Evening star., 1933-12-12
c. j. QU|NT PICKED
TO SCORE HAND|Ly
Plays Maryland State Normal
in Opener 'Tonight-G. W.
Trims Shenandoah.
.OSSESSED with an abun-
r dance of veteran dribblers,
Catholic University will

NOSSESSED with an abun-
r. dance Of veteran dribblers,
i Catholic University will
open its basket ball cam
paign tonight a top-heavy IA
vorite to wallop Maryland State
Normal. The encounter, only col
legiate court attraction on the
schedule, will begin at 8 o'clock
In the Brookland gymnasium.
The Teachers from Towson, Nd, are
expected to be represented by q fairly
capable quint, but the Cardinals with
seven Of the 1928 varsity squad back
in uniform, are expected to score q
handy triumph. The Brooklauders
likely will be shooting throughout, too,
for tonights contest will be their only
chance to tune up before tAckling the
powerful Duke team here Thursday.
Despite the presence of seven ex-
perienced tosSers, Coach Forrest Cotton
will send only four into action to begin
the game. A sophomore, Bernie Lieb,
will be the fifth man to crash the
game. Lieb, former Eastern High
School standout, will jump center for
the Cardinals. Gene Augusterfer, Abe
will be his running mates with Bob
McVean, Joe Morrissey and Joe CALI
her ss leading reserves.
T IEB, incidentally, will be given q
real test Thursday when Dukes
quint, champions of North Caro-
lima last year, invades the huge Brook
land gymnasium. Bernie will be pitted
against Connie Mack, jr, son Of the
noted manager of the Philadelphia
Athletics and hailed as one of the most
promising basketers in the South.
Like Lieb, young Mack, who stands
6 feet inches tall, is sophomore and
the lone newcomer to crash the Blue
Devils lineup. His fine showing in
practice sessions has enabled Coach
Eddie Cameron to make a shift which
is expected to strengthen this years
outfit. He has placed Jim Thompson,
Dukes standout tosser, back in his old
forward berth, where he will pair up
with Sammy Bell. Phil Weaver and
Herb Thompson will be at the guard
posts. Both Of the Thompson brothers
are former local scholastic stars, seniors
at Duke, and co-captains with Weaver
Of the 1884 Blue Devil quint. Jim and
Herb attended Western High School
here.
University Of Maryland is to have an
outdoor board track on which its ath-
letes may train. The board OF governors
of the m" Club has voted to donate
$500 toward building it and the rest of
the money will be obtained from other
sources.
1t also was voted to hold Midwinter
banquet for the foot ball team.
Catholic University's gridironers will
choose captain for the 1884 eleven
after the Christmas holidays, it has
been announced Among leading candi-
dates eligible for the honor are Gene
Augusterfer, Babe y Gearty and Red
Fleming.
ESPITE the loss of several main
stays from last years quint,
George Washington appears set
for another big court season. Led by
Jimmy Howell and Sammy Stein, the
Colonials opened their cage campaign
in smashing manner last night on
their home floor, routing Shenandoah
College, 66 to %.
Although Shenandoah provided only
weak opposition, the performance Of
the Colonials seemed to measure up to
the standard Of other good George
Washington quints Of the last several
years. Offensively the team was par
ticularly impressive.
At the outset it was evident 1t was
only question of how large the score
would be. George Washington piled I'D
18 points before the visitors could reach