Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-12
First Double Bill
Liked,G. W.,G.U.
Plan Full Slate
CoIoniuIs Win Over
Terps, but Hoyos Bow
To Penn State Five
By MerreII WhittIesey

By Merre!l Whittlesey
Notre Dame, st. Louis, Western
Kentucky State, Duke, North Caro-
lima State, st. Johns of Brooklyn,
Seton Hall and Oklahoma A. and
M. will be among the elite of COL
legiate basket ball that will visit
the Armory next year.
Wires from Georgetown and
George Washington confirming
dates went out today after the first
twin bill here between major teams
last night was pronounced sue
cess. 1t was double success for
the Colonials as they defeated
Maryland, 65-49, while George
towns only success was artistic as
the Hoyas lost, 1910, to Penn State.
Nobody is going to get rich from
the gate receipts last night. AL
though the turnstile count was A.
803 spectators, the gate was only
$3.50.
Students from G. w. and George
town, who were admitted ON student
books, outnumbered the paid adj
missions by roughly 5000 to 1900.
AS co-promoters next year, the
Hoyas and Colonials hardly can af-
ford to bring two big name teams
here for a $3.50 gate to cover all
expenses, but the schools are count
ing on bigger attendance. They
have reason to believe the Armory
seating capacity will at least )e
doubled. In that case. the seats will
be much more comfortable. And
too, last nights turnout was in the
face of miserable driving conditions.
The 1948-49 twin-bill schedule
calls for Georgetown and George
Washington to stage eight double
headers. In two of them they will
play each other and in prelims to
the intra-city rivalries, some other
local teams will be invited to appear.
Four of the opponents George
town will play next year are the
top teams of college basket ball to-
day, Western Kentucky, st. Louis,
St. Johns and Notre Dame. G. w.
is slated to bring N. C. State, Duke,
Seton Hall and the Oklahoma Ag-
gies, with the Wolfpack and Ag-
gies both in the top 10. Each team
will add two teams.
Triumphs without Cantwell.
AS for the ball games, the George
Washington students were puzzled
by Coach Art Zahn's move in at
tempting to win without Bill Can't
well, captain of the Colonials, the
Districts leading scorer and sec
ond high man in the Southern Con-
ference. Cantwell played only
about 2 minutes; took two or three
shots and did not score
Zahn explained that Cantwell's
absence was in the nature of an
experiment. He ignored the "We
want Cantwell" chant of the G. w.
students and midway in the Sec
ond half Larry Adler scored on d
follow up to put the Colonials
ahead, 34-33, and they went or to
win easily without Cantwell
There's no trouble between lis"
zahn said laughingly, recalling that
the Colonials have evaded the
squabbles that have hit other teams
this year. Bill works well on the
inside plays and is a good scorer,
but some of the other boys are as
good on ball handling and defense
and I just decided to let him sit
this one out"
Adler's work off the backboards
and Art Cerra's best performance of
the year spurred the Colonials to
their 16-point triumph, Spence
Wright was high-point man for G.
w. with IA, but little Eddie Ores
cenze was the crowd pleaser of .he
Terps until he crashed into the iron
pipes supporting the backboards and
was carried off the floor. He walked
out of the gym under his own power
Cerra led G. w. with 16 points, with
Phil McNiff scoring IA and Adler Is
Lions Win at Finish.
The Hoyas dropped a game they
might have won if some of Coach
iAiiCi 4tiP4Cy D phoeCSCo i1ao Pioy'S
a little header ball in the last two
minutes when Georgetown held
leads of 1886 and 40-38. Earlier in
the game the Hoyas had gone into
one of their comas and gone with
out a point for 91a minutes as Penn
State came from 1912 to 1919, but
Tommy O'Keefe's shooting and some
great rebound work by Ken Brown
helped the Hoyas forge ahead.
Hundreds of fans showed a con-
tempt for Penn States zone defense
by walking out in the second half
of the slow, deliberate game. The
score at the end of 10 minutes was
only TO, Georgetown. When the
Nittany Lions did move they de-
pended on Jack Biery for the points
and Milt Simon for the ball ham
ding. Biery scored Is points,
O'Keefe IA.