Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-12
BY a. C. BYRD.

Two college basket ball games are to
be played here tomorrow night. George
town meets George Washington Uni
| versity in the first of two contests and
Catholic University goes against the
Virginia Medical College quint. The
| aforementioned contest is to take place
at $50 at Georgetown and the second
at $50 at the Arcade.
| All games between Georgetown and
| George Washington are holly contest
| ed, and the battle between the two
quints is sure to be interesting. There
| is hardly enough difference in the
strength of the two to insure GER
| tain victory for either, and they are
closely enough matched to cause the
game to be hard fought. Just what the
Virginia Medical College will dc
against Catholic University is simply a
matter of conjecture. The Brookland-
! ers are sure to be in good condition,
/ but the Richmond quint is likely to be
made up of an aggregation of vet
| Georgetown and George Washington
resumed athletic relations last year
after a lapse of several years. In the
fall of 1906 they broke, and until last
year they met in no branch of sport
| The two basket ball games of 1914
probably drew the largest crowds that
have watched a contest in years in
Washington, and hundreds were turn
| ed away because of lack of space for
accommodations. Tomorrow night will
| be the first time the Virginia NEEDS and
Catholic University have met in any
sport.
! The events which will be contested in
the Georgetown University indoor
meet, to be held Saturday. February
| 10, have been announced. Besides the
usual contests there will be two novice
races, two scholastic and five south At
lantic intercollegiate events. The open
competitions scheduled are the 5O-yard
dash, novice; 50-yard dash, open handi-
cap: 5O-yard hurdles, open handicap:
440-yard run, open handicap; 66O-yard
run, novice; SS0-yard run, open handl-
cap: one-mile run, open handicap; pole
| vault, open handicap; running high
Jump, open handicap The scholastic
races are the 50-yard dash and the 44O-
yard dash. The south Atlantic col
| legiate events to be contested are the
! 50-yard dash, 50-yard hurdles, SS0-yard
! run. running high jump and l6-pound
shot put.
Central High was victor over East
| ern High in the basket ball game yes
! terday afternoon at the Arcade in the
| Interscholasttc League. Central won
because it played better as team, and
! was made up of more capable material.
! The Blue and White gave very credit
able performance, showing improve
ment over its last exhibition.
! After the game had progressed
| about ten minutes Barr. left guard for
Eastern, was Withdrawn from the con-
| test because the suspension placed
| against him by the faculty advisers of
the high schools has not yet been
! removed. Barr was suspended during
the foot ball season for having COM
peted under an assumed name in a
track meet last summer.
Ste!tz of Eastern and DeZendorf of
Central led in the goal shooting, each
registering three from the field.
One factor in connection with the
games in the Interscholastic League is
very pleasing to followers of the sport
generally, and to the different schools
especially-good officials are in charge
of the games. Jimmy Hughes and FRED
Rice. referee and umpire the contests.
respectively. and both are capable men
for the work.
Good officiating is the life and interest
of basket ball, and especially is this
true in games between schools, where
the contestants are more likely to COM
nit fouls unintentionally than are older
college men. 1t is becoming the trend
now to have two officials in all i'm