Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-05
By II. c. BYRD.

More teams are playing basket ball
this year than ever before in the District
Of Columbia. In fact. in the whole south
Atlantic section this sport is broadening
and becoming much moro popular. In
Washington, though. the advancement Is
much more pronounced than elsewhere.
There have been seasons when much
stronger quints were developed. but in nc
previous year have so many players been
engaged.
Four colleges are represented, George
Washington, Georgetown, Catholic Uni
versity and Gallaudet playing through
schedules Of about the same length. Be-
sides these institutions every scholastic
organization has its colors in competition
The FIVE high schools for the first time
are playing through a regular season. as
In the other branches Of sport. and be-
sides Eastern, Western. Tech. Central
and Business. the Army and Navy Prep
School, Georgetown Prep School. st. Al
bans, Gonzaga and Friends have teams
Besides these and numerous small indie
pendent quints, three leagues are in op-
Grafton and are playing through regular
lists Of contests.
The Noel House League. which makes
its headquarters in the Noel House GYM
nasium at 18th and Gales streets north
east: the Phi Mu Sigma League: and
considerable success. The Sunday School
League is made UP of the CUNTS repre-
senting various churches, and the Phi
Mu Sigma circuit is composed OF hves
picked from each Of its several chapters
About the most capable Of tho indie
tnay
department of tho Y. NJ. c. A and the
Westover Athletic Club.
Basket ball has a great chance for
broad development in this section. The
part Of the time precludes tho possibility
OF extensive outdoor sports during the
winter. leaving basket ball about the only
game to be played. It Is a game which
costs little to finance and provides sport
and competition during a period that
otherwise would be conducive to idleness
The only drawback to basket ball here
from the spectators standpoint. is the
fact that the men in this section seem
unable to get out Of tho habit Of playing
the man instead Of the ball. Playing the
man produces a game in which there are
many fouls and consequently frequent de-
lays to shoot from tho foul line. Teams
In the north and west, particularly in the
west. play the ball all the time, and the
games in that section usually are clever
in the south once get II in their heads
that they must play the ball in order to
develop the game as II should be. and
the interest evidenced by the public will
be trebled.
Tho Technical High team is leading
in the school series now and 1t doel
not look as II there is another aggre-
cation of basketers capable OF busting
it from the top berth, unless Contra,
continues n I'M TArk
has shown decided superiority ovel
Eastern and Western, but last weei
lost to Business. However, tho Stenog.
raphers will be compelled to pIa.
through the remainder Of the schedule
without two OF the best men in 1T
lineup at that time. Central has beer
coming along well and It may be tina,
1t Will prove the unexpected factor
against the Manual Trainers. Contra
nearly always is able to give the
Maroon and Gray hard struggle IL
every branch Of sport, and often they
have met In big contests to decide
titles. The wind-up Of this basket bali
season may see teams representing
Technical and Central again hghtins
for a championship.
Sullivan. the lead-off man on the
Catholic University relay team las,
year. is running for Johns Hopkins thi.
winter. Sullivan is said to be show.
ing fine form and running even better
than when he was at tho Brookland
institution. Besides getting Sullivan
from c. u, Hopkins has a couple OF
stars from other colleges. Leadbetter
former Bowdoin man. is brilliant in the
weights.
Some disappointment has been ex-
pressed by Princeton alumni over the
failure Of the university to arrange a
harder foot ball schedule for next fall.
Graduates Of tho university arc anxious
to see tho team play a more difficult
list OF games and meet stronger teams
that usually have been listed for the
first half of the season. Writing for
the Princeton Alumni Weekly, Donald
Grant Herring comments on the sched-
ule in this way:
II confess that to me personally the
schedule is disappointing. Fordham I'M