The Washington times., 1916-02-23
By BRYAN MORSE.

For the first time this year every team
IN the Interscholastic Basketball League
can be seen in action on local courts.
In the regularly scheduled games Cen
trnl Is meeting st. Adams at the Ar
cade in the first battle OF the double
bill. Western will play Eastern in the
nlghtcap.
Later in the evening Business High
School will play the Wellesley High
School team, OF Boston, in the third
OF the series in which the Bay State
champions are engaging the local teams.
Army and Navy Props will have their
hands full. with two contests. Ono
team will journey to Carroll Institute
to play the Tech quint. while another
will meet the Friends team in the l
street gymnasium.
The A. n. Preps had a battle with
Friends booked for Monday and asked
postponement until today. Both
Friends and Tech will give the Props
p good fight as they are playing in
their own gyms. Tech was soundly
trounced by the Props some time ago,
as was the Friends quint.
On Friday the Interscholastic League
battles will be resumed. Business bat
Ting Central and the A. n. Preps play
ing st. Albans.
Western upheld Washington's scho-
lastic basketball honor at the Arcade
last night. defeating Wellesley High
School. " Boston. by 81 to 10 score.
Comparatively few thought that the
Red and White would come through
at the close of the first half, with the
score standing s to s in favor of the
visitors. Western went into the con-
test with two crippled players. Peck
and Smith. both Youngsters being
much under the weather.
The local champions planned their
campaign carefully. allowing the Wis.
itors possession OF the ball almost
throughout the first half. when the
game was played with a tossed ball
on out OF bounds In the second half.
played. Western went better The
contest was a nip and tuck affair un-
u Peck was removed from the game.
The youngster was unable to do him
was substituted the Red and White
players speeded up until the visitors
were tired out and unable to stop
Lester Peine and Chamberlaine.
An analysis OF the contest shows
Western TO have followed the same
line Of attack as in former success
full battles. The visitors got four bas-
kets for eight points in the first half
and but two baskets and three fouls
for seven points in the second half.
Western got six points In the first
half and twenty-one in the second
session On the floor. Peine's playing
was a regulation to the New Eng.
Ianders, who were quick to give him
credit at the conclusion of the battle,
Whelchel and Sergeant, of Western,
held the Wellesley forwards, Fin
nerty and McCabe. to three baskets
durinE the game; Rourke shot one
lSets. Peck one. and Chamborlaine
two.
washington and Lee University, OF
Lexington. Va. headed by Capt. ICY"
Young, Pierroti. and Barrett, OF foot
bail fame. showed Catholic University
thing or two in basketball yester-
day, winning 24-to-19 battle nt the
Arcade. Exceptionally long shots from
Grads victory, as II was this style OF
play. ordinarily disastrous 10 y team
unaecustomed to long shooting. that
spelled defeat for c. u.
Catholic University showed to advan-
br1lliancy in potting shots from the
center or the floor and farther back
Washington and Lee players must be
awarded the palm. Followers OF the
game here were unaccustomed to see
ing such long heaves and were In
clined to attribute the success or the
w. and L. men to a lot OF luck.
Coach Raftery has carefully coached
his team to just such tactics and those
who saw the game at the Navy Monday
bear out his statement.
The contest was marred by a lot of
unnecessary roughness on both sides
Catholic University held up Its end
chiefly through the foul shooting anil
ity of McMahon and Hinchlifre. The
w. and l.. players shot ten baskets TO
half that humber for c. u. Toward
the close OF the game with the score
ls-all' Barrett shot two long ones. and
when Bethel, the W. and l.. center.
followed up long ones to the back
ooard he got two more which decided
the contest
McMahons playing was consistently
good for Catholic University. The
youngster was the best floor player on
either team.
Central will meet St. Albans today In
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