Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-04
BARRETT WILL NOT PLAY
WASHINGTON AND LEE FIVE
LOSES TWO STAR FORWARDS
Sfunrf tIso Unable to Apprnr
t;nmc With Virginia ON Saturday.
C1nsh In Iynchbur..

LEXINGTON. VA. February 81
Washington and Lee has suffered AMI
other reversal. John Barrett. the sta{
OF the General five. will not be irl
condition to play against tho UnivcrN
sitv Of Virginia, according TO the Lat
est announcement from the hospita II
Coach Raftcry, while concedinR THAI
1T would be impossible for Stuart ia
appear at left forward. did expect I'd
have Barrett in the linc-,ip
l:ut despite these rcvcrsals. tbJ
Generals have not abandoned hone oE
sprinSinr a surprise against the JIniE
vcrsity OF Virginia. by all the dopc4
the University five. with it's cxpcriN
down the Generals by a conparativclS
one-sidcd score. There is no doubs
} but that Washington and Lee VILE
fight hard from the beginning, anG
VIII continue at top speed throughout
Never before has a Washington ants
Lee quintet shown such dcterminagj
ton in practices, as cvinccd in thosS
this week. The mind of each contcsS
tant is ccntcrcd upon the hone OF
acquiring team work and precision be 8
Tore The night Of the battle. Howcvc,s
inc scrubs have given them closa
struggles every afternoon.
Wnile Coach Raftery has not vet dos
ciGed upon the personnel Of the yarH
SHY, II seems as though he will not
SHIFT the guards. Young and pierotta
Picrotti, who. with his lSJ bounds q
Drawn is u vcritablc giant, has hcc,
given the stationary post. while YounrH
The captain. and an athlete with q
record OF - seconds for the lob
yards has been awarded tho positio,I
or roaming guard. On the oncnsc bA
is one OF The most valuable nass.rH
and floor men The guards arc e3W
pcricnCcd baskctcrs. for Young ia b,t
Ting for his third year on the varsitys
4 rn f.,in
zlcd in the service, inasmuch az h$
PLAYED regularly last year.
The coach is slowly deciding as Id
who VIII be stationed at center. and
who viii star, at forward, besides Mcr
Ger Graham. AZ center, Ted Shultz{
who was captain OF the football team
~ looked upon az sure TO start thu
zane For the other forward, therG
are: Turner. Bethel Farrar, Burton ana
! DorCcval a
The NTH man is the only uncertainties
Young. Picrotti, Graham and Shulta
VIII surely he on the field when III Y
whistle sounds in tho auditorium ili
l-ynchburS. Dorgcval will probabis
land the other place on the General
machine.
jus, who Will referee tho battle has
not yet been decided. An effort wa
made TO gain the services of TotI
Thorpe. OF New York. Thorpe is re
%ardcd as one OF the foremost omH
S'"'H !" IHc FAST. Dut lie could not nc "a
I c"pi. Ills brother. Eddie Thorpe. i'll
another official OF high rank in basket a
/ bal! circles in tho East. and he has
! been asked To- serve as arhitcr Tom
Thorn" refereed the Washington and
Lee virginia game in 1913 ana In loI4h
ne Is - believer in the policy OF noA
/ slowing up the game By calling cverlE
Htt!c infraction TO the rules II cithc n
OF the Thorpe brothers dictates fas q
game is assured.
decision viii be reached as to tho
matter or referee before Friday has
"sicd. y
Both squads VIII arrive in Lynch &
burS on saturday morning and wills
practice on the floor on Saturday am
tcrAoon