Evening star., 1915-01-28
BY II. c. BYRD.

Western High has two of the best
scholastic forwards that have ever
Sraced quint in the District. Peck
ana RENE are the youngsters referred
to. and, according to the work done by
them in recent contests. no other five
mas players even nearly as capable
Both are fast and very accurate in
shooting goals from the field.
Ihese two youngsters are the bull
wark of the Western team. They gen
orally score pretty nearly all the
points registered in every contest. and
their play is unusually good in every
way. Just to show of what value they
are to their team it might be men
toned that Peine made twenty points
out of the tWenty-nine scored by West
ern against Business. Peck was not
in the game. but he is just about as
capable as Peine
With two forwards as capable as
Peine arc Peck, Western should win
the scholastic championship. The Bust
ness team has been considered it's main
rival for the title, but the defeat ad-
ministered to the Stenographers yes
terday cannot help but put crimp IN
their hopes. 1t seems that none OF the
other scholastic quints has men capa-
lively, and as long as they are not GOV.
cred they are going to score lot OF
points, both being exceptionally clever
in tossing the ball into the basket.
The Harvard tennis team will appear
here April 22 against the Chevy Chase
Club. Announcement of this was made
last night, when the Crimson manage
ment gave out its spring schedule OF
dates in the south. 1t is barely pos.
sible that match will be arranged
with the Columbia Country Club also,
as it is known that the day following
in the Crimson's list. Harvard is to
meet the Naval Academy the day be-
fore 1T comes here.
Some brilliant tennis should be seen
in the matches, in which the local
players will figure against some of the
best men in the country. r. Norris
Williams. national champion, is Har-
ward student and a member of the
team. That Williams is a great player
will be recognized even by the layman
when it is stated that he took part in
the Davis cup matches and afterward
defeated Maurice Mclaughlin, rated
championships. One of the greatest gal
lerieS that has ever watched a tennis
match in the District probably will be
on hand to see the Crimson players
meet the local club.
Gallaudet gave the Catholic Univer-
sity quint all and little more than
1t was looking for last night at the
Brooklanders failed to play up to their
standard and, as Gallaudet was on its
mettle, the former may consider them
selves, extremely fortunate to get away
half ended with Gallaudet four points
in the lead, and it was only by the
most desperate kind of work that the
Red and Black forged ahead.
Catholic University may thank just
one man for its victory-Danny Kee-
gan. In the second half keegan gave a
brilliant exhibition of how one man can
pull a team together. reorganize and
grasp victory when the quint as q
whole is playing poor ball. Keegan is
leader. pure and simple. and he
proved himself the most valuable man
in the lineup last night Keegan
knows basket ball and knows how to
put in effect his knowledge.
Catholic University is not as strong
as it was rated early in the year. The
Brooklanders have good team in some
respects, but in others it is below the
standard of year ago. Donnelly is not
the brilliant performer at center that
he was at guard and forward, and that
detracts considerably from the worth
of the quint. If the Brooklanders had
real good center and could conse-
quently shift Donnelly TO one of the
forward positions, or let him play a
TOklHS TIE WIN
have a mighty strong combination
Under present conditions. though, they
are not going TO make as good show
ing as they otherwise would.
A. Wenger is playing a splendid game
for Gallaudet. He appears to be by
far the most accurate shot the Kendall
Greeners have, and his performance in
each contest causes him to stand out
in contrast to the others. He is fast
enough to elude whoever may be COW
ering him, and once he gets fair