The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-20
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K. OF C. Team Journeys to
Port Townsend; Other
News OF Star Teams

Star basketball league So; for Jan
uary }. tho squads entered In the
Gaze race are getting primed for III"
opening Tits d tho schedule.
DOC" Powers will lead the
Knights Of Columbus warriors to
Port Townsend tonight TO tackle the
crack por, Townsend squad. Tho
local men will leave colman dock
AZ as tonight Tho Por, Town
send aggregation wants a game for
next saturday night and any local
team that wants 20 make the trip
should get In touch with tho sport
ing Editor Of Tn. star now.
Tho Piper a Taft squad Ia taking
things easy until after the holidays
Mos, OF N. members Of this team
arc university boys and they are
going home for the holidays. aa -ev'
erai Of the players live out OF town.
=. 4 T. Games
After tho first Of the year the
store squad will have a busy time.
They play the College OF Puget
Sound nj Tacoma January -. and
snoauaimie at snoqnaimio Fehru'
airy G.
Tn. Star league schedule win BE-
made out this week. An effort IL
being made to obtain the Armory
for one night n week for play. and
until this Ia settled II will b. i'm
possible for a schedule 10 b. made
out. star teams should not SEIZED
ula outside games until after The
star schedule IN announced. because
Il will br hard enough 10 line up
tho games without the extra burden
Of playing around outside scheduled
tslts Tho schedule committee OF
the league will hold n session Mon.
day afternoon at The Star. The
committee IL made up Of Doc" Pow
cru. OF the knights Of Columbus. c.
W. Allen. Of the co. u squad. and
The Star sport editor.
Yves Rennie. OF the University
community five, says his squad IL
having hard time finding floors
10 practice on AS an appeal was
made short time ago. in order that
the men may practice for these
games. managers and owners Of
idle floor space disable for basket.
ball should let the men use their
floors for the benefit OF sport. n
nothing else. Most % the players
In The Star league arc young men
who work during tho day and the
play affords some 100 young fcl.
lows n chance 20 play. Tho league
Ia strictly an amateur affair. 30
helping u In community service
Rennie's outfit isn't the only team
that Is having trouble finding floors
About Jerseys
The colors Of the University teams
jerseys will be purple and gold
stripes The majority OF the teams
have announced their colorH for the
year and It would be well for those
teams that have not purchased
their suits 20 find out what the
coiora OF the other team Jerseys are.
because different colors are wanted
for all jerseys.
published and can be obtained at
The star.
And don't forget that all Jerseys
must be numbered.
The next meeting Of The star
league Is scheduled for December 20
at The Star office. Every team
should have n representative there.
because the bylaws and constitu.
tlon. being drawn up by a commit.
tee OF team managers. will be sub.
mltted at this session. II IL the dc.
sire OF The Star TO make this n
permanent organization and tho by.
laws and constitution are important.
II would be well. too. II tho nd
visory board-Coach Hunt. of the
University of Washington: A. c.
Pelton. OF the school board. and Tom
Murphlne. city utilities chicf-could
be on tap to help in the final or.
ganizntlon.
To Drop One Team
Which team between the Soldiers
and Sailors club and the Independ.
ents will be dropped will be decided
this week upon the report OF the
committee appointed at last weeks
general meeting TO Investigate
which team was best cauippcd to
play. One OF these squads win be
replaced by the Rhodes Brothers
store team. There can be but ~
teams In the league.
Neither the Soldiers and Sailors
club squad nor the Independents
have shown very much excitement
about doing their share OF the or. |
ganization work and II can't be ali |
play because the teams nre complet. |
ing their own arVanizafiona