The Washington times., 1921-12-11
CLUBHOUSE IS
GOAL OF BOYS
AT ST. TERESA'S
Baseball and Basket
hII Teams Necessary to In
Merit Coveted Home.
By r. d. THOMAS.

By r. D. THOMAS.
TABNT upon winning a clubhouse,
Offered by one of its supporters
'as prize for achievement, the
Ahletic Association of St. Teresa's
paC4h, over in Anacostia, rapidly is
bdeething a front-rank sport organi-
zatj0a The gift clubhouse is de-
ps1asbt on the club producing win
ming basketball team this winter and
victorious baseball team in the
sdfhhfer.
Tbe wealthy st. Teresa fan
promises to build brand-new, up
torSate home for the club II the
athletes make good. Very likely they
Wal Q! Three football teams thrown
together almost over night took the
field for st. Teresa in September, and
today two of them have strong claims
to the championships in their respec-
tive classes. That proves the worth
Of he Anacostia boys.
Promising material for the basket
bah team has turned out and a team
wilEybe ready for play within two
weeksl The club is well stocked al
ready with baseball talent and likely
will gain much more by spring.
~ Leader In Organization.
AS- NV COSSPh D0ChlCyp PdSNOA Va
st Teresa. is athletic director Of the
association and was a leader in the
organization Of 1t last September.
CharleB s. Thomas is the president,
GecsEe Theirback. secretary, and Carl
Gubische, treasurer. An auxiliary OF
Catholic church. the club itself Is
riedly nonsectarian and is fast gain
Ing general support in Anacostia.
st. sTeresa's heaviest football team,
averaging 1876 pounds, brought pres
tige, to the club at the start. During
its season Just ended only one oppo-
nentf crossed its goal line. and this the
crack Quentin A. c., which was beaten,
16 to 6. Previous to this game the
Anaoostians had beaten Terminal A. c..
1&eto Q; Surrattsville, Nd, 7 to D;
Moulton A. c.. IS to o.; Kanawha A. c.,
te O; Stanton A. c., to 0, and had
played "a scoreless tie with the much
hooyiesh Naval Air Station team. Ga
the strongth Of this record St Teresa
considers itself the 135-pound sandlot
champion of the District. Friday the
team ended its season by defeating
the Leesburg, Va. high school, at
Leesburg, 20 to 0.
The midget team won i've games.
lost one and tied one. and claims the
10s-pound title. The junior e,evs n,
I6A8AHB III WOA6hk OOS"SSA sA~N
two, Jared not so well. Only one game
was wen out Of five played, bu. sev-
eral Of its opponents were favored In
avoirdupois.
nsm First Team Manager.
Vernon Baxter coached In football
and played fullback and was manager
of tho first team, Of which M. Myers
wasstcaptain. Fred Donovan was
manager of tho juniors and George
Their back captain. Lawrence fudge
managed the midgets and N. Hayden
wAsa captain. As assistant manager
offIfcotball Wesley E. Mcdonald has
shown. plenty of snap.
The basket ball team viii compete
in5ethes 135-pound class. Regarding
basebail It Is probable a team will be
entered In the league being planned
fors the Anacostia side of the river.
AnaqaE, the leading baseball players
of ,the, association are Vernon Baxter,
ar,,raoutfielder Of marked ability;
Arfhur Lusby, q crack southpaw, who
pitched, for the Carnegie Tech team
of ,Pittsburgh for two seasons and last
year played with the Highland A. c..
and Paul Mudd. last seasons star
catcher Of Gonzaga College and OF
Highland A. c. and Peerless. A. Z.
I.usby was seriously injured IN foot
hall. but It il expected his athletic
ABILITY L. not permanently impaired
0tfts Cox, brother Of Paul Cox. OF the
Kn1rkerbockers. was ono OF the 81.
Teresa football stars
The associations headquarters Is
the st. Teresa Parish Hall. near the
church, which is located at Thirteenth
andSV streets southeast. Basketball
challenges may be addressed to the
parish hall.