Evening star., 1941-03-28
Riverside Not Large
Enough TO Handle
Joint Following
D. c. Assured TopfIight
Attractions; Trojons
May Visit CoIoniuIs
By LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

A threat of too much success in
their proposed venture has prompted
athletic officials of George Wash
ington and Georgetown to cancel
plans for basket ball double-headers
next winter at Riverside Stadium.
Recently returned from court con-
fabs at New York Bill Reinhart and
Max Harrington of G. w, and Gabe
Murphy of Georgetown, admitted
the scheme had been abandoned be-
cause the attendance was certain to
exceed the stadium's seating capacity
beyond all reasonable bounds.
Uline Arena was not considered as
a site and the National Guard
Armory will not be available.
Briefly, the idea failed to germ
mate because it involved a problem
of squeezing between 1000 and 5000
students-at least, into RiverSide's
maximum capacity of 4,500. With an
overhead toll of approximately 81 800
for each tWin-bill, and no possible
way open for accommodating enough
cash customers to pay the freight
the schools had no alternative but
to forget the matter.
Plan Found Not Feasible.
They had hoped to work out a
home" team arrangement, whereby
the school playing the final game on
the program would be accorded
home" team privileges, which in
cluded the accepted custom of ad-
mitting students from that school
free of charge upon presentation OF
their athletic books. This plain was
not deemed feasible, however, be-
cause students from the school play
ing in the preliminary game would
have to pay the full price OF admls-
sion. This was regarded as a breach
of faith with the undergraduates.
The schools operate this plan in
their own series simply because 1t is
the only way they can play each
other, but even it was not wholly
successful last winter. Several hun
dred G. w. students headed for the
second game of the series were
turned away when they arrived few
minutes before game time and found
the premises filled to oVerfloWing.
Will Have Top Attractions.
But abandonment of the double
header plan does not mean Wash
ingtonians will not see top-flight
attractions next year. George WASH
ington definitely has scheduled In
diana, runner-up in the Big Ten
last season; Oklahoma Aggies and
a couple of other strong teams.
Southern California will play here
if a suitable date can be arranged
and Kansas State is booked tenta-
lively, depending on its success in
getting enough Eastern games to
make trip worthwhile.
Although Georgetown is keeping
the complexion of its 1912 card
a secret, it is known that the Hoyas
will not be idle during the Christ
mas holidays as in previous years
but will import several grade-A
Efforts to shift the scene to the
more commodious National Guard
Armory were futile because Col.
David McCoach, District Commits
sioner with jurisdiction over the
armory, isn't certain it will be open
for public use next winter. There
is a possibility it will be available
but both George Washington and
Georgetown had to arrange their
schedules now and couldn't gamble
on uncertainties.
Neither school has given up COM
pletely on the double-header idea.
They will cooperate ip staging such
programs whenever proper facilities
are obtianable.