The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-12-17
Meets H|oyds
Tomorrow
NiQht
BY FRANK BUCK" O'NEML

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In meeting Temple tomorrow
night at the Tech High gymnasim,
Georgetown's powerful five will be
facing one Of the tallest collegiate
basketball teams in the country.
Led by Meyer Bloom, its star
center, whose height is 6 feet 5
inches. Temples team sports an
average height Of 6 feet 2 inches.
Freddy MeSmer, Hoya coach, in
tends to start the same team
against the Owls that started in
the opener last week against West
ern Maryland. Harry Basin and
Don Gibeau will team at the for
wards, Mike PetroSkey will be at
center and Ben lola and Tommy
Nolan at the guards. The HoyaS
were scheduled to finish prepare
lions for the Temple game by
holding q light practice tonight
at the Tech High gymnasium.
Owls Strong
Temple will bring to Washing
ton one of the best offensive
teams that the District has ever
seen. In their opener last Satur-
day against a strong John Hop
kins quintet, the Owls walked
away with a ALT count. The
Hoyas in their opener likewise
showed q strong offensive, and to-
morrow nights battle may prove
to be a high-scoring affair.
The preliminary game between
the Georgetown freshmen and
Eastern High School, District
champions, is rivalrying the var
sity game in interest. Last year
the two teams met three times,
and the Hoya plebes won two OF
the three games, the last and rub
Der game by one point. Gay EIDE
lin, now a Georgetown freshman,
will be playing against his high
school alma mater when the two
teams clash tomorrow night. The
freshman game is scheduled to
start at ISIS p. m. and the var
sity at $3.50 p. m.
When the Duke University
basketball team meets Catholic
University in the c. U. gym to-
morrow night, it will mark the
fifth meeting between the two
uuintetS and the fourth time IN
the last four years.
Bick in 1918. when Duke was
known as Trinity University. the
invaders played the Cardinals,
with the result that c. o. was an
easy winner by a 55-27 count.
Won Last Season
However, when relations were
resumed in 1881 Duke came
through with q 41-2o victory, with
the Thompson brothers. Jimmy
and Herb, former western High
School satellites and Joe CroSon,
q great Tech player leading the
In 1888 Fod Cotton's basketeerS
eked out a 1881 win over the
North Carolinians. for the only
game lost by the Blue Devils that
season. It was the same year that
Navy had one Of its most bril-
liant campaigns on the court IN
recent years, losing only to Duke
and Catholic q.
Last season the Cardinal five
journeyed to Durham, and there
turned in one Of the most start
ling wins ever registered by visit
ing team. The score OF that tilt
was 1925.
COlOniaIS Win
q. WIS Colonials made good at
Richmond. Va, last night, defeat
ing the Richmond University five,
46 to SO, in q fast game. The loss
snapped the Spiders streak OF 33
straight victories over q twoyear
period.
It was close most Of the way,
but the ColonialS Spurted in the
fading moments to get their final
margin. George Frielicher and
Hal KieSel were the stars. The
former collected seven points, the
latter u. Others who played
well for g. w. were OBrien, with
10 points, and Goldfaden. with IA.
Lacey and Brown were top players
for Richmond.
wilson Teachers defeated the
Central "Y" five, 81 to 80, at the
"Y." Every man in the Wilson
lineup performed creditably, as
1,oinSaf HAA Indicated hxy the sr0ro