Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-15

ORMER Washington high
~ school players are expected
/ to play a big part in the
Duke NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
basket ball game tonight at Col
lege Park, as it is certain that
several in the starting lineup OF
each team will be ex-stars OF
local scholastic courts. For Duke
CroSon, Capelli and CARRIER are
likely to bear a big part of the
burden, while for Maryland it
will be Berger and May. ALI five
are among the best and should
give an excellent account of
themselves.
Duke comes here with a team just
about as strong as the one it had last
year, when it was runner-up in the
Southern Conference tournament. Mary
land, although it lost three exceptional
players in Evans, Radice and Heagy,
apparently is just about as strong as it
was then, and the result should be a
brilliant contest. Last year at College
Park Duke whipped Maryland, % to
81. Maryland was leading by one point
Just about minute before time was up.
Duke for the last two or three years
has had one of the best quintS in the
South. Its style of play is fast and
had hinged a good deal around the for
mer washington high school players.
Last year it was CroSon at center and
Werber and Councillor who bore the
; brunt of the battle. Werber and Coun-
cillor graduated, but Croson still is
going strong, along with Copelh, CARRIER
and Colley another Washington boy,
who has been on the injured list. He
may play while tonight.
Maryland has a style Of play all its
own. The Old Liners have a combina-
ton Of several systems and some things
thrown in that they have developed
themselves, so that right now it Is
doubtful If any other basket ball team
in the country is playing game quite
like the men at College Park. Consis-
tent successes of the last few years in
dictate that the principles worked out
by Coach Shipley are sound and effec-
tive.
The game tonight begins at s:15.
TT Catholic University stands up be-
/ fore the onslaught Of Duquesne Uni
yersity in the other college basket
ball game scheduled here tonight it viii
have to travel at faster gait than any
thing 1t has shown so far. The Du-
quesne teams easy victory over American
University last night in the latter's gym
is SUFFICIENT to indicate that the Brook
landers should have their hands full
Catholic u, however, If 1t can play
UP to the heights it reached against
George Washington, may hoist another
surprise on the boys. Against @. w.
the Brocklanders were conceded moth
ing more than an outside chance, but
came through with decisive victory.
It Is possible that they will continue
their sterling play and give the Pitts
burghers lot to think about.
As a matter of fact, the game itself,
II Catholic University does as well as it
did against George Washington, should
lege Park. From some of those who saw
the Duquesne-American u. game it is
learned that Duquesne has real basket
ball team and that it probably will whip
the G. u. five, unless, as has been said,
the latter can work itself up to point
where through sheer fight it can carry
the battle to the invaders and take it
away from them. The game begins at
$3.50.
A MEXICAN UNIVERSITY never had
"A chance against Duquesne last
night, the latter taking the lead
early and increasing it, until at the end
it stood a winner by 80 to Is. And
there are those who watched the game
who feel that Duquesne did not try to
put forth its best efforts.
The visiting team, once 1t found It
could win, took the situation along in
stride and hardly exerted itself unduly.
Sells and Olsen led the local team IN
scoring, while Stephens and McGeever
were outstanding for the Pittsburgh
five The liOe-lin.