Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03
SEASON WILL Be
OPENED THIS WEEK
Teams of the City Basket Ball
League Preparing for the
Coming Contests-Quint
From Alexandria.

| The curtain will soon fall on outdoor
sports and basket ball and bowling will
| hold the center of the stage. The season
of the Washington City Basket Ball
| League will open this week and more than
! usual interest is felt in the coming con-
tests.
| All of the teams that finished last year
are again in the fold and are practlcing.
Besides these, there are several new teams
which are dark horses as far as ability is
concerned. The addition to the league of
the Alexandria Athletic Association marks
the departure from the usual path of Sc
lecting teams from the city for the league.
This club is placed in the first division,
and it Is expected that it will give the
others a good run for first place honors.
Alexandria is an enthusiastic basket bal
town. This was sufficiently proven by the
way in which 1t supported the team last
year. when 1t was unattached
Carroll Institute.
At the last meeting of the officials and
club representatives of the league it was
carried after a heated debate and close
vote that the Carroll Institute team shall
not be allowed to play as the Georgetown
team. This establishes a precedent to the
effect that man can play Oniy on ms
club team while in the league. He Will
therefore necessarily disqualify himself
should he play on any other team, be II
a college or club team. This rule hurts
Prof. Joyce of the Carroll team.
The personnel of his team is the same
as that of last year. with which he won
the championship Of the city. 1t Is an
acknowledged fact that his team was one
of the fastest teams in the east. WITH
this team playing under two names. ana
Il
other teams in the league, Prof Joyce
would have walkover in the race. AS 1t
S, he has under his wing several teams
any one of which, he claims. could win
out in the league. Whether ne VIII Try
this and permit his first team to enter
Georgetown remains to be seen. The loss
of Downey to the Carroll team Will be felt
as severe blow, as he played the center
position to perfection. DoWney is captain
of GEORGETOWN team, and would under no
circumstances give this position up to
play on Carroll. He is ambitious to wipe
out last years defeat by George WASH
ington. and for this reason desired the
help of his former teammates. Prot
Joyce will, however, have a good man to
substitute in Downey's place rms Will
be Fred Rice Of George Washington and
Corcoran Cadet fame Rice VIII pray
with Carroll this season. He has also
entered Georgetown, but Will be deparred
from playing there.
The loss of Hollander is another severe
blow to the Carroll team. Holiander
PLAYED guard on the team, ana was tle
unanimous choice for that position on the
ll-Washington team last year. HolIander
sustained severe injury to his shoulder
blade this summer, and this Will most
likely keep him out of the game for the
season. Prof. Joyce stu mas troea n, :
G. Collif1ower, J. Collifower of last year S
vets. He also has Rice and several prom,
ising youngsters from which to rebuild
the team.
Second Regiment.
| seret. Robbins, manager and coach Of
the ID Regiment team, expects to land the
bunting this season with the aggregation
of players that he has accumulated. HIS
team tied Carroll for the championship
last year and lost 1t in the decisive game
that was played between the teams. inns
year there will be different story to tell,
according to Robbins. At meeting OF
his men Bopp was elected assistant man
ager and Schlosser was reelected cap
tain. Last years team remains intact
with the exception of White, who may De
unable to play. White was stricken Win
fever last summer and has not yet SUM
GENTLY recovered to permit him to play
the game The veterans are Bopp, White
Schlosser Hubbard. Reyes and Scrog-
gins Besides these men. Robbins mas
accumulated set of youngsters VINO VIII
fight hard for the older mems positions.
The most notable of these is young "a
nelli, promising player OF no mean
ability. Zanelli vas selected as the pest
forward on the All-High School team last
season, and made every point In the game
between his team and the Central \. M.
c. A. of Baltimore. He was also 'he
main prop of Business High School In
winning the championship of the hlgh
school series. He has been given a try
out in Whites place, and to date nus lhe
position admirably. The other youngsters
are Earnshaw and Cal!an OF the I. NJ
C. A. reserve team OF last year, and NC
Donald. Sheridan, Bcckman and KERN
| 1t is certainly expected that a winning
Ave will be selected from this aggrega-
ton 1t is the intention OF Manager ROD
bins to always have two teams; nus sec
ond team will play games with amateur
teams Of the District, and IN case any
of the men develop into good players they
will Immediately be given try-out on the
| first team.
given the task Of arranging an out-of-
town schedule, as this will prove very
popular with the teams this season Be
| sides the scheduled league games. the "a
Regiment men will make a western trip as
| far as Iowa. Their main reason Tor travel
| ing 80 far is to meet the fastest team west
of the Mississippi, namely, the Muscatlne
! Iowa) regiment team. On their way they
will play numerous section champion
teams. Upon their return 10 w dSi1LiS .oii
they will play an all-New York team.
which will assume The name OF Tammany
Hall. This schedule only goes to prove
that the team is not only ambitious TO
capture the local championship, but also
! to take the scalps Of other champions.
Y. M. c. A. Team.
Prof. Beckett of the Y. NJ c. A team
will start the season auspiciously. He is
already practicing for the first game,
which comes off November 6. The only
loss of last years vets is Ludwig. Y. M.
C. A. will again have Billy Haight, whose
| star playing was cut SO short last season
by an accident to his shoulder. Hafght Is
regarded as the best man on the team.
and he is expected to be tower OF
strength in one of the forward post ons
The remaining veterans are Williams, who
was reelected captain; Fowler, Jones,
Blair and Smith. From the following men
will be picked the remaining positions of
the team: Roberts. Thinney, May of last
years reserve team, Whinlock. Light
| bown and Earnshaw. Prof. Beckett has
entered his charges in the Tri-City League
between York, Pa, and Central and
Western branches of the Y. NJ. c. A. in
Baltimore These will be the only out-of-
town games that he will play this season,
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