Evening star., 1937-03-02
MEETS VENGEFUL
CARDS, COLON|ALS
BIackbirds Beaten in Only
Three Out of rs Games
This Season.
BY BILL ISMER, JR.

r ONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
Blackbirds, one of the coun-
trys strongest collegiate bas-
~ ket ball teams and the best
known quintet of the East, flew into
town today for a two-night stand
against Capital college fives.
If nicknames meant anything, a
mighty Tapping of wings would be
heard at Catholic University's gym TO-
night when five of the Blackblrds
swarm onto the floor to meet rival
flock in c. US Cardinals. Tomorrow
evening, George Washington's Colo
mails probably will get out every old
musket and blunderbuss in Mount
Vernon in an attempt to shoot down
the Blackbirds who have left one OF
the three black marks on their rec
ord this year.
Defeated only three times in %
games, Long Island has taken the
measure of every opponent except
Stanford, Geneva and st. Joseph's OF
Philadelphia. Stanford, with prob
ably the Vests greatest team, stopped
L. L U. early in January. Geneva
won by a single point last month and
st. Joes won an eXtra-period game
in its own gym in Philadelphia.
Colonials. Cards Bear Grudges.
Doth G. w. and c. U. have scores
~ to settle with the famed visitors,
both bearing grudges beyond the Or
binary. Long Island not only handed
the former its first defeat OF the
year, but interrupted Colonial win
ming streak which had reached eight
straight. So C. U. the New York
ers administered one of the only two
bad defeats the Cards have absorbed
all season. Long Island licked c W.,
1926, and Catholic, 51-36. The latter
game, however, was played in Long
Islands own small gym of which 1t
knows every splinter, while the G. W.
L. I. U. game was played at Madison
Square Garden.
Fod Cotton, C. us coach. comparing
Long Island to Loyola of Chicago,
which handed G. W. its first home
defeat in two years on Washington IS
birthday, said that Loyola had better
floor game than the Blackbirds, but
the latter possessed some of the dead
liest eyes he has seen on one college
team. Fast-breaking. Long Island has
the tricks which enable it to get into
position for set shots, long or short,
and it shoots at every chance.
Bender. Cramer Sharpsh0Oters.
JULES BENDER and Cramer are
said to be their best shots. but Art
Hillhouse follows up most of the Birds
misses and usually makes them good
An example of his work showed all
too plainly to the Cards, against whom
he scored IS points. Irving Torgoff
a sophomore guard, was the chief
offender against G. w., counting Il
points.
c. U. faces Long Island in slightly
crippled condition. Zeke Brown, reg
ular center, and Sam Pagano, guard
both were laid up over the week end
but were making every effort to be
in shape for the starting whistle to-
night.
Long Island probably would prefer
both in the lineup rather than Hermie
Schmarr. All the flying Dutchman,
who has been the Capitals most pro-
life collegiate scorer for the last two
seasons, did against the Brooklyn five
was to score % points-as many as
some of L. I. us victimized whole
teams. Schmarr will be in there to-
night. aiming to duplicate his work of
February 16.
Despite the visitors great record,
we wouldn't advise wager on clean
sweep for either city-Brooklyn or
Washington.