Evening star., 1932-12-15
DUKE HERE IN TWO
WEEK END SCRAPS
Will Play Hoyas Tomorrow,
G. W. Saturday-MiSSouri
Here Tonight.
BY H. C. BYRD.

meets George Washington
~ tonight. Duke p a y S
Georgetown tom orrow
night and George Washington
Saturday night in the first big
college basket ball games of the
season On local floors. All three
contests are to take place in the
Tech High gymnasium and all to
begin at $3.50 o'clock.
Missouri and Duke should have about
as good basket ball teams as one usually
sees in college uniforms. This does not
mean that they are the best in the
world all the time. not by any means,
but it does mean that for average per-
formances they stack up about as we'll
as the other colleges in their respective
sections. All three games ought to be
well worth watching.
MISSOURI, on its way here, was de-
1vl feated in Indii napolis last night
By Butler, 80 to 2S, hut this does
not mean that the invaders are not a
highly formidable quint. Butler always
has one of the best quintets in the Mid
west, where basket ball is developed to
higher degree generally than in any
other section of the country.
George Washington is to throw into
its game with Missouri tonight the same
team that wore its colors last season,
with Parrack and Burgess at forwards,
Hertzler at center and Chambers and
Zahn at guards. If these men measure
up to the standard expected. they should
stand an even chance Of taking Mis-
souriS measure.
Georgetown lost its first big game.
th.t with Pittsburgh last week, but that
was nothing more than was expected.
The Bile and Gray had not been work
ing long enough to develop the CO.
ordination that Pitt had after many
weeks Of practice. Against Duke the
Blue and Gray will place a veteran
team. with Carolan, Ccnnors. Harta gan
and Crowley playing the major roles.
II ULES changes recently made in
N the game Of lacrosse have aroused
a good deal of comment ard no
little conjecture as to their possible ef-
feet. Lacrosse has been played on a
field 1i0 yards long. but now will be
shortened to a field Of 80 yards in
length. That is 90 yards shorter than
the distance between The goal lines OF
a foot bail fields which means that the
playing space for teams is consider
ably contracted.
To make UP for this some what. the
teams have been reduced from IL to 10
men, 50 that the makeup OF team,
including the type OF defense and Oh
fense. Will BE- ccne'der2h,y changed.
Those responsible fo- the changes
state that the net result should be
much closer and more compact game.
Coaches of laercs-e4 are at variance
In thnir vtcWS, some holding that 1t
would be a benefit to the game. others
that no u-e1ul purpose will be served.
Generally sp- aking, thee IS s1!ne
sentiment among coaches in the South
ern division OF the lacrosse organlza-
ton that the changes may beneht the
Northern schools more than the South
ern. because the Northern schools DO
not get so many students -no have had
preparatory school experience.
The Northern schools. It IS @ saau,
of ID players than teams CT u. Any
wav. the lacrosse teams next spring
will be made up of 10 men each ana
will play on a considerably shortened
field, be the result what, it may.
TN his talk last night at the George
i Washington foct ball banquet,
Coach jim Pixlee said one thing
that any man who has ever oeen CON
nected with foot ball squad Will pear
out: =,
you men who are graduating will
realize before you are manv years o.uer
friendships you Will ever have are
among the men sitting at the same
tesle with you DOW"
That is true. without question. Ihere
is something about tins game OF loot
bail that brings men together like no
other game and which breeds TREND
ships such as no other form OF atnlellc
competition produces.
Men high in the councils of the Ma
tion look back upon the day when they
battled size by side on gridlrons with
companions, who, while not 50 for
tunate in after life. retain a warm
friendship that nothing kills.
1t is the same spirit that TODAY holds
together TIE remnants of the Confed-
crate Army and the Grand Army of the
Republic.
TATHOLIC UNIVERSITY'S cagers,
" making their season debut, en-
countered a vastly improved Mary
land State Normal quint than that
which lost to American University pre-
viously and we're pressed to down the
Towson, Md. Teachers, % to y, last
night in the Brookland gymnasium
It was real battle the first hall. Q.
U. started well against Maryland Nor
mails second-string squad and at one
time held an eight-point lead. The IN
sertion of the Normal regulars, however,
started the fireworks and the score
steadily was cut down until the half
time whistle found the Brooklanders IN
the van by only two points. Is tc 13.
Though Maryland Normal tied the score
at the start of the second period, the
Cards were the better team and grad
ually forged to the front.
Summary:
Catholic u. G.F.pts, Md State: G Pts
Montague, I. . ! l SWanaOeek,
Aurust. fer. I 5 IL Dugan. f.. Q