Evening star., 1949-12-18
Virginia Rally
Beats Co|oniia|s,
1854, in Upset
6. U. Runs Up Early
Margin on Harvard,
Wins Only by 1888
By MerreII WhittIesey

Inc university OF virginia,
faster and smarter than George
Washington in the second half af-
ter trailing for Is minutes, over
took and upset the favored
Colonials, 1854, in the nightcap
OF the seasons first collegiate bas-
ketball doubleheader last night at
the Armory.
A crowd of 3,O79 watched un-
beaten Georgetown run it's win
ming streak to five straight by
holding to the remnants of a l5-
point lead to trip Harvard, 1888,
in the opener. The Hoyas started
taking it easy too early in the
loosely played game and Harvard
threw a scare into them before
it was over.
In the second game, the Cava-
liers. behind all the way in the
first half and trailing, 1881, at
intermission, first took the lead
on Barney Gill's basket at 1888.
From that point on. it was mad
basket-for-basket scrap, with Vr-
ginia having slightly the best of
it.
Allen G. w. Nemesis.
Virginia's little Jimmy Allen. a
foot shorter than some of the
players on the floor, conceded all
that height and still won indi-
vidual honors for the evening with
a sparkling performance.
Aliens dribbling, ball handling,
taking and tight defensive play
beat the Colonials. He stole the
ball, dropped in long shots, was
all over the court and the Cava-
lier players all but carried him
of the court at the finish.
The biggest difference in the
teams in the second half was six
points in Virginia's favor at 64-58
and 67-61. Behind at the latter
count and with less than a min
ute to play, the Colonials made
a move to pull it out of the fire
with free throw by Sam Schneider
and swish shot by Gene Witkin,
but they were fouling in their
desperate efforts to get the ball
and Allen made the last point
just 10 seconds before the final
gun.
George Washington undoubtedly
wishes the Virginia team had re-
ceived that bowl bid it was after,
for Barney Gill would not have
been with the basketball team
and Virginia would have been
minus IL of its points.
Virginia Was Underdog.
Gill, halfback on the football
team, scored six consecutive
points with one-hand jump shots
in the second half and II in all.
Joe Noertker, Virginia's scoring
ace, was held to three points in
the second half by Ace Adler,
after keeping the Cavaliers in the
game with Is in the first half.
Virginia, with 81 and % point
defeats by Duke and Navy in its
last two starts, was a decided un-
derdog. Coach Bill Reinhart
continually switched his top nine
players for G. W., but after that
early lead the Colonials just
couldn't hold the advantage. The
Colonial scoring was divided, Nc
Milf getting IA, to 13 for Moffat
and 8 for Cerra.
Hoyas Well In Front.
Georgetown, comfortably ahead
of Harvard for three-fourths of
the opening game. found scoring
more difficult in the last 10 min
utes and won by only five points.
The Hoyas had an early lead
of 21-8 and at one time in the
second half boasted a 1927 ad-
vantage, but the Crimson kept
hacking away and gave George
town anxious moments before it
was over.
The box score showed the two
teams even in field goals, with
Georgetown serving five more free
throws, although it missed II.
Harvard missed 13 times from the
foul line.
Lots of Missed Shots.
Georgetown appeared to have
much better ball club. but it was
an evening of missed shots and
sloppy passing by Coach Buddy
|O'Grady's fast-breaking club. The
Hoyas were breaking so fast they
threw the ball away number of
times.
For more than 10 minutes, it
appeared that Georgetown would
run Harvard right back to Cam
bridge, leading 21-7 with every
body in the lineup chipping in on
the scoring. At the half, it was
31-18 in favor of the Hoyas and
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