The Ashlanders
accepted tomorrow night.
The Maryland Randolph Macon game
will be played at Z o'clock so as not to
interfere with another affair that is
scheduled in the auditorium at the
university later In the evening.
MARYLAND will entertain Washington
and Lee at College Park February g
Shipley announced that this pending
match has been settled.
This afternoon the Old Line yearlingS
were to open their season playing host
to Baltimore Poly in the gym at College
Park.
George Washington tossers will
scrimrnage with Potomac Boat Club to-
night at z o'clock In the Colonial gym.
Potomac players are to report at the
gym at 7:45 o'clock.
Coach Crum Is having hard time
finding capable center for the George
Washington five -Four candidates are
being tried at the post. They are Bill
Snow, who now appears to have the
edge in the fight for the job; Chris
tppher, who stands 6 feet 6, but who
lacks polish; Bill Blain, a regular guard,
and Jack Sehaffert. who has had much
service with independent quints here.
Crum is striving to schedule the Eliz-
abeth, Pa, tossers for a match here
Saturday night Elizabethtown is COM
ing here for a game Friday night with
American University.
Earnest practice was resumed by the
Colonials yesterday when for the first
time since the holidays Crurn had a
complete squad on the job.
Catholic University boxers will take
part In four team matches this season.
They will open their campaign Febru- |
airy 2, engaging New York University |
in New York and viii stage their first |
home card February Is against Temple |
of Philadelphia in the Brookland gym. |
The Cardinals will stack UP against |
Washington and Lee February % at
Lexington, Va, and March will close
their season playing host to Western
Maryland at Brookland.
Paul F. Peter, former Central High,
George Washington and Syracuse SWIM
ming star, will coach Catholic Univer-
sity natators the coming season, itshas
been announced He was to start out
the Cardinal candidates today.
Leading aSpirants include Moon
Mullan, sophomore, captain-elect and
guard on the foot ball team; Mike Shee-
han, another sophomore; Joe McGrath.
who also is a boxer, and Joe Praetor,
former Central swimmer,
Four matches have SO far been ar
ranged for the G. u. Swimmers, an
other Is pending and three more
matches may be carded.
Meets closed include the following:
February 2, Virginia; 9, William and
Mary, Williamsburg; Is, Washington
and Lee; March 2, Duke. An engage
ment with Lafayette to be staged in
Easton, Pa, February % is pending.
Negotiations are on for meets with
Johns Hopkins, Delaware and Syracuse.
Coach John O'Reilly of the George
town track team will put his charges
through their PAGES in a handicap
interclass track meet at the Hilltop.
The following week end he will select
eight or 10 varsity performers to repre-
sent the Blue and Gray in the Brooklyn
College games at Brooklyn and there
after will send about the same number
to the following meets:
Boston Knights of Columbus at
Boston, January 26 Boston A. A. at
Boston. February Q; Milrose A. A. at
New York, February g.; Meadowbrook
Club at Philadelphia, February IL; A.
A. u. senior national championships at
New York City, February %, and Inter-
collegiate A. A. A. A. championships
at New York City, March q The
Hoyas also may be represented IN the
New York A. G. games on a February
date to be announced.
AS the Hilltoppers resumed training
yesterday O'Reilly expressed satisfac-
ton at the showing of his proteges last
Saturday in the Brooklyn K. G. games.
He was especially pleased at the per-
Torrance of Karl Wildermuth in win
ming all three races of the special
sprint series and by the performance of
three freshmen runners, Vic Burke,
John Kennedy and John Downing, who
placed in the Gov. Smith 500-yard
special and the l,000-yard events re-
SpectiVely.