Evening star., 1951-12-24
Unbeaten Navy Five
Tops Area Teams;
Hoyas Have Hopes
By MerreIl WhittIesey

By MerreIl WhittIesey
After 35 re-Christmas holiday
basketball games, the six colleges
in this section are running some
thing like this: Navy far ahead
of schedule, Georgetown. Mary
land and American U. about as
and George Washing
ton and Catholic U. slightly below
hopes.
Here are the records. next
games and a t11umbnail sketch of
December performances.
NAVY. Defeated Virginia,
Western Maryland, Dartmouth,
Harvard and Princeton. Lost
none. Next game-North Caro-
lima State Thursday in Dixie
Classic.
This supposedly was Coach Ben
Carnevale's year to build charac-
ter at Annapolis, but instead he
is working on an unbeaten season
with five straight victories. His
five high scorers are two plebes.
two second-year men and one
with two years experience. The
entire starting lineup and the
first-line subs from last years
team, that won 16 and lost six,
was lost by graduation
The Dixie Classic field this week
in Raleigh may be too much for
the young Middies, but they
might have more surprises. John
Clune of New York is the top
scorer with 1875 average.
GEORGETOWN. Defeated 10y
ola of Baltimore, Catholic u,
Randolph-Macon and Princeton
Lost to Fordham. Next game
Wake Forest, here. January S.
It's still too early to tell whether
Coach Buddy O'Grady's predom-
inantly Junior team is going to
find itself this season. Unlike
most people who saw the game
IO'Grady thought his bail club
played well against Fordham in
defeat. as well as in its victories
Georgetown is still full of flash
but is not impressive defensively
With all his bench strength, some
wonder why O'Grady doesn't use
a platoon system and wear the
other fellow down. Barry Sulli-
van Of the Hoyas can do more
things with a basketball than any
player we've seen-including Dick
Groat.
/ MARYLAND. Defeated Vir.
ginia, Washington and Lee twice
VMI and William ana Mary. Los
to Penn and West Virginia. Mex
game North Carolina there Janu.
ary 3.
! Bud Millikan of the Terps is
forcing the other Southern Con-
ference coaches to put in specia
work for the Maryland game, in
lasmuch as the Terps are the only
conference team using the posses.
sion-style game.
Some fans don't like the Mil.
likan style. but it has created new
interest in Terp basketball. Gene
Shue fits in. nicely with -four
leftover regulars from last year
Maryland appears sure for q
seeded berth in the conference
tournament and its best basket
ball record in decade.
AMERICAN u. Defeated For
Meade, Towson. Catholic U. ane
Roanoke. Lost to Bainbridge ane
Davis and Elkins. Next game-Ex.
hibition trip to Iceland startin.
December 90.
| The Eagles are going to be hare
pressed to defend their Mason.
Dixon Conference title this wear
according to their coach, Stat
Cassell. Fellows like Bud Daly
and Hal Sponsler are not scorin,
enought, and that leaves tn,
points load on Ed Moffatt ant
John Selby. AU lacks big man
plus experience. but their schedul,
is not too tough and they figur,
to play about .667 basketball.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. De
feated Virginia and West Virginia
Lost to N. c. State and Duke
Next game. Wake Forest her,
January 4.
The Colonials have only a stun.
ming victory over West Virginia t.
recommend their e-holiday play
Were disappointing in beatins
weak Virginia, and simply wer,
outclassed against the Wolfpacl
and Duke.
However. Coach Bill Relnhart'
freshmen showed against Wes
Virginia what they can do on ;
given night, and they should quail
lfy for the Southern Conferenc,
> tournament with a record of abou
Ill in league plsv. Reinhar
could use some school support, in
cldentally, instead of digs from
the student paper, The Hatchet
which first knocked it's school
football team, and now is sowin
diSsension in basketball.
, CATHOLIC U. Beat Gallaude
{ and Towson. Lost to Virgins
( Bridgewater. Quantico Marines
, American u, Georgetown an,
Washington College.
!, The scrappy Cards have tn,
Districts potential high scorer i,
Joe Della Rata but not much
help due to no basketball schol.
arships. Good for a couple oj
lMason-Dixon Conference upset.
but overall it looks like a long
season.