Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1930, Page 25

Sports News he WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1930. Foening Star. WITR SUNDAY MORKING EDITION * Features and Classified PAGE C—1 Stirring Play Marks School Court Set : Virginia Quint No Longer Soft Picking THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT. PUBLIC HIGH FIVES BATILETOFINSH Central Takes Series Final,; Creating Three-way Tie | for Second Place. BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR. 6 HEY were in there giving all they had all the time and they played clean.” This is the way a close follower of the public high school basket ball championship series which ended yesterday with Central conquering Western, 29 to 28, sized up the play of ,all the teams. o Central's victory enabled it to finish in a three-way tie for second place with Western and Eastern with four wins and four defeats each. Tech won the title last Friday for the second straight season, finishing two games ahead of the runners-up with six wins and two losses Business was last with two victories against six defeats. What a fine tribute our friend paid the courage and sportsmanship of the geries participants. It was a richly de- served tribute, too, in the opinion of this reporter., who saw every game of the series and is mighty glad that he did. For they certainly were chock full of everything that makes athletics worth while. There was drama, there was high courage in the heat of the strife and, what, in our opinion, is most important is that the players al- ways were sportsmen. They played hard all right. Our friend was right about that, and he also was right when ke said they played clean. “I get a big kick out of these high #chool games,” our friend said. “I know THE HOT IRO Ny TEBuNE wre In response to many requests, some of the late Clare Briggs' famous drawings are being reproduced in the sports pages of The Evening Star. ikl Pur THIS HoT FLATIRON AT YourR FEET - ROSCOE - AWFULLY CoLD AN IS Jiaw MA —By BRIGGS |Offers Brightest Battle of v (RiekTs. \TS COLDERN AMV TH 'Nva N. those youngstets are battling only for the glory of their school, that they know that this is the only reward they'll get, and I know that they are clean all the way through. It is all so refresh- ing” Set Packed With Thrills. Prom the outset the series just closed was packed and jammed with thrills. Before it started it was generally agreed that in view of the strength shown by | all five contenders in early season games the series was going to produce great competition. This it did, cer- tainly. Tech won the title after a magnifi- cent uphill fight, which started after the Gray had lost two of its first three games. Central. after winning its first three games, showing class that sur- rised even that astute coach of the lue, Bert Coggins, quickly fell from grace, dropping its next four games only to come back yesterday to van- Western, a team which drubbed Coggins-coached crew by 36-18 in| the opening round of the series. ! Eastern’s play also was erratic. After Josing three of its first four games, the | Light Blue rallied impressively to sweep through its next three opponents only to succumb to Tech, 23 to 27, in a game the winning of which would have car- ried Eastern to a tie with the Gray. Western started auspiciously, winning three of its first four games, then skid- ded, capturing only one of its next four -engagements. Business “the red-headed stepchild”| of the public high schools, athletically | speaking, continued to take 'em on the | button from old lady luck. After| handing Tech a 37-26 defeat in the first | contest of the series for both teams | the stenogs began taking regular lick- | ings by heart-breaking margins, win- ning just one mere game during the remainder of the series. Cross Helps Central. | A sensational one-man assault by | Capt. Wilbur Cross, eagle-cved Central | forward, enabled the Blue to overcome | Western yesterday. With the game in | its final few minutes Cross caged a foul and then in quick, workman-like style two neat baskets from side court | to give his team a tie at 26-all. Then | after George Brandt, center, had put | the Blue ahead by one point with a foul toss and Capt. Jimmy Thompson had registered a basket to again give Western the lead at 28-27, Cross once | more sent th> bill spinning into the | hoop for the points that gave his team | victory. A moment later official scorer Halght fired the gun that ended the game and the series. . Though it was a real fight from the start, Western held the upper hand most of the way over C>ntral. The Red team was ahead. 6 to 4, at the end of the first quarter and after the Blue managed to gain a 13-all tie at | half time and a 19-all deadlock at the | end of the third quarter Western struck | back to again take the lead in the | final quarter only to see it melt beforc the steller basket-sniping of Cross in those dying moments. Incidentally, Cross, who scored 11 | points, gained a first-place tie in_ the Jimmy Thompson of Western, who also | registered 11. Each finished with a total of 71 markers. Everett Russell crack | little Tech forward, who had been leading in this respect, dropped to third lace with: 67 points followed by Bob | eeman, Western center, who peppered | the basket for 12 points to boost his series total to 64 and Joe Robey of Eastern with 63. | Lampson Scores. Aside from the work of Cross. Thompson and Freeman, the clever play of Russell Lampson, rugged Cen- tral guard, was perhaps the most note- worthy feature of yesterday's game. Lampson has proved not only a depend- able player on defense in the series but a good shot, his record as to foul tosses having been particularly good. In 14 | tries from the charity stripe he has | registered 11 times, caging 4 tosses in as many tries yesterday. SCHOOLBOYS SWIM FOR TITLES MARCH 8 Washington swimmers are expected | to compete in the nineteenth annual interscholastic championship meet to be held in Baltimore March 8 under the sponsorship of the South Atlantic branch of the A. A. U. The events will be held in the tank at Baltimore Ath- letic Club. Eight events are on the program. ‘There will be 50, 100 and 220 yard free- style swims, 100-yard breaststroke and | 100-yard backstroke races, a relay race of 160 yards, a medley relay and fancy diving. All events will be conducted under | the official rules of the National Col- legiate Association. Entries will L‘lO‘Ee‘ March 1 with Latrobe Cogswell, Balti- | more Athletic Club. Contestants must be bona fide members of some prepara- or public school in the South At- P tic, or District of Columbia branch ‘of the A. A. U. s | l gether the Takoma Park Firemen and Rockville A. A. in a Montgomery County League contest and the nightecap, start- ing at 8 o'clock, will be between the Po- tomac Boat Club and Stewart Brothers quint, both potential champions. tonight in the Silver Spring Armory. The strong United Typewriter Grays will battle the Skinker Brothers Eagles, District champs, raphers will meet Mount Vernon M. E. These latter two teams engaged in a stirring contest several weeks ago in the Community Center League, which the Photographets won. raphers ended their play in the Com- munity loop last night by beating Naval Gent series individual scoring with Capt. | Sio8%; SCHOLASTIC SPORTS Two Flashy Double-Headers Set For Basket Ball Fans Tonight NDEPENDENT basket ball fans to- night will focus on a'double attrac- tion at the Silver Spring High school. The opener will bring to- Rockville has lost only one league and that-to the vhw:mm m:nen. ‘who havess -clean slate. A Lots of warm action is promised in n. Independent League double-header and Woltz Photog- ‘The Photog- Series Statistics Team Standing. 5 | with 16 points. Central, 29; Western, 28. Results of Previous Games. Central, 29: Eastern, 25. Business, 37; Tech, 26. Business, 212. ‘Western, 29; Business, 28. Central, 45; Tech, 25. Tech, 47; Eastern, 27. Western, 36; Central, 18. Central, 2 Business, 29. Western, 18; Business, 15. Tech, 27; Central, 25. Tech, 27; Eastern, 23. Yesterday's Line-Ups. Pts. Western. ‘Thompson. f. M. Uhllle;l. 2 | wnBoot? Referee— Mr. Kessler. Umpire—] PROGRAM THIS WEEK BASKET BALL. TODAY. Strayer vs. Gonzaga at Gonzaga. Hyattsville High vs. Devitt at Devitt. Mount St. Joseph’s High vs. St. John's at St. John's, 8 p.m. Charlotte Hall vs. Landon at Epiph- any gym. ‘TOMORROW. Central vs. Raymond Riordan at Central. Georgetown Prep vs. Western, E?:euArn vs. Woodward at Central Y. Emerson vs. Alexandria High at Alexandria. | Western at | FRIDAY. ‘Tech vs. George Washington Fresh- men at Tech (graduate T Club benefit game). Central vs. Landon at Central. La Salle vs. St. John's at St. John's, 8:30 p.m. Ben Franklin vs. Devitt at Devitt. Eastern vs. Maryland Freshmen at College Park Bliss vs. Army Medical School at Walter Reed Hospital. Episcopal vs. Friends at Friends (Prep School Lightweight League game). Gonzaga vs. Leonard Hall at Leon- ardtown, SATURDAY. Bliss vs. Eastern at Stlver ‘Spring Armory, 8:30 p.m. . D'“,l RIFLE. BATURDAY. P Hospital in a loosely contested game, 30 to 15. By defeating the Eastern Preps, 25 to 22, Jewish Community Center ran its victory streak to 12 games. An unusual fleld goal in the second half helped the Jewish team. A toss from midcourt by Wallanstein was deflected into the bas- ket when Bushong of Eastern Prep at- tempted to block it. Capt. Dix, with six field goals, got in a winning punch"Tor' Strayer's Business College ”wh:n defeated the Northern oBL, &% L ‘The Als Athletic Club sextet put the bee on the Eagles, who have been re- garded as the strongest girls’ team in town, score, 20-16. Sunday the' Als will | lay the Jewish Community Center sex- | tet at the Center. Field goals were cheap in a game be- tween the Woodlawn and Royal Arca- num teams at Fort Myer, Woodlawn winning, 54-38. Faro got 11 and Ryan 10 for Woodlawn and Darne led the | losers with 8. Y. M. C. A. nosed out Union Printers, 30-29. The deciding goal was tossed by ‘Turneak. Gubisch, with 12 points and | Dalglish, with 11, both of the losers, were the high scorers. Twelve victories in thirteen games is the Saranac Athletic Club record, the Petworth team being the latest victim, score, 59-28. F. Levine was high gun Scores in the Boys Club League fol- low: Arcadians, 32; Kendall, 26. Spartans, 63; Neighborhood House, 5. Arcadians, 26; Southwest Boys Club, 8. Games with _unlifnited teams are sought by the Spengler quint. Phone Lincaln 8837. Teams in the 85-pound class can | book the Comets by phoning Manager Sullivan at Georgia 1289. Calvary Eagles, who defeated the Blue Streaks last night, 48-15, want games with 130-pound teams entered in the A. A. U. tournament. Manager Jones' phone is Adams '4726. Remsen A. C., phone Georgia 4330, is open for a game Saturday night in the ‘Takoma Fire Depnrtflm gym. ‘Games with 130-pounders are sought by the Lionel A. C., phone Adams 8150. ‘Teams in the 115-pound class are challenged by Fort Myer, phone Claren- don 1334-J-2, and the Hawkins-Nash Aces, phone Columbia 1336. Scores of other games follows: Wallace Memorial, 25; De Molay, 18. Brentwood Hawks, 21; Hoplites, 10. Headquarters Company, 34; Jes- sups, 24. mounl:gn 1B Class, 19; Gonzaga 2B ass, 8. Trinity M. E. 30; Clover, 24. Church, 23; . 22 Whirlwinds, 23; Yorkes, 16. BOXING TEAMS COMBINE FOR A MATCH TONIGHT Nehi Club and Knights of Columbus boy boxers will combine for a match to- night with the Racquet Club leather | pushers at the Racquet Club. Nehi and the Caseys will be repr sented in the various classes as follows Mount 155-pound_class—Irving, Pyne, Neh! Casey, Van Scriver, K. of C. 130-pound class—Barber, Nehi; Bova, K. of C. 116-pound class—Swetman, Nehi; McLane, K. of C. 114-pound class — Hannon, Nehi; Plerce, K. of C. Racquet Club also will offer a battler at 175 pounds in Endress, jf an op- ponent can be found. ARMY-NOTRE DAME GRID TICKET RUSH STARTING CHICAGO, February 12 (#).—The Dame foot ball game, to be played at of New York, next | November 29, already has started. The Notre Dame ticket office has\ re ceived thousands of requests for pas 1though lrpllcltlnn!,(er in- | ames wil until August WILL COACH MANHATTAN. J. Noonan, former big league catcher, who ended his major league career in 1907, hes been signed as head coach at La |Lu rush for tickets for the Army-Notre!j not be avatlable | Ay NEW YORK, February 12 (#).—Peter | COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Maryland, 34; Virginia Poly, 25. Loyola of Chicago, 25; Loyola of Baltimore, 19. ‘Washington and Lee, 36; Virginia, 34, Mercer, 73; Chattanooga, 22. Furman, 45; Wake Forest, 14. Louisiana Tech, 32; Mississippl Col- lege, 16. Wesleyan, 43; Ohio Univer- Ohio sity, 32. Wisconsin, 29; Marquette, 15. Michigan State, 36; Bethany, 32, Missouri, 29; Creighton, 21. Mount St. Mary's, 28; Western Mary- land, 25. Washington College, 52; Swarth- more, 40. QUINTS TO BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE. ALEXANDRIA, Va. February 12— | Knight's five and the Whitestones quint | will battle tonight at 8 o'clock in the| Armory Hall in an Alexandria Gazette Basket Ball League contest. - Second Second place will be at stake in the encounter. The game gives every indication of }w\n. one of the closest played in the eague. Team Standing. St. Mary's Celtics. Knight's Store . Whitestone’s Store . Del Ray A. C.. Knights five handed the highly tout- ed Moose Trojans of Camden, N. J., a 38-t0-28 trimming at Armory Hall last night before a large crowd to end a consecutive winning streak of 38 games compiled by the visitors. “Bussy" Brenner led Kaights in scor- ing, with 10 points. French's speedy five will come here from Washington tomorrow night engage the St. Mary's Celtics on the Armory Hall court in the locals’ second appearance In the newly organized Washington Independent Basket Ball League. Play will start at 8:30, with the Clover A. C. providing a prelimi- nary. Celtics have the following other games listed: February 15, pending; 16, pending; 17, Natlonal Circles; 18, Del Rav A, High School; 22, Fredericksburg Col- legians; 23, “Council Neighborhood House of Richmond; 24, Woodlawn A. C.; 26, Skinker Bros.' Eagles at Silver Spring, Md.; 27, pending. Ellett Cabell, “Bottles” West and Russell Sutton will be seen in action with Emerson Institute tomorrow, when the Washington schoolboys play Alex- andria High at 3:30 o'clock in the Al exandria Armory. All three youths are all-around players, performing on local independent teams in foot ball, base ball and basket ball, CROSS, THDM.PSON TIED AS SERIES HIGH SHOTS Wilbur Cross, Central captain, and Jimmy Thompson, Western pilot, tied for point scoring honors in the high school championship basket ball series Just ended, each collecting 71 points in 8 games. Everett Russell of Tech made the most fleld goals with 28 and was third. Bob Freeman of Western pulled into fourth place with 12 points in his final game. The figures follow: Games. G. Cross (©)..... 28 Thompson i W) 55l ol * <20 209920 133000 B 2 B B e e ey g e o g o OO O O & trh Cr 3BT R SENEREEERERE3RARE! SRCSEERE [OITROreTRa [OTOTOTO P <= Sk L555LS, SoonLmBuNNAsnaaBel S0 Caton (W)... TEAM SCORING. | Melrose meet in New York Saturday | night, o in two special events. TRACK STARS FILL Perform in Meadowbrook Meet Tonight. By the Associated Press. HILADELPHIA, February 12.— Some of the best known athietes, | .imen and women, are among the 800 or more who will strive for trophies and glory here tonight at the fifteenth annual indoor track and'fleld meet of the Meadowbrook Club. 1 ‘The field is one of the largest ever event and includes the pick of Canada’s girl athletes who played a conspicuous part in the 1928 Olympiad in Amster- dam. Judged by her performance at the Stella Walsh of * Cleveland, is expected to attract much attention. Unheralded, the Midwestern maid lowered the 50-yard dash record to 6 seconds flat in New York, breaking the tape ahead of Dallas Creamer, 100 and 220 yard record holder; Mabel Gilliland, | Melrose’s American champion; Olive Krueger, Southern champion, and .a| few other fast, steppers. They will be here tonight td challenge the girl flyer's sudden rise to fame. She will also run Among the male stars entered for competition are Jack Elder, famous Notre Dame sprinter and halfback; Howard Kriss, former Ohio State flash; Chet Bowman, Newark; Sol Furth, New York University; Bob Quinn, Maryland: Eddie Roll, former Colgate ace; Fred Veit, New York University; Ray Conger, vania; Oliver Proudlock, former Syra- PENN, COLUMBEEJINTS_ IN LOOP LEAD STRUGGLE NEW YORK, February 12 (#).—Lead- ership of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basket Ball League will be at stake hWfl‘lh'n when Penn plays Columbia ere. They are in a percentage tie for the lead, each having a perfect record. Penn has beaten Yale, Dartmouth and Cornell. Columbia has downed Prince- ton and Dartmouth. Signals Are Simple For Tap-Off Play BY SOIL METZGER. Signals in all sports are simple. Otherwise they would not be under- stood by the team using them, and as a result, teamwork would be im- possible. In basket ball the best teams have a forward, or the center, tip off the center tap play if the sig- nal is a sign. . The players are the only ones in view of all members of the five. Some years ago & winning Penn-. sylvania five used the set of signals shown in the accompanying sketch. SOMETIMES 8Y WORD OF MOUTH. T 2y One of the forwards gave them. The Rolmon of his hands as he took is stance for the tip-off called the play to be used. When verbal center tap signals are given any member of the five may give them. They usually con- sist of a short ce cont Western, v, Nevy Plzbes Annapolis. Manhattan University. After graduat- ing from Cross in 1904 he caught + for the Athlef Cardinals and Cubs. PRO BASKE' Fort Wayne, 20; CI BALL. nd, 19. BIG PHILLY GAMES = Por oy | N6 Man, Woman Runners wuu" brought together in the Meadowbrook | Chi Illinois 'A. C.; Bill McKniff, Pennsyl-| Th se star, 4 C.; 20, pending; 21, Alexandria 2.‘;.! r, and Monty Wells, Boston Shari WESTERN T0 PLAY G. . PREP QUINTET Tomorrow’s Card That Contains 4 Tilts, N the brightest game carded for schooll basketers of the Capital area orrow Western will enter- +tain Georgetown Prep on the former's floor in an afternoon en- counter. In other afternoon tilts Central will play host to Raymond Riordan School tossers of New York in the Blue strong- hold, Eastern and Woodward quints will mix at the Central Y. M. C. A.,and Emerson will go over to Alexandria to face Alexandria High's five, St. John's sturdy quint will be at home tonight to Mount St. Joseph's High dnhblerx of Baltimore. The game will start at 8 o'clock. Afternoon engagements were listed between Hyattsville High and Devitt in the latter’s gym, Strayer and Gonzaga on the I Street School floor and Landon and Charlotte Hall in Epiphany Church gym. ‘Three extra periods were necessary to decide a thriller at College Park between Emerson Institute and the Maryland Freshmen, Emerson winning, 44-39. Emerson trailed through the regular periods until the final moments, when 8 spurt led by Forney and Buscher tled the score at 28 points. In the first extra session Poppelman scored a field goal for Maryland and Buscher flipped in one to knot the count again. Goals by Poppelman, Thorn and Melvin put Maryland in front again in the second extra period, but Emerson t even when Kelso succeeded twice rom the foul line and Buscher and Forney counted fleld goals. Emerson took the lead for the first time when Forney scored twice from the floor in the third added stanza, makin the score 40-36. Melvin's fleld goal an: ‘Thorn’s one-pointer put the Terrapins ‘within a point of the enemy, but Busch- er clinched victory for Emerson by twice getting free and caging the ball. ‘The lineup: 17T 539 Referee—Mr. Allen Business finished its season with a 27-16 victory over the St. John's junior varsity at Annapolis. After the game the Stenographers unanimously elected Bobby Lucas, forward, em g probably would be awarded letters: Capt. New- man, Capt.-elect Lucas, Chase, Loftus, Finley, Singman, Sinclair, Durvee an Manager Sa; Cohen. ? al esoserorm—2 | waomomoume? wlocorasasen Totals ... 70 7 37 Referee—Mr. Lynch. Eastern led all the way in defeating Georgetown Prep, 28-19, having a mar- gin at h’;lnlme of 12-7. Eastern, Kessler, f Ryan. 1 vl mocscorsssey onemcswonood ola. Shiriey, Totals . 1 | &l wemaoumonos?® St. Alban's fell before Forest Park using their regulars The lineups: Forest Park G.P. omas. 1.... 3 only part time. Pt5; Bt Albans. GPPts Ibomas esle: Ry o i | Riben, = Bt A inet. Referee—Mr. Joe Robey, Eastern guard, has been disqualified for playing with an inde- pendent team, Potomac Boat Club, Sun- ld't}i';) in violation of a high school regu- ation. Reinstatement of Carl McCartee of ‘Tech, barred for similar reason, is bein; sought by the Tech coach, Artie Boyd, who says the muth played with his per- mission and that both were ignorant of the rule. Boyd hopes to enter the cham- olon Tech team in the Penn tournament. TRI-COUNTY HONORS CLINCHED BY- HAWKS LAUREL, Md., February 12.—Brent- wood Hawks have clinched the County Basket Ball League champlon- ship as the result of their 21-to-10 vie- tory last night over Ellicott City Hop- lights on the National Guard Armory floor here. The Hawks now have won 10 games and lost one, the lone defeat coming througl forfeit. They hold & lead of two and & 'half games over the second-place Headquarters Na- tional Guard Company basketers of mfi‘ pl";ihe 1 n - another league game last night headquarters company took the me.u- ur;':t iY.euup A.h ‘d"b to 24. ‘Hawks were ahead by only 9 to 6 at the half, butArut on steam in the sec- ond half, Lewis for the Hawks, with seven points, and Rex for the Hop- lights with four, were chief scorers. Until the last five minutes of play ve Headquarters the pany were 3 In the last five minutes, however, the Soldlers ran up' 10 points while holding Jessup to a couple. Gary and Sullivan, with 16 and 15 points, respectively, edid most of the any nature when players have 3 | of the ball. High in Baltimore, 43-12, the visitors | West Point Will Revamp Ticket Handling System NEW YORK, February 12.—West Roint is going to change her method of grid ticket distributjon. Just how has not as yet been determined, but the immense foot ball throngs which Army elevens now draw has made it clear that some revision is neces- sary. ‘Today Maj. Philip Fleming and Capt. Biff Jones are in Cambridge studying the ticket system as em- ployéd at Harvard. The two offi- cers will visit Yale, Princeton and Chicago, Illinois and other univer- sities whose teams draw enough spectators to make the proper allo- cation and distribution of tickets a devious and delicate problem. COAST FIVES VARY INSTYLE OF PLAY Southern Section Teams Uée Zone Defense, Northern Favor Man for Man. BY PHOG ALLEN, * Kansas U. Coach and Basket Ball Authority. ASKET ball on the Pacific Coast is peculiar to its own section. Practically all of the college and university codches out West are men who have received their cage train- ing in West Coast institutions. The Southern Coast teams play the zone game on defense, using a fast- breaking, four-man, three-lane offensive. ‘The University of Southern California is the lone exception. This is because Coach Sam Barry was imported from the University of Iowa, where he em- ployed the man-to-man defensive and the slow break, blocking game on the offensive. The California men are unusually large, rangy and heavy. Many of them are foot ball men. However, their game is usually free from fouls, considering their size. Follow shots are especially stressed. Dribbling is frowned upon by the Coast mentors. The officials are hyper- critical regarding foot movements of possession ‘The dribble, when started, must be accompanied by a rear foot freeze to the floor. No .exceptions al- lowed. This attitude slows up the game and prevents quick breaks and fast cuts into the open. 'HE Northern Coast teams use smaller men, fast and aggressive, favoring the five-man mass, man-for-man de- fensive with a quick-breaking offense. Larger men can be employed in the zone game than can be used in the man- for-man game. Clarence “Nibs" University of California “Golden Bears' have captured the lion's share of cham- plonships on the Weést Coast, winning five out of the last six champlonship togas. With the erection of new gymnasiums and large field houses and the ibil- Slymmpic games calendar st Los Angsien [2) ic games a les m’,’;‘f, tg: game is destined for a tre- mendous growth on the West Coast. EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR COLLEGE TEAMS Tonight. Gallaudet, at George Maryland, at V. M. Catholic University, Baltimore. Yuhinl'on. at Loyola of ‘Tomorrow. Baltimore University, at Catholic University. Maryland, at Washington and Lee, Friday. Georgetown, at Buffalo. Gallaudet, at Shepherd's (West Va.) College. Saturday. Virginia, at Maryland. Georgetown, at Syracuse. George Washington, at Navy. American University, at Duquesne. ‘Washington and Lee, at Catholic University. (Boxin CLEVELAND IS PRESSED BY ROCHESTER QUINTET NEW YORK, February 12 (#).—The Cleveland Rosenblums 'still lead the American Professional Basket Ball League's second half championship race, b{xt Rochester’s Centrals have drawn closer. A defeat at the hands of Fort Wayne last night marked Cleveland’s third reverse nine games for a percentage of .667. Rochester, with 9 victories and 5 defeats, holds second place with a percentage of .643. The standing: Cleveland Roc! Fort Way, Brooklyn Paterson PROFESSIONAL HOCKE Montreal * Maroons, 5; New York TS, 2, Bruins, 6; Toronto Maple- leafs, 8. (Overtime). St. Faul, 0; Minneapolis, 0. (Over- time) Niagara Falls, 2; Toronto Millionaires, OLD LINERS MUST FACE“NEW" TEAM Three. Local Quints in Action Tonight, With Gallaudet Visiting G. W. Gym. BY H. C. BYRD. HILE Maryland defeated Virginia by a big margin in theé basket ball game at Charlottesville early in January, and for some time seemed to be so much stronger that the game here Saturday night had every indication of a probable :Ali:w;y, events c;l t}le :‘n two eel ave completely changed the outlook. It now appears that the econtest should be one of the best of the year, as Virginia has been coming so rapidly that it seems to be just about as strong as any other quint in the section. It seems likely that the two quints will engage in about the same kind of a battle in which Maryland has been tied up with several other Southern sehools, in which one or the other will win by a point or two. ‘Washington and Lee won from Mary- land here in & great game by a margin of four points and last night it de- feated Virginia by two. Virginia also lost to North Carolina by two points and Maryland won from North Caro- lina by a narrow m: Virginia also lost to North Carolina State by one point, while Maryland lost to North Carolina State by two. Such compar- isons indicate very little difference in the strength of a group of teams, Incidentally, it might be mentioned that Maryland meets Washington and Lee again tomorrow night, the game belni scheduled # Lexington and a tough contest such as that is sure to be is not going to help it any for a game with Virginia here two nights later. The Old Liners are on a trip hed: advml‘\.t' oo ol o i schedul are to play a Military Institute. It would take a complete upset for V. M. I. to win, as every comparison of the whole season indicates Maryland much the stronger. In last night's game at Blacksburg the Marylanders won from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 34 to 23, with- out much difficulty. Coach Shipley seems to have started one team and in the second half, after that five had somewhat worn down the V. P. I. play- ers, shot in a le of fast players, who went out in front and took the game without much difficulty. The line-ups: ar . Pts, [] land, 1. Mary G.P. 3 | A i i 3, N i SRS Bl Slaace | | il Only one ‘game- is sc led here to- night, which is that in which George Wi entertains Gallaudet. The with a somewhat weakened line-up, expect a deal of trouble from the Kendall men, and, cidentally, the latter have a good tion that the{ are .omlf to win, The - contest should be well played, with twa of Gallaudet's men in the stellar Toles. le, who o R e ball as in foot Cosgrove have bee: - ting a fast pace in the e e up, and Gallaudet line- the Buff and Blue has its work cut out for it to stop this pair. The George Wi an team is to play Gallaudet’s (Overtime) London, O Hamilton, 2. winners' scoring, while Murphy, with 16, was Jessup's offensive ace. —e TIGERS CANCEL GAME. PRINCETON, N. J., February 12 (#). —Due to_illness and injuries to the varsity squad ear, nose and throat in- & preliminary game, which means that the varsity contest will not begin be;are nlm::m o'clock. A n other basket ball game which a local team is to figure, c:t!l: olic University goes to Baltimore to meet Loyola. The Brooklanders are taking whippings rather regularly this Winter and probably will be lucky if they can eke out a victos - umental Gity. ictory in the Mon. Foot ball equipment has been to Georgetown's 'fiu.d for Bprt.nl’uu“3 tice. The Blue and Gray plans to workouts today, though for a while the workouts will “consist only of such ex- ercises as will get the men in shape to start the grind that is nothing more nor less than the Notre Dame idea of what Spring practice ought to be, Something of what Georgetown will have in Spring practice may be indi- cated by what is being done at North Carolina, where the Notre Dame system also is in effect. The Tarheels staged a full length game the other day with the fleld covered with snow, which shows that Spring practice is not taken lightly and as a passing fancy, At Georgetown Coach Mills e: ts to have at least 75 or 80 candidates of next Fall's team working out by the last of the week. From them he will weed out the men he expects to use next Fall and gradually weld them into an efficient and smooth-working or- ganization, Georgetown and Maryland ‘relay teams run in the Meadowbrook games in Philadelphia tonight. Both schools took part in such competitions in New York last week, and both were defeated. Maryland was whipped by Harvard, Penn and Columbia, while Georgetown went down before Holy Cross and Notre Dame. Neither of the two local quar- tets seems to be as strong as Jast year. Georgetown suffered considerably be- cause of the loss of two men through scholastic difficulties, Georgetown is confronted with the proposition of finding a suitable play- ing fleld for its base ball team, the old fleld being out of the question because “(Continued on Second Page.)