Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-10
PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT
DESPITE LOSS OF STARS
Bill Foley, Veteran Coach, Is Busy With Stable
Squad-Two Games in High School Court
Series Being Staged Today.

~ENTRAL High Schools track
squad is down to serious
training with the prospect
~ that the Blue and White will
have a stalwart team despite
the loss Of several capable members
Of last seasons combination.
Among boys who have shown
their worth. that are again be
ing put through their PAGES BY
Bill Foley, veteran coach. are Capt
George Price and Bob Hall, sprint
ers; NARROW Perry. luke Plum
Icy. qua rter-milers; Wallace Perry.
half-miler; Bob Coltman. miller; Cal
vim Milans and Stratton LANCE, high
jumpers: Gene stevens. pole vauiter
Jim Proctor. high jumper and pole
vaulter: Dick Reinohl and Willie Won
broad jumpers; Nelson CoiIey. broad
iumner and hurdler, and Phil Kline,
field events. -,
Last seasons mile relay team Will
he intact except for Ralph Edison.
Plumley, NARROW Perry and Dave
Krupsaw are the other members OF
the quartet.
Outstanding performers lost from
last seasons team are Hunter Keller
who ran the dashes; George James,
who won the javelin throw in the
public high meet last Spring. and VINO
is TO be graduated next month: BUD
Moves, low hurdler: Chester Freeman
high jumper; Dewitt Hyde and John:.
nv Fisher. the latter to be graduated
next month. hurdlers; John Brashears'
clever dash man, and Morse Alien
high hurdler.
Two teams regarded as having fine
chance to achieve the public high oas'
ket ball championship were TO make
their debut in the title series this after
noon at the Arcadia. Tech was TO en-
gage Western and Eastern was 10 face
Business. In the only game so far
Western, which had been thought moi
so hot. came on to surprise by van
auishing Business, 81 to 20.
Central, defending champion. and
the last team to show its wares IN ths
title series, will make its bow tomor
row against Eastern. These teams
/ originally were slated TO get together
/ last Friday. but the game was post
poned because OF the tennis matches
| at the Arcadia.
| 1t is doubtful whether Central has
/ a team quite so strong "a that which
+ carried the Blue and White last sea
son. AUESAHS SA'@"
/ plenty of strength. though and arr
/ expected to be in the thick OF th'
| flag race.
| Emerson was the only other school
boy team csrded for action today, he
| ing down for a brush with Charlotte
Hall on the latter's floor al Mechanics
willie. Md.
Aside from the Centrai.Easterr
game a trio of Tits involving school
boy teams are listed. Business IS &c
engage Catholic University Freshmen
in the Catholic University gym a.
o'clock in the preliminary TO the
Catholic University varsityGallaude'
game. 81. Adams has a date with
Shenandoah. and Benjamin Franklin
University Is 10 meet Old Dominion
Boat Club in the armory at Alex
andria.
Harry Helme. former crack George.
town University distance runner. has
been named coach OF Dewitt Schools
track squad. He assumes his new 20
sition highly recommended by John
O'Reilly. Georgetown track coach. and
Lou Little, Hoya athletic director.
Helme gained the national mile and
two-mile championships in 1890. with
other achievements.
Devitt's basket ball team is to NEE,
ST. Mary's Celtics Thursday nigh, in