Evening star., 1934-01-10
MEETS ST. JOHNS
ANDLONG ISLAND !.
Latter Is Undefeated in IL
Games-CathoIic U. and
American u: Win.
BY H. c. BYRD.

@EORGE WAsHINGToN's
- basket ball team left this
~ morning for New York,
where it plays st. Johns
College Of Brooklyn tonight. This
is the first of two games the Co
lonials have on this trip, the
other being tomorrow night with
Long Island University.
A good deal of difhculty is expected
In the game with st. johns, as tnat
school usually is among the top-rank-
ing court teams. and Long sland Is re-
ported to be just as strong. st. Jonns,
when it used to come here annually 10
play Catholic University, was one OF
the show teams Of the year, and, ac-
cording to all reports, it has not
changed good deal. Long 1slano
University is a comparatively newcomer
IN athletics.
st. Johns has lost only to City Col
lege of New York this year, 81 to %,
while Long Island, boasting the four
leading scorers of the metropolitan
area, has won IL straight contests. The
team also is setting the pace in point
getting with an average of So per game.
with the exception OF Stein, George
washington's team Is in good shape
for the trip, but that exception prob
ably means a great loss of strength, as
stein. as Eddie Ronkin, former Mary
land star, characterizes him, lis as good
n college basket ball player as I've ever
seen and i've seen a good many OF
them"
GEORGETOWN entertains William
r and Mary tonight in the Tech
High gymnasium. It Is not like
" that Ed Hardegan. star forward, VIII
be IN the game, but he has been as
sured that he can play against Car
negie Tech and West Virginia, Friday
and Saturday, respectively. William
and Mary, while not particularly strong,
may give Georgetown more OF battle
than is looked for by the Hilltoppers.
Georgetown will have two new faces,
Joe Corliss and Esenstadt, in the line
UP, at guard and forward, respectively
Jerry O'Connor, forward; Bill Connors,
center, and Jack Crowley, guard, Will
be the other starters.
Eastern will play preliminary with
the Hoya freshmen, starting at 7:3O.
American University, which won its
first game of the season last night, goes
to Ashland tomorrow to play Randolpn-
Macon and should win.
Duke is to be Maryland's opponent
tomorrow night at College Park. Duke
played here Just before Christmas, when
1t lost by points to Catholic Uni
versity. The Thompson brothers, for
ner Western High stars, are members
Of Dukes five.
~ P. MILES, athletic director of
Virginia Tech and president OF
the Southern Conference, in
phone conversation from Blacksburg
stated that he expected no difficulty
and had heard of nothing to cause any In
store for the annual Southern Confer
ence meeting in February. Rumors OF
troubles have sprung up but Miles says
shat 50 far as he has heard or knows
there are none.
About the only trouble that we are
having in this section is finding ways
and means to finance our athletic pro-
grams without serious curtailment. l
wish that we had some of the large
gate receipts about which I from time
70 time read in the papers. However,
IN all other ways believe the athletic
situation is better than I have ever be-
fore known it. especially in the excel
lent relationships that exist between cur
conference institutions"
EORGE WASHINGTON never has
" had two more attractive foot ball
games than 1t has scheduled for
next Fall on November and November
10 with Vanderbilt and Louisiana State
University. Vanderbilt is one OF the
south's best known universities, and
Louisiana State also has been rapidly
forging to the front. In fact, Louisiana
State, especially If Senator Huey Long
marches at the head Of the band, as
he sometimes does, is likely to have
quite an added something Of
Q super side show, so to speak That
b II the side show does not become
the main tent performance.
Both Vanderbilt and louisiana State
are pretty sure to be among the South's S
strongest elevens, and good games are
fairly certain to result from their visits
here. Dan McGugin, head coach at
Vanderbilt, has been coaching foot ball
longer in that university than any other
coach has held his Job in the United
states, and Biff Jones, coach at Lou1si-
ana State, is Washington man ana
FORMER Central High School player.
xxyESTERN MARYLAND had a
!" Incorporating group Of foot
W ball players playing basket ball
against Catholic University last night,
With q result that might have been ex,
pected. The Green and Gold five had
Virtually no chance against the well de,
seloped Brooklanders, who won, IL
10 23. .Y,a,,
Bernie 1ieb, former Eastern High
eenter holding down the same Joo at
catholic u, Is fitting into the scneme
AZ play there in a fashion that almost
borders on the brilliant. Without hln'
II last nights game is good criterion,
the Brookland team would not be near
western Maryland kept on even terms
with q u for about 10 minutes. Ihen
tlass began to tell and the CardlnaIs
r,shad TO the front and kept adding 70
fhe lead to the finish.
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