Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-10
central IS AFTER
CHANCE FOR TITLE
Must Beat Business Basket
ers to Stay in Running-V.
P. |. VS.. C. u. Tonight.
BY II. C. BYRD.

Central High must win tomorrow's
basket ball game with Business in
1 order to stay in the running for the
high school championship. On the
! other hand. if the Stenographers get
J the big end of the score the other
. teams will be compelled to acknowI-
edge that the title is safely tucked
-sssvay at Rhode Island avenue and 9Th
Sskreet
= None of the other high schools has
been able to take a fall out of Bust
ness so far this season. The Stenog-
raphers have proved too strong in ali
depar tments, and so consistently have
HHey played that the director of phys
zeal training in one of the other
schools has made a straight statement
Bat there is no high school combina-
Non in the city able TO stop them.
R@st night Coach Metzler of Central
said that Central might not win from
Business, but anybody who wanted TO
see Il mighty hard. fast basket ball
game ought to make it point to be
present 1t is Metzler's opinion that
the contest should be well played and
close
The game is 10 take place on the
8, NJ. c. y. floor at $3.50 O'Clock.
sss
nGeorgetown closes up its basket
ball schedule this week Tomorrow
night it goes against the Virginia
polytechnic Institute quint on the
hilltop. and Saturday night it winds
up by entertaining the Camp Hum
rhreys quint.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute is
bere today. being booked for meet
fhg with Catholic University tonight
- Georgetowr's gym. The Blue and
Gray authorities, when they found
that G. L could not find suitable
frace in which 30 play their game
with '. =. J., Immediately offered the
Hsooklsnders the use OF the Ryan
gymnasium.
: and spent the night at Catholic Uni
xersity. The Nirginians feel that
Gey have quipt just about as good
: az the fiyes that Feprecent {. |. and
Georgetown. Y. y l. usually turns
dbt fast combinations in all branches
of sport and basket ball probably is
1pt an exception
::..John O'ReiIly, physical director and
coach of basket bali and base ball at
Vail candidates out for their first
Hfactice Wednesday afternoon. If the
Weather is not good enough to go out
deors. OReilly says that he will nave
the squad work out in the gymnasium.
seTt Is hard to say what kind of a
team we may have" says O'Reilly. 81
hear a lot of talk about plenty OF good
material, but l have been too long in
athletics to put much stock in that
Suo know how it is. A lot of fellows nit
800 and field 1000 during the winter,
Eft when they get on the diamond in
me spring they doTs't come through
Some of the boys of last year are back
and know they are pretty good players
II we can find enough material among
the new fellows to I'LL out the vacant
places we should turn out competent
nine"
Dudack. who played half the game at
guard for Georgetown against. George.
Washington's quint last week, is one
of the best all-round athletes in the
section. He ia a star. knarnan N foot
ball, holding down a tackle position; can
Go brilliant work in basket ball. and also
pftches a mighty good game of base
ball It would be difficult to find an IN
dividual more valuable in athletics
among the south Atlantic colleges than
Dudack- Combining strength and
weight with speed and agility, he has as
much in the way OF physical require
ments as any athlete might desire. In
cidentally. it might be wen to say that
Dudack il a quiet. mild-Inannered chap,
who is well liked by all who know him.