Evening star., 1951-01-10
10 Straight Points
In Overtime Break
Contest Wide Open
By MerreII WhittIesey

orally looking like guy involved
in a brawl, was half showed and
half carried to the George WASH
ington dressing room last night
through one Of the most deliriously
happy groups ever to stampede
through Uline Arena.
Colonial rooters, who had suf-
fered through six previous CIV
defeats. had gone absolutely wild
about their teams 1910 overtime
triumph over a bewildered and
frustrated Georgetown team,
which obviously is not The sensa-
tional sophomore outfit that It is
supposed to be.
Good old Rein" an ex-GW
courtman shouted. Hes the
greatest. Give him a ball game
that really means something and
he'll win it, A crowd of 2,64l
will attest to that.
What the fellow said was true.
George Washington had been
beaten by North Carolina State
twice, Temple, West Virginia
Duke and Navy. and during those
defeats the Colonials had been
reading about the highly touted
Hoyas. Reinhart secuted George
town, admitted they looked good,
and firmly maintained that CIV
was better than its record.
Bench Strength Beating CIV.
I'VE can go against anybody
for half" Reinhart said. Bench
strength has been beating u.s."
George Washington went all
the way last night, and in the
overtime contest ran Georgetown
right out Of the arena. It broke
a heart-throbbing contest wide
open in the overtime period with
10 straight points, and outscored
the Hoyas, IL to 2. before the
extra five minutes was over.
Asked why the CIV players
mobbed Ace Adler after the game,
when Aces play had been ade-
quate but nothing more, Reinhart
said that the boys were playing
this one for Ace.
Adler. clumsy-acting. 6-foot-4.
225-pounder from Brooklyn. is bad
news to Georgetown. Last year
in the second half of the George
town series he beat the 6-point
favored Hoyas with a tap-in in
the last six seconds.
Georgetown Favored.
Last night Georgetown was a
favorite from 7 to IL points, and
in some places the game was "off
the boards" The Hoyas appeared
shoo-ins.
But this was the one Reinha1't
wanted and he won it.
After the George Washington
dressing room assumed a SEM
blance of normalcy. Reinhart said
tough ball games had helped his
team. It has played a half dozen
teams as good as Georgetown, and
held N. c. State even for half
and lost to Navy by only 4 points
after the holidays. The Hoyas
hadn't played in three weeks.
Reinhart wouldn't single out an
individual. Not even Art Cerra.
never strong enough to go all the
way, who scored % points be-
fore he fouled out with eight
minutes to play. Georgetown led
at that point, $3.50. Not even
Adler, nor Bud Goglin. nor Gene
Witkin, who gave the Hoyas'
flashy playmaker. Bob Makatura,
a bad time of it.
George Washington's overtime
star was another Brooklyn young
ster. Kenny Kern. who never
played high school basketball. He
was recommended to the Colo
malls on the basis of a 25-point
average in AAU play by Julie
Bender of Kings Point. former
coaching buddy of Reinhart's.
inexperienced on Defense.
The CIV coach explained that
he had not used Kern previously
because of his inexperience on de-
fense. when I saw Georgetown
was getting tired I put him in
there" Reinhart replied. 1--WE
needed offense then" Kern, g.
feet-1, scored seven straight
points in the overtime after
Goglin's basket broke the tie.
Coach Buddy O'Grady of the
Hoyas was bearing up nicely after
what must have been a tre-
mendous disappointment. 1--WE
can't make as many mistakes as
we did and win," he said. bad
passes, silly throwing the ball
around.
This still is a good ball club"
O'Grady said. Some days in the
gym we could beat anybody in
the world. Then we come out
and play like this. And every
body seems to get hot against us.
Long Island, American U. and
now Reinhart's club. what per-
centage they must have had to-
night"
Freshman Game Recalled.
Somebody recalled that as
freshmen the same Georgetown
team with the exception of Tony
Durmowicz and Mike Vitale,
juniors, had to score 13 points
in less than three minutes to beat
the CIV frosh in their second
(See GW-Georgetown. Page AID
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