Evening star., 1909-01-24
BUSINESS HIGHS
BASKET BALL TEAM
Strong Aggregation Built Up
Around Two Veterans.

Judging from the performances SC
| far this season of the Business High
School basket bali quint, the team has
bright prospects of equaling the excel
| lent showing made by the five that rep.
resented the Stenographers on the basket
| ball floor last year. Business has al.
ways made a strong bid for first class
| basket ball honors, and last winter an
| nexed the preparatory school champion
| ship of the District by defeating every
team 1t met within It's age and weight
| The men who composed the team and who
| brought about SO many victories for thei!
school last season were Hubbard, Zan
nelli. Welker. Gregory and keenan,.
This combination afforded the Rhode
Island school ample material to build uI
winning quint, and after team work
had been accomplished their playing was
of the veteran caliber. At the beginning
of this season the five was severely
weakened by the loss of three of the
strong members. as Capt. Hubbard. Zan-
nelli and keenan, gave up their studies al
this institution at the close of last year
and did not resume school In September
This left the Stenographers exceedingly
weak In this sport, as only two players
of the 1908 quint were found to be at
tending school, these two being Welker
and Gregory, who at recent election
We're elected manager and captain respec-
lively, and upon whom the five now
representing Business has been woven
around.
This years team has played several
games to date and has displayed excellent
form for SO early in the season, and
after a little more practice in order to
get used to each others style OF play, Il
expects to make the best qunts around
town within its weight go some to defeat
it. 1t IS composed of the following men
Welker. Gregory, Stentz. Stewart, Scott
and Helmouth. the first three mentioned
being the only players with any real ex-
perience at the tossing game. The rest
Of this combination have gained their
knowledge Of the game, with the exception
of Scott. who has acquired a little expert
ence on the Y. NJ. G.. A. floors, at Busi-
ness High Schod1, where ample oppor-
tunity is afforded boy to learn the game.
No better gymnasium or basket ball
floor could be desired than the one at
Business High School, and as intersection
games in this branch of athletics are often
indulged In many fine points of the game
are often obtained in these competitions.
| Then again when the fact Is known that
every man who compOseS this quint has
made good in some other branch of ath-
letlcS at the Rhode Island school, it is
not at all surprising that this combination
has the qualities of full-f1edged basket
ball players. This is peculiar fact, as 1t
Is very seldom the case in high school
athletics where every player on a team
has made good as an athlete in some
other high school sport.
Capt Gregory and Manager Welker are
the veteran players of this years quint
and have made quite name for them
selves as all-around athletes at the Busi-
ness High School. Both boys have repre-
sented the Stenographers on the diamond
and also on the grdiron, while Welker
has also considerable knowledge of the
running game, and has run frequently on
the Business High relay against the other
| high schools. This is Gregory's first ex-
perience as leader Of an athletic team,
while Welker played right half and cap
tanned the Stenographers foot ball team
in 1907. When these two athletes quit
the Rhode Island school 1t will be a hard
blow to athletics at this institution and
their vacancies will be hard to fill capa-
bly,, as they made a creditable showing in
every branch of athletics they had the
privilege of representing their school
Gregory played first base on the base ball
nine, and also put up a star game for
Business as fullback on this years foot
ball team, while Welker performed the
box duties as pitcher on last years nine
He is the only man now attending Busi-
ness that has won his "B" in every
branch of athletics.
When Dutch Stentz was injured In
the Western game last Tuesday 1t came
as severe blow to the other members
of the team. as he is one of the best backs
in the city for his weight. and the man
who fills his vacancy will be compelled
to go some to fill it capably. Dutch OBJ
tanned his experience at the tossing game
at Business High. and is a hard worker
on both the defensive and offensive He
Is also a runner of considerable fame and
ran last on the Stenographers' relay last
year. and is expected to represent Busi-
ness on the cinder path again this season
if his injured knee does not keep him
from doing SO.
Scott and Stewart, the remaining two
members of the five. playing center and
left back. respectively, are also playing a
consistent game and give promise of get
ting better as their experience progresses.
Both boys made the foot ball team this
past season. and put up creditab BILE game
with the oval for the Stenographers Scott
played left halfback, while Stewart filled
In the gap left vacant by Howards re-
tire ment at left end.
Manager Welker and Capt Gregory are
striving to arrange an extensive schedule
in and out OF town, and expect to cop the
majority of them with an even break in
luck. The quint is going good now, and
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