The Washington herald., 1909-02-12
DEMANDS A CHANCE
Second Regiment Five After
District HOnors.
COPIED FLAG LAST SEASON
Won Both Local and south Atlantic
T1tIe-The Latest Aspirnnt Il COM
Posed Of Majority Of Georgetown
College Quint-Recenf Meeting Of
Y. NJ. c. 4. and Georgetown.

Another sspirant, and one which must
be seriously considered. has doomed up
for q crack at the Southern and District
basketball titles in the form OF the Sec
ond Regiment FIVE, which so easily an
nexed both those honors last season
Manager Robbins, OF that team, blew IN
last night and waxed voIurninous over TIE
statement that his team would not only
be a contender for the South Atlantic
Championship, but demanded q series viii.
the Y NJ c. A team for the CHAMPION
ship Of the District
The appearance Of the Second Regiment
at this stage OF the game throws an en-
tirely new light on the District champion
ship and one which cannot be idly set
aside. The Second Regiment team was
the fastest in the South last year. and
easily proved the superior in ali Of tbs
championship contests. For several rea-
sons the team has not been in the field
so far this season. but Manager Robbins
Is authority for the statement that il win
be there with bells on when the South
Atlantic championships are pulled Of. and
VIII under no conditions surrender the
title OF the District 10 the 7. n c. A.
quint without 2 series OF three games
IncIndes Georgetown Quiut
The entrance Of the Second Regiment
team at this time developed another In
teresting feature That team Is com
posed almost entirely of the members Of
the Georgetown aggregation which has 50
successfully defended its claim 10 the
Southern collegiate title so far. and be-
fore the Y. n c. A. five can be accorded
the premier honors L must again demon
strate its superiority over Georgetown.
The members Of the Georgetown aggre-
cation are particularly jUbilaat over this
fsct, as they feel confident thai playing
the association FIVE on Al even footing
they can turn the trick which they failed
20 do in the three-zame series recently
PLAYED
Manager Fred Rice SAYS the Georgetown
team has never claimed the District
championship. and VIII not but as mem
5ers OF the Second Regiment aggregation
they 90. and adds that he is confident
that should the Z II c. A consent 20 4
series with the present champions. a
different story VIII be khe result
Were Forced to Play
The position Of the Blue and Gray quint
in its recent series with the Association
I've was not clear 70 outsiders The dis
tracted condition Of the teams backing
forced il 10 play the three games in the
association hall and the fact that many
claimed the District title for the Y. 81
c 4 team as a result OF the series has
been sore spot 20 the Georgetown play
ers themselves
According 70 Capt Rice. nearly the en-
tire team bucked at the proposition OF
playing the final and decisive game in
the association hall. and it was only
through the persuasion OF Manager sIur-
ray in behalf Of the exhausted excheouer
that the players finally consented The
chance TO redeem themselves under the
coloTs Of the Second Regiment appeals
strongly to the entire crowd. and it's
safe bet that II the event OF meeting
between 7. NJ G a and Second Regiment
there win be some Of the best play ever
seen on a local floor.