The Washington herald., 1918-03-18
COMPARISON OF
PREP SCHOOLS
The Four Schools Have
Turned Out Fast-Trav-
cling Quints.
By JACK HAAS.

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All prep school star quint-Schroers,
st. Adams right forward: Costello,
Gonzaga, left forward; Thorn, Army
and Navy, center; Murray. Gonzaga.
right guard; Meehan. Army and Navy,
left guard.
The four preparatory schools q the
District, Army and Navy, G9nEaga
College, st. Alban's and GEORGETOWN.
turned out fast travelling basketball
teams and were very successful, con-
sidering the small number OF students
from which they had to select their
players.
All the ''preps" were more or less
succes sful and succeeded in winning
the majority of their contests. II is
the main ambition OF the prep schools
TO develop teams that would be able
| to show against the high school
quints. They were more or less Sue
cessful in winning from the local
schools. with the possible exception
of Central High, the District cham
pions.
In selecting the alI-star quint. a
prominent coach OF one of the local
high schools. was interviewed and re-
quested 10 select the team. his pro-
teges having played the preps at least
The selection is based entirely on his
opinion and statistics or records OF
the four teams
The boys selected were the best
players in their positions and they
would make a team that could pos
sibly wallop Central High any old
time. Schroers scored 10 points IN
thirteen games. a total of l3 points IN
each contest. Costello scored l26.
Thorn. 100: Meehan. IS and Murray 20
points. This team would make the
greatest scoring aggregation in the
District
The Army and Navy Preps' team
played nine games and lost two of
them, the one to Business by point.
They scored 339 points to 22I by their
opponents. Their biggest scoring
game was the one in which they wal
loped st. Adams, 50 TO - The MEM
bers OF the Quint were Meehan, cap
tain and right forward; Morse, left
forward: Thorn. center; George. right
guard and Thompson and Adams. left
guard.
The record for the season is as fol-
lows:
Army and Navy Props. p. BaIti-
more Poly. Inst. %: Army and Navy
Props. 50. St Alban's. 20: Army and
l3; Army and Navy Preps. "a. George
town Prep, %; Army and Navy Props,
81. Western High school, 70: Army and
Navy Preps. Il. Central High School,
a. Army and Navy PTeps. IS. Gonzaga,
.; Army and Navy Preps, ". St Al
bans. %; Army and Navy Props. IS,
Episcopal. 2S. Army and Navy total.
SS9: opponents, 81.
The Georgetown Preps had
most wonderful season and a great
little team. They played fourteen
contests. landing on the safe side
in ten of them. They met defeat
at the hands OF Business High.
Army and Navy Props, Leonard Hall
and Gonzaga College. They scored
a total OF $50 points as against 2S6
3 by their opponents. The contests
were all very close with the excep-
tion Of the one against Leonard
| Hall. whom they defeated so to ls
The record for the season is as
follows:
Georgetown Prep 33. Western IL:
Georgetown Prep. j.. Business l6:
Georgetown Prep %; Eastern Is:
Georgetown Prep SO. Leonard Hall
1S; Georgetown Prep IL. Gonzaga
IS; Georgetown Prep 20. Gongaza
IL; Georgetown Prep g, Army and
Navy Props "a; Georgetown Prep
Is. St Aloysius IA: Georgetown
Prep, 80. Business 20: Georgetown
Prep Is. Eastern 16: Georgetown
Prep "a. Leonard Hall SO: George
town Prep 1S. st. AIban's l6:
Georgetown Prep "a. Y. NJ. c. A. l9;
Georgetown Prep 80. st. Alban's 80.
Georgetown Total, $50 points: op-
ponents. 2s6 points.
Points scored by individual
players:
Coyne. F. scored 1O1 points; c.
O'Byrne. r. 95 points: Mcclure. c.
63 points; NJ. Daily, G., "a points:
I O'DonnelI. G.. 81 points; Donohy. c.,
points: J. Daily. C, points. To-
tai. $50 points.
! GonZaGa College played more games
than any of the other prep schools.
entering twenty-one contests and
landing in sixteen Of them. This is a
mighty fine record. As a team they
were considered about the best of the
, prep schools. 1t has been stated that
they played more real basketball
than any OF the local school teams.
They were fast. aggressive and SEEM
ed to know and understand the finer
! points of the game
5Ji points TO 800 by their opponents.
James Costello. reputed 10 be the best
forward seen on a local floor. scored
lS points for his team. and was re-
: sponsible for that many more on re-
/ lays to his teammates. The members
Of the team were as follows: Car
mody and Scheehan, centers: Costello.
! Fitzgerald and Duffy. forwards: Muir
ray. Sullivan. O'Donoghue and Nee
| gan, guards
The st. Alban quint were not so
successful as the other prep schools.
as they only won one-half Of their
contests. or six out Of twelve. They
( outscored their opponents by only
twenty-five points, $50 to 2a5, The
team did fairly well at that, because
of the fact that there were only ten
or twelve eligible candidates from
which TO pick a team Three OF the
boys who played on and made the
varsity had never INDUCED in a has
ket-ball contest before last season
Jack Schroers was the mainstav Of
the quint, and has been selected as
right forward on the aIl-star team