The Washington times., 1915-01-14
Western High Athlete Will Act
as Captain Of the Aggrega.
ton Representing Capital Of
Nation.
School Team Looks Forward to
Victory in Dual Clash With
Baltimore City College Tank
Exponents.
Bv BRYAN MORSE.

DN DKS nav AvAOAS~
Twelve schoolbo3s, some of the
best athletes in the District, rep
resentatives of no less than seven In
stitutions, will journey to Baltimore
Saturday to engage the Baltimore
City College in a dual swimming
meet in the B. A. c. tank.
H. Owen Thompson, Of Western
High School, is leading the athletes
and will be accompanied by Charles
Brunner. coach of the Washington
Swimming Club, and Reginald
Rutherford, an A. A. U. official, and
member of the same organization.
The team comprises many members
pf the junior section of the waning
ton Swimming Club and numbers IN
the dozen some Of the crack athletes
Of the District in other sports. FROM
inent among them is Charles Hunt, cap
tain of the A. N. P. swimming team,
and one of the fastest swimmers in the
DdAtrict: Bill Gates, of Central. run
per and football player; 'Untz' Brew
.r. of Mt. ST. Alban's, one OF the oest
athletes ever developed in the high
schools. and G. II. Milstead, Of Central.
la0-yard dash champion in the nigh
school track meet last year.
If the athletes are as good swimmers .
al thew are football, baseball, and oas-
,<etba,i players. or track marvels, there
IL little doubt as to the outcome OF the
ensarement with the Baltimore boys.
thompson believes he has q collection
Of swimmers who will make up a we'll
balanced team and one capable OF
,ackling an older club.
Svimmers have been picked from Cen
,rai, st. Adams. Army and Navy Prep.
'seorsetown, Prep sns sne tHqa' trienas oe
There will be seven events on the ne
ara "a follows: The 50-yard dash, 100
and 22o-yard dashes. plunge. 5o-yard
breast stroke. fancy diving and the re-
b. D. Francis. of the Army and Navy
Prep school, is probably the fastest
surint swimmer in the District and will
represent the All-Scholastics in the 80.
100 and relay. while his schoolmate;
charles Hunt. a California boy ana
trials. owen Thompson Of Western.
E'red Cherry, of the Industrial Home
school, and Zirbe. Of A. N. p. will
hattie through the 29o
Bill Gates, of Central. and ,Untz'
Brewer, Of Cathedral. will tackle the
breast stroke event. Both swimmers
are powerful and should give good
account Of themselves. In the diving
event the Washington representatives
IN BE- picked from ,.;:.d l. c, GarTisR Tsn;rs, Sf
and Greenwood, of Tech.
Lawrence Milstead, of the George
town Preparatory school. will take care
u the plunge. while Alfred Stands and
Henry Stanton. Of Western. may 60
the relay. Fl. owen Thompson. J. l.
Karrick. Charles Hunt, and D. D.
Francis will probably be selected.
"Nuboy" !oneS; who formerly va;
captain of the Western High School
track team. is beginning track work
for Georgetown. Jones is best remem.
bered last year by his defeat of Pat.
terson and Lippincott, the Penn flyers
at Convention Hall. Unless all signs
Hepttonal splinter in Sylvester Maxam
rhis year. MaXam is showing better
FORM than he did last season and is
e1pected to take Jones' place this veal
1t Western
The Georgetown Junior Props wor
nut over the Gonzaga youngsters "
Ryan gym yesterday by 10 to 10. Both
cams played good passing game ant
are sure to present several youngsters
!rxt season who will rank with the
i'est of them. Spencer Wise. a brother
" the famous Wise boys Of Business, i.
playing creditable same for tn,
Props.
ian races start tomorrow in tive
lsagues when Cathedral and Wester.
AXE the floor at the Y. NJ. c. A. ant
he Georsetoun Props battle Army ant
Nayy S,To ASaSdemy n;Sde in Ryan gym. .,.
he Army and Navy Props gym K
tackle Coach Clancy's team, while Bust
ness entertains the Catholic Universit.
freshmen at the Business gymnasium.
While Cathedral got into basketball
estlier than Western. the st. AlbaI
boys have played in but four games
winning three and losing one. Western
1as PLAYED ten games; Winning seven
close as the teams are thought to b,
evenly matched. Cathedral has devel
oped a fine passing game. and on de
tense has shown as much as any OF tn
teams.
On past record Western should be ab
10 make a much better showing thar
1T did in last years engagements
Western will use Peck, Peine. Leetch
Gibiin; and Fuller. while Cathedral vii
probably nominate klees. March
Holmes. Castle. and Marty.
r J. McElhannon, Eastern HigI
school end on the football team las
fau. was awarded one of the prizes il
The Times educational question series.
Lowry \. Coe. secretary of the Inter
scolastic Basketball Ieasue, announce
that the Business Army and Navy Pre-
Same has been postponed from last wee
and that there has been nc date select
ed. Coe further says that the game wi
% scheduled before the end OF the serie
Y o AAte can he arranged