The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19


proved to be unusually popular. The
floor game is expected to find fRv-
or with the men in uniform. and the
plan followed out Is in keeping with
that in the baseball games last spring
] and the football games last fall.
Reports from the various camps
tend to show several strong aggre-
cations. Quantico alone has the pick
| of twenty-six teams. At the Navy
Yard James Hughes is in charge, and
II goes without saying that the
Navy Yard men will be up to the
standard set by the football team
William J. Hazel. OF Camp Hum
phreys. says he has persuaded sew
| eral former. West Point stars to
take up the floor game. and will have
a fast team ready by next week when
his five opens up. The Fort l-ye-
men have several teams from which
ports unusual interest in the floor
game, and expects to be counted
among those in the running.
Naval Operations. which made a
cleanup in baseball last summer. will
have a first class team playing. Tom
my Degnan Is In tcharge OF the tenn
peramental Operations team. and says
he has listed not only several for
mer Naval Academy stars. but will,
have some OF the best players who
formerly gained fame with Western
colleges.
The last Service football game Of
the season will be staged Sunday
when an All-Star aggregation comes
up from Quantico to play the Naval
Gun Factory. After consultation
last night representatives of the
teams selected John O'ReilIy. OF
Georgetown; Bill Cusack. also OF
Georgetown, and II. c. Byrd. of Mary
land State. as the officials.
Lieut. Jack Heggarty. former
Georgetown football captain and later
coach of the Carolina A. and NJ team.
has gotten a fast bunch together at
Quantico. According to Hegarty,
some of the best players in the coun-
try will be listed with the Marines.
Bumos Turner, coach of the Naval
Gun Factory eleven, is down with
the 'hu" again. His team has been
working out under John DuEan, and
is said to be even better than on its
last appearance. So far this year the
Naval Gunners have been unbeaten.
According to reports the Naval
fettle. Billy Lush. who succeeded
Jim Collifiower last year. was left
wealth of material. Lusk started on
the season last year with a bunch OF
veterans, and after he ran some OF
the fat on them produced a hrst rate
Ave.
While the Navy has had it'll" or no
real opposition. the team has come.
through in all four OF It's games with
t. n
handed a 3T-to-l2 defeat yesterday.
giving the Navy men something more
than a workout.
Ensign Harry Harris, who was cap
tain of the championship Business
High School basketball team fvs
years ago and rated as one OF the
best basketers produced here in
years. may play for the Naval Opera
lions team. Harris played at West
Virginia after leaving high school
and earlier with the Dartmouth fresh
men.
Central and Western. usually repre-
scented by strong basketball teams
appear to be somewhat out Of the run
ming. Neither team has won a league
game as yet, but from Indications will
he heard from later In the season.
Tech. business and Eastern got the
jump on Central and Western while
these schools were still dallying with
football
Several Of Techs athletes appear to
he unusually versatile. Loehic-,
Aaronson. Carpentcr. WinkjeE and
Cobb. who are playing At basketball,
showed form in yesterdays track