Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10

Georgetown and American
~ U. basket ball teams spend
a good part of this week on
trips to West Virginia and Western
Pennsylvania. Catholic U. leaves
tomorrow for Pittsburgh, where
tomorrow night it meets Duquesne
and on Thursday jumps to Beaver
Falls to play Geneva. Georgetown
goes to Morgantown tomorrow
night, where it plays West Vir-
ginia on Thursday, after which it
jumps over to Pittsburgh to stack
up against Duquesne and Carnegie
Tech on Friday and Saturday.
American U. has Carnegie Tech
scheduled Thursday at Pittsburgh
and Salem College at Salem,
w. Va, Saturday.
Against Duquesne here some time
back the Catholic U. i've played prob
ably its best game of the year. 1t
simply went out and took the Pitts
burgh quint by storm and actually won
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reason it is likely that Duquesne will
be ready and waiting anxiously for the
Brooklanders to take the floor at Pitts
burgh. The game with Geneva is likely
to be Just as tough for the Cardinals.
Geneva has good teams usually and in
all probability the Brooklanders will
find themselves against superior com-
bination.
Georgetown's defeat by West Virginia
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that is favorable for its appearance at
Morgantown Thursday night. The Blue
and Gray simply does not have as good
basket ball players as the West Vir-
ginians and it would be on the short
end Of the odds any time 1t were to
meet them.
Duquesne also whipped the Blue and
Gray on its appearance in washington
and Carnegie Tech also is Just about
as strong in basket ball as in other
sports, all Of which does not SAVIOR of a
good deal Of success for the Blue and
Gray.
A MEXICAN U. has met neither of
"A the teams it is to play on its trip.
but 1t is sure to have more than
enough trouble against Carnegie Tech
Nothing is known of Salem College, but
the local FIVE nsy win there
As a whole it is unlikely that the
three trips viii be attended by a good
deal OF success At least that Is pretty
much the Indication as based on pre-.
viouS ccmDarisons Both GEORGETOWN
an Catholic u. win have to show far
superior basket ball over their play Of
the last two or three games If they are
TO win.
University Of North Carolina and
Rider College play here tonight, the
former at the University Of Maryland
and the latter at George WASHINGTON.
North Carolina has a better than aver
age team-one that IS not as good as
some have been, but which is far bet
ter than others The Tarheels have
SO far had an in-and-out season, their
play at times having been of a very
high order and at others only fair.
However at Charlottesville they were
good enough to whip Virginia. which is
the only Southern Conference five so
far TO trim Maryland
Rider College made good its heralded
reputation by trimming Catholic Uni
versity dectsively. Against George
Washington tonight It is certain to play
good basket ball, and the local quint
viii have to go ct faster pace than it
has exhibited IN previous contest to
come out on top.
II uEOkC ENG1 III lbS Two
" relay races in the Seton Hall Col
lege games at Newark, N. j., last
night. In the 1-nile event New York
University proved too fast for the local
runners, with Notre Dame and Syracuse
trailing in third and fourth positions.
The time. 1888 8-10, apparently was
not SO good, but may have been very
good for the particular track on which
IN tha o-n,ile event r=ooroatourn An.
ished ahead, with New York u. Man
haitian and City College of New York
behind. The time of 300 lilo was fair.
WEST VIRGINIA presented against
w Georgetown last night an accom-
plished group of basket ball play
ers. The result was IS to 20 in favor of
the visitors, which, after all, probably
was a good showing for the Blue and
Gray.
Georgetown simply did not have as
good men on the floor as the Mountain
GERS and in taking the ball of the
blackboard the game was all West Vir-
GINA.
incidentally. Bartrug. who did some
brilliant punting for West Virginia in
the foot ball game last Fall, played the
most important part in his teams bas-
ket ball victory He led the floor play
and scored IL points. He held down the
center's job.
Morris and Murphy were the high
scorers for Georgetown, each with six
points.
West Virginia used the zone defense
which is employed only by Maryland
among the local college quints, and
Georgetown got most Of its points from
'ioutside" shooting.
Line-ups:
O. y. (29l. West. Va. 1851.
Sorr,.. Doyle. Z.