The Washington times., 1916-01-04
Business Five Expects
Big Total on Eastern
Hopes to Make Record Score in Todays InterSchol-
l. astic League Basketball Game At the Arcade.
Other Gossip and Comment.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Business is out to crack the exist
ing records in league basketball
games today, believing it can roll up
a big total against Eastern in to-
days Interscholastic Basketball
League game at the Arcade. The
Stenographers expect to better the
mark Of IS points made last year
and this season by Western as the
high water markS Of the circuit.
The Stenographers will present
the same lineup that totaled 82
points against Friends for a record
score, and 72 against Gonzaga. Buck
Wise, who has been handicapped by
bad knee Is right again and can
be expected to contribute at least
20 per cent more to the attack. Busi-
ness believes that if the st. Albans
team, composed of inexperienced
players, can get to Eastern for forty
points, something like a total of
eighty can be registered.
The Fasteners have been putting In
a few licks during the HOLIDAYS, and
VIII come back with a better balanced
nVe than that which took the hoof
against st. Albans before the holidays.
Inc FASTENERS have the greenest sort
OF team this season, all of the vet
Grams OF last year having either stopped
school or gone to other Out-of-town in
Btitutlons.
For' the first time in the history oe
high school athletics a team will be
supervised by woman. Miss MAY
Dean, OF the Tech faculty, has consents
Cd to act as faculty athletic adviser for
tne basketball team, and II past sue
ceases are to be repeated the Tech
basketers should have no difficulty in
making good. Miss Dean has given Tech
FOOTBALL players her undivided help dur
ing the past three years with the result
that the school has no failure in scholar
ship. This has meant that Tech has
gone forward to three CHAMPIONSHIPS
and players and members OF the faculty
at Tech viii award Miss Dean the bulk
OF the credit for the title elevens.
A short time ago Techs general or
ganiEation sanctioned basketball as a
major sport, decided to put out a team
and elected Miss Dean as faculty ath-
lette adviser. The quint will play In
dependent games against the other
schools in the city, and will work out
at Carroll Institute. The venture is
Techs first at the floor game under
sanction. and success Is expected to at
tend the efforts of the new team.
A single veteran comprises West
ern's track strength this season.
Frank Bridget. captain of the track
team, is the only member OF the school
who will be available from last sea
sons squad. Tom Peyton, the only
other W. holder in track at Western.
is captain Of the baseball team, and
Will conhne his efforts along that
lire.
ThePe are several members Of the
squad who gave promise last season.
Mcintyre. Wingate, Elgin, Mackall
Eagan. White, I.arner, Meredith, Ma
son, and Graves were members OF the
various relay teams put out at West
ern last year, and are expected to take
part In the sport again this season.
The new track Is completed, and
work will be started today. Western
IL expecting to take part I'm the three
indoor meets scheduled for the win
ter, and probably will go up to Tome
IN the spring and will also be entered
IN the high school meet scheduled for
May %.
Today's bsskethayil games mark
season. In former years one or two
games were played before the holi-
days, but this season some Of the
% teams have battlOd four or ave timsa