Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-08
TWO GAMES TO FEATURE
OPENING OF NEW ARMORY
HowitZcrs' and Blues Elves Will
Meet In Initial Contest at
& O'Clock.
BIG BATTLE INTERESTING
East End Outfit Should Give Col
lcgianS Hard Iight-Earniyal in
Charge of Athletic Association.
Pat" Carroll To Play.

Niemhors az the Rlchmond How
tiers Athletic Association viii open
their new armory tonight with one
OF the biggest Basketball programs
staged here this winter. Two games,
the first between the Howitzcrs and
the Richmond Blues. and The second
nctwocn Church Hin AthYtic CIun
and Virginia Tech. viii compose the
carnival The battles between the
hycs viii be followed by a dance
In bringing Virginia Tech here 10
meet the Church Hill cagcrs. the
more popular outfits as a feature at
traction for opening night. Both
teams have large following in this
city and each VIII have its crowd OF
loyal rOOt.rS" present
Athletic teams representing Tech
appear here several times each year
ana in every contest Thermometers
show great amount of interest. For
tho last several years at least one To-
cal boy. has hecn member OF a Tech
football. baseball or basketball team.
ana this year il no exception. The
biackshurs cagers have with them
sh haI n Hfrroh ,no I?rmnr '2hn Mar
Manager Pace, also "a Richmond boy.
IS that Carroll viii play a; least half
OF the game tonight.
Encounters Former Teammates.
While Tech Will present Carroll 10
his home folks. Church Hin Will use
lar men that ever attended Y. T. |.
''Eill" Wharton, good fellow. basket
ban forward ,.iHr eNe"lieni." track
will he found at one of the forward
positions for the t:as; End team to-
night. Wharton played FOR V. T.. !.
trounced church Hin at the Y. ".
g. y. He also was a member OF the
time won himself a place III tn. heart
az every Tech follower by his cN-
ccilcnt wo-k. In other branches OF
athletics Wharton proved himself a
star. winning iuoDoSraInS il baseball
ana track.
ii any basketball game. ever was
close. IN" affair between Church lIill
and Tech certainly should be. l!oth
teams are made up OF men who either
have had or NOW are having he ben
Cit OF instruction from the best
coaches in this section. Every man
on church liill has had considerable
experience IN the Gag" game. and
each is sta-.
Virginia Tech is George Parrish, con-
toy. South Atlantic center two sue
cessiyc years Parrish has hecn de-
clarcd 20 he one Of the best Ccntcrs
south OF the Mason Dixon Line. More
Than six feet jall and possessing nat
urAI lAS kethaN ability, farrishS
amy man on the Tech team for the
last three years
n,u"s {" I'Iny Veterans.
W me inc gam" between thnrch
Hill and Tech is regarded as the tea-
iu:c attraction. the initial contest b.
tween The lowltZcrs ana Blues is at
tracing considerable attention l.
VII! mark resumption OF athletic
relations between the Two o"SaniZa-
lions. and this in itself is an item
81 not.; ont the fact that veterans
Of the ilowitZcrs Will attempt 10 stag.
a "-nack. IS another important
last rcsardtnE THIS game.
Zones" relvcy. Mctcalfc. Ryan and
Rove were members Of the old RICH
mcHd iuwit2crs and they made n
name iof themselves by represent IN.
tne How tiers OH the court Sine.
tie good old DAYS" three of IN, men.
oni OF athi"ucs, and have not don
ned th"!r basketball uniforms Mar
ch!f" and Bell HAY" been playin. ,hiS
year. IN" iirSt-nSmcd with IN. Kich-
m"nu Ath!"iic Club. and the second
with Richmond Terminal. Tho come.
Lack Of The trio viii be watched with
interest. "''''
Perhaps the yAGnsoss. h,skc,n,ll
aggregation ov.- .nr:.1 ont hv The
Ktchmond Blues Battalion viii l..
ShI "Ea.Nst the veterans" Mckee.
M%H'r smith Ross aud O'Smlivau
az are youthful bas l,tccrs. Int
youngsters Vino have shown markell
Improvement since IT," graeon sitr,
80, ana ,h"y should give the Howi,-
LIN in giving his Iluc-ur las, i'I.bi
announced lac WI d.,,nd 49,,
w hHr'pH. Woodward. Richmond jIr
iin"h'N and Graham ..En1stri."
EhlntE q guard. vii hc gwen ;.
'u'hc, IN the Contest I.hntir ms
played "a rcmtrkaaie ranr n,!S . m"S
s"n ana viii get ~ a. least 4, nor
l!'I uI ton ".t'S contest