The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
Western VIII Play bushes; In
First Of Double Bill at
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OTHER SCHOLASTIC NEWS


reopen its season after "a weeks sotournl
on Tuesday with double-header and as
Business and Western, the contenders Tor
tho title play in one of the two sched-
uIed games, the largest crowd In the
history of the league Will be on hand.
Last season Western was defeated by
the Stenographers in the scheduled game
of the league, thereby bringing about a
tie. the play-off going with the cham
pionship to Western and this year, as
the circumstances are practically the
same, 1t is thought that the Stenograph-
ers have an even chance of tieing up the
series.
Many dopesters are taking the defeat
registered against the Business team on
Friday by the Technical High School
too highly and are considering that the
defeated team has little chance OF turn
ing back the Western team, but the
facts are that Coach White desired In
formation on certain substitutes which
belong to his squad and through this
substituting alone was Tech able TO turn
in a victory.
score stood 10 to in favor Of Business
while the half ended l3 to in the same
way Immediately after the beginning
Of the second period White sent In prac-
tically every man in the squad. II Is
cert2in that Business has an excellent
chance Of defeating Western, but the
thing is are they able to beat the same
team twice in succession. which will be
necessary to win the championship.
In the second game, Eastern and st.
Adams are the contestants and as the
advisory marks for the semester have
gone in and made several Of the Eastern
ers eligible to play that quint is expect
ed to be greatly strengthened. Coach
H.. Nrsk gfn Nr1a-
proving since the beginning OF the sea
son and each game the improvement in
the team has been wonderful.
Since Mansey and Tomlin have been de-
clared eligible. and with the present
squad, the Wisconsin avenue team will
have their hands full in disposing of the
Capital Hill five.
During the rest OF the season with the
exception OF Tuesday, February y.
double headers will be attractions offered
by the league and although the attsn-
dence has not been up to the standard
at the games played thus far these stsI
attractions will be an extra drawing
element for the students.
The jinx is still a resident of the Bust
ness High School. For several years
through the undying efforts OF Paul
White, this same jinx was supposed TO
have been shipped to another school,
but since the occurrence Of several
incidences during the course OF three
weeks the students as well as those In
charge of athletics are under the inn
preston that the "hoodoo" is still at
the Rhode Island institution.
!, The latest setback handed the Steno-
graphers was the resigning Of Harry
Harris as assistant coach OF the basket
ball team. Harris has been helping
Coach White out with the quint since the
resigning of DR.. Hudson. but owing to
the fact that he must finish his prep
school education, before being able to go
to college. he was forced to hand In his
resignation. White is unable to be with
the team on all days leaving them with
out a tutor at many of the practice days
of the week.
Since the change in the coaching sys-
tenn at Business the team has improved
wonderfully, leading the students to be-
lieve that the team would be able TO
set back the Western team for the tile,
but since the team will be without a
coach on certain days, this will have a
large influence on the five. 1t remains
to be seen whether this will have an
undermining effect on the team as sup
posed and Tuesday is the day that all
/ will be settled.
Two of the local quints turned in re-
| markable wins this week, the George
town Props defeating Gonzaga while st.
| Albans turned Friends back in the lat
| ter's gymnasium. Both Of the winners
! Of the games were defeated in their own
gymnasium not long ago by the same
teams, and in view OF the fact that the
wins OF this week were registered on
their opponents courts, it speaks for
| the coaches