The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-05
EXPECT SCHOOLDOY
BASKETERS TO Be
NTIGHT BATTLES

While Eastern Is yet to be heard
from in the annual high school bas-
ketball championship series. 1t Is al
most a foregone conclusion that the
race for the honOrs will be the tight
est In years.
Central, Business. Technical. and
Western appearing in the opening
clashes at the Y. NJ. C. A yesterday.
showed enough to warrant the pre-
diction that the pennant hunt will be
more than interesting during the
next two months.
Business Wins Out.
Business defeated Technical by 20
to 4, and Central got in ahead OF
Western by 10 to Is. The second
game was easily the drawing card OF
the afternoon on account of the fact
that II was close throughout At no
time during the game and two extra
periods were the teams more than
two points apart.
Westerns showing was much bet
ter than had been expected. but only
because Central showed a woeful lack
OF practice and the results OF too
long a lsyon. Business far out
classed Technical. although the Man
ual Trainers showed possibilities.
AhOsO " III AOOhCd NAAo NOahAS ONNA az
declaring that there is considerable
doubt about the outcome OF the race.
Central La Checked.
The Cehtrai team NwasN checked
throughout the game by clever
guarding. The Mt. Pleasant lads
were picked to win by a big margin,
but were more than battled by the
westerners. In the opener Tech
strove valiantly to cut down the
Business lead, but the StenographerS'
guards were too fast and unerring in
the work.
Central. Business, and western
showed that they have chance for
pennant ! Onors, and that Central
will have TO improve nightly il It il
going to ride over the other teams.
Tech failed TO shoot a basket dur
ing the game. Tue four points made
were on free losses. Morris Cure
Vich, Techs right guard, kept the
Business forwards on the move, but
was forced out OF the game on ae-
count of personal fouls.
c. Edward Beckett and James Y
Hughes. who OBLIGATED yesterday in
fne style, asked the faculty advisers
to appoint an official scorer for the
series. C. W. Wannan Is acting ~
official timer.
The Y. NJ. C. A gallery was packed
to the limit with high school stu
dents. The teams in the frst game
failed to take the floor on scheduled
time. Both games were cut short,
seven-minute periods being played
instead OF the regulation ten minutes.
George F. Green, formerly Of St.
Adams who is now at Princeton
Prep, was an interested spectator.
Green commented upon the youthful
ness of the teams. The former St.
Adams man won the interscholastic
title two years while in Washington.
Towbes and SchaIer, OF Business;
Wight and Sinclair, OF Western, and
Long and Foster. OF Central, gave
great exhibitions of guarding.
of Business. led all the
lads in point scoring, cRging ave
baskets from the floor.
Dave Vision, of Central, landed the
ball in the basket just a second be-
fore the whistle blew. closing the
second extra period. He dribbled
down the floor, and got an open crack
al the basket western mad led up To
a minute before the close OF the pc
Rod.
Pepper. OF Western. more than held
mis- own with Wilson. although h
Jailed to get the breaks on two occa-
sions which would have landed the
game for the Red and White. The
ball just trimmed the basket. but
failed to stick in.
Mike Raedy. the Business center.
vas all over the floor during the en-
ire game. Raedy has made good n
hree sports at Business now that he
las landed the center position in
basketball
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