Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14


Dewitt and Tech will be represented in
the Monumental City affair.
Dewitt Eastern and Tech competed
in the University of Richmond games
Saturday night that marked the sea
sons debut of local schoolboy per-
formers.
Dewitt got most of the honors cap
tured by the District contingent in the
Richmond affair, in which Fork Union
and Woodbury. Forest tied for the
point trophy. Mickey Harris of Dewitt
not only won his heat in the 50-yard
hurdles, but won the final over Var
borough of Woodbury. Forest and Os-
borne of Fork Union. Dick Garrett,
also of Dewitt. won his heat in the
45-yard dash, but failed by inches to
survive the semi-final test.
The West End scholastics also won
a mile relay event, vanquishing Bene-
dictine. Devitt's time for the event.
3 minutes and 40 seconds. was the Sec
| ond best of the meet. 1t was four
fifths of a second slower than that
of Fork Union. which won the special
prize for the best time. Karrett, Kirk
Hopper. Harris and John Teevens
comprised the Dewitt quartet.
Buck O'Brien of Eastern finished third
in the mile run and Ted Entwisle,
also representing the Lincoln Park
School, was runner-up in the second
division of the SS0-yard run. the field
being so large that two separate races
were run at this distance. Camera,
another Light Blue and White athlete.
was eliminated in the semi-finals Of
the 45-yard dash after winning his
heat. In the final event Of the pro-
gram Eastern's four was nosed out by
John Marshall High. Coach Gordan
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Talbert, John Roper Benjamin McCul.
logh and Robert Smoke.
Harry Mullen of Tech won two heats
in the 45-yard dash, but did not take
part in the semifihal.
Headlining the list of scholastic bas-
ket ball clashes for the first part OF the
week is that bringing together Bert
Coggins sterling little Central team
and H. p. Sanborn's sturdy Strayer'a
five in a rubber" game tomorrow
afternoon at the City Club starting at
800 o'clock. Each has defeated the
other once this season, the margin of
victory in each case having been a
lone point.
In other matches tomorrow West
ern will engage st. Johns in the lat
ter's gymnasium and Gonzaga will
play host to the Georgetown Fresh
men.
Only one schOOIboy court tilt was
listed for today, Dewitt being down to
entertain Alexandria High in Ameri
can University gymnasium.
Clifford Sanford of Central High,
South Atlantic fancy diving champion,
will defend his honors in the South
Atlantic scholastic championship swim
ming meet, to be held March 10 at
Baltimore by the Baltimore Athletic
Club.
Entry blanks are now being distrib-
uted.
These events, all from scratch, are
listed: so, 100 and 220 yard swims. 100
yard breast stroke, plunge for dis
lance, fancy diving and 160yard relay
Candidates for the ST. Alban's
School base ball team are limbering up
in preparation for the start of earnest
practice in couple of weeks. With
five letter men of the 1926 nine, one
who played the last two seasons and
a group of newcomers of much prom
Use at hand. a formidable nine appears
probable. Rev. James Henderson, di
rector Of athletics, will coach the
team.
Winners of the insignia available are
Woody" Weaver. catcher; Capt
George Fletcher and Robert Manning,
pitchers; Manager Churchill Francis,
first baseman; Judson Bowles, sec
ond-sacker and Mike Hunt, shortstop.