The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-28
WESTERN PLAYERS
IN FINAL CONTEST
ON ARCADE FLOOR
Veteran Five viii Graduate In
June and Tomorrow's Game
Is Last Appearance.
BASEBALL TO START UP
Coaches viii Call Candidates
This Week for Preliminary
Training Stunts.
BASEBALL TO START UP
BY BRYAN MORSE.

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Westerns championship basketball
team will make its last appearance to-
morrow afternoon at the Arcade against
Central High in the double bill in the
Interscholastic League. 1t will be posi-
lively last appearance as Raymond
Peck. Lester Peine. Stuart Smith. John
whelchel and Richard Sergeant will
wear the red and white for the last time
on the bssketball court as they are all
seniors and expect to graduate in June.
A statement made recently that the
team had been indicated this season Is
literally true. Western has lost -four
games altogether. but In none OF the
four games has this combination appear
ed. Earlier in the season the Red and
White dropped game tc Alexandria.
Peine and Sergeant did not play.
Later the Annapolis Plebes defeated
Western and Peine was absent. and
when Tech gained a victory recently
Peck was out Of the game as well az
whelchel Eastern's victory was SEQ; ed
with Peck out Of the game, and Peine,
Smith, Sergeant, and Whelchel in only
part of the time.
Tomorrow will find these lads closing
out a remarkably brilliant career. no
two youngsters have done more for
team than Peine and Peck Last season
Peck won the high scoring record for
scholastic teams. and this season Peino
repeated that honor Due chiefly to tne
offensive strength and unusual accuracy
In goal shooting western mas neen aDlS
TO WIN its second straight basketball
title.
A perusal of the records shows Ser
Reant and Whelchel to be more than
-n.ag. .aaNsa0 D In.
capable Euaras In nine eDe6snF asese
youngsters have been unable to score
better than an average OF nineteen
points. which includes free losses. The
be awarded to Stuart Smith. whose per-
formances in feeding to Peck and Peine
have been nothing short OF brilliant all
season.
Baseball workouts are about ready to
start at all Of the Ave high schools.
There is but one change In the coach
Techs former first sacker, taking up
the reins at the Manual Training School.
Recent announcement at Business
the physical training. White viii Coach
the baseball team as last year and there
Is every indication that Business will
make q bid for track honors this sea-
son II Whites plans are carried through.
The various captains OF baseball
teams this season are getting . line on
material. DENLY Hird, Techs pitcher
and captain, thinks he will be able to
muster strong nine this season. At
Central Molly Roberts Is looking for
n battery as Walter Cox and Lee Hart
have gone, Tom Peyton, of Western, is
searching for first baseman, outfielder,
and shortstop to take the places va
Gated by Bronson Howard, Lee Crosse
NJ po
now out for second base at the UNI
versity Of Virginia. Ralph Wise. the
Business leader, will have to find a new
pitcher and a couple Of infielders.
There has been a noticeable Inn
provement in the play OF several in
dividuals in the interscholastic ranks
this season; Ross White and Got
tom Cissell. Of Central. have made
sidering the fact that they have play
ed but little before this season. Henry
Lee, OF st; Adams. is another young
ster who has come forward for con-
Contrary to expectations, Lester
Peine. Westerns crack forward, will
not 30 to college. When he finishes up
once. Any college team would be
tickfed to get the speedy youngster.
Inc maryland AgBies meet promises
TO be much larger affair this season
than ever before. One OF the pleas
ures OF the spring season is the Col
lege Park meet. The treatment Is
excellent the track good. officials
competent and obliging. and the
weather usually seasonable. Larger
attendance Is expected this year as
the meet Is on May 80, just four
days after the high school track
games.
This week will see the close of an
exceptional scholastic basketball sea-
son. The Interscholastic League has
put on twenty games for the first
time in the history of scholastic bas-
ketball here. The games have been
ment of the circuit has reflected
nothing but credit upon DR.. Hudson,
who has been personally responsible
for the affairs.
Another meeting of the board OF fac
ulty advisers will be held TODAY to go
over the baseball situation. Manager
Clarke Griffith has consented to allow
the schoolboys to use the baseball park
when the Nationals are away. II is
thought that the games can be played
before the holidays and after June II
there are to be twenty contests.
Central and Eastern will meet some
time this week in basketball. as they,
have a postponed game to be played off.
st. Adams and Business have agreed
to play tomorrow. although their game
was scheduled for Friday. No objec-
ton was found to putting the game for
ward.