Evening star., 1948-02-22
Hoyas, With Brilliant
Spurt, Edge 6. ". for
City Title, 41-38
By MerreII WhittIesey


GEORGETOWN, accused ofttimes dur
ing the season of playing unsound
basket ball, staged a brilliant s.
minute ball handling exhibition that
would have tickled the heart of
DR.. Naithsmith as the Hoyas locked
up the city collegiate title last night
with 41-38 triumph over George
Washington at the Armory.
With Sub Vince Leddy and Danny
Kraus at the controls, the Hoyas
protected slender 1-point lead that
later was increased to three, by
freezing the ball and keeping 1t away
from the anxious Colonials.
Most of the action in the low
scoring affair~Was jammed into the
last few minutes. The rest Of the
game was more noticeable for It's
misses than its hits, with George
Washington requiring IA minutes
before 1t scored from the floor on;
one hand shot by the ailing Bill
Cantweli. Georgetown biggest lead
was nine points, at 14-5 and G. WIS
biggest advantage was three points,
at 35-32.
I With a few seconds short Of five
minutes to play, the Hoyas' Ken
Brown, playing cautiously because
of four personal fouls, tapped In
follow up shot to give Georgetown
| the lead at 36-35. Tommy O'Keefe
made a foul shot for the Hoyas but
Johnny Moffatt tied 1t up with a
one-hand shot from a twisting posi-
! ton.
Hoyas Lead at 1887.
The 1000 spectators were Great
ing a terrific din at this point.
There wasn't much confidence
among the Hoya supporters when
Vince Leddy stepped to the foul
line for free shot but he banked
it off the blackboard and George
town was ahead 1897.
G. w. lost the ball on its drive
down court and when the Hoyas
came back up they adopted the
freezing tactics Leddy, Kraus,
Brown, Ed Brembs and Frank Ala
gia whipped the ball around the
baffled Colonials with Leddy steer
ing the drive. The Hoyas darted
from one side of the court to the
other, exchanging the ball on sure
passes, and despite the pleas of the
G. w. rooters, the Colonials couldn't
break it up. .ee
With the big clock on red, indi-
eating less than a minute to go,
Leddy saw Brown standing alone
and unattended. under the basket
and he whipped the ball In and
Ken converted for 40-37 lead.
G. WIS Ray Adler was too tired to
watch Brown at this point.
Phil McNiff OF the Colonials drew
foul and made it, making the
score 40-38, but the Hoyas again
went into their freeze and on four
consecutive fouls by G. w. the
Hoyas simply took the ball out of
bounds to gain possession. Finally
Len Small showed Kraus to the
court and Danny was awarded two
shots because it was intentional
Kraus made the first for the final
point and retained the ball when
he took it outside until time was up.
Both Strong on Defense.
The defense of both teams domi-
mated the game. Both missed lot
of shots, particularly G. W., in its
first IA minutes, but most of the
shots. were hurried because of close
guarding. The field goal count ill
the first half was only 4-3 for the
Hoyas and both made II for the
game. Forty-one fouls were called,
10 against G. W. and % against the
Hoyas.
Georgetown converted II of its
% foul shots with Brown making
six in row. The victory was the
second of the season for G. U. over
their intra- city rivals, and coupled
with triumph over Maryland it
gave Coach Elmer Ripley's battered
cagerS the city crown.
In a preliminary, the George
Washington "B" team brought its
seasons record to 500 by defeating
MONTGOMERY Junior College. 35-28