The Washington times., 1917-11-12
BASKETBAEALL
WILL FIND NuBER
OF CRACKS MISNG

Many familiar faces VIII be Assd
within the next week or 30 when \rh
school basketball candidAtss are Su-
ed out for preliminary workouts.
The schools will lose heavily
graduation, and while great manA
lads came forward rapidly on thS\
school aulnts the stars who grabbed
all the glory on the Moor laSs wintsf
will be conspicuous by their ab-
sence.
Techs championship team. coach
ed by Billy Martin. will no longer
have Tabb, catlin. or Pfeiffsr to fall
back on Tabb and Catlin were far
and away better than any OF the 9th
er lads last season, with the possible
exception OF a few OF the Central
players. Pfeiffer, one of the best ath-
istes developed at Tech last year, II
at Lshigh, where he will make bid
for the team.
THREE Of csntral's cracks are
among the missing. Ross White, who
filled. In capably at center, has
graduated. Central followers expect
Dave Wilson, the big halfback. who
has been cracking EN- wide open on
the football field. to fiji in Whites
place.
Kaplan and Gottlieb, who played
guard and forward for Central last
year, have granuated- Central viii
have Forrest DAILY. Sam Solomon, and
]. Long as material to start the cam
paiKn. Business will lose Ralph Wise,
Carl Glessnsr. and Bill Macdonald
Held, Allard, and Captain Towbes are
the letter men who are ready to start
the campaign
Western suffers the loss OF Cham
beriaine. Johnstone, Davidson. and
Donald Heron, four dependable
players, but will have John Groves.
Donald Wight. Donald Pepper. ana
Charles Fenwick from last years
squad.
Thomas. OF Eastern. Is about the
only dependable or experienced player
retained by Eastern from last sea-
son. Dawson and one OF two others
who were not regulars can be count
ed upon to make up the Eastern
squad OF experienced players at the
start.
Faculty athletic advisers will get to-
gether this week to adopt the basket
ball schedule. Chairman Birch II
ready to call the meeting, II - under
stood. but Is waiting to get all de-
tails together as to where the teams
win play.
Central Is meeting several strong
teams outside Of the regular schedule
this year. Baltimore Polys, Episcopal
High. Baltimore City College, Staun-
ton Military Academy. Gonzaga, and
Tome will be met. Tome plays here
this season as Central went to Port
Deposit last winter.
Managers OF some of the high
school teams have been selected a.
follows: Central, Roy BeIlnap; Busi-
ness, Vincent Callahan; Western.
Thomas.
st. AlbanS. Georgetown Props ana
the Army and Navy Props win bS
represented on the floor this winter
1t would seem that the sport would
enjoy a healthy year of It.
Tomorrow Central and Business are
meeting in the stadium Central can
run up as large q score a. 1t pleaSo1
provided Business has failed to show
any greater improvement than it did
against Eastern. Central has scored
forty-eight points AGAINST Eastern ana
thirty-one against Tech and II look
ing for another large total tomorrow.
The Tech-EAstern game is slated for
Friday Afternoon
Western and the Georgstown prsD6
are due for an engagement on tAS
Hilltop tomorrow. Western must IN
prove nightly II the Red and whfts
expects to hold Central to q closer
score than Tech did.
The Georgetown Props were beaean
by Al to o when Central was played.
The Props have further snKagementa
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