The Washington herald., 1920-12-07
Blue and White to Meet
Clever Business Colleg.
Five in First Game Of
Season-Tech Schedule
Announced.
BY y. N. sTEPHENsoN

Central cracks the lid of the Dis
trict High School basketball sched-
ules this afternoon. in a game with
Stewards Business College in the
Central gym at 3:l5 O'Clock.
The Blue and White will face q
strong test. In its opener. going
against a i've which has been work
ing together for the past three
weeks Coach Metzler has been
grooming his men steadily for the
last week in preparation for the
battle. but he will be forced 70 send
a team Of practically no experience
in working together on the floor.
Capt Lemon and walker or Davis
appear TO be the best at starting
in the forward stations for Central.
with Dye or McFadden slated for
the pivot job. Zalzack. Buckley or
Duffy are the choices for duty at
guard headquarters Lemon, Walker
ana Dye are the only men who
worked with the varsity five for
central last season The three men
TONED forwards have been hitting a
fast clip in practice and should ring
up some markers this afternoon. In
Buckley and Duffy. Central has a
brace OF husky guards who should
do some big work under the oppo-
sition's basket Both Dye and Nc
Fadden have shown class at the
tip-of station and either SHOULD
handle the Job in style this after
noon.
Coach Hsrtig of the Busipes.
quintet says his squad is in mid
season condition and ready TO put
up a stif game.
Although no games are scheduled
for the other high school fives this
week practice is going on apace Al
all Of the camps.
Coach Apple. Of Tech. announced
a l1-game schedule yesterday. The
card includes games with Stauntop
military Academy, Episcopal High Of
Alexandria Va. and Martinsburg.
w. Va. and is one of the strongest
faced by the Manual Trainer. in
recent years. The present schedule
opens January 5, but several pre-
ilminary games to be played prior
to the Christmas vacation are TO be
booked this week. Tech opens its
league schedule against Western.
January IL.
The schedule follows:
January 5-George Washington
Freshmen at George Washington.
January I-Ingram at Tech.
January 11-western.
January lt-Central.
January 1S-Episcopal High al
Alexandria, Va
January 21-Eastern.
January 25-Army and Navy Preps
at A. & y. gym.
January 2S-Business
February - Staunton Military
Academy at Tech.
February s-Georgetown Preps al
Georgetown.
February 11-Western-
February l5-CentrsL
February IS Army and Navy
Preps at Tech.
February 22-Eastern.
February 25-Business.
March 1-Georgetown Props AZ
Tech.
March 5-Msrtinsburg at Martins
burg.
Large numbers OF candidates con-
tinue 10 report al Tech in the pre-
liminary workouts. Coach Apple
has given members of the football
squad who are prospective basket
players a weeks lay-off
Shants, McNulty, Aubinoe, Nc
cartee. Mccormick, Berger, Gude.
Parker, Supplee, Rhees and Smith
are showing up well in the present
sessions and appear good for var
sity squad berths.
Eastern, Western and Business
are hitting steady grind with an
other week OF practice, at least, be-
fore facing any outside opposition.
Eastern opens its card a week from
today against Stewards Business
College. while Business takes the
floor against st. Johns College, De-
cember %. Coach Kelly is figuring
on placing his squad in action prior
TO that date, but the schedule has
not been worked out completely.