The Washington times., 1915-12-25
Western, Business, Central, and
Eastern Workout in Prep
aration for Contests.
GAMES RESUMED ON JAN. a
Business Meets Eastern, While
other Schedules Are Re-
Sumed in Earnest.
By BRYAN MORSE.

There will be no rest for the high
school basketball teams during the
HOLIDAYS as two or three quints will
keen in practice all of next week III
order to be ready for the games
starting Tuesday, January a, in the
Interscholastic BasketbaN League.
Western has slated three practices
for next week and will come 20
gether Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. A practice contest with the
George Washington five is being
talked of, and if it can be arranged,
will be staged in the Western gym.
Captain Peck believes he must keep
his team in action during the next
ten days in order to get flying
start on the other fives.
Business will hold a workout or two
in preparation for the contest with
Eastern at the Arcade. Carl Glessner.
the Business leader, is by no means
E DISCOURAGED at the beating received
from Western. I'VE have a good
team says Glessner, land are glad
we will be able to meet Western later
in the season."
Little Is hear0 from Eastern. Inc
youngsters from Capitol Hill are work.
ing hard to perfect themselves. The
team coached by S. T. Kimbel Is the
greenest one in the circuit, but will be
heard from later in the year. Eastern
lost practically all of its veterans this
winter and none Of the boys now play
ing had been in a game representing
the school before the opener with st.
Adams.
Mark De Grange probably will have
the Central team wOrkinR Ont AGAINST
the Epiphany team during the holidays.
Central appears next In the league
January II. and will have q chance to
get line on all of the other quints by
that time.
There was some mistake about the In
terscholastic League schedule at the
start of the season. The Business
Western game. due to start. was shifted
from Friday to Tuesday. and a double
bill was run off on Friday, December II.
The schedule for January. which will
bring the teams to the end of the first
semester. is as follows:
January 4-Business VS.. Eastern.
January 7-Western VS.. st. Albans;
A. n. p. VS.. Business.
January 11-Eastern vs. Central.
January 14-Western VS.. A. N. P; St
Adams VS. Central.
January 1s-Western VS.. Eastern.
January 2l-Business VS.. Central: a.
n. p. VS.. st. Adams.
January 25-Western VS.. Central.
January 28-Business VS.. st. Albans:
Eastern VS.. A. N. p.
Single games will be played Tuesdays
and double-headers will be staged on
Fridays. February l Business and
Western meet again. and the above
schedule Is followed through February
to the conclusion of the series on
March 3.
Invitations to the Tome School meet
slated for May 20 have been received
by all of the track teams in the city,
Carl Smith. athletic director at Tome,
has planned an even larger meet thar
that of last season. The date select ed
is the Saturday before the annual
high school championship meet here
and will probably be well attended
by the local schoolboy track teams
here.
Washington basketball teams have
no idea of disputing the claim OF the
Newton High School team. of New
York, for it's record score OF 73 points
made against Jamaica Plains recently
George Yerkes, who made 43 points
for his team shooting 20 baskets aui
three fouls did no better than Buck
Wise, of Business, recently. Wise
Gagged 21 baskets for AZ points, Guilt
gan shooting the fouls. Lester Peine
of Western, recently shot 16 baskets
and IL fouls for 4S points. Business
scored 80 points against Friends ant
70 against Gonzaga in consecutive
games which would appear somewhat
better than the New York schoolbGS
team.
A number OF dual meets for Saturday,
will be arranged by Coach McMillen, oI
the Tech track team. Captain Tibbott
of the Manual Trainers, has a number
of fast youngsters undergoing a course
OF sprouts and Is looking for a speedy
track team by spring.
Central has a basketball game a
Tome on February 10. The Centra
teams meet Tome in football, basket
ball and baseball and send up runners
to the Tome meet every spring.
There will he but one change in th'
coaching STAFF Of the high schools IL
baseball this season. All OF the men
tors who had charge of the schoolboy
last year will he returning to their worl
with the exception of CollihoWer a
Tech, who gives way to Hope Falconer
a former Tech tlrst-sacker.
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