Evening star., 1942-01-18
Hot Contest Looms
As Maryland Runs
Into Georgetown
George Washington Five
Shores Old Line Bill
With Terror Boxers
BY LEWIS r. ATCHlSON.

BY LEWIS r. ATCHlSON.
Maryland's games with George
town and George Washington this
week stand out like . Maraschino
cherry atop q slim collegiate court
card that seemingly heralds the
approach Of mid-year examinations.
II anybody In the house Is in
eined 10 scoh at the Terps' chances
against such formidable opposition
he can have . free look at what
happened last week when the Hoyas
were supposed to give @. w. the
buns rush. It's that kind Of q game.
Maryland comes to town Wednes-
day for the Georgetown game at
Riverside Stadium, but will play
host to the Colonials at College
Park Saturday in the opening por-
ton Of the first varsity twin bill
Of the winter. Maryland's ringmen
meet Western Maryland In the lower
half of the bargain show.
An odd feature of the schedule Is
that Georgetown and G. w. both
play Army at West Point on the
days the other Is battling the Terps.
Thus Bill Reinhart's downtown
dribblers get the first crack at the
Cadets.
Kssa Tusssiny lGarks Series.
Georgetown and Maryland have
been meeting In basket ball since
1884 when the schools broke out In
. rash OF love and kisses, patched
up old grievances and began scrap
ping all over again in the sports
arena. In the intervening years the
Hilltoppers have built up q tidy 81
margin, but those figures are apt to
be misleading. They convey abso-
Mtely no idea Of the terrific knock
down, drag -out battles the magma
cum laudes and plain, ordinary cum
isudes have generated In that brief
span.
Who can forget the game in which
Referee Paul Mention almost had a
stroke trying to halt the action long
enough to call q foul? He finally
walked over to the scorers bench,
stopped the clock, waited until four
or five players hao collapsed or were
knocken down and then informed
them they had simply wasted about
five minutes Of everybody's time.
How about the time Spider"
Chase upset the Hilltoppers almost
single-handedly with an amazing
exhibition OF side-court shooting at
College Park? Or the year Waverly
Wheeler. Little Knocky" Thomas,
George Knepley ct al toppled the
Hoyas at Tech? Great games and
great boys, but Georgetown had its
share. too.
G. W. Is Heavy Favorite.
This approaching duel brings back
nostalgia memories Of Ed Hargaden.
the tall, freckled chap who tossed in
points with an almost efYortless flick
Of the wrists; Don Gibeau, Mike
Petroskey. Harry Basin, Ben zola,
Tommy Nolan, Tommy Keating and
other Of that same illustrious mold.
More of the same type are in school
and coming up to keep the series
alive, and, as long as 1t endures.
fans can count on hard, exciting
games-and upsets.
George Warrington has won al
three OF its games with the Terps
since their rivalry was revived after
. lapse of Is years, and the cards
are stacked in its favor again. This
will be the sixth game Of the series,
which began In 1924 with two games.
one of which G. W. captured in an
upset. Maryland took the first game
on the old gym floor at College
Park, 4l-22, but in the return battle
at the Center Market Armory the
downtown quintet squeezed out a
20-l9 decision.
Fresh fuel has been added to the
flame of the rivalry by the Colo
nialS' entrance into the Southern
Conference, wherein 1t is regarded
as 4 potent championship threat.
Defeats by Duke and Wake Forest
on . recent trip dimmed their hopes
to some extent, but the victory over
Georgetown proved that Matt Zunic
and his playmates are back in stride
and will be dangerous over the re-
mainder Of the route.