The Washington times., 1915-03-12
Business and Westerns Best Of
Scholastic Quints, Take the
Floor for Championship.
EACH HAS WON A GAME
Evenly Matched Teams to Per-
form Before Banner Crowd.
Other Schoo!boy Gossip.
By BRYAN MORSE.

BY BRYAN MORSE.
Every available inch of space is
expected to be packed at the Y. M.
c. A. today when Business and
Western hook up in the last game
Of the Interscholastic Basketball
League game for the championship.
Indications point to a record crowd
as both teams own large following
on account of exceptionally good
work during the season.
The teams have met twice before.
I'm the first engagement Western
took 20 to 21 count, falling before
the Business players who were out
early and in better form. Later in
the season when the teams met on
Westerns floor the Red and White
defeated the Business team by 81
to %, so that the game today will
be a rubber contest for the two
teams.
In the championship battles Western
has been undefeated. st. Adams. the
Army and Navy Prep, and Eastern were
beaten by scores of 25 to II: 45 to T.
and "A to 81 Business has defeated
Eastern by 2 to 16; has gained decis-
ion over A. N. P. team by 43 to 81. and
was defeated by the st. Adams team
by a score of q to "A.
In the past two weeks Western has
suffered slump due to the fact that
two of it's players have been out Of
the game on account of the grip. De-
spite the handicap the Red and White
has won. Fifteen straight games have
been annexed by the Western team and
the players are primed and ready to de-
feat Business today. realizing that a
win will give them leg on the Spald-
ing Trophy and first basketball title
for the school.
believing itself able to turn the trick,
which will mean tie for the title and
another game for the championship.
rapidly since it's last battle. and can be
counted upon to carry the fight to
Western at all times.
The team will line up as follows:
Western. Business.
Peck .......,......R. F.. Buck" Wise
Leetch ......... .Center..... Ralph Wise
Fuller .............R. G......... Ray Wise
Giblin .............L L. G............ Glessner
Referee. c. Edward Beckett; umpire,
Annandale and Whyte. Time of halves,
twenty minutes.
Four Washington schools are due for
games at Port Deposit, Md, with Tome
Institute this spring. st. Adams will
take on Tome here next Friday and
after that Central. Eastern. Tech and
st. Adams will visit the Tome insti-
three track teams will go to Tome for
the big scholastic games there in May
Tennis teams from at least two schools
VIII take on the Tome racqueters at
Port Deposit.
The Tome Schedule follows:
March 10. ST Albans School, at
Washington; March 20, Woodberry For
washington. at Port DEPOSIT; April 10.
Eastern High Of Washington, "at Port
Deposit; April IA, Baltimore City Col
lege; April H.. Penn Freshmen, at Port
Port Deposit; April "a, Baltimore Poly.
at Port Deposit; April 2S, Wilmington
High. at Port Deposit; May l, Episco-
pal High. at Alexandria, Va; May 5,
Randolph Macon, at Port Deposit; May
3. Cornell Freshmen, at Ithaca: May
IS. Lawrencevi!le. at Port Deposit; May
10, Hill, at Pottstown Pa: May %. Nc
Kinley High of Washington, at Port
Deposit; May q, st. Adams School, at
Port Deposit.
Capt. Worden Dyer, Of Eastern, says
he has GOOD bunch out already and
est contenders for the high school
championship this season. 1t will be
remembered that Eastern has twice won
the baseball title straight running and
while losses OF veterans will play an
important part in the strength of the
team this year. Coach kimbel believes
he has an excellent chance to come
through with what material he has on
hand.
This has been a good year for East
ern. In football the team tied for the
runner-up position The basketball
lost its title battles by narrow margins.
In baseball for two years the Capitol
Hill lads have been supreme. And all
this with a small number of candidates
for the various teams
Charles r. Cox, graduate manager Of
Georgetown University. will sound out
the various prep school teams for the
purpose of starting preparatory league
III baseball lust AS was successfully
tried in basketball. At present there
are four teams likely to take advantage
OF a league.
Advisory marks go in today at the
various high schools and baseball and
track candidates will be on the anxious
seat until it is known just where they
stand Several Of the teams are expect
ing to profit by the marks while there
are sure to be a number of disappoint .
ments in store for the youngsters.
Tommy Lowe Defeats His
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