Evening star., 1932-02-08
FAST F|VES INVADE
HOYA, CARD COURTS
West Virginia, BuckneII to
Test Home Teams-EagIes
Tackle st. Johns.
BY III. C., BYRD.

Georgetown, Catholic University
and American University, are to
take the floor against West Vir-
ginia, Buckneu and st. Johns,
and, if records count for any
thing, may expect anything ex-
cept an easy evening.
The Georgetown-WeS Virginia
and Catholic UniverSity-Bu
games will be played here, the
former on the Tech High School
court and the latter in the Brook
land gymnasium. The games be-
gin at o'clock American Uni
VerSity meets st. Johns at An
papolis.
Catholic University goes into its con-
test with a good deal of confidence,
gained through its victory Saturday
might over Loyola of Baltimore. The
Brookland five certainly did itself proud
by trimming the Monumental City
team and If it plays as we'll against
Eucknell may attain another rousing
success.
Bus Sheary put up one of the most
remarkable games against Loyola that
are credited to e. U. men of all time
And beating that Loyola team is not an
easy task by any means, if one takes
the opinion of teams that have played
against it.
Georgetown also has a victory be-
hind it to produce confidence against
West Virginia The defeat of Western
Maryland was not such signal triumph
as that of c. u. over Loyola, but, for
team that has been playing eXcep-
ticnally, yet still losing, it may act as
a tonic to change the whole status of
the remaining part of the season.
American University probably will
meet its most difficult test tonight, and,
II it comes back to Washington with
another scalp, should BE- excused for
patting itself on. the back rather liber
ally. And it certainly should get the
pats of good many others.
The local school barely beat st.
Johns here two weeks ago, and beating
st. Johns at Annapolis is going to be
much more difhcult- American U has
night probably would stand fair
chance of not being defeated this
West Virginia and Bucknell usually
ere among the strongest in the East in
all branches of sport, and probably in
basket ball measure well up among the
others. Either the game West Virginia
is to play against Georgetown CT the
one Bucknell has with Catholic U.
ought to be an excellent exhibition.
THERE will be no heavyweight bout
i in the boxing match tomorrow
night between Catholic University
and Miami University. In its place
will be fought a second bout in the
lightweight class. 1t seems that the
Floridians do not have a heavyweight
boxer and requested c. U. to name an
other class in which there might be two
bouts instead of one. Catholic U.
picked the lightweight class for the eX-
ira bout because it has two excep-
tionally capable performers in that
class.
Coach Eddie lie Fond is rather proud
of the way his men performed against
City College of New York and feels
that they may do better on the season
than anybody had much reason to
expect.
General opinion among those who
watched the Catholic University City
Is that Di Giacoma of the City
College of New York is about
the most finished boxer seen in
this region in many moons. In fact,
some go so far as to say he Is the best
125-pound boxer who ever has repre-
sented any college in bout here. Be
that as it may one thing is sure, that
the young New Yorker knew how to
.'handle his mitts" and any other chap
who trims him will have to be very,
very clever.
THIS boy Keener, who boxes in the
J. l45-pound class for Maryland and
who has yet to be whipped in two
wears of intercollegiate effort, has real
fighting heart. An army of his calber
could whip the earth, to use what
probably is hyperbole. In the boxing
match Saturday night in which Wash
ington and Lee won from Maryland
four bouts to three. Keener was looked
upon as certain winner, but he came
so close to taking a sleeper" that there
was no fun in it for him for two or
three minutes, although the people IN
the stands never realized it.
Mencher, the Washington and Lee
boxer who opposed Keener, did not
seem to worry about Keener's reputation
as a fighter and in the first round at
the tap of the gong tore into the Mary
land man in way that caught the
Marylander by surprise and almost
swept him off his feet. Mencher could
hit. too. and one of his swings caught
Keener on the jaw and came near
putting him out. From the middle OF
the second round until the end it was
all Keener'S battle, but before that the
Marvlander had tough going
After the match Coach Whip asked
Keener what happened and keener's
reply was. why that, chap caught me
on the jaw on about his third swing
in the first round and I just didn't know
what it was all about until the middle
of the second. I guess just kept fight
ing by instinct
And in that last remark Keener eX-
planned pretty well what the fighting
heart is About the only way to whip
a chap of that caliber is to kill him,
figuratiyely speaking.
N6ARYLAND'S basket ball game with
1Nl North Carolina turned out to be
the kind Of game it was expected
20 be Last week man who had seen
North Carolina plcy stated that he
would not be surprised If 1t were to
win. and he knew pretty we'll what he
was talking about because North Caro-
lima was not far from victory. Early
IN the second half il had Maryland on
the short end Of q 22-to-ll score.
Maryland goes u Chapel Hill the last
Of next week TO meet Carolina in
second game Last year the Old Liners
were yictors By points in each Of the
two contests In which they met the
TarheelS.
Virginia gave North Carolina boxers
good beating In their match at Char
Iuttesyillc Saturday night winning six
matches 20 one GoldStein. who won one
of the events Tor Virginia. Is a local
boxer and formerly boxed for the Jewish
Community Center incidentally h, Is
rated the clevrrcst college boxer in the
South of his weight and last year won
the Southern Conference championship