The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Observation-Disclosures
To Seize Basketball
Title From Opponents
Five Veterans Are on Hand to Answer Captain Ray Wses Call
For Candidates for 1915-Costs Quite Sum to Con-
duct Annual Schoo|boy Football Games.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Business High School is preparing for
another championship season. Capt.
Ray Wise having called out the basket
an candidates on Monday for the first
workout OF the season. In getting
ready for long schedule, the Orange
and Blue players will open up next
Wednesday, when the scrappy Gonzaga
ouint Is taken on at the Business gym.
Dr. William B. Hudson is again in
charge Of the Business players, and
after last years successful campaign.
in which the interscholastic title was
annexed, expects to come through again
with the flag. Besides Ray Wise. vet
oTan Of last years five, Buck" Wise,
William Culligan, Joe Wise, and Carl
Glessner are back for the team. Harry
Harris and Boernstein. last years
captain, are lost by graduation.
At present the five veterans on hand
VIII capably fill out the team. Ray
Wise and Bill Cuiligan, associated SO
C:Dsely in the football series recently
Closed, will probably start at the for
wards positions. It will take some ex-
Ceptionally clever work by members OF
the squad to displace Joe Wise from
enter. Buck Wise and Carl Glessner
viii make a strong bid for the guards
positions.
Call last Monday. Among them are
Wassman Macdonald. and Dowrick, Of
The football team; Miller. and Stern.
Lowry n. Coe, manager of the team.
has arranged q schedule of fifteen
gsmes as follows:
December, Gonzaga, at B. II. s.;
!, Friends. at B. II. $; IA. A. \ p,
ct A y. p: Is. Alexandria, at y. H. 5.
January, Gonzaga, at Gonzaga; 6,
Eastern. at B. II. 8; s, a. \. p, at J.
NJ. c. A: II, Friends. at Friends; %,
Alexandria H: S. at Alexandria. Va.
February-l5. St Albans. at st. Al
bans: l6, st. Adams, at r. II. s.; l9.
Eastern, at Y. NJ. c. A; d. Eastern, at
Eastern: 26. st. Adams. at Y: NJ. c. A.
March-l2 Western. at Y. NJ. G. A.
There are several other games pend
.ng with the Fredericksburg. Va, high
school team, Episcopal High of AlcNa7-
dria, the Catholic University Freshmen.
and The Annapolis fourth class team.
LAST year the plebes were taken on at
Annapolis and won b. 40 to 16, in one Of
lhe hardest fought games OF the season.
Business may go down again 1or an
other battle.
TT costs more than 5000 season to
~un off high school football games,
declared one Of the faculty advisers
recently. Officials. new footballs, at
'enOanlS, ana Ottlel lDclQenldl5 DILl
up the cost TO about $50 game. Little
money is taken in at the gate, as prac-
1icany all Of the schools distribute
their athletic tickets to members" con-
rinued the adviser, and there IS no
telling just what the expenses will
amount to, If they keep mounting up"
Along this line it. might be said that
superintendent T.. s. Martin. of the !
playground Association. has helped out
IONS ,derable in the past few years to- !
ward keeping down expenses: Mr. Mar
'in's foresight in obtaining a park for |
the use of the schools stood them in |
good stead this season. Next spring. il !
plans are worked out satisfactorily. |
there may be another and more dcsir- |
able site selectcd for the games
-"
Discussion prevails among the fol- |
lowers Of the recent scholastic games |
as 10 the best baCkfed in the high !
&C hools Tech and business come in !
'or the most consideration. There are
those who award the palm TO the Busi-
ness backficld above that Of TeCh for |
he reason that both Buck" and Ray |
Wise were able runners capably man |
aged by William Culligan. Business |
quarterback.
Had Keech been kept in fullback dur |
ing the last two games the baCkfeld |
would have been stronger. Keech, Un- |
III the time of his injury, was one Of /
he best of the plung1ng backs, aided |
mis- runners well on interference. and |
proved unusually heady at all times. |
Tech had an excellent general in Steed !
and Cchsenreiter. rated the best OF the |
hBlfbacks in the series.
Despite these sterling players, the |
backfield as a unit was not as well knit |
as that OF Business. Constant shifts TO |
find the right running mates for Steed
and Ochsenreiter were tried all during |
the season. Gibson was played at full
back, and in the other positions Parker,
Taylor, Snyder, and Myers were all
hooked up with MacCarthey at fullback.
Coach Hart kept mono of them in as
regulars, making many shifts, while'
ySaaincSs made but one, that Of Do~giGk