The Washington times., 1916-01-07
Today's Lineup
TIpST GAME
Bv BRYAN MORSE.


rushes of the high schools in today's
double-hcader basketball scheduled Tor
the Arcade when Business and West
ern meet the Army and Navy Preps ana
st, Albans In the clashes for the In
terscholastic Basketball League title.
In the last engagement the hlsh
schools were set down for the count,
81. AIbans and the A. n. =. teams win
ming over Eastern and Central. The
high school quints will have the ad-
vantage of practice held during the
holidays. while the Prep School players
will be working under the handicap of
Just having returned from q long lay
off.
st. Adams, with a number of mex
pcrienced players, has conceded West
,rn u win, but the Red and White five
viii be forced the whole route for win
~ as large margin as it defeated
business in it's last battle. The second
game of the bill is expected to bring
out the closest battle of the series.
Army and Navy Prep has Players
considerably older than the boys in the
other schools, and can be expected to
outlast the other quints. Business may
have its hands full in trimming Coach
Clancy's five.
The battles will bring out the best
basketball players in scholastic ranks.
uigan. Wise. and Glessner. of Busi-
less; Peck, Peine, and Smith. of West
,rn; Castle, of st. Adams. and Zerbe,
i<nudscn, and Miller, of the Preps. ap-
pear to be the cream of the basket
shooters this season.
The past performances of tho tears
follows: st. Alhans has wone one game
and lost ncne; Western has won three
games and lost none to schColboy
Teams, defeats by Catholic Univrr rrsity
and Gallaudet ben" recorded by mar
row margins: Business has won three
Navy Props have won three and lost
none. These games include all con
tests played tls season.
III the league contests Western. st.
are at the top of the list with single
wins. Wins for Western and the
\. \. p. team will tie these tives up
for the title. They, Wall meet next Fri
Cay. Eastern is scheduled to play Cen
ual on Tuesday next.
In the meantime Central Is setting
about determining the eligibility %
Morrison Barr. of Eastern. set down
on n faculty advisers recommendation
until Fehi uary for participatlon IN
the July municipal games under a.;
assumed name. Barr is under a. A. u
suspension at present for the same
cause.
Mark Finley. Centrars faculty repre-
sentative in basketball, is making All
inquiry int" the Barr case at present. il
Is understood, and may ask for action
frOm rr. Hudson pI resident Of the In
IcrsCholastic RaSKethqll LEAGUE. Barr's
name was or the Eastern eligibility list
know why he is being played when the
faculty advisers ruled him out OF III.
tcrhiSh school athletics.
Under the A.. A. T.. rulings, Just OIL
not the matter being q much mooted
question at present, athletes who par
uCipate in basketball games against
suspended athletes and who belong tc
the a. A. U. may be suspended from A
4. L. competition on protest should
they try to run ir, sanctioned meets.
W. ]. Wallis. Cf Eastern. will prob,
ably call the faculty advisers tcsethei
on Wednesday next to take mp the seT,
season. The idea of lenGtnermg the
series to tMenty games will be talkct
over, and the place for ulaying iht
series will probably be selected.
Crawford carter, st. Adams crack
miller. is playing guard on the basket
ball team at present, and IS rated rs
one of the best defense men on the
floor. Crawford is tireless in the games
as well asson the cinder pa.h.
Last year during the spring training
Crawford was working out on Satterle'
Field. He asked Coach Green what hi,
portion of the days work would be
and was told to jog along until he go
winded. Coach Green expected to ilC
to jog a mile. Some time later in th'
afternoon Carter was seen pegEini
along, and was hauled up short. Carte
protested that he was not tired. 1t wa
learned that he had covered nearly te'
miles He st:1 he was not Winded anC
Lad intended stoIuing at ten miles.
Friends Select -hool gets into aCtiol
next week. meeh.g Business on Mon
day at the Business sym. The Friehd
team has had a long layoff Gonzagi
is scheduled to meet Western on Mon
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