Evening star., 1932-01-04
COLONIAL SUCCESS
Up TO NEW CENTER
Pivot Has Chance to Make
Great Quint Otherwise
Composed of Vets.
BY II. G.. BYRn.
BY H. c. BYRD.
THIS Winter George Wash
ington University rests its
1 hopes for a place in the

L hopes for a place in the
athletic 6un on what may
be the best basket ball team it
ever has had.
Athletic Director and Head
Coach Jim Pixlee does not go so
far as to approve the expression,
heard frequently during the holi-
days, that George Washington is
going to have a great basket ball
team" but hesitates not a moment
to say that the team should be
good.
George Washington had a good team
last Winter and the five which gets
down to the serious part of its schedule
against the Marines at Quantico We'd
nesday night is likely to be made up.
with one exception, of the same play
ers VINO did so well in the l930-3l
schedule. 1t is on the possibilities cf
what this one exception may accom-
pllsh that Ptxlee feels the real strength
Of the team will depend.
In all likelihood, Mulyey and Bur-
CESS, the two men who held down for
ward positions last season, and Zahn
and Chambers, at guards, are going to
be regulars again. The fifth Job, CEN
ter, now is in the hands of HertzIer, a
6-teet-5-inch giant from Oklahoma, and
II he comes through as he may, then it
Is Pixlee'S opinion the Colonials will
be strong enough to face any quint.
Much Depends Upon HertzIer.
II would not go so far as to say that
our team will be great" said Pixlee,
but we should have good team, pos
sibly better than last Winter. Much
depends on how well Hertzler comes
Through at center@ He is big and I
have in HIM lot of confidence. /
nope we can get through the game with
the Marines all right, but L expect we
shall have a real pattle down there as
1 understand they have an exceptional
outfit"
George Washington originally was
scheduled for game with DAVIS and
ElkinS Friday night, besides the setto
with the Marines on Wednesday, but it
was called of.
1t is not the intention of the George
Washington athletic authorities to put
out any team this Winter other than
basket pail. The Colonials do not have
facilities such as they would like to de-
velop indoor track, while boxing in
d
return. Changes, however, have been
made in the Colonial gymnasium which
give better facilities tor basket ball,
especially for accommodation of spec
taJors.
CPEAKING of this chap Burgess,
~ George Washington forward, it is
not amiss to relate a statement
made about him recently by man who
~lzaN H. Ee AaIl hOyy tryI1S
comes to basket ball.
Burgess of George Washington is
one of the best offensive players I've
ever seen," was the opinion and I
look for him to stand out among the
local colleges. You watch him this
Winter and just see how many for
wards you think are as good as he is.
II he could play defensively as well as
he can otherwise, he would be one OF
the greatest in the country
Which, If 1t means anything, may be
taken to indicate that the Colonial for
ward Is q player with whom his op-
ponents must reckon in no uncertain
way If he is not to run wild and have
lot Of scoring sprees.
CHAMBERS, guard on the G. w.
~ quint, was one Of the foot ball
stars last Fall. He has held down
q job at both center and end on the
eleven. and filled both assignments in
way that caused his coach little worry
and drew for him practically no criti-
Cism, outside the constructive criticism
that is the lot Of every man on a foot
ball squad, or any athletic team, for
that matter.
Arthur Zahn, the Colonials' other
guard, is a former Eastern High star,
and his work last season was just about
as good as that of most of the other
outstanding college guards in this sec
tion. Coach PiXlee expects much from
him in this Winters schedule.
A good many basket ball experts look
upon Mulvey, the other G. w forward,
as one Of the best all-around players in
the colleges hereabouts. He can do al
most everything and anything and do
it well, according to many who have
watched closely his play.
MO matter how good a basket ball
~ team may be from standpoint of
its guards and forwards without
good center that team can never at
tain the heights. The center is the pivot
Of the whole show, both on offenSe and
defense, and makes or breaks the team.
One coach recently remarked that he
wished he had team made up entirely
Of centers, meaning boys who had
played center in high school. And, this
being true, there is little wonder that
Coach Pixlee is giving a good deal of
thought to what his new man, Hertzler,
may do in the position.
Certainly HertZler has every requisite
for the position, as far as physical
being is concerned. He is tall, strong
and fast II he has the other qualifica-
tions he probably will turn the George
Washington five from good team into
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