Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-12
BY 81. c. BYRD.

Georgetown and Catholic University
are to open their basket ball schedules
this week. The Blue and Gray is to
play two games, one here "Wednesday
and the other in New York Saturday
and the Brooklanders are to meet CAL
laudet at Kendall Green Saturday.
Catholic University was scheduled to
start the intercollegiate season yester-
day, but the game was cancelled be-
cause of the death of Dr.. spensley.
Georgetown is scheduled for a con-
test Wednesday with Mount St. Jo-
seph's, the team which was booked
here yesterday for a game with C. u
The fray in which Georgetown is to
take part Saturday night is the first Of
the series of four tosbe played around
New York city. and will be against the
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
George Washington is not to play
until Wednesday week, when its one
game scheduled before the holidays
VIII be against the Naval Academy at
Annapolis.
Western High and Business High
start their seasons OH the court with
veteran forwards The former still is
Of year ago, Peine and Peck, and
Business has Cuiligan and Buck Wise
both clever players. In games played
Friday Peck and Peine shot twenty-six
goals between them and Culligan and
WISE got twenty five.
With SUCH men as these around whom
10 build teams, Western and Business
should turn out mighty good combina-
tons. In fact, ii would not be at all
surprising t. see the two teams fight
ing for the championship at The end Of
the year IN close finish In some such
way as they battled last season. 1t took
10 first hogors last winter, and 20 judge
10y preliminary games il seems that
they are about the strongest the local
schools can boast right now.
New that all Ave high schools are
represented in basket ball, why not
play through regular high school
schedule, AZ IS done in base ball and
foot bali For several years Business.
western and Eastern have been play
int. the game, but Tech and Central
have not been represented. This sea-
son, though, Teen and Central are
going to have teams, which makes up
the quintet of schools. and there seems
10 be no reason why a regular high
school championship series should not
take place.
Notwithstanding what has heen given
out concerning the foot ball schedule
at the University Of Virginia for next
season. il seems to lie possible that no
game may be played with Harvard. A.
least il appears there will have to be
a cha age somewhere, else either Har-
ward or Vanderbilt will not be met by
the Orange and Blue. Virginia has
been playing Vanderbilt on the first
Saturday in November, and now Uar-
ward has requested that Virginia APP
pear at Cambridge on that date Viz
giuia. requested "A change with Wander
Diit, asking for November is, but Van
derbilt demurred, owing 10 a game
signed for with the Alabama PoIytech-
mic Institute. Just what Will be the out
come Of the mix-up is hard to fore
tell. but a possible result is that Vir-
ginia may not Eleet one or the other
of the Two INSTITUTIONS in question
Harvard, desiring Virginia on its
schedule, may be willing to make a
change and give Virginia another date
Manager Story of last years En-
Sineer fSot ball team is out with q de-
nisl that the team which is to face the
tigilants today in the Independent foo
ball game is the same as that which
played last year and won the cham.
pionship. Says story:
The team which cases the Nigilants
today will not be the same as thai
which won the championship last year
As natter of fact we have no regular
team this year. and only two mem Der,
of the eleven which went against tn,
NigiiaEts year ago Will be in the line
Up Those two players are Nance ant
Mungen, and they are in the game
against ny protest. because the team