Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-19
BOYS Y BASKETERS
SHOULD Be STRONG
Coach Fuller Expects to De-
veIop Exceptionally
Capable CUNT.
By II. c. BYRD.

One of the strongest basket ball
teams composed of boys in the District
this winter should be the quint repre-
senting the boys department of the
Y. NJ. C. A. Coach Fuller has squad
showing good form in practice events.
Some former high school players are
members OF the team and as soon as
they get to working well together
ought to make the best of scholastic
combinations travel fast gait to win.
Coach Fuller ie enthusiastic over his
prospects for a good team. It is his
opinion that the squad offers better OPP
portunities than usual and that a quint
eventually win be developed capable of
giving mighty good account of itself
In practice game q short time ago
the Y" boys won from Business and
Business beat the George Washington
charge OF the boys department Of the
7. M c. A., Is coaching the BUSINESS five
as well as. the Y. NJ C. A.
phia newspaper there appears to be
considerable dissatisfaction because Of
the change made in the date of the
Cornell foot ball game. Penn students
contest
continue on the holiday. Here is an
excerpt from the story about the
change:
There seems to be general dissatis-
faction among the student body over
the playing OF the Cornell game the
Saturday previous to Thanksgivingiday.
1t also 10 said that many of the grad,Y-
ate members OF the athletic association
were surprised and considerably cha
grined by the announcement The stu
dents contend that the THANKSGIVING
day game was the biggest foot ball al.
traction on that day and that 1t gave
the university wide publicity. making
from all parts Of the state.
Representative men among the stu
dent body when asked as to their opin-
Ion on the new schedule were airnost
wise move. but they are willing to let
the matter rest as the athletic authorf-
ties have deemed. Despite the fact
that the onicial statement said that the
on the students and athletes next year
forced the change Of date, students are
skepttcal about this phase of the situa-
ton and claim that there is some other
motive that prompted the departure.
ut was unoficially announced that
the change was made only after the
deepest consideration and with the
knowledge that the colleges would be
serving the government most by cut
e.
1t also is said that II Is entirely a war
measure and that after the war Is over
the game will be played on Thanks
giving day.
Some Of the men closely Identified
with athletics at the institution con-
tend that the move was made through
the desire to have next Thanksgivins
day rs a religious day instead Of a day
of general recreation. The number OF
men who will be in the service at that
time and the number that may be on
the casualty list made 1t appear that
the playing of game on that day
would be an imposition on the public
and the students"
Georgetown's basket ball team closed
up its pre-holiday schedule last night
by taking q fall out of the quint rep
resenting the medical school. The Blue
and Gray varsity had an easy time
winning. taking the big end of the
score by SO to 10. The medical men
were not in condition, and displayed
little real basket ball against the col
legians, Notwithstanding that there