Evening star., 1932-12-21

4 country, whose teams are
meeting here tomorrow
night in the Ritchie Coliseum, at
College Park, have more remark
able records than DR.. Walter E.
Meanwell of the University of
Wisconsin and Burton Shipley of
the University of Maryland. Ger
tainly it is very, very unusual to
have Quints facing each other
whose coaches have been so con-
sistently successful.
Over a period of 20 years of coaching,
Or. Meanwe!l has won over rs per cent
s6 his games, with 18 of these seasons
spent at Wisconsin and two at Missouri.
Over a period OF IL years, the first three
OF which were at Delaware and the lasl
10 at Maryland, Shipley has Just about
matched Meanwell's record. 1t also is
father remarkable that both men are
University OF Maryland alumni.
Probably Meanwell is the most adver-
GSed man in basket ball today. Ger
tainly no other coach has had the
success enjoyed by him over SO long
q period, and no other coach has de-
yeloped system so distinctive and So
widely copied. Meanwell's type of
basket bali is taught in COLLEGES and
universities and high schools from coast
to coast He has developed pivot type
OF game exceedingly difficult to stop
without fou-ing and it works under a
system of accurate mechanical play
and timing that is delight to the man
familiar at all with basket ball.
CHIFLEY has built up an entirely
~ different system from that of
Meanwell, but which has been very
effective. Last year, the first in which
the two systems met at their highest
efficiency, Wisconsin won by 2 points
In an extra period, although Maryland
was leading within Is seconds of the
final whistle. Shipley uses a zone de-
fense which switches at times to a
combination man and zone, with
quick breaking attack The fact that
Shipley has done so we'll, at times with
much less material than Wisconsin has
had, speaks more for his system than
any words of commendation.
And Shipley has his excellent record
despite the fact that during his first
year at Maryland the first in which the
university was represented in basket
ball in recent times. he lost of IA
games, due to lack OF materisI. and his
efforts to g2t the game started. Had
Shipley been possessed Of good material
that year and won a large percentage
of his contests, his record probably
would be better than Meanwell's.
The teams that take the floor tomor
row nieht at $3.50 probably will be about
as tall as any other two CUNTS in COM
petition this year. Wisconsin will have
alOo i,, tho irlo nd fron
Of advantage in average height.
Maryland does not have the veteran
combination to throw against Wisconsin
that it had last year, but four of the
five men who line up at the start will
be juniors, which means that they have
had one full years experience under
Shipley's system.
THE game should be one of the high
i spots in the local basket ball sea-
son, if not the high spot 1t will
mark the first appearance of a Western
Conference quint on Maryland floor
and will be the first time that a Mean
%ell-coached team has played in the
East in many years. A good deal of in
terest attaches to the game because
Neanwell is coaching. and it is likely
that many of those interested in basket
ball will 60 to watch the contest for
that reason alone. Meanwell, Incl
dentaliy is one of the great characters
of basket ball. and is colorful show
man. He usually is the center of basket
ball interest in the Middle West.
On the Maryland five will be four
3ocal boys and one from Hagerstown.
Vincent. at center, came from Dewitt
spectively, from Business and Western,
dc ,,1,n ,,lo
at Western and Emerson, and Snyder,
guard, from Hagerstown. Vincent,
Chase. Snyder and Buscher are juniors
and Vowel sophomore. Chase and
YoWell are two CT the most accurate
shots that have ever played on Mary
land five, and both are almost tall
enough the push the ball over the rim
of the basket
"A Ill basket ball coaches in the imme-
n diate section have been extended
invitations to be guests of the Uni
tersity of Maryland at the game. Many
of them already have accepted, amcng
them four or five from Pennsylvania.
All seem to want to get a closeup view
of the kind of basket ball Meanwell has
used so successfully. In Meanwells two
years of coaching at Missouri he lost
only two games. He has won eight
Western Conference championships dur
ing his 18 years in the Big Ten.
1t is expected that one of the biggest
crowds that ever watched game in the
Ritchie Coliseum will be on hand when
the whistle blows. Incidentally, all
tickets for the game call for reserved
seats.
WILSON TEACHERS AHEAD