Evening star., 1939-01-23
Trays With Colgate,
W. and |. Also on
6. W. Schedule
Terrors at A. u, Virginia
At Maryland, Hoyos at
Syracuse Saturday
By BILL DISMER, Jr.

Dy DILL D1SMEn, JTs
Another lean week is in store
for college basket ball fans here,
with only three games scheduled in
the metropolitan area, one tomor-
row night and two Saturday. Cath
olic University entertains Mount
st. Mary's tomorrow, Maryland
plays host to Virginia in the first
half Of double e-header at College
Park on Saturday and American
University is at home to Western
Maryland on the same evening.
The Maryland-Virgini game will
do its share toward making the
bargain bill unusually attractive as
Maryland boxes C. U. in the wind
up of the night.
AS a matter of fact, only four
other games are scheduled for the
Capitals major fives and George
Washington plays three of them.
The Colonials start on short East
ern jaunt Wednesday which, will
find them playing Army and Col
gate on successive nights, then will
trek down to Lexington to meet
Washington and Lees Generals on
Saturday. Georgetown plays the
sixth game, meeting Syracuse on
the Orange floor on Saturday.
Tough Tilt for COlOnials.
Not only is G. w. faced with the
greatest number of games, but in
Army it will be facing one of the
hottor too,,oc of fI,o E,oct Arp,v no G
been beaten only by Ohio State and
has beaten such quints as Maryland,
Cornell, Columbia. Brown and La
fayette. The Cadets are boasting
one of their strongest quints in
years and will be out to avenge a
four-point licking at the hacds of
Colonials two years ago. Several
seniors on the Army squad were on
the team which G.. w. beat at the
Point in 81.
The game on Thursday night will
mark the first athletic competition
in history between G. w. and Col
gate. AS the Red Raiders have
not been impressive, the Colonials
should be, favored. G. w. and
Washington and Lee last met in
1885 when the Colonials triumphed
by 3O-27 score. So far this year,
however, the Generals have won
seven out of nine games, much
better pace than G. WIS 800 per-
centage for six games.
If George Washington can sweep
or win two of these three games. 1t
will return here with better than
an even chance to win one Of WASH
ington's big games of the season
a week from tonight, me battle
with the crack University of Toledo
five.
Faris, Idle, Retains Lead.
Although his team didn't play last
week, Bob Faris of G.. w. regained
the best average of local courtmen
when G. us Wayne Ambrose failed
to score more than two points
against Villanova last Thursday.
Faris, with his average at 11.36
points per game, now is a fraction
better than Ambrose, whose 1890
percentage dropped to an even II.
George Knepley of Maryland con-
tinued as the Districts leading
point getter, however, for is points
against North Carolina gave him
total of IS for nine games. 1t also
raised his average to 9.44 to keep him
in fourth place in that respect. His
teammate, George De Witt, con-
tinued as the runnerup in total
points.
Marylands performance, as a
team, against the Tar Heels con-
tinued to show marked improve
ment and the Terps now are playing
high-class ball. Their passing has
become more accurate, wild heaves
have been reduced to minimum
and their handling of the ball grown
cleverer. That win last Thursday,
incidentally, gave them five-and-
four record for the season and
clean hold on second place in team
standings for the area.
The team records and first 10