The Washington herald., 1918-01-06
TOSSERS WILL
GET ACTION
intercollegiate League Re-
Opens Saturday
Coach for G. w. U.

washington fans are assured OF
fairly good basket ball season.
The District intercollegiate Basket
Ball League. now fairly started,
gives plenty of opposition for Cath
oiic University, Gallaudet College.
Maryland State and George WASH
lington University.
Next Saturday night the league
will get started again with Gallau-
det College playing Catholic Uni
versity and Maryland State lined up
against George Washington Univer-.
sity.
Catholic University will get a
real. try out when they take on the
Navy at Annapolis Wednesday
afternoon. Coach Rice seems to
think that his charges have a
chance to defeat the Middies this
season, as the sailors have not been
going very well against teams OF
equal strength.
George Washington. Gallaudet
College. Catholic University and
Georgetown University are all on
the Navy's schedule this season.
This is the first time that Gallau-
det has ever been scheduled to play
the Middies.. The Navy team won
several games before the holidays
against very weak opponents, but.
they were wailoped good and proper
by New York City College and the
University of Pennsylvania hves.
Georgetown University will get
started again when they journey to
Baltimore next Saturday night to
play Loyola College. 1t is rumored
that Fees and McNulty. star for
ward and center. will Join the forces
of Uncle Sam. If such is the case
the Hilltoppers will be greatly
| weakened for the balance of the
season.
George Washington University
has lost the services of Coach Lieut..
Bertram Groesbeck, who has been
called to New York City in the SER
| vice Of the Navy.
Leroy s. Murphy. a former star on
/ the New York University quint. who
has been working under Coach
Groesbeck, has taken charge of the
bun and blue. He has three good
! men in Erdale, Witt and Lansche
| and just as soon as Halstead, a man
from New Jersey State, becomes
eligible he will have one of the fastest
centers and basket shooters in the
| local colleges.
Gallaudet and Maryland State are
practiclng for their games in the
league next Saturday night. Gallaudet
will put up a good fight against C. U.
as they have always done in prior
years. II Maryland state is able to
! develop a couple OF goal shooters
they stand a good chance of walloping
George Washington.
Coach Earl Fuller's Y. NJ. c. A.
quint is going at a fast clip these
days. Although they administered a
defeat to George Washington Uni
versity during the holidays it Is doubt
full IL they could repeat when @. w.
has their regular lineup against
them. A game should be arranged
with Central High five as the teams
appear to be evenly matched
Coach Batterby. OF Eastern High,
had chance Friday afternoon to
look over the other teams in the high
school league. As the coach has never
seen these teams he was able to form
an opinion as to their strength in
comparison to his charges. His boys
are booked to take on Business at the
"Y" Tuesday afternoon.
Central High was given one big
surprise by Bryan Morse's charges
last Friday afternoon. Central fol-
lowers expressed the opinion before
the holidays that their team would
have a walkover in the league
matches this season.
The statement made by Earl Fuller.
coach at Business, that his charges
would give Central a hard fight for
league honors apears to have been
absorbed by the coaches of the other
schools.
The Western youngsters deserved
great deal of credit for the game
fight they made against their older
| opponents. They only lost the game
because Central was lucky enough to
score a field goal in the final extra
period. The score would have been
reversed IL the Red and White boys
could have landed several chances
that came to them.
Business went true to form in de-
feating Tech. Coach Fuller's charges
played fine basketball and as pre-
viously stated by Fuller should make
Central hump for league honors.
Tech is in hard luck just now as
they are trying to get along without
the services of a coach. As soon as
their new mentor. Coach Apple, gets
on the Job the Manual Trainers will
mako a rn1lNh haffar .ka.-;.