Evening star., 1918-01-17
By n. c. BYRD.

$ Tech meets Western and Eastern plays
Central in the scholastic series tom
morrow. Both games should be inter-
esting, Tech gradually improving so
that 1t is capable of putting up an
excellent struggle against the other
quints. Eastern and Western both have
chances to go ahead Of the Blue and
White. which has been touted as an
easy victor in the race for the cham
pionship.
At present 1t appears that all remain
ing to make the high school series the
best ever played Is for Tech to i'm
prove sufficiently to compete on fairly
even terms with the four other schools.
The Manual Trainers did much better
work in their contest with Central than
they did against Business in the OPEN
ing encounter.
Central and Business are tied for the
lead, with two victories and one de-
feat as the record of each. II Western
and Eastern were to be victors tomor-
row they will be tied for first place
with Business and Central would drop
to fourth position. 1t is not prooaple'
though, that Eastern, will win from
the Blue and White, and the chances
seem favorable for the latter to go
back into first place, with three victories
and one defeat opposite 1t in the team
standing.
Georgetown's basket ball team last
night did some about as good work as
any Blue and Gray ouint has done IN q
long while when it beat Iehigh by 81
to g. Early in the contest the Hill,
toppers obtained a long lead. but did
not hold it. and the first half ended
with the count 16 all Just rev min
utes after the second part Of the con-
test opened, though, John O'Re1lly's ag.
gregation went to the fore again and
held fair margin until the end.
Lehigh's floor game was just ABOUT as
good as Georgetown's, but it was not
near SO accurate in shooting for bas-
kets. Or. rather. Lehigh did not pos
sess an Individual in its line-up who
could toss the ball into the basket from
almost any angle, as Fees seemed aole
to do. Fees did some of as good goal
shooting from the floor as any Blue and
while. In the second half. particularly.
he Gagged the ball on very difficult tries,
and he Gagged it with such accuracy that
1t hardly ever touched the rim in going
through.
Wysocki played well on the defensive
for Lehigh and Hess did some very
creditable work at center. However,
neither of tha two men showed the ca
pability in goal shooting that did Fees.
Besides throwing six goals from the
floor. Fees got nine out of eleven goals
in his attempts on free tosses.
Georgetown has by far the best
basket ball team playing in the Dis
trict. Neither of the four teams in the
Intercollegiate League is as good as
the Hilltoppers. The squad is well bal
anced and plays hard and fast from
start to finish. Much of the scoring
strength will be lost il Fees enters the
Army, but even with him out the quint
still should be strong enough to give
the average collegiate quint all it may
be looking for.
George washington's ~quint Journey
ed to Annapolis and got nobry trounc-
ed for its efforts. At the end OF the
first half the count stood IS to 5, and
when the final whistle blew the Mid
shipmen had amassed 55 points and the
Hatchetites Is. About the only note
worthy feature OF the Hatchetites' play.
according to report. was the work of
Lansche at guard. Greater speed. bet
ter condition and superior teamwork
were the decisive factors in the, Win
ming of the contest by the Middies.