Evening star., 1939-12-31
1erps Play All -Four
OF Their Ti|ts on
Foreign Floors
Capital RivoIs Stoee
Tune-ups Before They
Face Saturday Night
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.


A sidelong glance at our every
ready diary reveals, in addition to
postal rates on returned Christmas
present, busy week ahead for sew
eral college basket ball teams situ-
ated in the vicinity. This will come
as distinct shock and surprise to
as many graduate managers who un-
doubtedly had visions of another
weeks vacation and now must hustle
back to their desks.
The players themselves already
are hustling. Christmas holidays
merely are a figure of speech with
the boys who lay off long enough to
unwrap their gifts and begin bounc-
ing the ball around the day after.
George Washington, for example,
polished off Florida last night, cul-
minating week of hard and serious
preparation for the grind ahead
The Colonials scufhe with George
town Saturday night at Tech High
is the date to remember this week.
BY way of practice George Wash
ington is taking on Clemson Tues
day night and the Hoyas are battling
Temple Friday. They figure to be
right for the battle of the Potomac.
Terps Play in Baltimore.
Maryland approaches a 5-day
week, what with a game in Balti-
more tomorrow night and three on
a road trip that starts with Penn
Wednesday night After the Quakers
come Rutgers and Rhode Island
State. Mondays foe is Clemson.
The game will be played as part OF
a double header in the new COLI
scum at Baltimore.
Maryland and Catholic University,
which is carefully guarding its rec
ord by not playing until next week,
are still in the undefeated class and
If Burt Shipley can move his boys
around the circuit without great
damage, Southern Conference teams
can expect trouble from this source.
One more game rounds out the
weeks menu, Wilson Teachers VS..
Johns Hopkins. and it will be COM
mitted in the Blue Jays bailiwick.
HOyas Are Prepared.
While George Washington may
seem to be a trifle ahead of its
neighbor in practice this is not true
for Coach Elmer Ripley and a large
portion of his squad have been hav-
ing daily reunions in New York
during the week and should return
as sharp as pin point. Those who
didn't make Gotham their head
quarters during the week were
handed basket balls as they left for
home and instructed to practice
shooting in their spare time.
Whereas last years game de-
veloped into pretty much OF run
away for George Washington in the
second half, after Georgetown had
painstakingly built up thrifty lead
In the first, this weeks game-the
first of two, promises to be one OF
those point-for-point affairs with
no quarter asked and none given.
At this early date the teams appear
to be fairly evenly matched and
whichever wins will know it has
been in ball game and will be
glad to a one-point margin.
Tough Trip for Terps.
Maryland is up against a tough
proposition when it goes hunting
Penn in its own gym. The Quakers
usually turn out better -than-average
teams and reports from up that way
indicate that the current quint is
no exception. Rutgers is blessed
with a wealth of veteran talent, plus
several new and promising faces
and Rhode Island State is one of the
best of the little e-name schools.
Shipley, however, worked his men
hard during the week and they
should be ready. The shift which
moved Mearle DuVal into Adam
Bengochea's position on the first
team appears to have produced the
desired effect. DuVall was the
leading scorer of last years fresh
man team and figures to add a well
come punch to the attack. With
George Dewitt hitting his custom
ary pace and Charley Weidinger To-
eating the hoop os he did in the first
two games the Terps figure to be
bad medicine to any opponent.