Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-28
C. W, AMERICAN j.
|. HAVE GAMES HERE
Catholic U. Guest of Seton
HaII-Card Boxers in
Last Home Match.

THREE local colleges, George
Washington, Catholic u.
i and American u, play their
last basket ball games of
the season tonight. The first
mentioned winds up its schedule
with Drexel, the next with Seton
Hall and the last with Virginia
Medical College. George Washing
ton and American u. play on their
own floors, while Catholic U. Is at
South Orange, N. j.
Both George Washington and Amer
lean U. ought to finish with victories.
The former defeated Drexel at Phila-
| delphia early in the year. while Amer
| lean u. also has taken the measure Of
| Virginia Medical. II the local schools
could win on foreign floors they ought
| to be able to turn the trick in more
| familiar surroundings. However, 1t may
| be that the game here Will be more
evenly contested than the one at Phila-
| delphia was.
Catholic University has had about
! the worst basket ball season In its his
| tory. For one reason or another, ex-
| cept for two games 1t played within the
space of a week with two strong teams,
George Washington and Duquesne, the
Brooklanders have not accomplished
much. 1t has been a case of dropping
game after game, although at times 1t
| has played well.
| George washington winds up with
about the best season 1t has had in two
decades. The Buff and Blue dropped
one or two games 1t really ought to
have won, but nevertheless has played
| through an exceptionally good sea
son. And American University, while
it has not measured up to its fine
team of two or three years ago, has
gone through its schedule with q good
measure of success.
Both games here tonight begin at
BIS.
With three local basket ball teams
| winding up their play tonight, 1t also
| is a fact that tonight will be the last
| chance Catholic University's followers
will get to see their boxing team In
action. The BrooklanderS wind up
| their home schedule with Temple Uni.
yersity, and they seem to have con.
fidence enough in their ability to win.
| The C. u. gladiators have not fallen
before any opponent so far, the nearest
| they have come to defeat was In the
match with Bucknell at Lewisburg,
which ended in a tie The matches
| fought here resulted in Catholic Uni
yersity victories by a considerable
margin.
Boxing is the one sport in which
Catholic University is successful this
year. From the start of the season,
| the young men coached by Eddie La
| fond have pushed and punched their
| opponents around the ring for victories.
Not only have the BrooKlanders won
their matches, but they have won them
so decisiyely as to ADMIT of no Ques-
will be almost perfect, as the match
with Cornell next week is scheduled
on a no-decision basis.
Whether or not it gets any further,
Maryland has the satisfaction of know
ing 1t has broken its jinx in the South
ern Conference basket ball tournament
| For three years the Old Liners have
been put out of the championships In
the opening game, each time when 1t
was generally rated as stronger than
the five which defeated 1t.
| This time it won from Louisiana
State, which holds forth on the opposite
| tip of conference territory. This Is the
| first tournament-in fact, the first ath-
letic contest of any kind-in which the
teams representing the tip end States,
Maryland and Louisiana, have come
together.
| Bill Rapp, Washington boy, who was
utility player on the Georgetown nine
last Spring, has re-entered school. It
| is more than possible that Rapp may
| be declared eligible to play base ball
this Spring.
| Virginia and North Carolina, old rivals
| in all sports fields, are leading in the
race for the Southern Conference box
| ing championship at Charlottesville.
The Cavaliers and Tarheels each have
six men IN the quarter finals and ap-
parently are in better position to come
through for the point trophy than any
of their opponents.
Florida, Tulane, Louisiana State,
Washington and Lee, Mississippi Aggies,
Virginia Military Institute, and Duke
are the other schools that have men
still in the running.
IN losing its second game on q trip
l. North, Catholic University last night
put up quite battle before bowling
to the 7th Regiment quint Of New York,
| SO to 20.
Sheary kept C. U. in the running for
most of the game by piling up Is points.
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