The Washington herald., 1918-02-17
CENTRAL
TOLAND TITLE
MI. Pleasant Tossers Were
Favorites for Scholastic
Championship.

Games this week. Tuesday; East
ern. vs.. Technical.
The title for the basketball cham
pionship has already been conceded to
the Central team. By defeating East
ern so easily last Friday all chance Of
their losing the title has been elimi-
mated. The coaches Of the teams, who
were not fortunate In landing the st-
preme title, felt down deep in their
hearts before the season started that
their charges could not beat out Gen.
trail. At that the victors did have so
much Of cinch as they thought they
would.
Eastern Western and Business are
tied UP for second honors and II
Eastern can win from Tech on Tues
day afternoon they will have undis-
Iputed title to second place. They still
have a game to play with Central,
postponed earlier in the season, but 1t
is doubtful II it will now be played.
Central High School hung up three
records in defeating the Eastern High
school hve by 80 to Q Friday. The
score was the highest made In the two
years of competition IN the High
School League. In scoring seven bas-
kets from the floor. Dave Wilson, the
big Central center. took individual
honors for the season. Schnider. Of
Business; wingfeld, Of Eastern, and
Heron, of Western, were tied for
single game honors with five baskets
each. Eastern was held to three
points, which beat the Business record
Of holding Tech to four points earlier
in the season.
The games In the High School
League this season will long bo
remembered. There were only two
contests in which the winners had
distinct advantage. In every
other contest the winner was just
able to nose out the loser in the
last few minutes of play. Any
number of games went into extra
periods. That is the games were
tied at the end OF the full playing
period and an extra session had to
be staged in order to determine the
winner.
In only two contests did the win
ner, Central, have a walkover. In
every other contest they were
pushed to their best efforts in order
to win.
Although Business was the only
team that could land from the
champions. Western. Eastern and
Technical made them go at their
best gait In order to eke out . VIC
tory.
Western, made up OF the young
est players in the league surprised
their adversaries and also their
friends by giving everyone of their
opponents a run for their money.
Eastern, also composed of a kid"
team is now tied for second honor
with Western and Business.
Central can easily claim the cham
pionship title of the District, so far
as interscholastic honors are consid-
cred. They have beaten Army and
Navy Props twice. the Army lads
having defeated Gonzaga and George
town Props.
Johnny" Goetz, who has been play
ing the forward position for the
boys "Y" team most OF the year,
has entered Business High School.
GoetZ is a star in both basketball
and baseball, and should boost the
Stenographers' chances in the two
sports.
One cannot help but notice how
ket-ball team excels in a certain part
of the net game. Wilson has no equal
in the high schools when it comes
to defensive playing. while DAILY is
one OF the best foul tossers in the
league. Solomon holds up his end
for the Blue and White with his
snowbird shots, while Forster and
Long come to the front with their
distance shots.
Catlin, Of the boys "Y'' team. Is
one Of the most experienced basket
ball players in the District, having
played the game for approximately
seven years. He has played both
Independent and high school basket
ball, having been a member of last
years championship Tech team.
Eastern's loss OF Newman and
Wingfield, before the Central game,
was a hard blow. The former failed
to obtain passing marks, which made
him ineligible. while the latter grad
uated-
'"Toots" Wise, athletic star of Bust
ness, has received his discharge from,
the Naval Reserves and IL preparing
to enlist in the Aviation Corps. Wise
was four-letter man. having played
football. baseball, basketball, and was
one Of the best high jumpers in the
schools.