Evening star., 1942-01-04
Fordham Tilt Deemed
Tuner for |. |. Fray
By Georgetown
MoryIond's Ring Outlook
Rosy; Colonial Quint
Foces Loop Foes

SIlll tOrmenteQ Dy DdQ hangover
from last winters basket ball loss to
Fordham that knocked it out of the
Madison Square Garden tournament
and blighted one of its most sue
cessful seasons, Georgetown eagerly
awaits its return shot at the Rams
this week, confident of squeezing the
last drop of revenge from the in
vaders
Added importance is attached to
the game, slated Thursday night at
Riverside Stadium, as it will be
Fordham's first court visit to its old
Jesuit rival in more than IS years.
One of 13 basket ball duels on the
Capitals calendar, it also headlines
a slim, but attractive, list of four
games available for home consump-
ton. American UniverSity's Mason
Dixon Conference argument with
Loyola and its battle with Penn
State also will hold the fans in
terest.
The week will bring collegiate
boxing's debut with Maryland enter
taining-if that is the word for it
South Carolina at College Park Sat-
urday night. The match will be
part of q double-header featuring
the Terp freshmen and Western
High School in basket ball as the
initial half.
w. Jumps Into Loop Play.
George Washington, off to rough
start against keen Midwestern Oppo-
kition, wades knee-deep in Southern
Conference basket ball competition
for the first time on a three-game
road trip that will bring the Co.
lonials up against Clemson, wake
Forest and Duke.
MARYLAND, still confident II not
eocky after five consecutive set
backs, has a date with Virginia ct
Charlottesville before proceeding TO
Durham for q session with Duke.
The Terps, Ernie Travis IN partlc-
ular, showed improvement against
both City College of New York and
St. Johns after bowling to Seton Hall
and Coach Burt Shipley has hopes
they'll do all right in conference
competition.
Georgetown, nosed out by Temple
In its lone defeat thus far, has
hearty and wholesome respect for
Fordham, but is regarding the game
as sort of a warm-up for Saturday
nights tussle with Long Island in
the New York Garden. The Rams
lost only one man by graduation and
replaced him with Tony Karpowich,
hailed as the Smoothest, smartest
sophomore to land in the big time In
some years.
A regular on the Seton Hall Prep
team that won the Glens Falls,
N. Y, tournament two years running
-tantamount to the eastern cham
pionship-Tony is saving . second
fiddle on the bench despite that he
chalked up 18 points against Dart
mouth, 81 against Rutgers and 10
against Rice.
Terp Ring Outlook Is Rosy.
But Coach Elmer Ripley doesn't
consider him more dangerous than
Dick Fitzgerald, Capt. Bob Sherry,
George Babich, Bob Croke or Max
Loeffier, the Ram regulars. They
can 60 too, and are pretty slick GUS
toners in Ripley's judgement.
The Hoyas resumed practice last
Friday when all reported back in
good physical trim and the Hoya
mentor expects them TO be ready by
Thursday.
Maryland's boxing outlook is con-
siderably brighter than it's basket
ball future. Never before has Col
leee Park witnessed such an out
pouring of candidates for the ring
team and with able Bobby Goldstein
at the helm Old Line supporters
have reason to believe this may be
one OF their best squads in years.
Goldstein is in the enviable posi-
ton of being able to choose among
certain boys for regular positions
and is finding the choice difficult.
1t means he'll have suitable replace
ments if needed and enough pres
sure from the rear guard to keep the
so-called first stringers on their toes
and punching.
The lineup for South Carolina,
subject to change, probably will start
with 120-pounder Johnny Cicala;
127, Judson Lincoln; 1875, Tom Jones !;
145, Hotsy Alperstein; 155, Pat
Quinn; 1865, Jack Gilmore; ITS, Herb
Gunther, conference hght-heavy-
weight champ, and heavyweight,
Len Rodman.
"A step behind and very much in
the running are Dunbar McNemar,
smart little 125-pounder; Bill Matt
el,