Evening star., 1941-12-07
Cards 10 Entertain
Mount ST. Mary's
Tomorrow Night
Hoyos, Eagles, CoIonioIs
And Blues Ploy Here;
Terps Take Jount
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

BY LEWIS +. ATCHISON.
Basket ball bounces into the sports
picture this week with heavy firing
in all directions.
Everybody, with the exception OF
Maryland. opens at home. but the
Terps pull out for Richmond Satur-
day and lay over for a game with
William and Mary at Williamsburg
on Monday night.
To Catholic us brand-new team
goes the honor of pulling the draw
strings on the season in a game
with Mount st. Mary's tomorrow
night at Brookland The Cardinals
help Gallaudet get under way Fri
day night at Eastern High School.
Georgetown. reputedly coming up
with another fine team, makes its
debut against Western Maryland at
Tech High School Friday, and
George Washington. cunning for the
HoyaS-among otherS-takeS the
plunge the following night on the
same court, playing Wake Forest.
n. ana
Staff CaSsell's American u. outfit
goes against Gallaudet Saturday
night on the home boards in its
initial appearance.
Ofhand it would seem that
Georgetown and G. w. again will
thrash it out for the No. l ranking.
with Maryland next and the others
scrambling for what is left Top
notch New York teams and the
usual assortment of Southern Con-
ference visitors dot the ma ior teams
schedules. while Mason Dixon COM
petition is the backbone of other
listings
Elmer Ripley is satisfied his first
Georgetown combina ton will give
anybody fast whirl but shudders
10 think Of what can happen when
the reserves take over. With Capt.
Buddy O'Graoy, Ken Engles, Bill
Bornheimer, Charley Schmidt and
Don Martin in the starting lineup
the Hoyas can travel with the best.
The reserves, who include Gabe
Gaboianelli, chubby Dick Dieckel-
man. Lane ODonnell-a Washing
ton boy-and Frank Cleary, may
surprise and stand up under fire,
but they seem to need more eX-
perience and Ripley isn't building
dream castles around them.
Zunic Is G. w. Key Man.
Bill Reinhart also expects to have
formidable starting five at G.. w,
but what he needs is more heighth
around the blackboard to pick off
stray shots. The ColonialS aren't
going to be a runty outfit, but Ted
RelchWein. an untested sophomore.
Is the talleSt man at feet inches
and the average is approximately
feet.
Lanky Matt Zunic is the key man
In Reinharts plans, and rightly so.
This two-legged rocket is one of the
best courtmen east of the Mississippi
and should receive due recognition
this year. Important too, are Bobby
Gillian. who is due for a good year;
Joe Gallagher, who should blossom
added experience, and Roy Mcneil,
who has developed into an old
smoothie under Reinhart's tutelage.
Mearle Du Wallis knee injury has
forced Burt Shipley to revise his
plans at Maryland and may result
in an all-sophomore starting team.
The Terps are rugged bunch, with
Guard Heck Horn the biggest man
In uniform around here. They need
plenty Of work for the experience
but are willing, fairly fast and fairly
good shots.
Pair of New Coaches.
Maryland'S prospects aren't daz-
zllng, but there is hope out College
Park way for good season The
Old Liners should win their share of
games in tough schedule and GER
tainly will not be the tattered crew
that wallowed through last years
disastrous schedule.
Fred Rice, jr., and Dick Scanlcn.
a couple of steady. industrious
youngsters, shape up as the best at
Catholic u, where Carmen Pirro is
serving his coaching apprenticeship.
The Cards didn't win a game last
winter so Pirro will be under COM
paratively little pressure and with
a promising squad of youngsters
should do all right.
Gallaudet has new coach in Eng
Hsh Sullivan and a wealth of vet
eran material in Hal Weingold.
Carmen Ludivico Lou johnson. Paul
Baldridee and Don Padden and it
Will be a tough cookie in its own
league.
American U. was hard hit by
graduation and has only Bling"
Ryham and Bart Reese as a nu-
cleus for the AZ quint. but the
Eagles are spirited crew and will
ne no pushover. Bert Fugler. Harry
NeWby and George Zuras have
shown promise in practice but the
starting lineup still is indefinite.