Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-17

Army and Navy Props for the prepare
tory championship Of the District IL
| would certainly prove a good game, as
the Army and Navy Props recently ue-
feated the Georgetown Props by the close
score of 6 to ;. 1t has been the custom
of the winning high school eleven In past
| years to play the Georgetown Props 1or
| this title but as the Chevy Chase team
claims this honor this fall it is only right
that the Machinists should line up against
them. OF course Capt Mccarthy ana
Spencer should be allowed to represent
| Technical as the high school eliSiblllty
rule would not apply in this case.
| When the Business High base ball nine
| is organized in the spring the champions
will be minus the services OF most OF the
stars who aided in bringing much need
! ed championship to Business. capt.
! Keane. Rawlings. DOnnelly. Gregory and
Fegan will be among the missing and a
glance at these names viii give an ldea
! of how the Stenographers Will be handl-
| capped this spring through the absence of
| these stars. II has been rumored that
Rawlings intends to return TO school IN
| the near future, but there is no truth in
| the statement.
| Howard the Central player. who has
been kept out of most of the games taken
on by the Centralites this fall owing to
| this season after all. He is one of the
! hardest workers on the team and has al
ways shown interest in the squad ever
since il was organized in the early part
of the year Howard has played i'm two
games this fall and is. therefore, entitled
| to the school emblem.
Business will lose another one of its
promising players for the rest of the sea-
| son. as Bridget will be compelled to quit
| the game. owing to an injured shoulder
| blade. This unfortunate accident oc-
| Cured in the Eastern game. and as Bust
| ness is at present very short on good
players his absence will be sorely felt.
| In spite OF the fact that Business has
made better showing on the gridirOn
| this fall than any former Business elev-
en- by scoring on every team so far and.
defeating Eastern, the school spirit APP
pears to be lacking among the foot ball
candidates and few men report regularly
| for practice. The athletes at Business
should wake up and make up what they
| lack in material with school spirit and
enthusiasm.
Central High has established a new
| method of awarding the school letter to
an athlete, and hereafter, instead OF just
announcing that such and such a player
| has won his school emblem. the athlete
| will be awarded a certificate with the
school letter i'm blue and white along with
| it. This method has been in effect at
| years. and 1t is a certainty that it will
prove popular among the Central High
School students.
It is rumored that Mr.. Peet, who has
| been coaching the athletic teams at Bush
ness for the last year or so. will not
handle the base ball nine at Business this
spring. Owing to outside business he will
| find it necessary to resign as coach. AS
| he was instrumental In turning out
championship team on the diamond last
year. his vacancy will be difficult to fill.
For the first time in years Western will
| have a track coach who will give his at
| tention regularly to this work. The
Georgetown school has the material en-
| rolled and with the services of a coach.
| should he able to hold its own in high
school track circles. Two or three names
are mentioned for the position, but at
present no decision has been made.
| Technical has not shown any signs to
| date of organizing a basket ball five, but
action along this line might take place
after the foot ball season. The Machin-
| its are greatly handicapped in not pos
sessing a gymnasium of any description.
| and can hardly be blamed for not sup
porting either track or basket ball
| team. If Technical could land suitable
| indoor training quarters for its perma-
nent use the school would come close to
| annexing championships in other
branches Of athletics, as there is an ex-
cellent quantity Of material now attend
! ing Technical.
Acton. the former first baseman of
Eastern High, is attending Central this
year and will make a strong bid for the
infield on the Blue and White nine this
spring. AS Macdonald. the first baseman
of the Central nine last spring, is in a bad
way with an injured knee, Acton might
come in right handily for the Centralites.
Central has a splendid nucleus for a win
ming ball team this spring. and the o
street school will undoubtedly make the
best OF it, as a championship is badly
needed at Central. The captain has not as
vet been appointed. and 1t is not at all
likely that this will be done before next
spring. Manager Morsell is at present
arranging an extensive schedule, including
many out-Of-town games. for the nine and
the team will be afforded plenty of op-
portunity to round into shape.
The Business basket ball auint will
play quite a few out-of-town games this
winter. including games with Loyola Col
| lege, Fredericksburg College and Freder-
| ick City Y. NJ. c. A. keane. a candidate
| for the first team. has been elected pres
ident Of the intersection basket ball
| league and intersection games are being
played with much earnestness and en-
thusiasm at Business.
DOC" White. who will handle the Cen
| trail base ball team in the spring. is op-
posed to track training TOT the Dase pail
candidates. so il will more than likely be
abolished at Central. 1t has been the GUS
| tom at Central to have the base ball can
didates take up track work during the
winter months.
1t is reported a Business that L. Raw
Iines brother of "Shag" Rawlings, is also
| a twirler Of classy ability, and he will be
given a tryout for this position. He ap-
pears to be following In his brothers foot
steps as an athlete. He played well for
Business this fall. but is inclined to shirk
practice. This is a fault which should be
overcome, as II does much to cause the
eleven a listless practice.
HARRY HILLMAN RETIRES.