Evening star., 1933-12-20
ITS SECTION NOTED
FOR BASKET BALL
Rumors of Dissatisfaction at
Virginia GroW-Hoya
Coaches Praised.
BY H. c. BYRD.

BY H. c. BYRD.
w THILE the main part of
M George Washington's
Y Y basket ball schedule will
not be played until after
the holidays, it is not at all un-
likely that its contest Friday night
Will be one OF the most difficult of
the whole season. Geneva is To-
Gated in basket ball section, and
usually any of the teams that
come from that region offer plenty
of opposition.
George washington is putting in long
hours OF practice to get ready for what
may prove an exceptionally tough game,
even If the real caliber of the Geneva
f1ve Is unknown. The Colonials' only
feeling Is that they may be I'D against,
one Of the strongest teams they have
scheduled this season and they have no
desire to take chances of being defeated.
The team George Washington may
start against Geneva is made up of
Howell and Kane, forwards; Noonan,
center; Stein and Shirley, guards. This
is not big team, but it is fast. How
ever. II 1t becomes necessary to throw
In the big men, Coach Ted OLeary will
have plenty Of them in reserve. Smith
at forward and Ruley at center are the
most dependable OF these players, but
in addition to these he has Griffith,
Leemans. Walsh and Phillips.
Besides the Geneva game, George
yo ct1 1it1nt v,1o
here during the holiday period, tn:
with Furman of South Carolina. Fur
man usually has good teams in az
sports.
Van Orman Overlooked.
IN TOP of known difficulties in
J which several big schools North
and South find themselves in regard
to foot ball coaching policies for next
season, rumorS are gaining ground that
Virginia may make some changes. Vir-
ginia, it is said, is not satisfied that its
present organization is working with
m maTmum ifH sfGienGy to get the best tS out
Fred Dawson will not remain as active
head coach. although no word Of any
kind has come from any official source
in regard to this. For all that is def
| nitely known, Dawson will again be in
charge when practice begins next Fall.
There Is one foot ball coach In the
East who would make an exceptionally
good man for some big school with
fairly good material, yet this man has
virtually no reputation as a successful
coach. He is no other than DR.. Ray
Van Orman of Johns Hopkins. Van
| ball teams since 1920 and, while he has
| ~ onhfor,ol hirn at11or ha
| has turned out about as good teams as
any other man could have with the
material available. In the years when
he has had fair material he has been
tough coach to beat. Before going to
Hopkins, Van Orman was end coach at
Cornell and was said to be the best
man for that position in the entire
country He has been at Hopkins 13
| seasons and probably is as safe in his
! job as any man could be, and therefore
might not be lured to wider field with
its consequent less security of tenure.
! However, if some school with good ma
| terial could get Van Orman to change
he would do an exceptionally good job
! for that school.
| Hoya Coaches I.auded.
EORGETOWN might somewhere
4 find finer chaps to have in
~ charge Of It's athletes than JACK
Hegarty for foot ball, Freddie Mesmer
| for basket ball and Ralph Mccarthy for
| base ball, but it would have to look far
and wide All three have attractive
personalities, are fair and considerate,
and know the games they teach. Net
much more could be asked.
Bernie Buscher, the only sophomore
on Maryland's basket ball team, got
mixed up in two or three plays under
the basket in the game with Michigan
but generally put up an exceptionally
! creditable exhibition. Buscher gave
every indication of ability to fit in and
1t will take mighty good man to beat
him out of job. Incidentally in
Vowel, Weber and Rabbit, Coach Bur-
ton Shipley has three second string
players better than usually are found
in Maryland squads.
Coach Forrest Cotton of Catholic
University watched the Maryland
after it was over said wait until we
hook up with Maryland and you'll see
one Of the greatest basket ball games
| ever played in these parts, and that
is one game I'd like to sit in the stands
and watch without having to worry my
self about what might be happening"
And then Cotton followed this up by
saying You know I told you before
play some good basket ball this year,
and haven't changed my opinion one
Bit"