Evening star., 1949-12-19
Rams Rap Bell for Refusal to Postpone P|ayoff
Unbeaten Hoyas Make
Best Showing by Far
Among Local Quints
By MerreII WhittIesey

Among Local Quints
By MerreII WhittIesey
Although most of the local col
lege basketball teams are through
until after the holidays. there's
been enough action in the three
weeks-old season for a capsule
Of the major teams.
With the schools having played
from four to seven games, the pic
ture is something like this: trec-
ords in parenthesis).
GEORGETOWN (6-O Coach
Buddy O'Grady is gazing fondly
at his hot-handed Hoyas' un-
beaten record, because Buddy
realizes the honeymoon is about
over. Seven Of Georgetown's next
eight opponents are LaSalle, Holy
Cross, Dartmouth, st. Johns.
Siena, Cornell and Canisius, all
on foreign courts. -Four of those
teams are among the major un-
beaten quintets in the country.
But O'Grady has accomplished
wonders to date. With the ex-
ception Of last Saturdays Har-
ward game, the Hoyas have won
impressively. O'Grady's first act
was to get his team into condi-
tion, and his Juniors and seniors
are playing much better ball
minus their excess poundage.
Johnny Norris, at
SIS, and Tony Durmowicz are
working in nicely. O'Grady has
been substituting smartly and he
has the squad hustling, some
thing it wasn't doing last year.
Georgetown will be dangerous all
the way, but with that suicide
schedule is going to lose a num-
Der of games.
GEORGE WASHINGTON (3-2)
The Colonials rehired Bill Rein
hart with an eye to the future.
Oregon Bill is going to get as
much as he can out of this years
team, and with II games sched-
uled against the Southern Con-
ference's second division teams,
the record should be a pretty
good one. But G. w. is going to
have a tough time against the
good teams. A 22-point defeat
by N. c. State and a loss to Vir-
ginia at home, after the Cava-
liers had lost by 81 and % points
to Duke and Navy, proved that.
But the Colonial fans will see a
lot Of Sophomore Buddy Goglin,
and with Reinhart at the con-
trolls, George Washington might
create considerable excitement in
that conference tournament In
March.
NAVY (4-0)-Navy regulations
dictate that Midshipmen cannot
be over 6-feet-3, and right there
Navy's basketball teams start out
by spotting all opponents height
advantage. Without a big man to
work under the basket, Coach Ben
Carnevale concentrates on speed
and condition. The Middies run,
run, run in practice. This year
his team is faster than ever, in
good condition, and with the
youthful Carnevale known as one
Of the Nations top court coaches.
Navy might be the surprise team
of the area. Navy will learn more
Of It's potentialities in the Cotton
Bowl tournament where it meets
Southern Methodist and either
or st. Louis.
AMERICAN U. (3-3)-The
Eagles. with their biggest pre-
season buildup, were world beaters
against the Quantico Marines,
Brooklyn Poly and for SO minutes
against Georgetown. Then the
Hoyas took the play away from
them in the last two minutes and
the effects apparently still are
there. They played poorly in
losing to Davis and Elkins and
Penn State, and barely beat
Roanoke on Saturday. Coach
Staff Cassell has some mighty
good material. however, and his
big sophomore hope, Sherwood
Webster. has started to click.
scoring II points against Roanoke.
And that defeat by Davis and
Elkins doesn't look so bad now,
after the Senators beat Seton Hall
on the latter's court last Saturday.
But A. U. must shake its habitual
fault of losing its big games II
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