The Washington times., 1915-02-25
Manager Curry Has Entries Of
St.. AIban, Central, Tome,
and Baltimore Poly.
QUARTER ATTRACTS MANY
Preparatory. Basketball League
wiz Continue to Operate
With But Three Teams.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

in this section Of the country will
await Starter McHugh's gun in the
Georgetown University indoor games
at Convention Hall Saturday, accord
ing to Manager Tom Curry, Of the
Blue and Gray team, who has re-
ceived advance notices from the vari-
GUS coaches who have primed their
lads for the big meet.
The 50-yard scholastic and 440
will find the cream of the sprinters
waiting at the marks in what is con-
fidently looked forward to as a
struggle calculated to bring out some
exceptional work. Heading the list
is Brooke Brewer, the St. Alban star,
who showed up no less a parsonage
than Jimmy Patterson, of Penn, one
OF the best in intercollegiate circles
last Saturday at Baltimore.
Brewer was credited with ten Sec
onds' flat indoors last week, which
shows just where he stands in re-
gard to ability. Carl Smith, coach
of the Tome Institute track team,
makes an open boast that in Lea
Hornsby, captain of the Tome team,
he has sprinter calculated to make
them all step.
Hornsby has done better work in the
fifty than in any other event. and
Smith is entering him with the school,
boys in both scholastic events. and is
sending him against the cracks in the
OO-yard open handicap event.
Clifford Jones, of Central, who sprang
into prominence by taking second in the
day last, is another lad capable Of
making them go to beat him. while
Robert Clark and Charles Slagle, of tho
Gilman country School, of Baltimore.
6o-Eard. Slagle is a fast youngster. who
made them hurry: to beat him in Balu-
more. while Clark stepped into the tape
ahead of all Of the schoolboys in Bal
stimore.
Robert Maxam and Dorsey Griffith. OF
Western. are also entered in the 5O-yard
event. MaXam was heavily handicapped
In Baltimore, and failed to come
through. He had but a yard on Patter-
SON and Lippincott in the open century
in Baltimore. Griffith won second In
the scholastic novice and 5O-yard event
in the G. w. U. games.
is sending in no less than five entries
for the half-century race. while the
Nfarston School, of Baltimore, enters
two youngsters. The best of the b. F.
Skipper. while the Marston boys are G.
r. Steward and Robert Moore.
r. o. Round and G. o. Lynch, Of the
Manassas High School. will come up
for the scholastic events. Round got a
third in the scholastic 50 in the G. w.
y. meet.
The scholastic quarter will bring to-
gether such schoolboy stars as John
Cheesman. of Tome; Brooke Brewer,
Of st. Alban with his teammate, Har-
old Rose, who has already gained two
second places in as many meets In the
scholastic quarter: Robert Maxam.
Dorsey Griffith. Fra9cis Bridget. Long
Rundell. of Marston: w. Goldman. A.
Du Breuil, and L. Knabe, of B. p. l..
and probably Smith and Skunk. OF Mer-
cersDprs the flyers ,ar who tba shoTed MopIhs the
games.
OF the relays Central will have two
In the races. st. Adams has entered
a relay. while Eastern and Tech have
teams. while the Georgetown Preps
have two relay teams entered.
The Preparatory Basketball League
three teams are now in the league. The
A. n. A. team is now out Of the run
ming. havin gdisbanded for the season.
Cecil Dowd manager of the team. says
he has lost practically all of his players. |
and that it is impossible to continue.
The Georgetown Props, GonZaga, and1
Tairmonts will fight it out for the title |
II Gonzaga is beaten in one or two Of
the remaining games the Props have a |
chance for the cup.
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Eastern retaliated for it's defeat in the
Jnterscholastic game last Friday by TAX
score in the Eastern gym Yesterday.
The Fasteners won handily in their
own gym. outshooting and outgaming
the Business bunch. !
Rice, Dyer. and Baldwin. OF Eastern |
were continually in the limelight. and
made the win possible by their clever
shooting. Business was handicapped
by the low ceiling. and failed to get
going with its accustomed speed.
The Alexandria High School five called
off the game with Western yesterday,
saying they had closed their basketball
moment and Western was unable to
get game
1t would seem that the high school
handicapper England. of Baltimore Dan
IIcaly. captain OF the Carroll Institute
cross country team. says England failed !
TO give his team any handicap in the
Bronx Church House run in New YORK. |
England stuck it on the Washington ]
Schoolboys in the Hopkins games when I
college men We're put out on the limit I
marks in the sprint races. II will be
interesting To note Just what marks the |
youngsters set in the Georgetown
lanes,
''"ntrai is putting Stuart King. Chest
rnh
mile in IA" Georgetown meet whiIe
Frank Cummings, &. Flemer and |
I'M arc IN ~" orou $40. PIN Foley is
d"yeiorins The distancerS now at ,'cn-
aggregation by spring.