Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-05
UNIVERSITY HEAD
JOINS IN OVATION
Or. Pearson Host to Squad
at Breakfast Prior to
Big Celebration.
BY n. C. BYRD.

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this morning paid homage
~ to it's conquering basket
ball team. When the play
ers returned from Atlanta, where
they swept their way to the
Southern Conference champion
ship, they were met early today
by q special delegation from the
Student Government Association,
taken to breakfast as guests Of
President Pearson of the Univer-
sity, then escorted to the Mary
land campus, where a special as
senbly had been called in their
honor.
Brief remarks we're made by Henry
Whiting, president of the Student Gov
eminent Association; by President Pear
son, by Coaches Shipley and Faber and
BY the players who actually turned the
we welcome you back to Maryland"
said President Pearson, las once were
welcomed heroes Of old. You have re-
turned as conquerorS, valiant defenders
of the faith your university reposes in
us REPRESENTATIVES,, anu we yOus
What we can say will add little to the
prestige you have won for yourself and
for the university in athletics through
successful competition with is teams
representing the flower of the univer-
stiles of the South, from Maryland to
Louisiana, but we do want you to feel
that we realize what you have accom-
plished and that we know your achieve
ment long will stand as one OF the
great efforts of your university In the
highly competitive field OF intercelle-
giate sports"
Coach shipley in a few brief remarks
stated that the team had done every
thing he expected of it and more.
There was little more that he could
he was proud Of his team and that IT
was great fighting spirit that carried
It through.
Berger, Ronkin and others Of the
players spoke q word or two of appfe-
citation OF their reception, but Berger
seemed so modest about the whole
proposition that he acted very much
as II he wondered what 1t was all about.
Yesterday afternoon President Pear
son sent the following telegram to the
team:
want you to be my guests at break
fast tomorrow morning. What do want
served?"
Back came the reply:
Anything In the world is good enough
for eight regular fellows and two happy
coaches"
which sounds very much as If Berger
Anyway, Maryland won the confer
enee title, the students and faculty
alike are proud Of them, and, IS far Is
the Old Line school y concerned, for
today at least, the world Is . happy
place in which to live.
DOB WILSON, who threw two goals
- against Georgia that kept Maryland
from defeat IN that game, Is some,
thing of an athletic hero at Maryland,
even II he does not play as regular.
He has had an unusual record and is an
unusual player in that he Is without
athletes in the university, but seldom
plays much because of an injury.
During his last year at high school,
Wilson sustained o shoulder injury
which stretched o tendon. During his
first two years ct Maryland that should-
sr always was SLIPPING out Of place.
surgeon famous In that particular feld
and underwent an operation, in which .
tendon about 10 inches long was taken
from his leg and transfixed In his
shoulder.
That was expected 10 effect perma-
nent cure, but did not. Wilson has been
advised by the Maryland authorities to
drop athletics, because he hardly gets
by any game in which he enters with
out being forced out, yet he insists on
playing. In foot ball, basket ball and
base ball Wilson Is an exceptional per-
former until injured, and were 1t not
for the recurring hurt he would be
star in all three sports. Wilson has
kind Of tndomitable courage that never
knows when TO quit,
1t vas rather . tribute 70 both the
Maryland and Kentucky teams that
only players from these two schools
were picked for the All-Southern quint.
Maryland got both guards, Ronkin and
Berger, while Kentucky was given the
three other positions. Berger general
IL was picked as the outstanding player
ln the tournament.