Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-03
ENDS ITS SEASON
WITH AN VICTORY
St. AIban's Defeats Army and
Navy Prep School at
Basket Ball.
Y. M. C. A. FAILS TO HURT
WESTERNS FINE RECORD
Red and White CUNT Setting Great
Pace for Scholastic
Organizations.
BY n. c. BYRD.

Western High and St. Adams were
victors in basket ball games played
yesterday. The Episcopalians won from
the Army and Navy Prep School, and
the Red and White took the team of
the Y. NJ. C. A. boys department into
camp easily. The contest in which ST.
Adams won from the Army and Navy
youngsters resulted in a score of 3S to
SO, while Westerns victory was OBJ
tanned by 4S to 20.
The contest won by st. Adams wound
up its season, year that has been de-
cidedly successful for it. In fact. it is
questionable If the Episcopalians have
ever gone through a schedule which
has resulted as well for them. West
ern's win was simply continuation of
the brilliant record it has been making
against all the scholastic fives of the
District.
Peine and Peck played brilliantly.
each throwing eight goals from the
floor. Peine also got ten goals from the
foul line, making a total of twenty-six
points scored by him. March and Boil
ton did the best playing for the st.
Adams and Army. and Navy Prep.
teams. the majority of the scoring be-
ing done by them besides their supe-
riority in general work.
Two practice base ball games have
been staged at Georgetown, the second
taking place yesterday. The Blue and
Gray ball tosSers are being pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible in order to
get them in the best possible CONDITION
to play the four contests scheduled in
the south the latter part of this month.
The Hilltoppers are to meet the I'M
yersiry of Georgia at Athens. Ga.
March "a and %, and Will play the
Georgia Institute of Technology March
% and %
While the practice games now being
staged on the Hilltop are not espe-
cially strenuous for the pitchers. all
their hardest efforts in an endeavor to
Their hardest efforts in an endeavor TO
win a position. The hurlers Will not
be allowed to cut loose at all for some
time yet; not until the weather gets
considerably warmer. And no chances
have been taken 50 far with the two
or three men who will be depended
upon to bear the hrunt of the work
after the regular season starts.
The practice is serving to give a good
general line on the capabilities OF the
new nen, though. and it will not be
long now before the squad will be cut
and only the sixteen or eighteen regu-
lars carried.
Bancroft Athletic Cl''h were winners
of basket ball games last night the
former defeating the Advent team and
the latter getting the long end of the
score from Epiphany Huntenlann of
the Advents featured the contest lost
by that club and Driensenstok of BAN
croft was the star of the other meet
ing.
\ basket ball game is to be played
here Saturday night between the Rich
mond Eount~v Club and uuint r7pr.-
senting the Columbus Country Club of
this city. The Columbus Country Club
is an organization controlled by tn
Knights of Columbus. and several of
the players who viii make up its quint
were members of the Georgetown and
Catholic University teams during the
season just ended.
The Columbus team is in charge of
Jim Collitower. He has been Goa ching
the players for some tile time aad
expects to have no trouble winning.
The basket ball game scheduled for
tonight between the Georgetown var
sity and quint made up of alumni ,
mas been postponed. Injuries to the
Blue and Gray varsity men and tie |
general poor condition of the players |
is given as the rea son for the new ar |
rangement. 1t is not certain that the |
contest will be played at all. though |
there has been some talk of having 1t |
at a future date. /
The ..lumni team, of which Jim Colli- |
tower is captain. is to meet George |
Washington University at the arnory !
r'riday night. This is expected to serve /
IS a sort of a try-out contest for the !
Slue and Gray graduates. by which |
they hope to perfect as much as pos |
sible their passing game.
The first of a series of basket bal |
games to determine the club champion |
ship of the District will be played to-
night, when a Quint representing the
National Guard Athletic Association