Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-24
BOTH END SEASON
TOMORROW NIGHT
Old Liners Host to Hopkins,
while HoyaS Travel to
Engage LoyoIa.
BY H. C. BYRD.

- GEORGETOWN and Mary
land wind up their basket
" ball schedules tomorrow
night, the former away
and the latter at home. The
Blue and Gray meets Loyola at
Baltimore and Maryland enter
tains Johns Hopkins. Of course,
this does not take into conSidera-
ton the fact that Maryland is to
play in the Southern Conference
tournament at Atlanta the last of
this week and the first of next, if
1t goes through the first two
rounds.
Loyola is pretty sure to prove one Of
the most formidable opponents George
town has had this year The Balti-
moreans have an experienced five, who
are so good as individuals ti-at they
hardly need coaching to be good as a
team. If the Blue and Gray come
through its final game with a victory.
IL should consider itself very fortunate.
So far this year, and this covers to
all intsnts and purposes, the whole sea-
son in basket ball, Georgetown has been
far below its usual standard as far as
games won and lost are figured. 1t is
doubtful if the Hilltoppers have gone
through a schedule in many moons so
unproductive of victories as the one
it closes tomorrow. However, that does
not tell the whole story. Georgetown
has played good basket ball, and it has
been only by the smallest margins that
IL has suffered defeat in some OF its
most important contests.
MARYLAND has defeated Hopkins once
this season, having won the game play
ed in Baltimore The Old Liners, I'M
less they suffer a reversal ought to
come through again tomorrow. 1t is
true, though, that teams that ought TO
win do not always run true to form, and
Hopkins is good enough to be danger
Gus at any time. Also Hopkins has an
additional player, Stude, eligible who
did not perform in the first game. He
scored five goals against Maryland last
season.
II Maryland wins tomorrow night it
will wind up one of the most successful
schedules it has ever had. 1t has
dropped one or two games it would have
liked very much to have won, but in
games won and lost it stands excep-
tionally well. The defeat that hurt 1t
most was the one at Navy last week.
but on the other hand it captured
8 out of the 9 conference games 1t
played, which allowed it to finish sec
ond in the standing of the % schools
making I'D the organization. If Mary
land wins its final from Hopkins it will
finish the season with IA victories and
4 defeats and tie the second best record
1t has made in the sport.
The Maryland Hopkins game is to be
played at 8:15.
George Washington goes to Annapolis
tonight for the first of three games it
is to play this week. The Buff and
Blue whipped st. Johns in close
game here last Wednesday night and
believes it can repeat. However, st.
Johns usually plays good basket ball in
its own gym and may give the local
school even more of fight than it did
nearly a week ago. And when it was
hefe St. Johns put up a fine game,
George Washington winning by only
points. The game begins at 8:l5.
The defeat sustained by Maryland at
Navy last week was in the kind of
game that was looked for close and
hard. with the victory going to one or
the other teams by a margin Of 2 or
points. Navy won by 3.
II Is doubtful II LTBTe Is any series
of basket ball games between colleges
anywhere that have been decided by
such narrow margins. Last year Mary
land won by points, the year before
that Maryland won in an extra period
by 8, and the year before that Navy was
victor by a narrow margin.
In other words it seems that all the
games played between Navy and Mary
land are battles all the way.
The exhibition OF indoor activities
held last night at Catholic University
was run of in great shape. In fact
so we'll received were the events that
Dutch" Bergman. athletic director,
says there is no doubt they will be con-
tinued as an annual affair From the
first until the last event. the competi-
tons and exhibitions kept the large
crowd we'll entertained
"Our events went of even better than
we expected" said Bergmann this
morning. land you may be sure that we
shall continue them. Father Ryan rec
tor of the University, feels that we have
begun a good thing and everybody who
was present seemed well satisfied All
of us are very much pleased at the
result Of the affair. especially as all the
1000 or so spectators apparently en-
ioyed themselves"