The Washington times., 1915-10-15
Pelne and Sergeant, Of Last
Years Five, Lead New Can.
didates.
EASTERN PLAYS GAME TODAY
Meets Army and Navy Eleven.
Two Scholastic Battles on
for Tomorrow.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Western High School has opened
up its basketball campaign, come
thirty candidates for the team com
ing out for practice three times a
week. The Red and White five
which won the Interscholastic
League title last year 10 already
planning a big schedule for this
winter, and is expecting 10 develop
q number Of players for the team
this year.
OF the veterans from last year,
Capt. Raymond Peck, Lester Peine,
Stuart Smith, John Whelchell, E.eh-
ard Sergeant, Harry Chamberlain,
and Paul Culbertson are on hand.
With the exception Of Peinc and
Sergeant the others are playing
football at present, but thirty re-
sponded to the call sent out Tues
day, and for the past two days good
practices have been held.
The change In tho basketball rules for
this season. which will materially AFFECT
the schoolboy quints, In regard to drie-
bling and basket shooting. is being tried
out across the creek. Western is handi-
capped by having small gymnasium
for basketball work. and Is expecting to
play the bulk OF It's battles on forelRn
floors this year.
Several new players have reported
many of whom are frst-year boys.
Jewett. White. and Pepper. members oi
last Force ssnEol FIVE Are In the
McIver. Gardner. Gieseking. Henneman
and Hume are numbered among the
new players.
Western loses the services Of Edwin
years championship Ave. Fuller and
Leetch. will be missed in more ways
than one. Baker is another who will be
among the missing this season.
today against the Army and Navy
Prep eleven at Friends Field. on the
Tenleytown road. The Props have q
heavy eleven. and one that will give
any Of the scholastic teams a run fol
Recent practice against St. Albans
showed Eastern to be light but fast
Coach Green. Of st. Adams, paid the
Eastern team high tribute In de-
clarins 1t one Of the gamest elevens Ne
has seen In action.
Tomorrow Central tackles the Epis-
copal High School team at Alexandria
Episcopal has a fast team and one
heavy enough to battle anything sent
down from Washington. Both Tech. and
Western were defeated by the Alex.
andrians. who have gotten ahead with
their work since early season to the
point where they are more than ter
days farther advanced than the Wash
ington schools.
st. Albans is taking on Western ir
its first game of the season. The an.
nral battle between the schools is al.
ways interesting and closely fought
years team Northrup failed to return
as did Carey. lincman. Peyton March
went to Lafayette. Holmes graduated
too. and Castle and Daniels are out oi
the lineup with bad knees
Western will be WITHOUT rho servicei
of several regulars. Bridget. Rohre
and Grayron are out with injuries
the battle should be well worth seeing
The game starts at 10 O'Clock.
Central Is going to prove the darl
horse in this year'sNampaign. Report
from Central would indicate that tn
eleven will be composed Of lighter play
crs than usual. Speed will take th'
eleven will be contender which viii
bear watching.
Techs eleven is light and fast thi
season. Coach Hart says his team 4
made up Of unusually light players
whose speed is bound to be a factor Il
the title race. Added to thls Tech !
ever developed In the schools In Capt
Gene Ochsenreiter