The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-12-05
BASKETBALL COMING
INTO|TS OWN NOV
Schoolboy CUNTS Are Getting
Busy on Floor, Preparing for
Championship Series.
By BRYAN MORSE

Next week basketball will come into
its own, practically all Of the scholastic
CUNTS getting action in preparation for
the championship series. which will
start Immediately after the Christmas
holidays. Business has already won
its opening contest, having trimmed
Conzaga by % to Is. while Eastern
dropped its initial battle to the Boys
Y. NJ. c. A. team by 10 to s.
Cathedral, Army and Navy Prep, and
western Will play games next week and
some line may be gotten on the rels-
i've strength Of the contending teams
Business seems to have the bulge on all
Of the other teams when 1t comes to
followers from last year. In CulIigan.
Ray Wise. Joe Wise, Ralph Wise and
Carl Glessner. the Orange and Blue Is
blessed vita veterans, Boernstein and
Harris being the only ones lost from
the team.
For Cathedral. Holmes. Brewer.
Northrup and one or two substitutes
Will form basis for building up an
aggregation 1t is expected that Ca
thedral will put as good a team in tbs
contests as that which forced Busfness
to the limit to win the title last sea-
son.
The Army and Navy Prep team has
10 veterans from last season, although
Drake and Smith are substitutes from
the fast aggregation representing the
school last year. Western has a num-
Der Of players from last year who will
get workout Monday in preparation
for the rrst game to be played Friday
Captain Peck, OF Western. Giblin.
Henry, Mackall. Peine and Leetch are
followers from a green team OF last
set-son and can be expected to develop
into a fast bunch with the years ex-
perience.
At Eastern Coach Kimble will have
Dyer and Baldwin from last season.
with Fessenden and Clarke to fall back
upon as veterans Several players Of
prom sc are trying out for the Eastern
team, and creditable team will prob
able be whipped into shape for the
coming engagements.
Within two years every high school
will be represented in basketball IL
cons dered. Central will have one OF
the best gymnasiums in the city, and
will surely Re represented with a bas-
ketball team
After a start last season when several
Tech boys got UP what was known as
the Tech A c. five. the Manual Train
ers made a bid for recognition in bas-
ketball. This season another Tech team
viii try for recognition. Mark Showers
having gotten together a ! kelly bunch
Besides Showers. Supplee. Steed, Och
erts. members OF the football team. are
listed for basketball. and the team Is
looking for a coach. having obtained
the use Of the Epiphany gymnasium
for the season
Several of these boys have had ex-
perience with the boys department 7.
NJ. c. A teams. and can be counted
upon to give a good account OF them
selves this year. " tn Roberts and Nc
Carthv as forwards, Supplee as center.
and Showers and Gibson. with any OF
the others as guards. the team looks As
formidable as any Of the high school or
prep school teams
The Georgetown Props will get the
best Of coach ing from John O'Reilly.
who has turned out some exceptionally
fine teams in Boston. Already the
Props are casting about for games, and
have succeeded in arranging a good
schedule.
What will go far toward helping
basket ball teams this season IL a num-
Der Of good officials. For the most
part in years past the teams have had
to pick up officials and there are few
standard of officiating In keeping with
the strictest letter of the game There
is a fine chance for a number Of former
college men to get plenty Of action by
applying to the various coaches for
work during the winter.
Two youngsters who showed a deal OF
promise last season are among the
missing this wear. Bob Farrell. who
played forward for the Georgetown
Props last wear and Aurtaugh. OF Con
zaga. were rated as two OF the best
floor players last season
Now that Percy Gibson. the Tech
football captain, has come out for
basket ball he must be awarded credit
for being one OF the most versatile OF
athletes Gibson played three positions
creditably on the football team, IS a
star shot putter on the track team, and
can be counted upon 70 shine in basket
ball
What IS thought to be a record f"r
points scored comes to Fight with the
OF the Alexandria and
Cathedral football schedules Alex
andrfa defeated Fredericksburg High
40 TO o. on Friday. November 20. while
Cathedral walloped the life out OF the
same team the next day, bv us TO O.
All this happened within twerty-foUr