Evening star., 1939-02-08
Hot Fray Likely
AS Hoyas Face
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Records Show Quints
Well Matched; 6. W.
Routs Ohio Team
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

Apparently evenly matched OH tflc
strength of their records to date,
Georgetown's superior weight and
height will make it slight favorite
to beat Maryland in the seasons
first game among the Districts Big
Three tonight at College Park.
And whatever advantage Mary
land appears to hold by virtue of
playing on its home floor is nulli-
fled by the records, which show that
Georgetown has taken both of the
games played in Ritchie Coliseum
since the Hoya -Terp rivalry was re-
sumed in 1885.
Action is scheduled to start at
o'clock, preceded by 7 o'clock tilt
between Maryland's freshmen team
and Central High.
Statistics would seem to reveal
that the result of tonight's game
should be a toss-up, with the team
having the hottest hand winning
Each has won eight games and lost
five and Maryland's 28-point margin
in offensive power is balanced by the
fact that Georgetown has allowed
opponents 80 points less in the same
number of games.
Neither has been beaten locally
this season and Army was a con-
queror of each by almost an Identical
margin. The Cadets routed Mary
land, 45-25, and Georgetown, 36-17.
Hoyas Hold Physical Edge.
A further parellel reveals that the
starting lineup of each will include
two seniors, with Maryland depend
ing upon two Juniors and sopho-
more and Georgetown on a junior
and two sophs.
Physically. however, the Hoyas will
have big advantage. With only Ed
Kurtyka dipping as low as 165
pounds, the Hilltoppers will outweigh
the Terps IA pounds to the man and
their composite height is a full
inch more than that of their hosts.
Maryland, on the other hand, is an
extremely light team with four of its
starters weighing no more than Kur-
tyka and only Pershing Mondorff
tipping the scales in the 1905.
All four guards-Irving Rizzi and
Johnny Schmitt of Georgetown and
George Knepley and Pershing Mon
dorff of Maryland-stand 5-feet-11
and the Terps' George De Witt
matches Capt. Joe Murphy of the
Hoyas at 6-feet-3 Kurtyka, how
ever, is inches taller than Forward
Adam Bengoechea and Sophomore
Center Johnny MCGOWAN will have
1-inch advantage over Eddie john
son.
De Witt and Knepley, however, are
averaging more than a point better
per game than Murphy and Schmitt,
Georgetown's high scorers. and both
of the former have been playing
standout ball since the early days
of the campaign.
Maryland's victory in the modern
series came in 1886 when the COL
lege Parkers won on Tech Highs
floor by an 8-point margin. G.. U.
took the 81 encounter, 1927. and
last year walked away from their
neighboring rivals by 57-39 count.
Colonials Run Wild.
If any Georgetown or Maryland
scouts were in the stands at Tech
last night. they must have had cause
to worry as much over future date
with George Washington as they
did over tonights battle. In routing
Western Reserve, 62-46. for their
fourth straight victory. the Colonials
again flashed an all-powerful often
sive which. to date, is nearly 10
points game greater than any
other quint in the area.
With Bob Faris upping his indi-
vidual average to 1920 points per
game with another display of SEN
sational shooting and George Gar
ber finding the cords for IS points.
only one less than the Colonial
leader. the Buff and Blue five never
was threatened. Three minutes be-
fore the first half ended, it was 20
points ahead and the 40 points it
rang up in the first 20 minutes of
play give an indication of the punch
it had. Joe (Great Scott, the visi-
tors decathlon champion, scored 16
points himself, but most Of them
came when Coach Bill Reinhart had
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