Evening star., 1942-02-20
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Seen in Riverside
Tilt Tomorrow
CoIonioIs Set for Test;
CoroIinu Visits Terps, :.
Cots Foee Explorers
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.


at Eastern High School are the
only items on tonight's college sports
program, but they are merely over
lures to the long awaited Duke
George Washington game tomorrow
night at Riverside Stadium which
shapes up as the blue ribbon classic
of the local season.
The Tarheels, calling themselves
White Bantams now, will be the
choice over Burt Shipley's bl-and-
out crew and need victory to
clinch bid to the conference tour
nament. st Vincent's, which
knocked off Mount ST. Mary's last
night at Emmitsburg, 1888, and
Columbus are playing for fun, al
though it will be a corking good
game judging by the rivals form.
But the Duke-G. w. fracas is ex-
pected to be a preview of the South
ern Conference tournament finale
and the eyes of all league coaches,
players and fans probably will be
fastened on the Riverside hardwood.
The game will be broadcast over
VOL.
Victor over Wake Forest last
night, 58-51, Duke is undefeated in
II consecutive conference games and
has only one smudge on one OF the
most brilliant court records OF the
East. It's lone setback in II games
was an early season loss to Temple
on a holiday jaunt and its list OF
victims includes George Washington,
Georgetown, Navy, Tennessee and
Kentucky, plus passel OF confer
ence opponents.
Colonials Tuned for Tilt.
But George Washington, in win
ming stride after palsied start,
measures up as the Blue Devils
equal in everything but reserve
strength and the familiar setting
of It's court may Offset that handi-
cap. True, Bill Reinhart's crew has
lost Ed Gustafson, durable and
enthusiastic center, since its 1-point
defeat by Duke earlier in the year.
but Jim Rausch has been filling
in acceptably for him and the dlf-
ference between the two may not
be enough to swing the tide OF
battle Dukes way.
The visitors big guns are the
Lofts brothers, Cedric and Gar
land, and Bob CAN'T, but Coach
Eddie Cameron has nine dependa-
bile men he alternates in the lineup
and who are dynamite when on the
beam. This list includes Spuhler,
Rothbaum, Allen, Stark, Seward and
McCahan, in addition to those
already mentioned.
George Washington, OF course,
will rely on Matt Zunic, old faithful
of the attack; Bobby Gillian and
Roy Mcneil. When this trio Is hot,
as it was against Georgetown sew
eral weeks ago, the Colonials are
well nigh unbeatable and they've
waited for this game like finder
ready to be touched of by a spark.
Game time tomorrow Is 8:45, with
q preliminary at 7:15.
Tarheels at Navy Tomorrow.
North Carolina has seven victories
against four defeats in league COM
petition, while Maryland hope
lessly out of the running for a
tournament bid, has lost six OF Its
eight conference games. The Tar
heels expect to kill two birds with
one shot tonight, using the game
not only as clincher for a tour
ney invitation, but also as warm
up for tomorrow's session with Navy
at Annapolis.
Columbus, visibly off form against
Shenandoah earlier in the week,
although 1t amassed its highest
total of the season in winning.
66-45, expects to show considerable
Improvement and to bag its 18th
victory In Is games. Tomorrow
the Explorers 60 to Huntington,
w. Va, for return game with
Marshall College.
Georgetown is of on another of
its numerous road trips, stopping
at Scranton tonight for game with
the Pennsylvanians and moving on
to New Haven tomorrow night for
q tiff with Yale. This latter game
will be sort of a home coming for
Coach Elmer Ripley, who coached
the Ellis after leaving Georgetown
several years ago.
Also on the road this week end
Is Staff Cassell's American Uni
versity tossers, who meet Randolph
Macon tonight and Western Mary
land tomorrow night.
Army Gets Hoyas' Reiges.
Georgetowns dwindling supply OF
football talent has been hit further
by the drafting of Ben Reiges, re-
ports Coach Jack Hagerty. The
Army reached out and plucked Al
Yukna last week and is expected to
shake most of the leaves off the
stanch old Hilltop oak before an
other campaign rolls around.
It develops that Maryland's Len
Rodman was a little irritated when
he hit v. P. rs John MaSkaS on
Gllc W WALL ellClA WNA6AA0
bout in less than round last week.
Len was pinched for speeding COM
ing over from Baltimore and some
fast and persuasive talking was nee
essary by Prof. George Quigley,
faculty representative of the sport,
to get him off in time for the
match.
Rodman's brother, Melvin. also is
q heavyweight and is an Army chef
at Boiling Field. He also holds the
Sd Corps Area tennis singles
title-if it isn't a military secret
but prefers boxing. He and Len
used to work out in the basement
of their home and Len admits Mel
Is the better fighter.
La Fond Yarn Has Odd Twist.
Eddie La Fond Is telling this one
on himself. Weighing In his men
for one Of the Catholic University
matches, he placed Huck Hughes
on the scale and found him a pound
over the welterweight limit.
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