Evening star., 1924-01-14

OdaIyy: the game appealed to the
scaelastics first They took UP bas-
ket pai! nve or six years before the
local collegians swung into line. Cen
trail High School was the pioneer
among the secondary institutions, and
a hardy pioneer 1t was. Undaunted
by the presence in the District League
OF players much older than them
selves. the schoolboys put q team in
that old circuit in 1900. While the
youngsters did not win any cham :
pionships then, they gave their op-
ponents real tussles
That first Central am had on its
roster Devlin. Ellis, Schriner, Sagarie.
Brush, James and Burbank. Several
of these graduated to far better teams
and Arthur Devlin--the same Arthur
Devlin that later starred in base ball
and foot ball at Georgetown and be-
came third baseman Of the Giants-is
rated as one OF the greatest basket
ball players of all time here. Rugged
and fast, Deviin also was a quick
thinker and to him is credited the
supplanted the Wild slap at the tossed
ball used by the early centers OF. the
city. ~
The Eastern High 8: School broke
later Western followed suit, Still
the college athletes. were neglecttnS
this opportunity to fill the, gap be-
tween foot ball and base ball True,
Georgetown University dabblhd with
the game a bit If interclass matches.
by the District institutions until the
season Of isoS=o7. And that was
hectic Season too.
| .Washington's first intercoils giate
f1907 between George Washington
Maryland Of Baltimore The local
iauint triumphsd, Al to 10. The Mary;
I Ia fc ty7fn oil
part of the expanded University Of
lege Park.
Hatchetfte: asint Victor.
The. big affair of that campaign.
Though, was the three-game series
between Georgetown and George
Mashine.on; W n.alnl Both teams had played
iaggregations before meeting one an
ether and there was considerable pub-
lie interest in the matches. The
games We're played at Carroll Insti-
tute, now the knights of Columbus
Hail, on 18th street. the Washington
Light Infantfy Armory, and. the Y
NJ. c. A.. and there was actiontaHIenty
before George Washing was ac-
by virtue OF victories in the first and
third enga gements.
OF the first game Of the series, a
sport chronicler Of that day wrote:
For the first time in the history Of
intercollegiate athletics between the
iGeorge Washington and Georgetowi,
universities. the former emerged trium-
phant from one of sthe hardest and
most evenly fought contests ever
woeas tms sssas ~. ass
winning, Is to 49,
| This game was played February 26
| and the next March 2. To properly ap-
preciate a portion of the following CO.
j a ,Srxp oyUyor
second game one must understand
| that the Washington Light Infantry.
where the conflict took place, was To-
Gated beneath, Chase's, now Polls.
I with that indominatab1e fighting
spirit which has 80 often characterized
| the athletes of Georgetown
the blue and Gray basket ball team
fretaliated last night and defeated
tGeorge Washington, Is to 1s.
! Never in the history of athletics in
Washington has a basket ball game been
played under such trying circumstances:
First the teams could not &gree on the
rules: Georgetown wanted to play the
In favor Of playing without the lines
The dispute lasted fully A hsif
hour, and 1t was finally agreed to plav
with the foul lines.
contest puts a show out Of business.
but that Is just what happened last
night, the cheers and songs Of George
town and the little din made by the
Ge orge Washington rooters DRIVING
the actors on the boards at Chase's
to, the grear. The owners of the hall
ii eatsned TO stop the game IL the
noise dfd not cease. but they may as
we'll have whistled> against the wind.
.fol. the game vent, merrily,-on and
the noise Became louder as the con-
test progressed"
The decisive tilt OF the series played
March 16. found George WAshin6tcn
at top form and as ono pewspSSSY
stated ut that time the HatehsffeS