The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
BASKETBALL TO
START SATURDAY
Washington City League Geh.
Under Wire First, Y. M. c.
A. Playing Aloysius.
OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST
Class B Also viii Be StOng-AIex.
andria Cardinals Out for First ~.
Place Honors.
By FRANK CoLLEY.

By FRANK CoLLEY.
When the whistle blows announcing ths
start Of the game next Saturday night
the date set for the opening of the
Washington City Basketball League.
two of the best teams in the District
will take the floor, namely-the Aloysius
team and the Y N. c. A. second team.
Both of these Quints are hard at work
and the winner of this contest will, in all
probability. finish one, two While many
pick the Y. II. c. A. Regulars to WIN
the District title again. from the line-uu
given out by the Aloysius clan, Coach
Becketts squad will have hard row to
travel il they expect to land first honors
The second team OF the association ha \
developed rapidly and it will be a good
team that comes out ahead Of this out
fit Not many of the boys have had
much experience in such fast circles az
they are now placed, but from the show
ing they have been making il would not
be at all surprising il they did not causs.I
the other entrants to look to their Iaurels
before the season Is over
Not much has been heard from the
Alexandria Cardinals. but II the boys on
the other side of the Potomac play tha
gume they have done in former years
the District title may land in Alexandria.s
The boys from the Virginia city have
been hard at work and expect TO make
the best showing in years. II this be the
case the race for the rag in the Wash
ington City League should prove the
closest witnessed for some time
From what can be learned. the four
teams already in the league should prove
enough, as each has a fast. aggressive
quint, and this is TO the advantage of
the league as the patrons always expect
the best article of basketball that can
be produced.
Who will officiate in these games has
not been learned as vet but a good
competent official will be obtained and
the games will be run OF without a
hitch. such must be the case as there
is great rivalry between the teams.
Mary players who started out this sea
son with the Y. NJ. c. A team have
shifted to the Aloysius quint and thS
club boys should have a rafting good
team this year. While they made a
good showing last season. they expect TO
capture the pennant this wear. and il
would not surprise many if this be the
case
Such men as wetzeL George Coli
flower. Schlosser, and many others who
have seen service on local college and
club quints will be in the lineup when
the first whistle blows. Jim Collihower.
who so ably coached the Georgetown
University basketball team last season,
is in charge OF the quint and from ad-
vance reports has some of the best ma,
terial that can be found in the District
Of Columbia
Varela, Hall. and Walk, of last years
association FIVE have Joined the club
members ranks. and are making a strong
bid for the first team II is doubtful IL
they will be considered as regulars. as
the material is so far more experienced
that these youngsters will have to wait
until later in the season, or till next year,
to play with the club five.
For the first time in the history of the
organization the Naval Brigade will have
a basketball quint, and fairly good one.
at that While not many Of the boys
have seen service on the basketball
courts of this city. few have played
the game in other towns.
This organization will in all probability
enter the Military League, and. from ac-
counts. should make a great showing for
the first time out. Nothing much could
be expected from the boys. but II they
are able to keep the sport going and
develop players, in a few years they
should be able TO hold their own with
any quint in this neck Of the woods.
The class "B" Washington City Bas>
ket-ball League race should prove to bd
close and interesting this season as the
quints represented in that league are
evenly matched and have some good
players enrolled. II is far too early TO
pick the winner of the rag, but after
the start one can readily see that the
winner will be in doubt until after the
middle OF the season.
All nf the class 2 teaC7re are
hard at work and when the season opens
the fans will find that the boys Will
have six teams in first-class condition
take the floor in the start of the race
for the gonfalon. The Yankees OF tho
boys department Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
have rounded out a good team and
should have an edge on the other en-
trants as they have been working out
for some time. Most of last years squad
was lost to the team, but Coach Law
has gotten together a good bunch and
is not on the trail of the pennant.
The local Y. NJ. c. A. team will take
a trip to Richmond shortly and lineup
against the strong Richmond Blues. This
game should show the relative strength
Of these clubs and one Of the best games
of the season can be looked forward to
as both clubs have been primed for this
game. This is as near to an inter-clty
championship game as will be seen this
season as none of the clubs have booked
games with teams of the Southern city.
The fans of the Virginia capital VIII
see in action one of the best teams that
have represented Y. NJ. c. A. Of WASH
ington in some years, as the local boys
have a quint which will be hard to beat
this year. Last season the association
boys played In the Virginia capital ana
were returned victors, but this year IL
may be a different story. as the Rich
mond lads are out to take the WASH
Ineton City League champs measure,
80 Il -I..Ihn. go, the tables on the