Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-11
MOUNTAINEERs, KENTUCKY HERE e
CIV, Maryland Elves
Due for Rugged Week

College basketball comes up
with q couple of grade A attrac-
lions here this week. West Vir-
ginia against George Washing
ton at Uline Arena Tuesday
night and Kentucky against
Maryland at the new fleldhouse
Thursday night.
Both games should draw full
houses. 5000 at Uline's to see
Hot Rod Hundley of West Viz
ginia and $4,000 at Maryland for
a look at Coach Adolph Rupp's
perennial Southeastern Confer
ence champions who were rated
the No. 2 team in the country
last year.
Maryland's hopes of beating
the generally powerful Wildcats
were raised last night when
Temple was able to upset the
Rupp five, 1851, on Kentucky's
home floor. The ,Terrapins at
the same time were defeating
Wake Forest for their fourth
straight win.
The Wildcats. who were sup
posed to be better this year than
last, defeated Louisiana State in
their opening game. and will play
iDePaul at Lexington tomorrow
might before visiting College
Park.
Hundley is something special
as a scorer, and he also is real
basketball Snowman. His scor-
ing is enough. though, to give
the Colonials fits. He made the
difference in both the games the
IMountaineers won over CIV last
year. He got 20 points in West
Virginia's initial 1914 victory
at Morgantown. and he came up
with 80 more when the Noun
taineers dethroned the Colonials
as Southern Conference cham
pions, 58-48, in the overtime final
at Richmond.
Hundley's favorite shot is a
Ione-hand Jump. although he is
an excellent driver and likes to
drive. stop and fade away with
a rolling hook Shot-and with
either hand. He shoots set shots
with one hand. and is regarded
as automatic" from within 20
feet.
/ In pre-game practices or when
his team gets safe lead. his
Glowing comes out. He'll hold
the ball out in one hand and
taunt an opponent with it. He
spins it on his finger. then rolls
lit up his arm and around his
back to his other hand before
shooting. He's liable to shoot q
basket over his shoulder while
facing the other direction.
/ Hot Rod rubbed it in on the
/, Colonials in last years confer
ence final toward the end of
overtime when the Mountain
GERS had a lock. He had two
foul shots coming up. and hook
shot one Of them and tossed the
other from behind his back. At
the finish ne was in possession of
the ball, and before the gun
went of he looped the ball over
the rafters instead of shooting
for the basket.
While the outstanding person.
ality on the West Virginia squad
is a player, the attraction on the
Kentucky team is the coach.
IAdolph Rupp. the Man in the
Brown Suit" who has a fabu-
lous winning percentage of bet
ter than IS per cent in IS years
with the Wildcats.
| Kentucky won % and lost
last year, losing twice to Geor-
gia Tech and in the NcAA
tournament to Marquette. The
Georgia Tech defeat at home
snapped a Lexington winning
streak of l29 games. dating back
j! to 1913.
( Maryland also plays an At
lantic Coast Conference game
Saturday night at the fieldhouse
against North Carolina, and the
advance information is that the
Tar Heels have improved enough
to give the Terrapins a hard
time this year. The Terps won
both games last year.
/ CIV also has more Southern
Conference activity this week ir
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