The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

ftA Un3isual success has been found.
Z this season in promoting this league.
md II has now become the major
Sport in the army circle. Officers
eAs WEn as enlisted men answered
The call for material. To the
eoaehes and the players, who have
9 always shown the best Of sports
lssnansfaip, they can consider they
have made g. wonderful showing IN.
this ahid-winter sport.
az Indian Fast F1ier.
King, the full-biood Indian for.
s ward OF the Washington barracks
3 0itfit,s had an easy time swinging
Into, third place with 10S points to
4 his : cgedit. Besides being the en-
= gtnaers best scorer, he played
wonderful floor game. Always NOV
ing az. top speed he made Washing.
$ ton, barracks team play fast and
sftnu &C pep and Zip"
Fort Washington, coached by
Llelksnant Heinike, its player-cap-
tain was out IN the front with five
Z wins In 1--WE starts during the first
-half.nef the season. It looked like
- nunraway for the artillery men.
Beainning the second half with q
win, they lost three out OF the next
four played.
Washington Barracks had one OF
the most enthusiastic coaches of the
: 1eag1e lieutenant Parks, one OF
tde hopper boys. was always on the
aibn uevoting all his time to make
the Engineer team one Of the best
III tie history of the post. With
King and Mefs as his strOngholds,
he developed fine players out of
Dischinger. Cleveland. and Hol-
comb. While he was given a set
back at the beginning OF the sea-
son, when Brooks. last years star
forward, was sent to the hospital in
jured, he developed good substitutes
in cellars, Derrig, and Happy
Humility.
Walter Reed Dangerous.
Walter Reed was game to the core
and is now out of the battle. Lieut..
Paul Foote. with little to choose
from and very little time to prac-
tice, gave the leaders stiff OPPOSE
ton. In rounding out club
Lieutenant Foote formed one of the
best passing teams in the league.
To Nikula credit must be given for
the good scoring of the team, for
he made ninety points In the ten
games.
TO Captain Roberts, one OF
AUlCEb1t3e OlyulP1C MACAAlUCACs TIT
athleE officer of Fort Myer, much
credftas due, for II, was his outfit
that, bumped off the leaders and
upsektl1e DOPE The cayalrymen
first knocked off the fast-going
BafrRtSks: then they turned on the
Waftkt Reed team in the last min,
ute 6Splay and took game by the
score If "a to 80. And then above
all thxy Travelled to the arsenal gym
and I've the Fort Washington team
q tT1 aning to the tune Of q to
23. 10 Laub, the tall, 1anky and
modEE center, who showed him.
self3B be the best pivot man in the
ieagxIsT goes the credit for forty-two
field goals, and 1t was his shooting
in the three mentioned games that
spelled defeat for the opposing
teams. Mansfield developed rapidly,
and Il was through Shorty O'Con-
nell and Powers efforts that he sues
ceeded in making as many points
as he did. Mitson and Lieutenant
Berg also played well when they
had chance to get into the game.
Fort Humphreys, although last in
the league, scored 254 points, drop
ping all games by a slight margin.
Failure to develop good free tosser
lost them a mighty good chance to
cop the rag, instead Of their land
ing in the hole. Lieutenant Chatter
Dos, another West Pointer in the
service league, was the best running
guard in the league. II was his good
floor work that enabled Mcbride and
Cook to score as often as they did.
In Andrews, Peters and Reed, Fort
Humphreys has two good prospects