Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-17

fight, and it is unlikely that the game
tonight will be any great departure from
what has been the general rule.
One Of the things that will favor
Georgetown considerably is the PLAYING
floor itself. The court Is an exceptionally
large one and is very slippery, SO slip
perry, in fact, that there is never a game
in which the men do not slide at times as
though they were on ice.
Virginia has team above its average
and il the Blue and Gray quint rises to
the OCCASION as 1t has been wont to do
at times. there will be a contest worth
witnessing. On form, though, 1t would
seem that Virginia will go into the game
a favorite.
Western Highs base ball prospects
were considerably boosted Monday when
Howard, last years third baseman, re-
entered school Last season Howard was
one Of the best scholastic infielders in the
city. and this spring he should do even
better work. At present Western has
two inf1elders, an out1elder and catcher
to start the practice work with. and with
them as q nucleus fair nine should be
built. providing any kind Of q pitcher can
be developed.
A race that will prove a great attrac-
ton for the Georgetown meet Is the one
that is being arranged between the Ire
mont Athletic Club and the Washington
Grove Athletic Association. Smithson
who will be back In harness by that
time: King. Curran. Young and Herring
tet will probably be chosen. 1t is not
likely that there will be change in the
running of the fremont four. as each Of
the men now composing the team is doing
excellent work.
The event will decide the club cham
pionship of the south, as the Tremonts
have cleaned UP everything with the ex-
ception of the Grovites.
Todd of Cathedral School is showing
just how much he Is being missed by
Western High. which school he left last
fall. In the basket ball game between
sixteen of his teams points. When the
base ball season rolls around he will be
missed more than ever. as the high
school lads are without a good twirler.
and Todd was about as good as there
was In the scholastic games last year.
The Maryland Aggies are certainly
playing an cratic game Of basket ball.
Gallaudet has twice licked them by a
big score and Georgetown beat Gallau-
Diet by an even greater number of
points, and yet when the Farmers
went against the Hilltoppers they made
things might hot for them
The Eastern High School base ball
candidates will be called out next
week. Just what kind Of team will
be turned out by the Capitol Hill lads
remains to be seen. but they them
selves are confident that they Will not
finish the season at the tail end of the
race again.
It scenes that disaster after disaster is
Detailing the Western High School track
team. The latest piece of III luck to strike
the West Enders came yesterday when
the two Villegas brothers notified the
coach that they would not be able TO run
in any of the coming meets. and that they
were going to stop training. The reason
given by them is that they will not be in
the city longer than March l. and as the
Georgetown meet IS the first one now
on the cards. and that does not come
until March 4, there is little need for
them to continue practice.
A. VilleRas and ]. Villegas entered
Western last fall. and when the track
candidates were called out, about the 1st
of January. both responded. and poth
have since done good work in that de-
partment Of athletics Both made the re-
law four. one running second and the
other last. Both boys are hard and will
ing workers and adhere strictly to the
rules, and the other members of the team
are sorry to see them so, not only because
their going will materially weaken the
four's chances in the Georgetown meet,
but because of the esteem in which they
are held.
The father of the two boys is the minis
ter from the Argentine Republic. and as
he has received an order transferring him
to London, they must necessarily accom-
pany him.
Mosey of Gallaudet did some good work
in the preliminary wrestling bouts that
were held in the National Guard Gymna-
SUM Tuesday night He won in both the
1876 and 145 classes.
Duckett, the captain and fastest man
on the Maryland Agricultural College re-
lay team, did not run against George