Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-21
/, COACH WITH TIPOFF
HAS BIG ADVANTAGE
Practice Censured in Grid
Sport Is Overlooked on
Court-Hoyas Play.

ton of scouting, for instance. In
foot ball often it is held to be one
of the great evils Of the game,
yet one never hears criticism OF the
same practice in basket ball,
when, as a matter Of fact, there
Is almost as much Of it in one
sport as the other.
Among the big schools, it is very sell.
dom when an important game is played
that each Of the competitors has not
secuted the other. At one game played
here recently representatives OF six dit-
ferent colleges were in the STANDS
scouting one or the other OF the con-
tending quints. -.
mounting 10 be without real value, but
one who holds that opinion simply
does not know wherein the values lie.
A basket ball coach who has knowledge
Of the type Of play to be used against
his team in any game, who has FORE
kr1owledge of the strong and weak
points Of his opponents offense and
defense. has a great advantage, just as
great as the coach in foot Dali mas
when familiar with the type OF team
he is to meet. Scouting IN basket oall
Is coming to be just as necessary as In
foot ball and II any basket ball coach
especially desires TO win some partic-
ular game and he fails to have his OPP
ponent looked over he is missing Bag
Bet: and this Is double true is the pro-
spective opposing Ave has been drilled
against the type Of play he Is to meet.
Scouts are not sent long distances TO
scout basket ball teams, as they are
sent to scout foot ball, but whenever
future opponents are playing within
fairly reasonable distance coaches usu-
ally take the opportunity to see them
and study their strong and weak points
And in scouting the basket ball coach
has a big advantage over the man
handling foot bali, because with the
games scheduled at different times dur
Ing the week. staggered as 1t were, In.
stead of all Saturday afternoon, the
coach Of q team can do his own scout.
ing. And seeing q team play Is lot
better than to have information brought
second hand about that team.
Possibly there has been virtually no
criticism Of scouting in basket ball be-
cause L. Is not generally known that
scouting is practiced in this sport, but
whatever may be the reason scouting
has not been questioned In anything
except foot ball.
ONLY one college basket bail game
us listed here tonight, Georgetown
being due to meet Mt. st. Mays In
the Tech High gymnasium. The Blue
and Gray win be against capable nve,
Since Washington and Lee was here
asst week the Hilltoppers have been
spending q lot Of time shooting Tor
the baskets, and hope TO show good
deal more accuracy than in their pre-
vious contests. The game begins at
ESQ.
Maryland Is the only local college
with q game tomorrow night, and it
plays in Baltimore. The Old Liners
20 70 meet Johns Hopkins in the first
Of the two games scheduled between
them. Athletic contests between Mary
land and Hopkins date back to 1892,
one Of the Oldest rivalries IN the South,
and any time the two schools meet in
any sport there IL O strictly and sternly
partisan struggle that means more than
any other game either team plays. The
contest Is TO take place in the Loyola
College gymnasium at e:i6.
out at the dinner last night at the
Bannockburn Club, given by the Down.
town Coaches Association to the foot
ball coaches and other athletic celebrt-
ties in this section, Il was learned that
the coaching situation at the Naval
Academy and at Pennsylvania Is con-
siderably UP In the air. It Is unusual
that two big Eastern schools are with
out coaches for foot bali at this time
of the year. But It is said that both
schools are honestly up against tough
proposition, neither apparently able 70
get any man it wants. Many have
applied for the jobs, but the type OF
man Navy and Penn want is the type
that does not apply for a job. Penn
expected its present mix-up and waded
In to try TO work out It's problem with
out knowing Just where It might come
up. On the contrary. Navy had no
thought Of being without Q head coach
ct this time, and had given the matter
practically no thought. Navy had ex-
pected Bin Ingram to remain, and its
problem was thrust upon It when In
gram resigned TO go TO California.
r GU LITTLE came down from Co
IL lumbia to attend the dinner at the
Bannockburn Club and stopped
over at the Naval Academy. Some
thought that he might be discussing
the coaching job at Annapolis, but not
so. Little is tied up at Columbia with
q three-year contract and Is satisfied
with his job. What Little was after
was to get the Navy TO 90 to New York
for a foot ball game with Columbia.
He said frankly that Columbia would
like very much TO have such q game.
It might be mentioned in connection
with Little that he has made an excel
lent impression at Columbia. At a
dinner early In December the dean Of
the university made statement in his
address which in effect was, "Mr Little
since he has been at Columbia has
demonstrated that he is one Of the
greatest constructive forces, as far as
our educational program Is concerned,
that we have ever had In Columbia
athletics" Which is quite compli-
mert.
Besides Lou Little, several other
coaches from out Of town attended the
dinner Ray Van Orman came over
from Hopkins. Tody Riggs from St.
Johns, Eddie Senior from Hagerstown
and George Hoban from Baltimore Poly.
Cy Mcdonald. DR.. George Sharp,
''Doc" Green, Kip Edwards, Norman
Landreau ct al who had the dinner in
charge proved jolly hosts and the
proverbial good time was had by all.
It is rumored that Virginia Poly
technic Institute, while apparently
satisfied and willing to go along with its
present coaching system, Is on the
quiet lookout for somebody TO handle
its gridiron activities more or less
permanently. without any ostentation
the BlacksbuTg school has been looking
up the records Of several men, and 1t
would not come as q great surprise II
some action were taken looking toward
q more or less permanent arrangement
In foot ball coaching.
GEORGE WASHINGTON today
" boasts q SLAP victory over RAN
dolph- Macon after q dramatic battle
that necessitated two extra periods last
night in the q. w. gymnasium.
A floor goal by Zahn enabled the
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