Evening star., 1896-11-07
BASKET BALL LEAGUE
First Game in the Schedule to Be
Played Monday.
FINAL LEAGUE MEETING THIS EVENING
Prospects for Successful Season
Are favorable.
NJ EE tt n G. THE EXPENSES

| The opening of the basket ball season Ia
near at hand. All the preliminary work
mas been done, and the season will omen n
| a very auspicious manner The first game
| of the schedule will be played Nopdsy
| evening, between leans REPRESENTING tha
Washington Light Infantry and the Wash
| ington Athletic Club. The contest UiIl
come off at the gymnasium OF the latter
club. South Capitol and o streets. and play
/ will commence at s o'clock sharp II is
very likely that all of the teams in the
league VIII be represented at the o.ening
game in order 10 judge the relative strength
of the two organizations. To the players
the game will be more especially interest
ing. as it viii, be the first official game
| conducted under the new rules. and The
absence of slugging and rough playing ia
expected to be a conspicuous feature OF The
| game.
The final meeting Of the District Basket
| Ball League will be held this evening al
| the Washington Light Infantry Armory,
and all the minor details for the opening
of the season will Dc attended To. The
| guarantee deposit of the various clubs In
the league this year Will have To he uut
up TO insure a permanent membership FOR
the season, and also TO defray whatever
incidental expense that may arIse. pno of
the most important things that VIII be
given out at the meeting this evening viii
be the list of umpireS, who will b- apyBiHt-
ed by the president. Last year d good
many teams in the league claimed, aud
rightly, too. in some instances. that They
suffered through the incompetency of :he
officials.
The effort this year Will he to ov' rcorne
this objection. and men will be selected
who are expected TO have the courage OF
their convictions and adhere TO a decision
after it has once been promulgated. While
this list will be made up by the president,
ii will be more less subject 10 the ap-
proval of the meeting. There are a good
many men who could be selected, but Silo
are in one way or another connected with
teams in the league. The idea is not 10
appoint these, If possible, for fear that in
case any of their decisions are disputed the
basis Of the complaint may be faVoritisn
or partially.
About the Schedule.
The schedule is another thing which in
| terests all of the clubs. 1t was read at a
recent meeting, but II in a rough state,
and was subject 10 changes and correction.
Until revision of the same was made II
was deemed ineXpedient to have the same
| published, but at the meeting this evening
| everything IS expected 10 be ready Tor
publication After making the changes
| suggested by the first reading OF the sch,d-
| ule, the committee in charge of the same
was obliged to revise the entire schedule.
However, everything will be ready for the
meeting this evening. and no trouble is
anticipated as 10 the adoption Of the
schedule.
In the matter of expense the league will
| be, ii is expected, especially fortunate this
year The failure of the general hall plan.
that Is, the playing OF all the games in
one place, centrally located. represents a
greater saving than at first anticipat-
ed. and though reliance was placed on the
| admission fee, 1t is doubtful that the re-
| ceipts from this source would have come
| up TO expectations, or justify the pur-
suance Of such course. There are stand
ing offers from well-known business houses
TO print the schedule and score cards, the
latter in accordance with the new system
which adopted at the first meeting this
season of the league These are the main
items of expense. and II is likely that The
club al the end of the season Will receive
back all of the guarantee money deposited
by them.
Among the various clubs in the league
the week has been busy one in getting in
condition for the season. The teams Of all
of the clubs have been practically selected
from among the names Of those published
in The Star several weeks ago. Changes
are apt to occur at any time, ana q list
of substitutes will be handy for spectators,
especially at all games played 1t the Light
Infantry Armory, where, under the new
rules, there can he nine instead of seven
men on each size Those teams in The
league which are not fortunate 'rough 20
have gymnasiums of their own Will suffer
somewhat al first for the want OF suit
able place in which to practice, hut before
the first series of the scned'Ile iG cut IL is
safe to predict that all Of the cluas VIII he
in fine playing trim.
At Georgetown University.
Basket ball promises 10 be taken Up at
Georgetown University, and will doubtless
be a feature of the athletics Of The college
for the fall season. on account of prepara-
tions for the fall games i'm progress his af-
ternoon, there has not been much attention
giver to this matter
Last year. II will be rem amhcred, feeble
attempt was made to organize basket
ball team, but the project WAS Fever
pushed to completion. Preparations were
then made for game with The Carroll In
stitute. but for some reason or another
the match was never played. THIS year the
prospects are that things Will oe different.
While interclass foot bah teams are all
right in their way TO settle fri eadly riIalry,
the students yearned for broader field,
and want to conquer something tsiGc Of
the university.
There is an abundance of excellent ma
terial at the varsity from whte7 tine
team could be selected and no one recog-
niZes this more than Trainer Foley. AS
large the university '.uildingS are. the
students have not a suitable gymnasium I'm
which TO practice Consequently. the f.a-
ture of their playing would he outdoor
work. all practice being carried on on Ibs
campus, where the lnterclass foot ball riv-
airy is settled. An outdoor game of Las
more interesting to the Spectators. have
the advantage of more room All less dam
ger to all of the players, and give better
results in general
The rules of the game do not specify any
particular size of basket ball field and IL
played on the college campus, win the
baskets at the regular foot ball goals a
game could be witnessed that would be de-
void of the rough playing of foot ball and
yet maintain the interest of the spec: ato-s
all along. This is the scheme talked Of at
Georgetown, and will doubtless lie carried
out. On the Junior side Mr.. Charles Ral.y
Sd, in charge of the athletics will In
augurate a similar game in which the
smaller boys of the university VIII contest
among themselves for honors
The only basket ball game Of the week
was played Tuesday evening at Cerroll In
stitute. 1t was the first game of the team
of the Queer Wheelmen. They have not
had chance for much practice, and de-
spite this fact, the showing made was yery
cfedltable The score was ia TO l. 5ut that
was partly due to the fact that IL was cleo
tion night.
Bogus Diamonds.
From the Ashton Reporter.