Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-23

washington and Lee had great team
last year and this year is made up viz
tually of the same players. 1t Is look
ing toward the Southern Conference
basket ball tournament at Atlanta at
the end of the season and has great
hope of coming through down there.
The Generals whipped Duke last week
and whipping Duke this season is not
q mean feat by any means.
Virtually all the other South Atlantic
schools are glad to see Washington and
Lee with good five, largely because of
their regard for Dick Smith. who
coaches it. Smith started several years
ago and took charge of the Generals in
basket ball. They had done little for
years. He had small success, and said
himself that he had to learn to coach
basket ball and learn the game with
his players He stuck to his task,
though, and two years ago had his first
good team. Gradually he improved
that until last Winter he turned out
fine combination and this year has one
that stands out among the best In the
East, apparently.
Smith is q fine chap, personally; he
sticks to q thing until it is done, and
that he has made good on his basket
ball job Is source of satisfaction to his
many friends as well as to himself. even
If his friends have to take whippings
from him.
University of Maryland beat Navy
yesterday at Annapolis in one of the
really great basket ball games of the
year. It was one OF those contests that
we're not only well played, but so we'll
played and so close that it kept the
crowd on edge from the time the ball
was first tossed I'D. The count was 43
70 SO. and. with the exception of a few
minutes about the middle of the first
half, that was about the widest margin
that separated the teams most of the
time. The ball and players shot from
one end of the floor to the other so fast
that changes in the game were almost
as flashes from rapid motion picture.
Maryland got the lead at the begin
ming and held it, 5 to 2, for several
minutes, but then Navy started some
clever work under the basket, with
Campbell doing fancy shooting almost
from the middle Of the floor Within
space of minutes the Midshipmen
had rung up several goals and had the
count II to 2 in their favor, with the
stands showing many evidences of their
delight. However, Maryland bsgan to
pull up point by point until the firing
OF the gun to mark the end of the first
half found the score standing 20 to 20.
II was the second half that was hair
raising. The Navy got 4 points within
less than minutes after play bsgan.
but Maryland tied up the count and
from that minute 1t was a case of one
team or the other being a point or two
ahead. As a basket would be thrown
by one side or the other the lead would
change, making just the kind OF game
that brings spectators to high pitches
Of partisan enthusiasm.
However, with only minutes to go
near the end Of the game, Maryland,
with a 3-point lead. shot field goal,
which gave it a 5-point margin and
victory. Navy got a point from foul
just as the game ended.
Maryland had two full teams in the
game, Navy one less than that. It
would be hard to pick any men who
stood out in their play, as all performed
just about as well as they could have
been expected to.
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