Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-02
BASKET BALL TITLES
DECIDED TONIGHT
Southern and District Cham
pionships at Odd Fell
lows Hall.

Probably the biggest basket ball car
uival seen in Washington in number of
year will occur at Odd Fellows Hail. on
18th street between d and T., this even
ing, when tho rival claimants for the Two
biggest championships of this section Will
meet to decide their respective suprema-
cies. The first game, that between the
sohoolboy quints, will be called at ST.
O'Clock. and from then until the last sec
ond of the battle between the collegiate
tives some fierce as well as exciting goal
tossing is sure to be on tap.
\ unique feature of the evenings con-
tests is that in all four cases the CON
tending teams will practically appear for
the first time before large crowd of 10
cal enthusiasts. Virginia has not ap-
peared on a local floor before this season
while Georgetowns single appearance
early i'm the year was by no means a rep
TcSentative one. The two school aggre-
cations. Business High and the George
town Props have both been seen In ac-
ton d large number OF times by tneIr
own Immediate supporters. but in no case
have they shown their abilities before
such large and representative crowd as
is sure to be i'll evidence this evening.
The game between the Business five
and the Hilltop embryoS will mark Tor
both auints the climax of the years cam
paigIing BY virtue of successive VIC
tories in both cases over all the other
schoolboy fves in the District both teams
present indisputable claims for the t1tf&
which Is the goal of their ambitions. and
it is the relative merits of these claims
that will be decided i'll the battle this
evening. The leaders of the contendias
line-ups say that their men are in the
best of condition and eager for the fray
which, this account alone, is sure to
he contest worthy of the honors a.
stake
Little need he said of the Georgetown
Virginia encounter. These two ancien-
rivals have always made things hum
when they have met, and tonight will be
no exception to the general rule. From
the sheets OF the dopesterS the OranSe
and Blue have better chance than ever
before of trimming the locals at basket
ball, but their performances before this
season have by no means made them ia
vorites in the betting. Georgetown Will
be well represented by a veteran agere-
cation, of which the only handicap is a
lack of condition due to the impossibiliIy
of holding numerous practices. Notwiti-
standing this obstacle, however, Capt.
CollifioWer says that the players are all
in better condition than they have been
before this year and there is little doubt
on the Heights of a successful outcome
of the encounter.
The Virginia team arrived in the city
this afternoon and Immediately repaired
To it's local headquarters, where 1t is
being entertained by a large number
of the alumni. The game will he wit
messed by a majority of these old stu
dents of the university. and it Is predicted
that the cheering will be as much In
evidence on the Orange and Blue side of
the hall as in the Georgetown section.
The opposing line-ups for the two
games follow:
For the interscholastic championship of
the District