Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
RAILROAD " BOOKS
| INDOOR MEET AGAIN
Athletic Competitions to Be
Held BY 1t Saturday,
March ~.
BASKET BALL CONTESTS
| between SCHOOLS TODAY
Western Meets Eastern and Bust
ness Plays Army and Navy
Props.
BY II. c. BYRD.

| The second annual indoor athletic
J games of the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ
c. A. will be held March 81. The at
| fair was staged last spring for the
| first time, and so successful was it thai
| there was unanimous decision tt
| make 1t an annual feature. The events
| are open only to the members of the
association.
| Fourteen events will be contested
they being selected to include gymnas.
| tic competitions, running and general
all-round athletic capabilities. Three
jumps will include the hop, step and
jump, the standing broad and running
| broad jump. There will be competi-
lions on the horizontal bars, parable
bars. the horse and buck The running
events will include a 25-yard dash
quarter mile and one-mile relay. The
relay race is to be contested between
teams of four men each. There will be
| basket ball and medicine ball compe-
| titions also and an obstacle race.
! Prof. c. E. Beckett of the Y. NJ. C. A
has been obtained to referee. The
otner officials in charge of the events
will be experienced men.
A meeting of those interested in the
| Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c y. Bas.
Ball League is to be he'd this eVenlna
at the \. NJ. c. A. rooms in the lnio4-
station. Plans for the season are 20
be made and some very interesting de-
velopments are expected.
Two contests are to take place this
afternoon in the Scholastic Baske.
BAH League. Western High and Eas-
ern High are scheduled to meet on the
moor of the Y. NJ. {. A. gymnasium an.
the Business and Army and Navy PREF
will test each Others powers IN TN
gymnasium of the former.
" estern, Judging by the form 1t has
been showing. ought not to have mucl
.rouble getting away with the Iona
end of the score against Eastern. tn,
Red and White has proved itself th>
most capable quint in the District IL
scholastic ranks and any time it loses
a game to one of the others it will l..
because it is playing below its usua
from the Army and Navy Props, no,
outstanding that it has not bee
playing up to its standard of late.
One of the closest games of the yea
was played in the Railroad Y. NJ. =,
A. Basket Ball League last night, whe.
the Auditors defeated the Trainmen bS
22 to 20. The contest was about tn
best exhibition given this season in tn
railroad organization.
The first of series of basket bal
games will be played tomorrow nigh
between team representing the
Knights of Columbus of Richmond and
the Columbus Country Club of thi.
city. The local organization will put i.
strong team on the floor. having sched-
uled to appear in its lineup membeI
of the Georgetown University FIVE and
one from Catholic University. Not
withstanding that the Richmond five is
expected to prove exceptionally capa-
BILE.
Jim Colliflower. who used to coach
at Georgetown, has been and is In
charge of the local quint. The con
test will begin at 8:15 o'clock
The team representing the National
Guard Athletic Association, which is
making an attempt to win the club
championship of the District by meet
ing the champions of the varioue
leagues. is to play its second contest
tomorrow evening, when IT meets the
Railroad y. NJ. c. A. victor. The Ma
tlonal Guard team won from the In
iantry quint, champion of the Military
League, Thursday evening.