The Washington times., 1936-03-05
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court at American University
Saturday night and engage the
varsity in the feature contest OF
Alumni Night" Preceding this
event, faculty members will lose
some of their dignity by donning
shorts and engaging a group OF
their former students in the an
nual alumni-faculty Volley ball
game at 7:30 o'clock.
To Coach Walter Young the
occasion will bring pleasant
memories Of days when court
material was more plentiful at
the school. When Dave Lchliter,
now a Pennsylvania high school
coach; Lee Fields, prominent
local dance maestro, and Leon
Shloss take the court, he will re-
call the days Of 1929 when those
three boys and two others who
will be unable to attend, Hubby
Elliot and Jack LaFavre, gave
promise of developing into a
great quintet.
Suspended From Athletics
Two weeks after the start Of
the season, however, all five were
suspended from athletics by the
faculty committee because of
participation in a professional
game at Wilmington, Del.
Then, when George ''Reds"
Olsen, now a Pan-American air.
ways official; Johnny Woods, a
Chicago C. P. A., who will make
the trip here for the game; Bill
Washburn, a Commercial Credit
Company executive; Bruce Kess-
Ter, Columbia Junior High Schools
athletic director, and Oscar Sells,
once the greatest center in the
District, take the floor he will see
the team of substitutes that came
back two weeks later to defeat
Catholic University.
This same squad played for two
more years and rang up victories
over such schools as Duquesne,
Carnegie Tech, and Navy.
Other Stars Returning
Other court stars who will re-
turn are Warren Colison, Chet
Carter, and Ellsworth Tompkins,
all connected with Woodward and
Lothrop, and Scott Champion,
eight letter man who graduated
last January. Other former Eagle
all-stars expected to play are
Glad Williams. Al Burlington, Carl
Leven and Wayne Larsen and
Bobby Fuchs.
The professors who will oppose
another group of grads in the pre-
lin1inary volley ball game are DR..
Wesley M. Gewehr, professor of
history: DR.. William B. Holton,
professor Of chemistry; M. Andre
Frank Liotard, instructor of
French: DR.. william w. Shaw, in
structor in political science: Dean
Earnest w. Griffith of the Grad
uate School, and Paul Smith,
director Of intra.mural athletics.
The two athletic features will
be followed by dance.
The Eagle basketers face their
last COLLEGIATE opponent when
meeting Virginia Medical College
in the q. IT. gym tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock.
Georgetown ends it's basketball
season tonight. playing West Vir-
ginia in an Eastern intercollegiate
Conference game. The Hoyas
bowed to the leading Pitt tossers,
1856, in Pitt last night, only
after spirited battle. The Pan
theirs led 28-11, at half-time, but
the Hilltoppers gave them consid-
cradle concern in the closing chap
ter.
Harry Bassin, Hoya forward,
maintained his position as the
Conference leading scorer by
counting 1S points, hitting the
cords seven times from the floor
and four times from the foul
zone.
Phil Fox, guard and captain of
the Wilson Teachers quint today
tops the local collegiate field in
scoring as the result of clustering
IL points as the Teachers thrashed
Southeastern University, 1922, in
the "Y" gym last night. Fox has
scored 202 points for the season
and has two more games in which
to swell his total, the Teachers
playing Newark IN. JO State
Normal in the Wilson gym,
Eleventh and Harvard Streets
Northwest at o'clock and Vir-
ginia Medical College Saturday
night. Mitchell, with IS points,
was top scorer for the Teachers
last night, while Neifeld, with 10
points, led the losers in scoring.
Georgetown alumni, students
and followers today greeted the
announcement that the annual
athletic banquets, abandoned a
few years ago, would be revived
The affair has been scheduled
April % at the Mayflower Hotel
at which time letters and mono
grams will be presented varsity
and freshman athletes.
Maryland engages Duke tonight
at 8 o'clock in the first round OF
the annual Southern Conference
basketball championship in Ra
leigh, N. c.
Head Coach Dutch" Bergman
announced today he will call out
his Catholic University gridders
Monday to start spring practice