The Washington times., 1922-12-20

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quint. The game will be played
Grove City comes here this year
with a shining reputation, having
started the campaign with neat
victories over the Butler Y and
Thiel college quints, both Of which
specialize In basketball.
Last season Grove City won six
teen games and lost four, meeting
the toughest sort of opposition. The
Pennsylvania team lost only to
West Virginia University. Pitts
burgh. Carnegie Tech and Kala'
mazoo.
Under the management Of
Yankees arc out to mako the
greatest record In the history OF
Independent basketball here. They
have three college teams on their
schedule.
Besides Grove City College they
will meet the George Washington
University and the United States
Naval Academy quints.
The Seneca A. A., champion in
dependent team of Harrisburg, Pa.
and the York Collegians. title
holders of York, Pa, already have
been vanquished by the Yankees
in their ambitious campaign.
The Yankees won these games In
thoroughly decisive fashion and just
the other night gathered in the Alex
andria title by walloping the Alexan-
dria Light Infantry team, which is
supreme in the Virginia town.
The approved basketball officials
who will work tonight's game at
Brookland, Jimmy Hughes and Joe
Fitzgerald, also win handle tomor-
row nights clash between the
Yankees and Grove City. insuring
the best officiating to be obtained
here.
Speaking Of officials, Miss Eve.
lyn GascOigne, one Of the strictest
basketball arbiters I'm tOwh, viii
handle the clash between the Hur-
ricana and Stroller girls, which
will precede the Yankees game.
The Hurricanes and StrOllers are
among the leading teams In the
girls championship competition.
Eddie Bratburd is working like a
demon to have the promised bleacher
seats installed in the Center Market
auditorium in time for the big at
traction. With the seats installed,
the auOltOrluH1 Will Oc hSNASa
basketball plant.
Just how strong is the new Wash
ington Collegian team, which hopes
to wrest away the Yankees title,
will be learned tonight when the
fast Express quint, of the Terminal
r. r. Y. M. G. A, Is encountered In
the Congress Heights auditorium.
It will be the Collegians' first game
of the season.
The team is built around Joe
Atherton and Jim Costello, who were
crack players with the Yankees last
season. Emmett Nader and Lee
Hart, who played two years at Mt.
St. Joseph with distinction, are men,
bers of the team, which was or
eanized by Joe Atherton.
Another member is Tom Kelliher,
who starred at Mt. st. Mary's.
Among Atherton's other capable
men are Bub McGrath. formerly
with the strong knights Of Columbus
team; Hall Williams, who starred at
Business High; Tim McGurk, who
played at Notre Dame Prep and
elsewhere, and Jack McPhflly, a
former semi-pro performer OF Erie,
Pa, and vicinity.
George A. Simpson, tho Col
legians' hustling business man.
ager, has booked some Of the
leading teams Of the East and
South, besides the prominent
Washington quints.
Simpson, by the way, is looking
for more dates with local teams.
His address is 721 Monroe street
northeast, and his phone number
North 7794-w.
Alexandria will be the scene of
IN. interesting basketball game to-
morrow night. The little Friepds,
who held the Hurricanes to q
1913 tie, will take on a team com.
posed Of normal school girls and 1t
should be u speedy affair.
The game will be played under
the direction of the Alexandria
Kiwanis Club and all proceeds will
10 toward helping the poor among
Alexandria kiddies to have a happy
Christmas.
Despite the prowoss Of the lft1e
Friends, who average about four
teen years Of age, but are con-
sidered one Of the crack girl
teams Of this section, the school
teachers should give them . real
battle.
The Misses Brooks and Bobbet,
Of the normal school six, are de-
clared to be forwards of exceptional
skill, and the Misses Cox, Abram-
son, Hayden and Adams are all
fast players. They have been
practicing assiduously for the game
with the Friends lasses.
1t. is probable that the. little
Alexandria girls will be seen in n
number of preliminary contests at
the Center Market auditorium as
a sub-attraction to the Yankees.
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