The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-13
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Coach Ahearn, Of Western,
May Decide Against Having
Basketball Team.
.RY ROSS Z. CONKLIN.

.,ss,1 ny RUSS Il. CONhLlN.
Danny Ahearn. being crazy like
. fox, is thinking seriously Of dis
banding the Western High School
basketball squad. The reasons for
this are the two sport rule, lack
of suitable material, lack of a
gymnasium, lack Of this and lack
of that. Just name any essential
for a basketball team and that
is what Ahearn and Western
haven't got. The outlook is SO
brunettish Ahearn is willing to]
predict that in the event he puts
q team on the floor everything in
sight will slap it to sleep. It is
to laugh. Yes, Danny Ahearn is
crazy like. a fox.
Fer instance, the only man he
has for center is none other than
little Henry Lamar, football cap
tain, and a dynamo Of whirling fury
IN any sort Of game, basketball
iHcluded. There isn't high school
center in the city who can keep
this baby quiet or outside the scor.
ing zone. No center in the schOlas-
tic ranks can match him for speed,
stiffness or grift. Pooh, pooh,
says Danny
Western I, has other stars. and
they shall be chronicled in due
time.
AheaTn realizes far beyond his
: years the value OF OvercOnfidence
u the other team has it. Know
ing that Eastern shapes up as
the diamond In the rough, Danny
Is cling up the noodle and the
propaganda that emanateS from
Western should be taken with .
! carload of salt. Or more.
There is no gainsaying the fact
that Western is working under Sc
we're handicaps. probably no other
school has to face the difficulties
that the boys there VIII have to
surmount 4,
Western has to go an the way to
the X. M. G. A. on G. street to
practice. There isn't even shower
bath in the school, The boys are
! exceedingly light and inexperienced,
and what there is Of them is de-
cidedly unsuitable. Be that as It
may, the outlook is not So bad.
If Ahearn was an experienced
boss trader he might do business
with Charlie Guyon at Eastern.
Daniel has a brand new District
golf champion whom he might swap
for a slightly used forward Of some
experience. Roland Mackenzie, Dis
trict champion in Golfdom, is a
candidate for the team. In addition
to being champion of the city, Ro-
land holds some club records.
But he can't yet play basketball.
Maybe Guyon could use the boy as
an Instructor in golf. At any rate,
tAhearn is willing to swap him as
G Is. y, Mackenzie is willing and has
an ideal build and he may fool the
boys before the season is over.
Ray CARRIER and Silky Dulin. both
football players OF parts. are the
mainstays of the >team along with
Gichner and Hubert. Dulin and
q center. Gichner plays anywhere.
I. Now as for Duling and CARRIER,
they aren't of much use. No.
: AL they do Is to fit into q sweet
!. trio, when Lamar is in. The
three form a passing combination
Ia che likes Of which is seldom seen.
Gichner and Hubert don't fit In q
so well, but constant practice win
!. fit them for the combination.
Heagy, also a football player, is
the first choice when any Of these
/. players are out.
il Ahearn could keep that team
intact he, would be- sitting astride
! the moon. But he can't. and he
knows he can't, and therein lies
Z The reason for his pending with
!, drawal from the scholastic league.
Should Ahearn place a quint in
I the race, he viii have to recruit q
baseball team anew. The two sport
rule would stop every one Of the
! players from participating in base
ball. Ahearn wants to produce a
I baseball team rather than basket.
!, ball dub.
!. Ahearn intends to work his team
! during the holidays. They have
plenty OF scrimmage and practice
Z games ahead. But Ahearn, still be-
. Ing crazy like Reynard, paints the
I picture dark. The other coaches
! atbt grin and say, Watch out for
Western"