The Washington times., 1916-01-29
By BRYAN MORSE.

Seven exceptionally clever athletes
will receive their diplomas in the
mid-year graduating classes Of the
high schools on Monday to be lost
to the various baseball, football, and
track teams. This is the first year
in the history Of the schools that so
many top notch performers have
gone out in mid-year.
Football players in the different
schools will be more than glad that
Eugene Ochsenreiter and Jacob Rob-
eFts, of Tech, will be unable to rip
and smash through the line to the
tUnO Of the "undertaker's YELL"
Techs famous dirge. 0chsenreiter
and Roberts have come to be looked
upon as two of the best athletes ever
developed at Tech as they are just
as capable in baseball as in football.
Roberts 10 being detained as coach Of
the basketball team, and Is making
greet headway with the squad. Over at
Central Walter Cox. mainstay In the
box for the baseball team during the
last three seasons, will go out ab will
Alexander Macdonald, captain of last
years team. Macdonald is one of tho
famous members of the clan Macdonald
which is bound up In Central athletic
history.
Macdonald shines in football as we'll
as baseball but closed his, athletic
career last June when he captained the
team through to a championship. At
Business Bill Culligan is lost. Culligan
was captain of the football team last
fall, has been a member OF the baseball
team for two years, and in addition,
was one OF the star players in the inter-
scholastic basketball team playing left
forward for Business. Eastern loses
capable miller, basketball player, and
football, and baseball athlete in Morri-
son Barr, while Western sends out Pat
O'Brien, a member of the football, base
ball and track teams for the past three
years.
Any coach would be lucky to get one
OF these players for any team, and the
schools losing out at this time will have
a hard time filIng their places.
Georgetown jumps into the "Y'' gym
for q return game with the George
Washington auint. and. unlesssall signs
their hands full getting away with the
long end of the score. The mere fact
that George Colliilower has had charge
of the G.. w. u. team for q practice or
so has put different aspect on the out
look Of the Hatchetite players. Coll:
flower cannot be expected to bring the
downtown players to perfection in a day
or so, but Improvement will be noted,
cspecially as Powers may be put in
right forward.
The Hiutoppers got away with the
long end Of a 20 to II score against
the Brooklyn Polytechnic team. from
New York. in Ryan gym last night.
Eoaeh John oReilly used practically all
chances with injuries to the regulars in
toniEhts engagement.
Business won its last start under Dr.
iudsOn at the Arcade yesterday with a
ono exception. st. Adams was the vic
ttln by % to l6 score. and IL Bill Mac
Donald, the Business center had been
covered properly St. Adams might have
been returned winner. The contest
was close throughout Captain Giessner
was out of the lineup. as was Bill Gull
liRan and Karl Wassmann. and Business
was pushed to the limit for a win. chief
honors going to Macdonald.
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Eastern showed a vastly improved
qutnt in meeting the Army and Navy
qutnt. and went through the first half
holding the Connecticut avenue lads on
SNSh beftHs' j. Mlller was held out
of the game for Army and Navy. and
the score. was cut down conside era'bly.
Eastern players were all over the floor.
and shot and passed in much better
style than has been the custom.
RohTschach and Knudsen performed
creditably for Army and Navy, while
Gibney and GilAlartin contributed some
hne floor work in guarding. McGlas-
son and Baldwin. the Eastern for
wards. more than held up their end.
n q ~ To- NuiNh In -.
have given Eastern a better chance.
Western was forced to call off its
game with Episcopal High at Alexan-
dFia today. A combination of circum-
stances found Western unable to place
a team on the floor. Manager Whyte
tried to arrange a game here the deal
fell through. and at the last minute
Western announced its inability to meet
the engagement. Peck. Peine, and Ser
while Smith has been unable to per-
form up to his usual standard. Final
examinations have kept the regulars out
Techs basketers defeated the
handed the Hyattsyille High School
team a licking. The score of the
first game was 40 to 2s. while the
reservesswon by a to 2s.
With Mtiier and Knudsen in for
wards positions. Williamson in CEN
ter, and Gibney and Gilmartin i'm the
guards positions Coach Clancy, OF A.
y. r, believes he has winning COM
bination TheT Connecticut avenue
lads have beeItt unable TO place this
com mbination I'm the field this season
knudsen had the grip and was forced
out OF the line-up, Yesterday Miller
was held on the stdelines while VIII
6AHason Is out with a had knee.