Evening star., 1930-12-16
MATERIAL BETTER
THAN LAS! SEASON
Both Open Their Campaigns
Tonight Against Teams
of Fair CaIiber.
BY H. C. BYRD.

IN 9TH George Washington
X and Catholic University,
- which open their basket
ball schedules tonight with
Shenandoah and Maryland State
Normal, teams that seem to be
something of set-ups, expect to
have much better quintS than
those that wore their colors last
season.
George WashingtonS material is bet
ter, and it will get the benefit of con-
SiStent day-in-and-day-out coaching of
Jim Pixlee, athletic director, who has
been handling basket ball for many
years.
CATHOLIC University is looking for
much beRer season than it had last
Winter, although its squad will be made
up to a large extent of the same men.
I'VE have a better squad than last
year and the boys are showing a fine
spirit" said PiXlee this morning, and
look for a better team than we had
last season. 1t will not be any world
beater by any means, but should be
strong enough to hold its own in good
competition, and 1 think we ought to
finish with a fair record. Anyway. I
feel that we will do creditable work and
come through fairly we'll"
Pixlee speaks conservatively about
everything, and this probably means
that the George Washington team will
be considerably better than it has been
for several years. This does not mean,
though, that great number of games
will be won, as the winning of games
depends on a good deal more than hav-
ing better team. The Colonials may
have much stronger outfit than usual,
and then, in meeting much stronger op-
position, may not win majority OF its
contests.
0UT at Catholic University Dutch"
~ Bergmann, who looks on basket
ball as he looks on everything else,
thinks that there is much more in store
for the Brookland institution than it
has won in the last year or so. The
future of basket ball at Catholic U. is
simply a process of bringing it back to
where it was in its heydey under the
regime of Coach Fred Rice, In Berg
mann's opinion.
Catholic University had a terrible
season last year." said Bergman this
morning, "and we ought to improve
some on that. It was simply case of
Rice not having the material that he
had in previous years, and no coach Is
going to turn out winning team II ne
does not have good material. The men
who were at c. u. last season ought to
be somewhat improved, and one or two
positions may be strengthened by acqui-
sitions of freshman outfit, in which case
we ought to have better quint and
make q better record. Anyway, We re-
gard this as year of building, and it
may be two years more before we reach
the point we desire in our competition
with other colleges.
DOTH George Washington and Cath
- olic University are being coached
under new systems of play. The
former now Is under the coaching dtrec-
ton of Athletic Director Jim Pixlee,
and it is said that Pixlee, before COM
ing here, was regarded as one OF the
best basket ball tutors in the Middle
West. The Catholic U. five is to be
coached by Chick Gagnon, former Holy
Cross star.
In its opening lineup tonight the
George Washington five is likely to start
with Burgess, former American UnlYer-
sity star, and Connor at forwards. And
right here 1t may be mentioned that
this chap Connor seems to be one OF
the best basket ball players in these
parts. He Is pretty sure TO be some
thing Of star on local courts before
the end Of the season. Mulvey will be
at center, with Fenlon and Zahn at
guards.
Catholic US first lineup will find
two men from last years freshman team
at guards and three members Of the
varsity at forwards. Hickey at center,
Oliver and Walsh at forwards are the
veterans, while Sheary and Spinelh are
the players who come UP from the
yearling five. As matter Of fact, it is
expected that the acquisition of Sheary
CY~zf~a all vrr41I rrfNr he AnaV -
deal Of strength In positions that last
year were weak.
George Washington's game with Shen-
andoah begins at 8 o'clock in the uni
versity's gymnasium in H street, while
the Catholic University contest is sched-
uled for o'clock in the gymnasium
At Brookland.
Catholic University has scheduled five
boxing matches for this Winter. The
first viii be with Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology here on February 3,
and then follows Hobart here on Febru-
ary z. Bucknell away on February IA,
st. Johns here on February 19 and
Temple University here on February %.
A match Is pending with Cornell on
March Z.
yXTHLE the Southern Conference has
w a rule against post-seaSon foot
school which makes an application for
permission to play after the close of
any season Is denied its desire. The
latest of such post-season contests Is
one in which the University of Georgia
Is to meet Southern California next
year at Los Angeles.
Dean Sanford Of Georgia asked the
conference for permission TO play the
game and 1t was granted without ques-
ton. The contest Is to take place on
December H.
Dean Sanford believes that Georgia
next Fall should have one Of its great
est teams, as back as members Of the
squad viii be virtually the entire line
up Of this past Fall.
Georgia Techs in-and-out showing
last Fall is explained somewhat by the
fact that the team had little reserve
strength. It seems that when the At
lanta school was able to put its full
strength into any game-that Is, its
regular nne-up-it went through in
to play minus three or four regulars it
Jared not so well.
This Is the explanation given by
Georgia Tech men, and it was about the
only reason possible ascribe for the
brilliant work done IN some games
against Vanderbilt, for instance-and
the poor work done the following week
against q somewhat weaker combina-
ton.
Georgia Tech at times last Fall
played as well as any Georgia Tech
team ever played. while on other oc-
casions It fell to a point that might
wen be described as mediocre. No team
that played an even game with Van
Harl1f1t had aNV right IN GET WhiFar1ad