Evening star., 1933-02-06
BY HI. c. BYRD.
OCAL people interested in
intercollegiate sportS do not


much this week to find some
contest worth watching. Between
now and Saturday night the six
colleges that have their plants
here are scheduled to line up Is
times against institutions from
the outside world, and some of
the competitive efforts should be
about as good as are seen any
where.
Beginning tonight with Georgetown
entertaining West Virginia and George
washington playing Rider College, To-
cal colleges face about their heaviest
week of the year, as far as indoor
sports are concerned. The competl-
tions embody basket ball, swimming ana
bcxing, with basket ball hcldlng the
main position. Catholic y. VS.. wake
Forest, Maryland VS.. Virginia ana
Washington and Lee IN basket pan ana
Gailaudet VS.. Western Maryland, Cath
olic University VS.. Loyola, American
University VS.. St. Johns are some OF
the other contests listed.
yvIEST VIRGINIA, of course, has
w good representative teams In all
Sports, and usually is able to take
care of itself pretty well IN any praHcll'
It's basket ball teams at times nave peen
brilliant. In its game with George
town tonight in the Tech High gym
nasium it may be depended on 10 give
the Blue and Gray battle. however,
the local school, If it plays at its top
speed, ought to get away WIFI 'iie
1<x,~rr oy,I of the count.
George Washington may nave some
thing of a tartar on its hands IN meet
ing Rider College. The vlsltors come
from a neighborhood where COCO pas
ket bail players abound, and, while on
its home floor George Washington mas
a considerable advantage, may cause
more trouble than is expected. Hlder
College so far has not los1 ganie .I.o dae
season to a college team, its only oe-
feat having been sustained at the hands
of the Brooklyn knights OF Columbus
five This was by a score OF only Il
to Is and on the K. OF G. teams own
floor.
GEORGE WASHINGTON followers
" think that If they continue to play
as well in the remaining games
as In contests last week they may 20
through the remainder OF the scneoule
without loss of another game. fTac-
tically all the scoring against Elon was
done from right under the DasKet' alVei
successful short passes.
George Washington has scored more
poirts per game than any OF the othei
local basket ball teams. The Colonlals
have run up a total OF 582 points IN
the IL games played SO Tar, an average
of a fraction under 50 points 70 Gns
came. Colonials opponents nave aVeraseu
q fraction under 81 points. so 1ar as
known. no other college IN tne @ EasS mas
averaged es many points per game as
fhe local university. This remarKaple
scoring record, of course, Is caused par
TALLY by the fact that George Washing
TON has met two or three weak qumts,
the 76 points against Elon College sat-
,Irciay night being an example, put
nevertheless the record is one tnat re-
fleets credit on the ability OF the Co
lonial basketers to hit the spot with
the ball.
IN regard to George Washington's
basket ball team, it seem that some
BODY the other day asked JACK
Esnev who furnishes information 10
the local sports writer's from the George
washington viewpoint, What Is wrong
with George Washington's basket pan
team" and the question was productive
of a good lecture. And IN MS statenent
Espey pointed out two or three very
interesting things in connection WIN
George Washington's record. Here IS
what he says: ~.
"You ask me what Is wrong with
George Washington just because we've
lost four games. Well let me point Out
to you just what you don't know anouI
,elyi crInh question.
In the first place there's nothing wrong
with our team. We've been playing
good basket ball and we'll keep on play
ing good basket ball. Three games we
lost to strong teams, and we have lost
only four, and these three were dropped
by total margin of five points. we
were beaten by Missouri, 33 to 80,
three-point margin; by Duke, 80 TO "a,
a one-point margin; by st. Johns OF
BROOKLYN, q great team, 36 to 80, an
other one-point margin, and OF our
other nine games we've lost only one,
and you ask me what Is wrong WIN
George Washington. Ha! Ha! Like
wise, he! he!
And if that is not enough, consider
that we are now playing without cur
leading scorer Parrick, who in 10 games
got an average of 13 points to the game
Yet we have won our last two games
without him and come through with
plenty of points, too. And believe the
team is battling hard enough to make
up for his loss. Were playing hard,
good basket ball.
Don't ask me what is wrong With
George Washtngton's team. There
isn't anything wrong with 1t, as you d
understand if you stopped to think a
minute"
GONE comment was occasioned as a
y result of Referee Heine Miller's de-
cision in declaring Sides OF Duke
victor over Keener in the 145-pound
class of the boxing meet between Duke
and Maryland Saturday night, and the
crowd, nearly always partisan In such
cases, did not indicate approval to say
the least. However, MillerS decision
was absolutely just and right, and the
best that he could have given Keener,
under any possible conception of the
bout, would have been a draw to go
into a forth round. 1t Is true that
Keener ! a clear margin in the first
round, had he kept on pecking
away VII. MS left in the second and
third instead of stepping in with swings
with his right, probably would have
won. 1t was in the second round that
Keener lost the bout as he was caught
flush on the jaw and went down for q
count of nine Under the system oi
scoring in boxing that counted so much
against Keener that to win he would
have had to attain clear margin il
the third round, which he did not do
In regard to Keener and Sides
though, it is likely they will meet again
in the Southern Conference champion
ships at Charlottesville the last of this
month, as apparently there is no othel
boxer in the section good enough te
beat either of them. And here is pre-
diction: When they meet the next time
keener will be the victor.
MARYLAND at one time had 10
Vl point lead over Georgia Saturda.
night in the basket ball game
which led the double bill. but could no