The Washington times., 1915-02-12
Raymond Peck Makes
New Shooting Mark
Western Highs Basketball Captain and Star For
ward Scores Sixteen Field Goals-Eastern
Battles St. Alban Today at Y. M. ca
In Evenly M atched Game.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

What is believed to be record in
shooting baskets in scholastic games
is today held by Raymond Peck,
captain Of the Western High School
basketball team, who not only Gre
ated a mark last Friday when he
shot IL baskets against Army and
Navy Prep, but since then has once
equaled and twice broken the same
mark in the week, setting a new fig
ure at 16 baskets. Western defeated
A. N. P. yesterday by SO to 20.
Up to last Friday Peck establish
ed a record of averaging six basekts
per game for fourteen contests. Last
week Army and Navy Prep was met
in a league game at they. M. c. A.,
and Peck dropped twelve shots in the
basket for the schoolboy record.
This mark was tied by Gilbert King,
of Friends, last Saturday, and Peck
lost no time by getting fourteen bas-
kets against Eastern last Monday.
Western was called upon to meet
Epiphany on Tuesday. and Peck con-
tinued his exceptional work by shooting
twelve baskets against the youngsters
coached by Mark De Grange, thus aver
aging thirteen baskets for three games.
This was thought to be the limit to
be reached until Peck got loose yester-
day in a return game with the Army
and Navy Props at the Armory. The
Western captain Gagged sixteen baskets
This mark OF thirty-two points in one
game Is the schoolboy record for total
point scoring. even taking into consid-
Grafton the fact that Kings mark of
thirty points. made twice. was helped
by his foul shooting. Peck In the past
four games has shot no less than nifty
four baskets. an average of more than
thirteen per game.
During the season he has shot no
less than 145 baskets IN eighteen games
for an average of seven baskets per
contest He Is the first player in any
of the schools to reach the 100 point
mark, and in addition has created q
mark never before approached in
schoolboy basketball. Yesterday. in the
game with Army and Navy. Peck shot
,, but two baskets in the first half, miss
chances that argued almost sure sue
, cess in every attempt. In the second
half Peck got fourteen baskets.
The work Of Lester Peine. the left
forward Of Western. must be taken as
measure of Peck ability. for Peine dis
played some of the most accurate OF
pa ssing in yesterdays battle. and has to
great extent made Peck's record pos
sible The two youngsters work to-
gether In perfect harmony. and rene 8
mark of nine baskets yesterday would
have been worthy Of greater considera-
ton had not Peck gone to the record.
Basketball fans are gathering at the
IY,N c. A. today, when Eastern and
Mt. st. Alban get action in the scholas-
tic league battle. Eastern has won a
game from the A. n. P. while MI. 81.
Alban players were defeated by a single
point in their last engagement on the
Eastern floor. but expect to come
through handily.
This week both teams played the A;
n. p. aggregation and both registered
81. while Eastern won by IS to 16. SO
direct comparison OF scores would
leave the matter in the wind as far as
picking today's winner.
Friends added another victory to its
string in handing the Georgetown Props
beating on their own floor yester-
day. The Props were outclassed In
every department of the game. as was
expected. and Friends annexed the win
by a score Of 90 to is. Gilbert King shot
four goals from the floor and five from
the foul line.
The Preparatory basketball game be-
tween Gonzaga and the Army and Navy
Academy was called of by mutual con-
sent and postponed until February a.