Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-03
Lacings on Grid
Spur Co|onia|s;
6. j. Favored
Still Seeking National
Invitation, Opens Trip
With Colgate Game
BY BURTON HAWKINS,

! It will be weakened William and
Mary basket ball team George WASH
lngton University will battle in the
Southern Conference championship
| tournament opener at Raleigh. N c.,
tomorrow, but the Colonials in this
instance aren't reluctant to kick a
cripple. They hope to get the In
dams down, then kick them around.
Five G. w. players were on the
football team that William and Mary
crushed, 6l-0, last fall. when the
Indians employed reserves sparingly.
Some were present, too, when Will
liam and Mary walloped the
Colonials, $50, in 1941.
Last year in the first round of
Southern Conference tourney action
the Indians collected 18 successive
points to spill G. W., 44-43, and in
their first meeting this season
William and Mary snapped the
Colonials' eight-game winning streak
to take the $3.50 decision.
Otis Isn't Vindictive.
Coach Otis Zahn of G. w. isn't
the vlndictive type. but it isn't likely
anything he can say will prevent the
Colonials from running up score if
they can. He may substitute freely.
OF course, if the score threatens to
embarrass the Indians. but after
G. WIS sad showing against George
town on Monday night he probably
Will delight in seeing his regulars
locate the net frequently.
The Army has stripped William
and Mary Of three regulars and two
reserves and barring another per-
Torrance akin to the one they gave
against Georgetown the Colonials
should advance to the semifinal
round, where they would meet the
winner OF the N. C. State Davidson
game.
Duke, defending champion and
seeded No. l in the tournament as
the result of II triumphs in Is con-
ference games, will be a heavy IA
Vorlte to advance to the final round
in the other bracket. The Blue Devils
Will face V. M. l. tomorrow night and
If successful will meet the winner of
The Cltadel-South Carolina game on
Friday night.
q. WIS party, which included
zahn, 10 players, Director of Ath-
letics John Busick, Head Football
Coach Johnny Baker and Trainer
George Lentz, entrained for Raleigh
early this afternoon.
Hoyas Favored Tonight.
Georgetown will be favored to
register its 18th victory in 81 games
at Colgate's expense tonight at Ham,
llton, N. Y. The Colgate game will
open a three-game road trip for the
Hoyas, who are epected to have
trouble only with Penn State, which
has improved since absorbing a 51-35
whipping from Georgetown here last
month. Syracuse, Georgetown foe
tomorrow night, was $3.50 victim
of the Hoyas in their first meeting.
Should Georgetown sweep those
three games its record would read
20-3-eXcellent enough to merit a
bid to either the National Invitation
or NCAA Journeys in New York, pro-
viding officials are willing to forgive
a shoddy Georgetown performance
against st. Johns recently in New
York.
American University will battle
Loyola of Baltimore tonight in the
opening round of the Mason Dixon
Conference tourney in Baltimore
The Eagles again will be relying on
George Zuras, all-time District scor-
ing champion with 377 points in 10
games, and Bart Fugler for the bulk
Of their scoring.
Gallaudet and Catholic University
will see action in the same tourney
tomorrow afternoon, the Blues fac
ing Randolph Macon and the Cards
clashing with Washington College.