Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

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more contests to play and probably
to leave it with the remarkably pc
victories. G. u. winds up it's seas
st. Johns at Annapolis Tuesday n
with George Washington. The B
been such as to hold out only slim
these games.
The record Of the c. u team is
good criterion OF how much material
means in won and lost record Fred
Rice, for many years coach of basket
ball at c. u. always has had good
quintS and has had such remarkable
and consistent success that he has es-
tablished himself as one of the best
coaches in the country.
However a record of 19 games lost
against won would seem to indicate
that the coaching was way below
standard. which it has not been. Rice
is Just as good a coach this year as he
ever was and he has tried to teach his
men the same basket ball that has
proved successful with his former
quints, but he simply has not had the
personnel to carry cut his instructions.
To put it in another way. the best car
penter in the world could nots,build a
house without lumber and nails.
Rice VIII Come Back.
What c. U. has done and is doing in
basket ball this year, however, should
not be taken as a criterion of what may
be expected of 1t in the future Rice
probably will be back next Winter with
an outfit just as strcng as some Of his
previous teams.
George washington is the only other
school that can possibly do as badly as
break even, and it is almost certain to
finish with more games won than are
lost. The Colonials meet in their two
final games this week Delaware and
Catholic University. They would have
to lose both games to wind up with
eight games won and eight lost, but
they probably have an even chance to
beat Delaware and certainly ought to
take the measure of G. q.
Georgetown so far has won IL games
and lost 10. The Blue and Gray has
not had as successful season as was
enjoyed a year ago, but it has played
a longer and harder schedule and also
suffered through the ineligtbility OF one
or two of its best men. Georgetown
has two more games, one with new
York Athletic Club and the other with
Columbia. The worst that can hap
pen to Georgetown is to finish with Is
victories against II defeats.
Three Ended Season.
Gallaudet. American University and
Maryland wound up their schedules
last week. Gallaudet and American U.
hardly played as many strong teams as
GEORGETOWN and Maryland, but both
deserve credit for their accomplish
ments. Gallaudet won IL games and
lost only 5, while American U. had 8
contests in which scores were on its
side Of the ledger and on the oLner
side.
MARYLAND probably has the best rec
ord of the local schools and in all like
lihood the strongest team. The Old
Liners played a good many strong
teams and met difficult opposition
throughout the season, yet managed to
win Is games while losing only 5. II
the defeat by kentucky in the Southern
Conference tournament be added IN
with the regular schedule. Maryland has
q record of Is victories against 6 losses.
This week marks the end of the In
door season, with the exception OF the
track meet to be held by Catholic Uni
versity on March II. incidentally, It
is understood that the Brooklanders'
a set of indoor games is meeting with
considerable response and probably wiz
be very successful.
Probably the most important event
of this final week of basket ball Is
Georgetowns game with Columbia. The
Blue and Gray, if it can make the right
kind of effort against the New Workers.
will do much for basket ball in this
section. Columbia stands as about the
strongest of Northern fives and George
towns efforts against it should be
watshed with a good deal Of interest.
Boxing Bouts to Draw.
Locally the most interesting event Is
likely to be the boxing match between
Catholic University and Bucknell in
the Brookland gymnasium Wednesday
night. Whatever may be said Of box
ing as sport, 1t seems to interest the
people, and larger crowds go to watch
it than to see any other kind of indoor
competition.
No event Of any kind is scheduled to-
morrow night, but Tuesday Catholic
University's quint goes to Annapolis for
game with st. Johns and George
Washington travels to Newark to play
Delaware. The George Washington
freshman team also makes the trip to
Delaware TO meet Delaware's first-year
men.
No basket ball game is listed wednes-
day night, and the boxing match at
Brookland will be the sole attraction
for followers Of college sports.
Thursday, Georgetown goes to New
York for the first of two basket ball
games, the clash that night being with
New York Athletic Club. Friday night
Columbia will be met.
Catholic University meets George
Washington in two games of basket ball.
varsity and freshman, both at George
Washington.
AS a climax to the week, the George
town boxing team will invade west
minister for match with the strong
Western Maryland aggregation. There
should be plenty Of action in this en-