Evening star., 1909-01-24
BASKET BALL NOTES.

Owing to the withdrawal of the Ma
rines from the Military League, which
was brought about by the best men of
the team being ordered away. an In
dependent National Guard quint is
more than likely to be substituted to
fill the vacancy and resume the Ma
rine schedule. The team will be picked
from the different companies in the
National Guard and as there are sew
eral players of reputation among these
companies a strong team will undoubt-
edly be selected
Mccarthy, who has been putting up
such a creditable game at the center
station for Capt. Edwards five, and who
has been out of the recent scrimmages
owing to an attack of illness. is expect
ed to join the ranks again in a couple
of weeks. This is excellent news for
the Corcoran Cadet squad, as Mccarthy
is considered one of the best centerS
in the District, and his return means
much toward his team annexing several
victories.
Manager Patorious of the First Bat
talon quint was exceedingly pleased
with the star exhibition of Walsh ana
Rider in the fray against the EnSin-
eers. Both these boys put up a strong
game on both the offensive and defen-
sive. and easily won first honors by the
remarkable accuracy they displayed in
locating the basket for their team.
The schedule for the week in the
Military League is as follows: January
%. Marines versus First Battalion: jan
uary 81. First Battalion versus Corco-
ran Cadets; January 2S. Artillery ver-
sus Engineers; January %. Corcoran
Cadets versus Troop +.
The management Of the Corcoran
Cadet team is still on the lookout tor
men OF sufficient basket ball callber
with which to strengthen the quinr.
Capt. Edwards is in touch with couple
OF new men and 1t would not be at all
surprising to see some new faces rep
resenting this aggregation before long.
A movement is on foot and is more than
likely to be pulled through to establish
closed league next season, composed
of the different organizations in the Ma
tional Guard Association. The league
will consist of four or five teams and
Will be very similar to the National
Guard League which represented this as
sociatton about five years ago. It Is the
Intention Of the men back of this move
ment to make the teams as near as posi-
BILE equal in strength SO that the scrim-
IMAGES will not be at all one-sided. but
evenly matched.
George Reyes. who has been absent from
the game for some time, played against
the Y. NJ. c. A. five of Baltimore last
Saturday night, and showed that his
short layoff had not interfered with his
strong. snappy playing. He was in the
was continually in the limelight by his
excellent work on the defense.
Coach Beckett. who has the Y. NJ. c. A
basket ball quints in charge, is conf
dent that only two fiveS in the District
have his reserve team on their string and
that these two teams will have to go
some to gain victory over his second
team. 1t is his firm belief that George
town and the Y. NJ. c. A. regulars are
the only two teams In town that can
down this speedy aggregation.
That the First Battalion team of the
Military League is, improving in team
work was undoubtedly displayed in it's
last scr1mmage. Manager Patorious has
realized the, Importance of playing to-
gether and sacrificing the individual play
which is largely responsible for defeat.
The records to date of the two Y NJ
c. A. quints are undoubtedly envied by
more than one team In the District. Out
of sixteen games played the regulars have
lost but three, and these were dropped to
good teams by small margin. The re-
serves have won siN out of the seven
games played and fell short In the one
lost fray by two points. With such a
capable bunch of basket ball tossers
under his wing Coach Beckett is well
fortified with material for some time to
come, and this speaks we'll for the game
being firmly established at this local in
stitution.
What promises to be about the best
basket ball contest one would wish to
witness will undoubtedly be pulled off
when the Georgetown and Y. NJ. c. A.
qunts meet in the deciding game. out OF
series of three. next Wednesday even
ing. This game will. In all probability.
decide the supremacy in this branch of
athletics in Washington. and as each
team won a game, it will be hard fought
from start to finish. AS both these quints
are in the habit of playing under offer
ent rules, the first half will be played
under intercollegiate rules, while the sec
ond half will be according to the ANA
teur Athletic Association regulations.
Jones. Croghan and Hubbard excelled
In goal throwing for the Y. NJ c. A in
its last scrmmage, and lived up to their
regulations of having an accurate eye for
the basket. None OF these players loses
his stride, but all play the same con-
sistent game for their team, and for this
reason alone are largely responsible for
the excellent showing this team has made
far this season.