Evening star., 1932-02-17

r. ing and basket ball teams
the supreme tests OF the
season come next week in
the tournaments at Charlottes-
vile and at Atlanta The best
ring and court squads in the South
gather February 26 and q for
elimination contests, survival OF
the fittest, to determine what
school shall wear the crown in
these sports for the ensuing year.
Some of the keenest competition
the South has ever known is al
most certain.
The boxing tournament is being held
under the auspices of the University OF
Virginia and preparations are being
made there to take care OF the greatest
number of fighters that have ever
gathered for the annual contests. Here
tofore entries of only full teams have
been accepted, but this time each school
may enter a full team or as many men
as it pleases, just SO the total entries
from all schools in each event does not
exceed 10. LII CdSc lllc lluiiiOei uoNo
pass that the Boxing Committee will
reject the entries of the weakest fight
ers, the reflections being based on COM
parative records. Inasmuch as school
now can enter one, two or three men.
it is fairly certain that not only Will
the entry list be greatly increased but
also a greater number of schools rep
resented.
Relaxing of the rule about entering
full teams has caused the University OF
Maryland to make entries for the frst
time 1t is sending three men, Frank
Iseman in the lightweight class, Ber-
nard Keener in the 145-pound and Jim
Loughran in the 165-pOund.
GONE great bouts probably will be
y staged. Virginia has an excep-
tionally good team. and when its
fighters 60 up against those from
Louisiana State, for instance, the fur
is likely to fly. Louisiana State, it Will
be remembered, barely was whipped re-
Gently by Navy, which, as far as dual
meets are concerned, has been at the
top of the heap for long while. And.
with each school privileged to send one
or two good men, there should be
good deal more high-claSS battling than
has been seen in previous tournaments.
The basket ball tournament also is
likely to see some play that may stand
about as near the top of basket ball
performances as it is possible to get
without actually being on top. The
basketers begin play and continue an
elimination series until one OF the teams
is left as the champion.
A great tournament. perhaps the
greatest yet held, is sure because ap-
parently there are more good basket
ball teams than ever before. For sew
eral seasons it was almost question OF
one of two or three fives being fairly
certain to win through, but that is far
from true now In this immediate sec
ton for instance are three or four
schools that have chance, while in
the far South, Alabama, Auburn and
Georgia Tech seem to be going strong.
Over toward the Mississippi side of the
conference. Kentucky is stepping out.
In fact, it has been said that Ken
lucky has one of the greatest ives that
has ever been in the South. The great
difficulty with the tournament this sea-
son is that there are so many flveS
above the average that any one of
them, in a down-and-out affair such
as this is, may put out of the running
right at the beginning the strongest
fiveS.
It is rather remarkable that teams
In the South Atlantic section have
seemed to hold the superiority in the
South in indoor sports. Right now all
three championships are held by these
schools, North Carolina having the title
In track, Virginia in boxing and Mary
land in basket ball. Whether or not
these titles will stay in the South At
lantic section is doubtful.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES boxing
u team leaves tomorrow morning for
Lewisburg, Pa. where it meets
The Brooklanders have hopes OF
bringing back the scalp of the Penn
sylvanians, although they realize they
have difficult task
Georgetown and Catholic University
send some of their runners to the New
York Athletic Club meet tonight in
New York. The local athletes also will
take part in the Meadowbrook games at
Philadelphia Saturday.
MARYLAND plays ST. Johns in basket
ball tonight in the Ritchie Coliseum.
The Old Liners hardly know what to
expect from their Annapolis opponents,
Even though they do feel they ought to
win, it is remembered that St. johns
whipped virginia ana ldSC week gave
American University its only defeat OF
the year so far. The game is to begin
at 8:15.
One thing is certain, Maryland had
better not do much fooling around with
the idea that it has the game already
won. because St. Johns will battle
harder than any five that has been
against the Old Line school this year. :,
It may not play as good basket pan
As North Carolina did, but it is sure TO
nut everything it has into the game
from the first minute it steps out on
the floor.
CEORGE WASHINGTON's basket
" ball team, in a mood to take II
out" on somebody for the deieat
by Duouesne, doubtless will go a1ter
Wake Forest here tomorrow night Win
a will. -
However, it will find Wake Forest a
worthy foe as last night the Baptists
defeated Davidson, really formidable
Quint, 80 to 10. -, 49,.
Wake Forest surely. will be the
strongest Southern team to oppose tne
Colonials this season.
A MEXICAN UNIVERSITY scored It's
n tenth victory of the year against
one defeat, when it CONQUERED
Bridgewater here last night, Al to ~.
However, the game was much closer
and moro interesting that the score