The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 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 it's 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'~dule this season. On
| Saturday the Brooklanders tourney to
| Annapolis to meet the Naval Academy
| team. Tonight's battle Is In the nature
| of a workout for the Brooklanders. as
/ the Virginia Medics are not calculated
to be able to break the c. L. winning
streak.
Jack Haas is resting his Gallaudet
| team today. but will come back tomor-
row night at the Noel House gym In
double-header against the Rolands and
| Fedcrals in a benefit performance. On
Saturday the LOYAL team will be met In
| Baltimore.
Eastern High is meeting Episcopal in
| Alexandria TODAY. and looks forward to
making a better showing than Tech did
Yesterday. when It went down to a
40-to-lO 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. p. fives meet
! in the weekly double header
| There are several Independent fiveS
getting action between now and Sun
day. The Terminal r. X. Y. NJ. c. A.
League will stage its regular. battle.
tain the Rockville Academy.
There will be twenty championship
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
.
School.
Just 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 2.
!
Mark de Grange, coach of Centrars
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
Under De Oranges coaching Central
seems TO have come forward rapidly.
The % Streeters have defeated Eastern
and just lost TO the Army and Navy
| Props. Better things can be expected
OF Central later in the season when the
players have had a chance to work to-
gether more often.
A noticeable improyement IL .a.D &,
the play OF the Eastern team. Coach
Kimbel was paid a high tribute last
week when II was remarked that no
matter what material Eastern started
a season with in any sport the team
had way Of getting better despite the
defeats registered.
Track athletics are booming at presr
ent. st. Adams is working out M
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 q series Of Suc-
cesses