The Washington herald., 1912-12-22

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place TO hold such contest, Hal
Arcade rink is large enough to &C
commodate a large crowd, such as
would turn out to see the crack
first baseman play.
The University of Virginia basketball
team will undoubtedly make a great bid
for the South Atlantic championship this
year and it would not surprise many TO
see them win. With RiXey, who is
brother of Eppa RiXey, the Philadelphia
tWirler, at center, and Strickland playing
in the same place the other teams will
have q hard time finding men who can
stand up to these two. On the whole. the
showing of the Virginia team has been
more than could be looked for this early
In the season.
ST. Johns College, of Annapolis. not
being satisfied with the State football
championship. have laid their plans for
the basketball title. All five of the men
playing on the quint played stellar roles
on the football team this past season
Mellon showed his worth in the game with
GslIaudet when he Gagged five baskets, at
the same time keeping his man so well
guarded that it was impossible for him TO
score a point. Clayton is another worth
noticing. He plays center, and It takes a
good man to get the jump on the lanky
ST. Johns boy.
Mckee, who is playing forward on the
Naval Academy team, seems to be up to
, his old tricks again. Last season he led
the team in scoring. and has started in
again TO duplicate his work of last year.
In the game against Baltimore Medical
I AHwzWR L.
Kee has a sure eye for the basket, and 1t
pays the Navy team to work the ball down
the floor from where Mckee can take a
shot.
Fred Rice, the old Georgetown basket
ball player, has gotten a team together
at Catholic University that will make
other teams hustle for all they are
worth. In the game against Frederick
College, when the BrOoklanders ran up a
score Of IS points, the accurate passing
OF the Red and Black team showed much
had been accomplished by Rice this year,
as the team which represented the Brook
lsnders last season lacked woefully in
teamwork.
Mcdonnell and Koran. OF Catholic Uni
versity, make a formidable pair of for
wards. Their goal tossing has always
featured the games in which the Red and
Black have participated Together these
two scored Y of the points that were
scored on Frederick College. Melon
nell is q hard man 10 keep covered, being
fast on his feet, and has accomplished I
the art of lodging.
Hoppe, who played a star game at
guard for the Y. NJ. c. A team last sea-
son in the Washington City League, has
undertaken to play center this season.
His playing so far ranks him With the
best centers in the city. On the defense |
you can look a good while before you
find a man Of Hopes caliber. He bids
fair to make the best center that Y. NJ.
c. A has had for good many years.
Georgetown got a prize package when
it landed Wetzel. The former Y. NJ.
C. A and Pacific Coast star. in the game
against the University of Maryland, was
all over the floor, time and time again
saving Georgetown from being scored
upon.
Why not have inter-city series in bask-
et-ban? We have them in baseball and
il the fans of the District support the
basketers in a loyal way they will be
oyerpaid to see some of the out-of-town
teams play for the inter-city champion /
ship. While Georgetown nd-sH of the
other colleges meet outsiders the people |
would like a chance 10 see what the |
teams of the Washington City League |
could do against teams that rank in !
their class
with teams from Wilmington and Balti- !
more, and there was a great demand for |
more games Of the calibeT that these |
teams played. Before that date Balti- |
more always found two or three dates on !
the local Y NJ. c. A. teams schedule, /!
but for the past two years the boys from |
the Monumental City have had hard
time getting a game in the District. |
Last year the association went to Rich |
mond and carried of the honors from
the Southern lads, but that was as near
an inter-city series as they have come. !
More interest has been shown this year
in the indoor game, and it would only
be natural for the teams to play bet
ter brand of ball than they have been
doing.
An inter-city series would speak we'll |
for the teams and at the same time the |
management would be showing their ap- |
probation for the support that they re-
ceived from the fans during the season.
tiet together. league officials, and boost
the game along; it's in your power to
make this year banner one.
Wilson, of ST. Johns (Annapolis) team,
has a novel idea for keeping his eye
trained during the fall and is always
ready for the basketball season to COM I
mence During the fall he plays on the
football team and It was his deadly for
ward passes that won many a game for .
the Annapolis team. The man who is .
on the receiving end of the pass is used /
as a dummy basket and Wilson uses =.
this as a means of training for basket I
ball as well as winning football games /
for the St. Johns boys.
FRANK X CoLLEY