The Washington times., 1922-01-10

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Jury to the teams taking the floor
today 1t would appear as though
Technical and Central have the edg,
on their rivals. These teams are
meeting inexperienced quints today
and will come together for their an
nual floor clash on Friday afternoon.
!, Business has but one experienced
man from lest year, while Western
has not a single man from the 1921
team. which was a near titleholder
end rated as better than the team
which actually won the championship.
For the titular. games the high.
! school advisers have selected men
from the approved board Of officials
! OF the District. James Y. Hughes,
! Earl b. Fuller, Bryan Morse, Frank
! Is. Schl0sser, and Joseph Fitzgerald
I are listed for the twenty engage.
ments.
But one new face appears in this
years list of coaches. The newcomer
10 not unknown to Washington basket
ball followers, as he was rated in h:s
at Georgetown University, later coach
ed two successful Navy basketball
teams. and is also rated as one Of
the best officials in this district. D.
Central Is being handled by James
K. Colliflower, who is the new man in
scholastic ranks this season. AT
Western George F. Green Is again in
charge. Eastern is being taken carr
OF by Charles Guyon, the Indian men.
tor. Business is under the direction of
Michael Kelly. Wilbur M. Apple. Of
Tech, whose team won last year, il
again on the job for the manual train
ers.
Seces change rapidly on high school
teams. Gone from the ranks are such
cracks as Lemon, of Central: Burke,
Conard and Jeffress, of Western: Ny.
ers. of Eastern; Gosnell. Burger and
GUIDE, of Tech, and Peterson and Pry-
or. OF Business.
OF the boys who played last sea.
SON and who return for this years
engagements Dey, Birthright and
McFadden, of Central; Aubinoe, Sup
O'Dea Of Eastern, and Dennis, OF
Business, are likely to grab premier
hOnOrs In this seasons encounters.
Basketball is enjoying a big year
from all indications. The high school
race, for all Of the inexperience OF
many of the players before large
crowds, Is likely to be a well contested
affair. ..-
Conditions for the series appear to
be ideal and the games will probably
be unusually well patronized.
Those who are making the title race
this season q foregone conclusion are
! due for some upsets. Business.
Western and Eastern are far from
icing outclassed on the floor despite
their inexperience. Business has
Dennis and Walker two mighty de-
pendable players. Eastern has O'Dea
and Prender while Western has Frisby
and Woerner.
These lads with their mates are
likely to throw considerable difficulty
in the way of the contenders for II is
assumed by many of the followers of
the title games that Tech and Central
stand the best chance at present.
For those who are interested in the
engagements this winter the schedule
may be glanced over again as follows:
january 10-Tech- Business; Western
Central. January Bust
ness; Tech-Central. January IL
Tastern-Western; Business Central.
January 20-Tech-Wes Central
Eastern. January 24-Western-Busi
ness: Tech Eastern. January 27-Tech.
Business; Western Central. January
81 Eastern-Business; Tech-Certral
February -Western-Eastern: Rusi-
ness-Central. February 1o--Tech.
Western; Central-Eastern. February
1l-western- Business; Tech Eastern.
All games W. be played a. the
Central Coliseum and will start
promptly at o'clock.