Evening star., 1933-01-24
QUNTETS APPEAR
EVENLY MATCHED
ShpIey, Old Liners Mentor,
Praises Defensive Skill
of Cardinals.
BY HI. C. BYRD.

@ATHoLIC UNIVERSITY
and Maryland meet TO-
~ morrow night in what
should be one of the best
basket ball games of the local
season. And from a standpoint
Of attendance, It may 60 ahead of
any other. The game Is to take
place in the c. U. gymnasium at
BIS.
Last year, when Maryland had one Of
the best quints in the country, 1t won
from c. o. in good contest, 80 to 81.
The year before that it got . victory
by only four points, and indications are
that the meeting tomorrow night should
be just as closely contested.
Probably Catholic University has q
better chance to win tomorrow that it
had either last year or the year before
The Brooklanders have available the
same men, led by White and Sheary,
who served as bulwarks Of the team in
the last two seasons. Sheary and White
still hold regular berths, but three others
OF those who played in most of the
games last season have been relegated
to the reserve list by recruits from the
1882 freshman squad.
G. U. has been playing much better
basket ball this season. while 1t Is cer-
tain that Maryland is not up to stand
ard of 1892. However, Maryland is
anything but soft spot for any op-
ponent, and the competition tomorrow
night is likely to be just as keen as 1t
ever has been.
ID URTON sHIPLEY, coach at Mary
~ land, says that in his opinion
Catholic University has one Of the
strongest defensive teams In the coun-
try. From games he has watched,
Catholic University Is about as hard to
score on as any team he has seen in
years, according to what Shipley said
in talking Of the possibilities of his
game tomorrow with the Brooklanders.
the best defensive haskell ball teams
I've ever seen," said Shipley, land when
a team gets a basket against his outfit
1t Is earned. I've seen c. U. play twice
this season and 1t has been long while
since I've seen team 60 better on de-
fense. Personally, do not look for
Maryland to play any tougher games
this year than it will find itself in
tomorrow night in the big gymnasium
at Brookland."
IN anticipation Of an exceptionally
i large crowd, Athletic Director Berg
man of C. U. is having additional
knockdown bleachers installed. He ex-
poets to be able to seat several hundred
more spectators than usually put in
their appearance for games at Brook
land
Bergman expects one of the biggest
crowds that have watched a court game
here in several seasons, and the c. U.
gymnasium seats in the neighborhood Of
1000 at basket ball game.
THE next double bill of boxing and
i basket ball scheduled at Maryland
is week from the coming Satur-
day night, and it should be the most
attractive of the year. The Old Liners
Duke in boxing.
Georgia has practically the same bas-
ket ball team with which it last year
won the Southern Conference cham
pionShip, while Duke defeated Virginia
Polytechnic Institute in boxing by the
same score by which Maryland won
Saturday night, to 2.
Other double bills at Maryland during
the Winter are Virginia Military Insti-
tute in boxing and Washington and Lee
in basket ball. February II; Western
Maryland in both basket ball and box
ing, February 18, and st. Johns in box
ing and Hopkins in basket ball, Feb
ruary %.
WHATEVER may be the outlook on
w boxing in other schools there is
indication at Maryland that it is
becoming one Of the most popular sports.
Probably it is the old story Of love for
physical contact, but whatever the rea-
son 1t is being well received at the Old
Line school.
The sport is being well handled, and
50 far as Maryland Is concerned there
Is no ground for some Of the criticisms
that have been aimed at 1t at other
places.