Evening star., 1940-12-18
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Of Top Events
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Buckboords of Glass
Give All Clear View:
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A basket ball natural" marks the
entrance of the college court game
into Riverside Stadium tonight when
George Washington and the Okla
homa Aggies, both undefeated and
two of the country's top fives last
year, clash in Washington's first
major tilt of the season.
Game time is 8 80 o'clock, with q
preliminary between G. WIS PROM
ising freshmen five and Roosevelts
local scholastic champions starting
at 7:15.
The setting for intersectional con-
test is no less imposing than the
teams involved. For the first time.
glass backboards will be employed
in college game in Washington
thereby removing seats behind the
two baskets from the former "unde-
sirable" category. Again, in contrast
to the comparatively cramped quar-
ters of Tech High gym, there will
be seats for $500 patrons, with
choices Of where you sit dependent
upon what you wish to pay.
Goods Will Lead Cheers.
Lastly, coed cheerleaders will make
their appearance for G.. w. for the
first time in the schools long
athletic history. They'll get their
first chance to exhort yells from
their fellow students between halves
when Head Cheerleader Mike Nc.
Kool chooses six from the 25 candi.
dates sitting on the front row bench.
AS for the game itself, it would
be an Al attraction whether played
in G. WIS own bandbox gym on
H street or in Madison Square Gar.
den. Both teams apparently have
taken up where they left of last
year, the Midwesterners having won
their first three games and G. w.
having started off with victories
over Washington and Lee and
Davidson.
And there can be little argument
over what graduation has done to
either five, for both will be start
ing three of the five players who
faced each other last year. G. w.
still has Matt Zunic. Bobby Gilham
and Joe Conner while the Aggies
still depend upon Lonny Eggleston,
Vern Schwertfeger and Gene
Smelser.
Coaches Have Great Records.
Further. Oklahoma's record under
Coach Henry Iba-a Westminster
College classmate of G. WIS Max
harrington, incidentally-is strik.
lngly similar to G. WIS success
under Bill Reinhart. This is Iba s
seventh season coaching the Aggies
and during that time his teams have
won 278 games and lost 81, for q
winning percentage of .S2O. I'm
ofhcially, the Colonials' record under
Relnhart is around the 300 mark,
with every season a winning one.
According to those who saw the
Aggies stop C. C. N. Y. in the Gar
den last Saturday night and take
1925 victory from st. Josephs
at Philadelphia last night. the
Oklahcmans again are a tall, rangv
crew with fast. well-knit passing
attack which takes them in close
for snowbird shots at the basket.
But G. w. also emphasizes team
play and, in addition, boasts several
Dead-eye Dicks who can stand out
and pot 'em from long range.
Remnant may make one change
in his starting lineup from that
which opened fire against Davidson
two nights ago. Due to his great
work against the Carolinians, Rov
Mcneil, a Roosevelt High product.
may start at forward in place Of
the veteran Eddie Amendola. 9th
erwise it will be Gillian at the
other forward, Conner at center and
Charley Jones and Zunic at guards.
Rated Third in Country.
Capable reserves will be found on
the G.. w. bench in the persons Of
joey Gallagher, the old St. Johns
star; Don Sether. a rugged center,
and Amendola. The Colonials have
been laying for the Aggies ever since
they dropped a 1888 decision to
Iba's team in the early part of the
1939-4O season. That victory was
one of 26 Oklahoma bagged out Of
20 starts last year. They wound up
by being acclaimed the third best
college team in the country on the
strength of their showing in the
New York invitation tournament and
their Missouri Valley Conference
championship.
Two other local fives also play
tonight, American U. entertaining
Penn Military in a quest for the
Eagles first victory and Georgetown
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