Evening star., 1940-12-10
Making Home Debut
Tonight and Play
Again Thursday
American u, Maryland
And CoIonioIs Also
To Sturt This Week

Georgetowns home basket ball
season starts in busy fashion this
week with a game tonight at Tech
gym against Western Maryland and
another on Thursday at American
University. Despite their loss last
week to Loyola in Baltimore, the
Hoyas will be favored over the
Green Terrors, but serious prepara-
ton and expressions of confidence
by American U. stop predictions on
Thursdays encounter.
Among games involving other To-
cal fives this week, Maryland opens
by playing host to Richmond U.
Saturday. while George Washington
gets its first test in Lexington, Va,
against Washington and Lee the
same night. Western Maryland re-
turns on Saturday to meet American
u. and Catholic University starts a
short schedule on Sunday against
the alumni.
The Hilltop cagers tonight prob
ably will present slightly changed
starting line from the one used
against Loyola. Capt. Irving Rizzi
wrenched his side in that game,
and Coach Elmer Ripley likely will
start Russ Miller. 6-foot guard.
Francis Buddy O'Grady, another
tall lad. will be his running mate.
Hoyas Have Altitude.
In fact. the entire Hoya team
will be tall, with the average prob
ably over 6 feet. Jim Giebel, a
center last year, shifts his feet 2
inches to forward. with Jim Kier-
nan. S feet II. at the other for
ward with Bill Bornheimer, 6 feet 4.
at the center position. OGrady and
George Pajak, sub forward, were
the only Hoya cagers to show much
scoring punch against Loyola.
Bornheimer, an especially good
outside shot, also made several bas-
kets in that game and is expected
to improve as he picks up expert
ence.
At American u, Coach Staff Cas-
sell almost has about completed ar
rangements for Thursdays game
with only one starting position in
doubt. Bruce Etchison and Gus
Frizzell, both well over feet. are
in the running for a guard job, with
Archie Norford likely to get the
other post. Carl Byham, former
Kane CPaD star will add more
height to the team with his 6 feet
5 inches at center, while Hugo
Schulze and Bart Reese will be the
forwards.
Terps Have Tough Job.
Maryland will find Richmond U.
a tough customer in the opener, as
the Spiders, always good have four
letter men to the Terps' two. and
in Capt. Dick Humbert one of the
best cagers in the Southern Confer
ence.
Coach Shipley of the Terps has
his two letter men-Gene Ochsen-
reiter and Artie Woodward holding
down the forward berths, with Sophs
Irving Gordy and Bob Fetters at
center and guard, respectively.
Pop Wharton, on the squad last
year, but not in enough games to
get his letter, Is at the other guard.
1t is rangy and fairly fast
outfit but greatly lacking in ex-
perience.
Cotton Has Problems.
At Catholic u, Coach Fod Cotton
spent most of his practice time
yesterday seeking a dependable CEN
ter and pivot man to replace last
years star, tall, high-scoring Car
men Pirro. With only three letter
men returning, all of them guards,
and only one center among the
sophomore newcomers, Cotton fig
ures he has to do some shifting.
He also has headaches in replacing
Johnny White and Vic Miller, high
scoring forwards, who are gone.
Eddie LaFond, c. us boxing
coach, announced that three boxing
exhibitions will be presented during
the half. Similar double bills were
welcomed last year, and as the
season progresses others will be
added with outside schools meeting
the Cardinals varsity mittmen.