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versity, who took part in one o.
the most talked-of games of tn,
District basketball season las
year, meet again Tuesday nigh
at Uline Arena in the nightcal
of what may be the city's cham
pionship basketball attraction o!
the season.
George Washington and Wash.
ington and Lee, who appear about
evenly matched on their early
season games, clash at 8 O'Clock
on the same program, with the
HoyaS and Eagles paired about
$50.
The pre- Christmas holiday
week is busy one for the Colo
malls, who meet the new Southern
Conference member, West Vir-
ginia, at Morgantown wednesday,
and return to play Duke Friday
at Uline Arena.
The only other games on thu
weeks program for Capital ares
colleges are out-of- town tests fol
Catholic University's potent point
makers against st. Joseph's ir
Philadelphia and Iona in New
Rochelle Tuesday and Wednesday
and Maryland at home tomorrow
against Washington Lee anc
Tuesday against Rutgers.
ALI Plans to Slow Hoyas.
American University has beer
preparing for Georgetown in the
same thorough and hopeful man.
ner that the Hoyas approached
their major test against Long Is
land in New York last Thursday
GEORGETOWN lost, 1866, after lead
ing by 10 points on four occa-
sions in the first half and trailing
by only a point with less than
three minutes to play.
While Georgetown, with its
brilliant sophomore talent, must
be a solid favorite, there is con-
siderable optimism at American
U. Coach Staff Cassell has his
Eagles believing the zone defense
will slow down the speedy Hoyas.
The Eagles also will match the
Hoyas' height, but cannot match
the bench strength of Coach
Buddy O'Grady's 17-man squad.
Last year three of the present
AU starters and Bob Lamon, the
Eagles captain who was gradu-
ated, lost to Georgetown, 68-63,
with the Hoyas scoring the last
five points of the game in the last
two minutes. Sherwood Webster,
AUS high scorer, was on the squad
last year, but did not play against
Georgetown.
GU Coach Contemplates Shifts.
Georgetown resumed practice
yesterday after a day off follow
ing the Long Island game. En-
couraged by a good press in New
York, including one story that
predicted Georgetown would be
back for regular season and tour
nament games for the next three
years if these were normal times,
the Hoyas still we're not f1attered
by their coach.
O'Grady refused to be conSoled
by the fact that Georgetown lost
because it's starting team was all
sophomores. 1t is the coach's opin-
ion that they have been playing
together long enough to be ready
for anybody right now, not neces-
sarily in the future.
Buddy said the five players who
started against LIU-Barry Sulli-
van, Bob Makatura, Denny Muir
ply, Hugh Beins and Bill Bolger
by no means had clinched start
ing jobs. He thought his team
was tall until he saw LIU, and
now he may attempt to get more
height in there, plus smoother
combination in the play-making
department.
CIV Has Edge Over w. g. L.
George Washington and Wash
ington and Lee have met seven
times in the World War II era
with CIV holding a one-game
edge. All the games were close,
however. The Generals will be
led by Jay Handlan, who aver
aged 2O.3 in 20 games last year.
Maryland, with three victories
against a defeat by Penn to date,
has an opportunity to come out
of the pre-holiday games with
the second-best record in the
area. The Terps appear an even
match for the Generals tomorrow
night and also against Rutgers
Tuesday. Lee Brawley is Mary
lands high-point man to date
with 68 in four games.
Navy's triumph over Harvard
yesterday left the Middies un-
beaten in four games and it will
be the only District area team
active over the holidays. Start
ing December % and running
three days. the Middies will COM
pete in the Dixie Classic in
Raleigh, N. c., with N. C. State,
Duke, Wake Forest, North Caro-
lima, Tulane, Colgate and Rhode
Island State.
Gu Is Improving Defense.
Catholic us trip, one of the
few beyond Mason-DiXon Con-
ference boundaries for the Cards,
will give Coach Abe Rosenf1eld a
long awaited chance to show off
his boys to Eastern alumni and
Rosenfield hopes they make IA
vorable impression. Rosenfield is
confident the team will do all
right in the scoring column, but
has been working hard to improve
its defense.
Joe Della Rata. with a 1875
average, George Hughes, IT points
and Scotty Cranston, fraction
over Is, will bear the brunt of
GUS offense. II Rosenfeld is
counting on 81 workhorses as
Jim Balint, He Sondericker and
Mickey Trepp, ne boys who help
set up the plays and seldom get
the spotlight, to give the big three
scoring opportunities.
Monday.
Washington and Lee at Maryland.