Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-05

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wv laid away, local colleges
' Y this week turn to basket
ball. American Univer-
sity, George Washington, Gallau-
Diet and Georgetown open their
schedules, for which they have
been pracIicing fo- some time.
while Catholic University and
Maryland are to begin serious
workouts to get in shape for later
openings.
Catholic University and Maryland
had two or three of their best basket
ball men on foot ball squads, and the
really serious work of building up team
play could not be got under way until
these men reported. Georgetown is in
about the same boat, as its court star,
Carolan. also is leader in foot ball.
A MEXICAN UNIVERSITY is to be
"A first in formal competition, as it
entertains the Maryland State
Normal School here Wednesday night.
George Washington follows the next
night with Shenandoah, and American
University plays again Friday night
with Hampden- Sidney. Georgetown be-
gins its season Saturday at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, while Gallaudet
opens Saturday night at home with
team of alumni as its opponent.
Catholic us first game is December
IA with Maryland State Normal at
c. u, while Maryland's is December %
with University of Wisconsin in the
Richie Coliseum
American u and Gallaudet, first to
close their foot ball seasons, have had
their squads practicing longer than the
other schools and probably will be in
better shape to open early. However,
now that foot ball is ended and the
basket ball players on the Georgetown,
c. u. G. w. and Maryland squads are
ready to don their court uniforms, the
workouts will get under way in these
schools with real earnestness.
yTTEILE basket ball follows right on
Wv the heels of foot ball. a good deal
will be said and written of the last
mentioned sport before news of the
season becomes more or less dead. In
the first place, games are still being
played and will be until the big contest
in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena on New
Year day.
LII lIllIA6Q4dbS Vicinity, 1OOI D1lA -
expected to die something OF q nat
ural death with the playing over in the
Baltimore Stadium Of the, North-South
game, fostered by-tffe cfty OF Baltfmoress
Star players from teams Of the North
are being gathered to meet star play
ers gathered from teams Of the South,
and a good many of the best players of
both sections will be in the contest.
CEORGETOWN has just wound up
VI about the worst foot ball season it
has ever had But probably out
of 1t have been developed some values
Just as real as would have come from
victories. The Blue and Gray, with
years of athletic triumphs behind it,
actually is not one iota the worse for
its defeats. Georgetown intelligence,
Georgetown courage, and the morale OF
the great order the university repre-
Sents will build on the ashes of this
seasons disasters a new and more
solid structure.
TN foot ball, as in almost everything
/ else, it is customary to pay tribute
to the conqueror, but in one respect
the University CT Maryland squad de-
serves good deal of praise. 1t won
only games Of IL played, but there
was never moment in the entire sea-
son when courage was dimmed or when
morale was low. The players fought
through a season in which they typi-
fed their character in their final game,
in which, after virtually being Slaugh-
tered and going all to pieces in the first
hall, and with the score 80 to against
them, they came back in the second
half and outplayed the same men who
had walked all over them in the first
80 minutes. That Maryland squad was
made up Of as fine a group of young
fellows as one would ever care to meet,
and any coach. no matter how many
games they might lose, who would not
feel proud Of them would have some
thing lacking in his makeup. There is
something in defeat that brings out real
manhood, if it exists. and tests strength
as victory never does. And under this
condition those Maryland boys meas
ured up.
A UBURN certainly got bad break
"A in its final struggle with South
Carolina. 1t went into the fourth
quarter two touchdowns to the good,
but failed to hold the margin. South
Carolina scored "A points in the quar-
ter to tie the Plainsmen from Alabama
and to take from them a clear right to
supremacy in Southern foot ball.
Army's decisive victory over Navy was
not unexpected, although many critics
gave the Sailors close to an even chance.
Too many apparently were led off some
what by the decisive defeat of Army by
Notre Dame. From press reports, it
would seem that Navy, with younger
and less experienced team, fought
through desperately hard game, with
only praise from the victor at the finish.
Navy has built all season with the Army
game in view, and, despite the fact that
the game must have been a sore disap-
pointment, it took its defeat gracefully
and with real craftsmanship.
A LABANIA seems to be about the
"A most consistent eleven in the coun-
try in its Journeys to the West
Coast for foot ball purposes. Two out
of three trips to compete in Rose Bowl
games resulted in victories. with the
third tie, and Saturday it took the
measure Of the strong st. Mary's eleven
out at San Francisco. The one touch
down made by Alabama was the result
of 71-yard run by the brilliant Cain
playing his last game of intercollegiate
foot ball.
Tennessee took Florida over the
hurdles, as was expected. The Floridians
were no match for the Knoxville schoo
and had 80 points rolled up against
them while they scored Is.
HONOR MEXICAN GRIDDEF