The Washington times., 1916-01-13
BY BRYAN MORSE.

A bakers dozen basketball games
will feature the weekend, in which
all the prominent floor artists will be
seen in action on the college, school,
or independent teams. Tonight
Georgetown and George Washington
are being hooked up in Ryan gym
in the first of their two annual
battles, while Catholic University is
playing the Virginia Medical College,
of Richmond, at the Arcade in the
first of its home games.
The Blue and Gray team has been
trounced more times than it has won
this season, but hopes to defeat its
ancient rival tonight. George Wash
ington, winner over Gallaudet on
Saturday, would please its ardent
followers with a victory tonight. No
one is venturing a win for either
team, so close in playing strength
! are the fives expected to take the
floor.
Catholic University has won every
| game on its Sc ~lule this season. On
Saturday the Brooklanders iournev to
| Annapolis TO meet the Naval Academy
| team. Tonight's battle Is in the nature
| OF a workout for the Brookla nders. as
| the Virginia Medics are not calculated
to be able to break the G. L. winning
streak.
Jack Haas is resting his Gallaudet
| team today. but Will come back tomor-
| row night at the Noel House gym in a
| doublc-header against the Rolands and
| Fedcrals in a benefit performance. On
! SATURDAY. the Loval team will be met in
| Baltimore
| Eastern High is meeting EDiscopal in
| Alexandria TODAY. and looks forward to
making a better showing than Tech did
| YESTERDAY. when It went down to a
40-to-l0 defeat. Tomorrow the regular
battles in the Interscholastic Basket
| ball League Will take place at the
Arcade. when St. Adams and Central
and Western and the A. y. =. fives meet
! in the weekly double header.
| There are several independent nves
| getting action between now and Sun
day. The Terminal r. x. y. NJ. G. A.
! League will stage its regular battle.
| while the Gallaudet scrubs will enter
tain the Rockville Academy.
There will be twenty champion hin
baseball games in the high school
provided suitable grounds can be OBJ
tanned. All OF the faculty advisers ia
vored the extension of the series at
H'S'e'uaS iI'etihS al ltCn llSn
School.
lust as soon as the schedules OF the
various colleges are completed here and
the baseball schedule of the American
| League iS given out, steps will be made
| toward obtaining the use of the play
ing fields. 1t is thought that the
twenty games will be run off begin
ming before the Easter holidays and
continuing up to about June >.
Mark de Grange, coach OF Central s
| basketball team. Is having unusual sue
cess with the Epiphany Sunday school
team. The Epiphany youngsters are
! lighter than the other teams in the
circuit. but have gone forward to seven
straight wins Their greatest rival is
! the Peck team. but Epiphany expects
to win out in the race for the Sunday
School League title.
Inder De Oranges coaching Central
seems to have come forward rapidly
| The o Streeters have defeated Eastern
and Just lost to the Army and Navy
| PrepS. Better things can be expected
OF Central later in the season when the
PLAYERS have had chance to work TO-
gether more often.
A noticeable Improvement is seen in
the play OF the Eastern team. Coach
week when 1t was remarked that no
matter what material Eastern started
season with in any sport the team
had way Of getting better despite the
defeats registered.
Track athletics are booming at pres,
ent. st. Adams is working out il.
sprinters, Western is making use OF
the new track at the school TO get its
candidates out for preliminary work.
outs. Tech is having something like
fifty candidates go through their PAGES
while Central. under Coach Bill Foley
is making plans for Il series of sue,
CesSes
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