The Washington times., 1915-12-09
By BRYAN MORSE.

Central High School is not allow
ing grass to grow under its feet, nor
are the followers of the Dark Blue
allowing any bets TO be overlooked
in preparation for the scholastic
campaigns in the various branches OF
sport. The basketball team is sail
ing along under the capable direction
Of Mark De Grange, while the track
team under Coach William Foley is
making all sorts Of preparations for
the winter meets.
The candidates have been out for
the past three or four weeks. Cen
trail lost several stars in the gradu-
alton Of Bill Gates, Fred Speidel,
Lengthy" Wingate, Writ, Fishback,
and Norman Oyster, but will have
many good athletes to replace these
stars. Captain Milstead, rated as
the best sprinter in the high schools,
is back on the job. johnson and
Jones, two other dash men, are
counted upon for the shorter dis
tances.
Hoover, Millard, ochstadt. and Mac
Lachlen are others who are being
Rroomed for the dashes and relays.
Stein, Mclean, Latta and Swain look
promising for the hurdles. Two mem
bers Of the championship relay tea,
Milstead and Birthright are back for
the quarter while Pennypacker 10 anoth-
er quaTtermiler.
Tabor, a veteran, who made a fine
showing in Baltimore last winter in
the $50 is ready for the distances this
year. Hill and Ambrose are other dis
tancerS. Soloman and H. Jones are be-
ing primed to take care of the high
jump while Abberly and Latta will
make a stand for the pole vault. A
Jones is being developed for the shot.
Central has the best all around team
in the history of the school last season,
and can be expected to come through
with another we'll balanced aggregation.
The Central runners want to make head
way this season in development as they
expect greater things when they get
in the new school.
Three good games will be on tap for
followers of schoolboy basketball to-
morrow in the real start of the indoor
Campaign. Several practice games have
been played to date, but tomorrow the
real action comes when Business and
Gonzaga meet in the Gonzaga gym;
Friends and the Army and Navy Preps
battle at the Connecticut avenue in
stitution, and Alexandria High School
journeys up for a game with Western.
Gonzaga was winner of the Prepare
tory Basketball League championship
and is holder of the Georgetown cup.
Business lost the InterschOlastic League
title by q narrow margin to Western,
and was rated every bit as strong as
Stenographers have Buck Wise, Ralph
Wise, Bill Culligan, Carl Wassman and
Carl Glessner, who Is captain, to stare
the season with this year.
The GOnzaga lads are an unknown
quantity. but can be depended upon to
Keep Business Oh the move all the while
Last year Gonzaga set terrific pace
in its games. Western was defeated in
one contest. and Business tied in an
other so that the strength of the North
Capitol street five is Well known
Friends has number Of veterans in
tow. Cameron Brown, Louis Jacobson,
Robert King and William Harrison are
the veterans from last year. Coach
Mike Clancy, of the A. N. p. team,
will have a fast team before the season
Is we'll under way. The Props are big
rangy fellows who are lightning. Their
passing Is exceptionally good and thew
them one of the most formidable COM
binations on the floor this winter.
l<nudsen and Weller. two football
players who stand over six feet, are
trying out for center. Waters, another
football star, is out for forward Zerbe.
the only veteran OF last years uulnt, Is
I'm the left forward position at present.
GilmaTtin, a football man, is trying out
for guard. other members of the squad
are Pawling, Rohrschach, IIang.
Sweeney. Fogetti. Gibney and Miller.
Coach Blanton, of the Alexandria
High School team, will bring his boys
up to Western tomorrow for a tryout
under the new rules. The Alexandria
team played a fast game last year and
were more familiar with intercollegiate te
rules than the Washington schoolbOys.
They have a game with the Epiphany
team next week and want to see how
the Washington lads work out under the
rules as revised,
Several games played to date have re-
vealed the fact that infractions are all
too frequent, due to the small size OF
gymnasiums. IL is practically lmpos-
sihle to prevent crowding and charg-
ting Of players has been so frequent that
personal fouls have been called galore
When the players in tue lnterscholastiC
League get on the biz il0nT AT the Ar
cade they will no lo7t. 7" T. will take
several games TO get taem accustomed
- the pIayinS space.