The Washington times., 1915-10-05
Western Team 7OHape
Hard Week of Battles
Met Army and Navy Prep in Scrimmage Yester-
day, and Is to Play Today and Saturday.
Basketball Stars on Epiphany Team.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Western High School football
players are getting their first real
start Of the season this week in a
program calculated to give the team
thorough tryout. Yesterday the
Red and White eleven stacked up
against the Army and Navy Prep
team for a while in scrimmage. To-
day the eleven plays it's first game
at Alexandria with the Alexandria
High School AMI on Saturday meets
the Episcopal High School eleven.
The Westerners have not been
counted in the running to any ex-
tent this season. Their football
season last year was disastrous in
the high school series. due chiefly to
the fact that players of caliber were
ineligible to represent the school.
Not a single touchdown was made
in the entire series and the team
saved itself from defeat in the last
game in holding Central to score
less tie.
Three veterans have left the team
from last year. but among the ho!dovers
are CAPTAIN Mackall and Rohrer. at
ends Grayson and Hume. tackles, Wee
don. willis and Henson. guards: Nickel
way. another lineman: Whelchell. quar-
ter: W. O'Brien. Peck and Boyer.
There have been several newcomers to
the game this wear who have speedily
made good Red" Smith, a basketball
player of lcXt winter: Bridget, captain
Of the track team; Fisher. Tyler. Sturte-
want. Sinclair Myers. and Spencer. or
the first year team OF last year. and
Bushbey are hustling for regular Jobs.
Western will meet St. AlhAns. the
Georgetown Props. Woodbury. Forrest.
Episcopal and Alexandria. besides the
regular scholastic opponents In the Sc
ries for the championship.
Those who followed the fortunes OF
the Epiphany team last year will recog-
nize several stars on the lineup OF the
hasketball team Just starting out. Mark
Dc Grange will again be at the head or
things ut Epiphany In athletics ana
started up classes afternoon and night
yesterday. Three basketball teams will
take the floor this winter.
Tho senior team will probably be pick
ed from Leonard Marhury, who starred
last year for Epiphany, Harold seldom
ana Loo hart, NtH kHo"h h5 NtAti
High school athletes: Mark Showers. OF
the Yankees. and one OF the best all
around men at Tech last year. and Ed
win Giblin. CAPTAIN of Westerns foot
ball team last season and guard on the
basketball five. With Giblin and Sell
don IN the guards positions. Showers In
center and Hart and Marbury in for.
wards the Epiphany team looks as good
rs any OF the high school or prep school
teams.
Dr Grange Is developing lively
bunch OF Youngsters in athletics. and In
addition is doing a world OF good to
manv others whose names do not ahNeE'
In lne-ups OF games. Track meets are
being scheduled FOR those interested In
this branch OF sport, and the downtown
institution appears to be well dated up
for the winter.
4 cheering bit Of news to basketball II
players is the announcement that the
A. A. L rules for tho wear will be
changed so as to materially affect tn"
shooting and dribhling. II is understood
that the revised code allows two steps
on the shot al the basket and two
hands. or both. on dribblc. 1t Is un-
dcrstood that the rules will permit
practically the same sort OF play as Is