The Washington times., 1915-09-24
Scholastic Basketball
Code May Be Changed
Meeting of League Expected to Bring About Depar-
lures From A. A. u. Rules-Affiliation With That
Body Handicapped Organization Last Season.
By BRYAN MORSE.

A meeting Of the Interscholastic
Basketball League set for the first
Tuesday in October is expected to
bring about radical changes in
scholastic basketball in the city be-
cause of the intention to depart
from the A. A. U. game and adopt
the intercollegiate playing rules.
Schoolboy basketball teams here
were somewhat handicapped last
season in their battles by the limi-
tations imposed by the older rules
in vogue. It was the avowed inten-
ton of the board Of governors OF the
interscholastic circuit to make some
|headway in adopting the newer
game.
Contests with schools in Baltimore
and elsewhere developed the thought
that Washington schoolboy teams. while
advanced In the A. A. U. game. were
far behind other institutions which had
been playing the college rules for three
wears or more.
One schoolboy team. Western. met
representative New England team-that
Of the Northampton. Mass.. High
School last year--and watched with In
terest the play Of the Northerners at
the intercollegiate rules while the local
team played the A. A. U. rules.
The westerners voted the A. A. U.
rules more suited to their speed and
style. Other schools here have been
wanting the faster game and when the
Interscholastic League gets toge.her geher
( there is every iikihood that the new
er rules will be adopted
One other proposal probable this year
is the adoption of longer playing
schedule for the five teams IN I'm ene ,rn- IN
posed to have the games raised TO M.
teen instead Of five. each team TO NEE!
the others twice at home and ABROAD
and then to meet on a neutral nelo iof
Rusiness. western. Eastern. Army and
Navy prep and st. Adams now COM
prise the Interscholastic League. Ine
Preparatory Basketball League. com
posed of Georgetown prep. d tbs TacS
team, will probably go through this sea.
son. Friends School may be asked 10
take a part in the newer circuit
basketbaii recognized at both Central
Central is asking for tennis as a recog-
nized sport and is understood contem-
plating basketball team.
Central will get action with Tome In
stitute next week. which will be the hrst
real action OF any Of the local football
is rushing preparations for the battle
With Port Deposit team. realising It
will be up against a strong. heavy
eleven.
Eastern will meet Gonzaga on Octo-
ber 8 instead of today. as announced.
Manager McCahe, Of the Gonzaga
eleven. is authority, for the statemenSt
Eastern on that date, and will be ready
to meet the high school team then.
Harold seldom. of Central High School.
bids fair to wrest the honors from the
Wise boys at Business this year for the
all around title. Seldom. who Is one or
the best tennis players In the schools;
will probably be paired with Conrad
DOYLE. the District title holder. IN the
and will more than likely come through
lust as he did at Columbia Country
Club recently.
Central football players boost Seldom
as one of the finds of the season. and
declare he will make fullback. In ad-
dition. Seldom won his letter playing
third for the Blue team last spring. and
is also an exceptionally good guard
playing with the Epiphany Church
ba asketball team last winter. Seldom has
made good in every branch of sport so
far. and can be expected to hold his
own in football.
News Of the death Of Evelyn S. Fuller.
who attended Western for the past
four years. has been received at the
GEORGETOWN school as a shock, second
only to that last spring. when the death
Of John Leetch was made known. Fuller
was injured in a cane rush at Leland
Stanford. In California. where he en-
tered as freshman this wear.
He was a member OF the Western foot
ball team for the past four years. and.