The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-04
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| Another LEAGUE
Scholastic Basketball Circuit
Likely to Be Formed
This Week.
LOCAL SPORT GOSSIP
Harry Costello Picked BY Boston
Papers on All-Eastern Eleven.
Anderson at Harvard.
LOCAL SPORT GOSSIP
By c. w. SWAN.

Washington will have another inter-
scholastic basketball league. il the
plans advanced by Manager Lane, of
the Gonzaga High School quint are
carried out 1t is planned to form a
circuit. with teams from the Friends
Select school. Catholic University
freshmen, Georgetown Props. st. Pat
rick's High School Stewards Business
College, and Gonzaga High School
This will put six fast scholastic quints
together, and the games are sure to
be well patroniZed.
The games will be played at Gonzaga
Hall, Catholic University, Ryan Gym
nasium. and Friends School meet
ing of those interested in the forma-
ton of the league will be held in the
near future. when final arrangements
will be made.
According to Chief Greene. the for
mer Catholic University finger. who
was with the Elmira club, of che New
York State League. last season, Dutch
Munich, the local sandlotter. was easily
the best young receiver in the circuit.
Munich looked mighty good up there"
said the Chief last night, and he will
surely make a big Lacquer. He was
ter than he ever did in Washington.
He was well liked all over the cir
cult, and would have been drafted,
only It was said al over that he be-
Ionged to Grift."
Greene had a fairly good season, with
a taIl-end club, and is under reserve for
next year.
That Gus Gray. manager of the
champion Pepco ball club will make a
strong bid for the amateur championship
next spring, is well known to amateur
ball players of the District. Gus is not
waiting till spring TO sign up his, men,
but is getting a good, fast, team In line
at the present time. He already has
Buck Howard. Alec Gill, Mccarthy.
Grace Ted Sullivan, Jimmy Green. and
Hazel KidweII in line. This Is the
neuculus for a good club, and with few
more, Gray will be ready to start the
season in the best of shape.
Gallaudets basket team promises to
be mighty good one. The Bun and
Blue quint will start work at once, and
With a fairly heavy schedule arranged.
will make a strong bid for the local
championship.
Harry Costello. Georgetown's brilliant
n
Boston Journals second An-Eastern
eleven. the first team position being given
TO Miller. OF Penn State. Costello is
we'll thought of in the City OF Culture,
and his playing against the Holy Cross
team caused many nice things to be
said about him in the Northern papers.
Costello is a mighty good football player.
and will make a good coach for any
team in this section.
The Vigilants had stiff practice ses-
sion last night in preparation for the
Engineers on Sunday. AS usual, this
game will be for the independent cham
pionship of the District and Coach Dave
White is not taking any chances of
having a weak team on the field The
men will work indoors for the remainder
OF the week, winding up the work Sat
uriay night with a brisk signal drill
in the gymnasium. The game Sunday
will start at o'clock.
Sam Anderson. we'll known to local
followers OF the wrestling game, and eX-
champion of the world Tin the middle
weight class, has BEEN re-engaged at
Harvard as wrestling coach, and IL looks
as though he was to have busy sea-
son. Many of the students at Cambridge
are taking up sparring and wrestling and
the athletic association has arranged
for Coach Anderson to take charge of
the aspirants in the Hemenway Gym
nasium at once. He has been in charge
of the grapplers for tire last two years,
with remarkable success.