The Washington times., 1916-01-22
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Technical and Western will open
the championship baseball series this
spring, according to the announce
ment Of the schedule adopted by the
high school faculty advisers. The
dates for the contests have not been
selected as yet nor have the grounds
been obtained. The order of games,
however, has been named and in the
event that the schedule runs through
twenty games the schedule will be
duplicated.
Business and Central follow in
the second contest of the title series,
and Eastern and Tech come back
for the third battle. The warm
weather of yesterday started a lot
of baseball talk among high school
athletes. All Of the schools are
anxiously awaiting the publishing Of
the schedule of dates and the an
nouncement as to whether the title
contests will run into twenty-game
series.
This will be learned later when thn
American Leasue dates are made
known. The facility advisers adopted
the order of title games as follows:
Western vs. Technical.
Business vs. Central.
Eastern vs. Technical.
Western VS.. Business.
Eastern VS.. Central
Technical vs.. Business.
Western VS.. Central.
Business VS.. Ea stern.
Central VS.. Technical.
Central won the title last season
after four cornered tie existed be-
tween Central. Tech. Business AMI
Western. longer series was talked of
last year and not long ago the facrlty
advisers went on record as favorins n
;wenty-game series for this season li
be lengthened four games week bciN:
run off according to the eboNe list OF
enga agements.
The Interscholastic Basketball League
may suspend operations during the week
Of January 81 on account of the fact
that the Arcade Auditorium Is being
sought for an exhibit during that week.
Business and Western are scheduled To-
play February | while St Alhans and
Eastern and Armv and Navy Prep and
Central are booked February T.
1t is expected that the games will h"
| PLAYED at the Arcade during the next
week or that Wednesdays will be given
| over to the league contests during Feb
| ruarI in order to play the three games.
| II may be that Tuesday and WCdnes-
daY. February s and Q. will find the teams
I playing double headers in order to catch
| up on the schedule.
a II arrangements are completed. il t.
understood. to turn over the Arcade to
the exhibit and 1t remained for tn"
league to sanction the affair by arranc-
| ing its schedule.
Georgetown VS.. Navy today at An
/ afAnl IN, -I,t i.
battle. Catholic University is in Char
lottesville. Va, tackling the University
Of Virginia Guint. Gallaudet will meet
Loyola here today at Kendall Green,
idle, as Washington College could not
get here for its scheduled contest.
There are several other contests. Tho
first and second teams Of the Army Y.
NJ. c. A. from Fort Myer will tackle
! the two teams of the Terminal Railroad
! Y. NJ. {. A. At the Union Station Gym
tonight Carroll Institute will battle the
Roands at the Carroll Institute gym,
! The Roys' Y. NJ. {. A. team will meet
the Annapolis Boy Scouts in the even
ing. while Westerns Seconds and tho
| Boy Scout Seconds will try conclusions
at Western in the late afternoon.
Western got the long end of a 10 to s!
| score on Friends in the Quaker gym
! Yesterday in hard fought contest. The
| players OF both teams were handicapped
by the small gym. and neither team Vas
able to do itself justice, Western wa
| without the services of Sergeant. who
| is ont with a hard cold, and a shift
was necessary in the team which worked
| to disadvantage. Peine kept UP his
| good work shooting eleven baskets from
| the floor
| Company f. of Business defeated the
| Tech Reserves by l. to 10 yesterday.
] Friends Midgets won over Western 5
Youngsters by 26 to 16