Evening star., 1950-12-19
Smaller Squad
Seeks 10 Slow
GU Fast Break
Coloniols to Tuke on
W. and Lin First
Come Of Double Bill

Georgetown will send 17-man
squad. most of them sophomore
speed merchants, against an
American University team that is
only one deep at each position
but hopes to score an upset with
ball control and it's zone defense,
in the feature game of the first
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of the season tonight. The game
is due to start at $3.50.
At 8 o'clock George Washington
takes a tWo-game winning streak
against Washington and Lee,
which lost to Maryland 52-43. last
night at College Park.
An Eagles victory over George
town really would be an upset. for
the odds-makerS have made the
Hoyas 14-point favorites. CIV is
a 12-point choice over the Cen
erals.
Coach Staff Cassen of Ameri-
can University has made no secret
of his pre-game plans against the
Hoyas. His starting team realizes
it will be up against fresh men
most of the game, and over the
distance will not be able to cope
with the Hoyas' fast break.
Stress Ball Control.
So the Eagles hope to stress ball
control on offense and slow down
the Hoyas on defense with the
zone. Cassell maintains that makes
basketball just as interesting as
games featuring breakneck pace.
Both teams have been beaten
once, the Hoyas by Long Island
rally in Madison Square Garden
last Thursday and American U.
by Penn State when the Eagles
missed a chance to tie with less
than 10 seconds remaining. The
Hoyas routed Geneva, st. Francis
and Mount st. Mary's, while AU
topped Quantico when the Marines
were at full strength, Towson
Teachers, Catholic University and
Davis and Elkins.
Although Georgetown was rated
highly by New York writer's, some
of whom said the club has cham
pionship possibilities. some OBJ
servers think the Eagles have a
chance for an upset because of
their style of play.
Evenly Matched in Height.
American U. will nearly match
Georgetown's height with Ronnie
Garshag at 6-6, Sherwood Web
ster, 6-5. and Leroy Ishman. Ga,
its biggest men, and the Eagles
will have an edge in experience.
The other AU starters. Art Morales
and Ed Moffatt. played in vir-
tually all the Eagles % victories
last year. 49,.
Coach Buddy O'Grady of the
Hoyas told Promoter Ned Irish in
New York last week he was afraid
his Hoyas were headed for more
trouble when they played AU.
O'Grady, with 13 sophomores
on his 17-man squad, has ample
bench strength and he intimated
there may be a change in his
starting lineup. One change may
be forced by Denny Murphy's
sprained ankle. Murphy is 6-5,
as is Bill Bolger, who is sure to
start, while Hugh Beins is 6-7.
The other starters have been
Barry Sullivan, 6-3, and Bob Ma
katura, $40, but there is chance
that Sullivan and Makatura
might not be used in the same
combination. John Hekker, Mike
Vitale, Tony Durmowicz, Bill
Scott and Gerald Nappy are other
possibilities.
/. Sullivan Top Scorer.
Sullivan is Georgetown's leading
scorer with 68 points in four
games, Is Of them against Long
Island. Bolger has 81. In five
games for American u, Ishman
mas 90, of which 27 were scored
against Davis and Elkins. Web
ster has 80. 20
Georgetown has played Ameri-
can U. at least six times and the
closest the Eagles ever came to
winning was last year. The Hoyas
scored the last five points of the
game in the final two minutes for
a 1888 margin.
George Washington, which lost
(See EAGLES-HOYAS, Page C-2)