The Washington times., 1917-12-19
ST. ALBANS LADS
GET BASKETBALL
PLAYERS IN LINE

With several veteran basketball
players from last season 81 A1bans
will begin its active basketball cam
paIgn after the holidays. Coach For
bus has many likely looking oandi-
dates working out at present, and 10
expecting to get games with practi-
cally ell of the local scholastic nves.
Schroers, Morse, and sexsmith, of
last years team, are in school, and
are expecting to md regular berths
on the basketball team during the
winter. In addition TO these veterans
there is Van Sohelle, who had basket
ball experience at Hampton High
School; Hoos, Q lanlxy youngstsr, who
was on the second team last season;
Dawson, McDono, Hsyl, Ellison, Du-
rant. Farrar, and Stock.
ArranEes Many Games.
Manager William Coe has arranged
several games with local schools to
date. The incompleted schedule which
ineludes several contests which are
pending is as follows: January 16,
Western; %, A N. Preps; 80. staunton
Military Academy; February 2, Briar-
ly Hall: 6, Western; 16, Friends
Select; 20, Army and Navy Prsps;
March 2, Friends OF Baltimore, inI
Baltimore, and March 0. Baltimore
Friends here.
st. Albans Will put out q second
team. and arrange a schedule to take
in the second teams of the various
schools in the city. Games have been
arranged with Western and Central
80 far.
Has Many Candidates.
The second team candidates include
Mills, Richards, Newbold,
Rodgers, Cogswell, Barber, Young,
Drain and Bingham. Games
are pending with Friends Seconds,
Eastern Seconds, Western, and the
Army and Navy Prep Seconds.
St Albans will probably have
another team in action before the
winter IL over as the midgets are
expecting to get Up q team in the
lower school
Central is expecting to hand the
Polys a defeat on Friday
in the Central gymnasium. The Bal
timore Polys put up q good game
against the Central team last season,
and can be expected to endeavor to
make as good a record at the Balti-
more City College team last week.
It was centraPs nrst defeat on its
own floor.
College basketball activities are at
q standstill until after the holidays.
The mid-year examinations have bean
taken care OF in the schedule of the
Intercollegiate League. and contests
will not interfere with the regular
college work during that period.
The next games are scheduled for
January IL, at which time Catholic
University. George Washington, CAL
take the floord
Johnny EisemAn has bo6bed up
again. Three years ago - . member
of Techs independent high school
team Eiseman played q prominent
part He was rated as one OF the
best second basemen In the schools
and en- excellent hitter.
Eiseman played forward on the
State five the other night
against Catholic University, and suo-
ceeded in caging . basket against
the Brooklanders.
According to Coach CogEins, of
I ech, the Manual Trainers will have
en- entirely new team on the floor
this winter. Tech won the basketball
title last winter in the High School
League, but sinco then has lost Catlin
and Tabb, the forwards; BiErs at
the guards.
Pfeiffer was lost By graduation, but
the others were expected back this
fall Tech In particularly hard hit
in that Schneider, eaptain-elect Of the
team, - out OF the running.