The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-16
THREE TEAMS TO BE
IN BATTLE TODAY
Business and Western Hook Up
in Basketball Clash That
Should Be Hummer.
By BRYAN MORSE

Three teams of the big five scholastic
circles will get action on the basketball
courts today. Business is acting as host
10 the Western team in the Business
gymnasium in an endeavor TO defeat the
second Of the championship contenders
IN the week. while Friends Is hoping 10
take the measure Of the Army and
Navy Prep team in the Quaker gym.
Business has so far sailed triumphant
through the ranks of the schooIboy
fiyes. greasing its way with excellent
team work. to win after win. ana n
expec ing no more trouble fro western
TODAY than it cid from the Army and
Navy Prep team. which II defeateu
Monday BY 20 to IS
Last year Business defeated Western
by rs to IA. the green westerners prov
ing no match for the Business veterans
This year western has a better five.
and can be expected to hold Business 10
q much smaller total
Army and Navy Prep has failed -
come through With a win In its games
to date, Coach Clancy's team has met
Army and Navy Academy and Bush
ness. and has dropped two contests
Friends. holding Business to a com
PdAdtlNCAY oAAAdAA SCOTcs mas inc eGEe on
the REP team TO-DAY, as II is playing at
home.
Friday Western is meeting Friends at
hone. while Business is taking on the
army and Navy Academy .sam- The
Seventh semester team at Business fell
easy victim 10 the Army aud Navy
AcadSmy team yesterday oy q E-to-i2
score. The TACT that the victors COW
cred up all the way accounts. il u de-
IA mr. he A 81
Capt Sylvester Maxam. of Western.
Is ca ng out the track team Monday
for preliminary workouts Western will
and Will continue work during the holt
days. There are few veterans In
! school this year. and these will be
pressed into service for relays to run in
: the hopkins and Georgetown games.
Track work for the majority of District
schoolboys for competition Will be CON
fined Tor the most part to tE~ George
town and Hopkins meets, which come
February q and Is.
Schoolboy runners had best prepar.
( for relays this winter in the GeOr ge-
town meet as there will be ample Cp-
portun ty TO get into any sort of class.
Charles Cox, the Georgetown manager,
says ne will feature his meet with relax
races Of all kinds.
Representatives from Tech, Gonzaga.
Georgetown Prep. and the Army and
Navy Academy are expected TO meet at
Georgetown today for another effort at
form LIZ league. The fifth team y
necessary to form the circuit. Il was
Planned to have each team D ay throusk
i've games, the dates being arranged for
tuesday and Saturday.
The Fairmont A. c. will meet West
ern Monday at the National Guard gym
The . ech youL gsters have won three
out ot nve starts, and can be iexpecteG
70 put up good sxh bition at all times
VII Jams and Eisernan have been star
ring in every game for the Tech boys
The Princeton alumni football cup
elnolemat OF the championship Il
football in the District High Schools
rests at the Mckinley Manual Train.
iHs School today to begin anothe
years rest. Tech won the cup last sea
son. and now has two legs on its per.
rlSnent possession
The presentation was made at an as
semb'y Of the school. at which E.
McCalmont. president Of the Prince.
ton Alumni Assoc alton. spoke. Assist
ant Secretary of War Henry u
breckenridge also gave the Tech stu
derts talk. Uncle Louie" Mattern
honorary president Of the Tech Genera
the school
Letters were awarded to MANAGE
Park Talks. Can't. Percy Gibson, Capt
elect Gene Ochsenre'ter, Chase, Sup.
plee Parker. Roberts. Steed, HardeI
Mccarthy. Young. Sabine Rooney. Tay
Tor. Easter. and Daily. The athletes alss
received tho Tech certificate.
Williams. Snyder. R W. Parker
Myers, Henring, Franklin. Brauner, ant
BACK were the Tech players who faIlec
to get their letters this season on &C.
count Of the fact that they PLAYED II
too few games. Myers contributed
three points TO his teams total. bu
vas in the tile games too short
while for consideration.
Gibson. Hardell. Mccarthy. Parker
Rooney. Sabine, and Steed are III,
fourth-year men who received Tech let
ters yesterday.
Tho a ffro Cfi0nc IF