The Washington herald., 1918-02-24

afternoon between Central and East.
ern.
1t is a difficult proposition picking
an all-interscholsstic basketball team
this year. as the games have all beer
remarkably close and the playing far
above the average of past seasons
The scores have all been close with
the exception of the CentraI-Eastern
game, when the Mount Pleasant lads
ran away from the Capitol Hill boys
not allowing them to score a basket
from scrimmage. as all Eastern's
points were made from fouls com.
mitted by the Central players.
Only once was Central beaten and
that in its first encounter with Busi.
ness when the Stenographers were
nosed out by two points in an eXcit-
ing finish. In all the other contests
Central has bee on the long end OF
the score. In its game with Western
IL took extra periods to decide the
contest, but Central finally triumphed
which was the winning point in the
Mount Pleasant lads favor.
The guarding during the series out
shown the work OF the forwards in
the games played. The work on the
defense Of the teams was very much
better than that on the offense.
In the nineteen games played thus
far. four Of the games have been de-
cided by a single point, three by two
points and three by three points.
which gives a fairly good idea Of the
guarding done in the series. In all
Of the contest the final outcome wa,
in doubt until the last few minutes
OF the play.
The Central five. which won tht
title, is the best scoring team in the
series. The Central lads in their sew.
en- contests. have totaled I93 points
while their opponents were able q
score only 76 points. Centrars Iast
game with Eastern was a big factor
in this high score, as Central was
able IN this contest to set the high
mark for the series with 2s points
while Eastern was allowed points.
Second honors in scoring points &c
to Western. who ran up a total oi
1O5 points during twenty games. and
held its opponents TO IS in the same
number of contests. Business was
IL AONdlNh w. IoAnAt u II,
opponents lO5. In defense, westerr
ranked on equal terms with Central
Eastern was unable to stop their op'
ponents under lis points. while Tech
nical had 13S points scored against Il
by the opposition during the series.
The work of Long. Foster and Pot
ter of Central. Wight and Sinclair Of
Western. Newman of Eastern. Towne:
of Business. and Gurevich of TeChi'
cal. who did the guarding for theil
respective teams. was far the bes
seen in the high school series in tn,
last two years.
Thomas of Eastern. Anderson oi
/ Technical, Schneider and Schaffer o
/ Business. together with Eisinger anC
Heron OF Western. were repeated!
stopped by the guards mentioned
above in shooting baskets from tn,
scrimmage.
Wilson OF Central stood out proml
nentIly in his work at center. closely
followed by Pepper OF Western, whC
made the best showing against th'
Central crack. Pagan Of Business
Ham of Eastern. and Browne o
Technical. were behind Wilson IL
scoring from scrimmage.
Central has proved its right TO b,
called the championship five Of tn,
District Banks winning the Higl
School title the team has beater
Staunton Military Academy. Balti,
more Polytechical Institute, Y NJ c
A. boys twice, Georgetown Preps anC
Episcopal boys. which proves Conclu
sively that they are this seasons bas
ket-ball champions.
Army and Navy Preps. Gonzaga
and Georgetown Preps appear 10 have
something on all the High Schoo
quints with the exception OF Central
The preparatory schools have won
from Eastern, Western. Business and
Technical. The Army and Navy
Preps seem to be the best OF the local
prep schools in this locality. They
have proved their superiority over St
Adams, Gonzaga and the Georgetown
preps