The Washington times., 1916-01-17
Catholic University Plays Three
Times and George Washing
ton Four on Tour.
SCHOOLBOYS ARE ACTIVE
Track Teams Also Due for
Preparation for Three Big
Meets.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Catholic University is going to
have a most exacting week in bas-
ketball which will terminate with
the struggle at Charlottesville, Va,
with the University of Virginia on
Saturday. Coach Fred Rice is prim-
ing his boys for their engagement
with Pop Lanigan's lads later in the
week by taking on West Virginia
University tomorrow night and Gal
laudet College Wednesday night.
The Brooklanders dropped their
game to the Navy on Saturday by
a single point, and the defeat was
a bitter pill to Capt. Danny Kee-
gan, who has been down to Annapo-
lis four years with Catholic Univer-
sity, and has failed to bring back
victory. Nothing daunted Catholic
University expects to clean up this
week, and will 60 to Charlottesville
primed for the Virginians.
George Washington is touring. Nir-
einia trampled on Prof. Dougherty
players Saturday, but Washington and
ice is expected to prove an easier
propositions tonight at Lexington. Va.
Tomorrow night the Hatcnetites play
v. NJ I. in the same town and on
Wednesday will come back to Ashland,
Va. for game with the Randoll h
Macon College team. Saturday the
Washington College ouint. from Che5-
tertown. Md, will be brought to the
Y. NJ. Z. a. for game.
On Wednesday Georgetown journeys
to Loyola to Ilay in Baltimore and
will engage the Navy team ct An
napolis on Saturday afternoon. 10y
ola's victory over Callaudet on Satur-
day showed that the Baltimoreans will
bear Watching The Gallaudot College
five meets G. L. on Wednesday and
plays Loyola here on Saturday after
noon. All Of these games make full
week for the college fves.
An."ng the school boys there will be
considerable competition. Tomorrow
Western ana Eastern play at the Ar
cade in the Interscholastic Basketball
League contest. The Westerners go
over TO the auditorium to line up
AGAINST Jack Haas Gallaudet College
team this afternoon. ON Wednesday
Tech engages Business in the Business
gym Coach Roberts is whipping u
last team into shape and IS playing
semester and class games at the Car
roll Institute Hall in the hope of de-
veloping some better material,
Business plays Central at the Ar
cade on Friday and the Army and Navy
Prep team meets St. Adams in the sec
ond game of the double bill. At the
same time Western is slated to go down
to the Friends gym for a return con-
test with the Quakers. Tech meets the
Georgetown Props on Saturday in the
Hilltop gym. The Props lost their
initial game to Gonzaga Prep last Sat-
urday By a close margin.
And while all of these battles are
going on the track candidates at the
various schools will begin hard work in
preparation for the Hopkins meet in
baltimore, and the Georgetown and
seems a pretty general conclusion that
the youngsters will turn their efforts
toward developing relay teams this
winter
The success Of Centrals great four
last year has given the coaches the
hunch that it is better to put their lads
on relays. where they have a chance
TO show their speed against another
JOur tndn To SenQ tneln III tn9 open
events. where there is little chance OF
working through to a final AS a mat
ter OF experience those who are wanting
development arc being pushed for the
short sprints, others are being primed
for longer distances. Relay racing
however seems to be the thine for a
number of boys who will stand a fine
chance for a killing.
4 glimpse of Chester Bassett, of
Centrars track team last year. and
Harold Rose, Cathedral'S runner in 1915
can be obtained in a weekly going the
rounds in the movie thcaters here. Bas-
sett and Rose are seen hiking around
OH the board track at Harvard. There
Is plenty of snow on tho ground. and
the squad Is being kept on the run all
the while Bassett took the half-milc
in the Freshman-Sophomore games al
Harvard last fall, and Rose got a Sec
ond in the quarter
Ernest Fortier. a former Tech boy
and a sophomore at Cornell, is expected
to make the two-mile relay at ithaca
this year. Fortier was one of Techs
or two while member of the Boys
Y NJ. c. A. here. Norris, we'll re.
membered at Central several years ago
stands an excellent chance of making
may be that the local lads will b,
hooked up in race when the OLD
Central-Tech battles will be resumed
Referee Sturdy in the Navy-C Catholic
University game On Saturday had t,
enforce no less than 80 fouls durin.
the c,ntest which. IL view Of the fac
that both the Navy and G. L. wer,
parties 10 the interpretation meetinl
held here in December. is far too man!
for n single battle. The recent George
town-George Washington contest a
Rysn gym was considerably more of :
ltE,a IL, has -Et hall 0TeaVNN Al
and PLAYERS frequently advanced th'
ball az many as five steps and dis
played some astonishment when called
hhe h,5s SnoT,, h,. incloenG,,y cidnI tne nanr o
large gym. viii do noLhinG toward help
erAS tl,c same here.