Evening star., 1929-12-13

combination or campaign ago.
Making up the Second-String
Craighill and Luke Wilson, forw;
Robert Ruth and Thomas Blair, gl
Friends lightweight tossers also
are drilling energetically. They
probably will compete in the light
weight league which has been con-
Quoted among teams representing
various prep schools in this section
the past several seasons.
George CornWell Is manager OF the
''lights," with George Cairnes, captain.
Wannan also has organized a midget
class five and various class teams.
Iandon School will honor members
of its courageous 1929 foot ball team at
a supper the evening of wednesday,
December 18, at the school. Landon
used not a single substitution through
out the season. 1t was the f1rSt srlo
campaign in which this new school has
been represented, the institution having
opened its doors for the first time this
Fall.
A captain for the 1880 eleven will be
elected and letters awarded at the
gathering December lS.
Next Fall Landon plans to be rep
resented by both senior and Junior foot
ball teams.
Friends School soccer team has closed
its season, after having suffered only
one defeat, bowing to Rockville in the
final game of the campaign for the
Capital City team
Masaru Debuchi, fullback, son Of the
Japanese Ambassador, was one Of the
stalwarts of the Friends team. This
land, showed strongly in every depart
Foent throughout the season.
Gonzaga may have a track team the
coming season for the first time In
three years.
Bill Wimstatt, former Georgetown
University javelin and discus throWer,
who is a member of the faculty at the
I street school, probably will coach the
Purple tracksters If it is decided to go
in for the sport.
Under Coach Orrell Mitchell, candi-
dates for Gonzaga's basket ball team
will enter upon hard practice beginning
Monday. Then all foot ball players
who also play the court game will join
the squad.
with virtually the whole team of last
Winter at hand, along with several
newcomers of unusual promise, the Pur-
pie is looking to big things on the
court this season.
Among seasoned performers availa-
bic are Fred Brew, Bob McVean, Tom
Dunn and Don Connors. forwards; Irv-
ing Holbrook, John Day and AL Farrell
centers, and Bernie Bussink, Danny
Pyne and Jale Farrell, guards,
Dickey Fitzgerald, guard, and Hester
and Nolan are among some Of the best
appearing newcomers.
GonZaga will open its season De-
cember % against its old rival Eastern,
in the latter's gym. 1t will be the an
nual game between the Purple and the
Lincoln Parkers which features the
alumni program at Eastern.
Two more contests also will be played
during the season between Gonzaga and
Eastern.
A bright 1880 foot ball card for the
Gonzaga eleven is almost completed.
Games with Eastern, Western, Busi-
ness, La Sale Prep Of Cumberland
Georgetown Prep st. Johns and Dewitt
are among those planned.
A captain for next seasons eleven
probably will be elected about jan
Uary IS.
Members of the sturdy foot ball elev-
en- which wore the Purple during the
past season will be guests of honor at
dance for the benefit Of the GOnzaga
Alumni Association to be held Decem-
Der 81 in Notre Dame Hall.
Somewhat Of a gauge on the relative
strength of Central and Eastern, two
of the contenders in the public high
school championship basket ball series
starting January Z, may be gained to-
morrow night as the result of the game
between Eastern and Georgetown Uni
versity Freshmen. This contest. start
ing at tbs O'Clock, will be staged in
the Tech High gym as preliminary to
the Hoya Varsity University of Balti-
more match.
Central last night downed the Hilltop
rearlings, % to 25. in a red-hot battle
that required two extra periods.
In other games tomorrow involving
echoolboy teams of the District group
Central is scheduled to entertain the
Fredericksburg, va. Collegians in the
gym OF the Columbia Heights School,
Strayer is to meet Army Headquarters
five at the War College and Bliss and
Blair-Takoma High quints are to have
IL out in the Silver Spring, Md, Armory
Emerson and Eastern were to clash
this afternoon in the Eastern gym in
the most attractive contest Of the day
scheduled for schoolboy basketerS here
about.
Other contests were carded between
Swavely and Western at Western, Busi-
ness and its alumni at Business, Lam
don and its faculty at Epiphany Church
and Bliss and Frederick, Md, De Molay
at Frederick.
Central's swimming team was to open
its season this afternoon against the
Baltimore City College natators in the
Maryland metropolis
A captain for the 1880 Central foot
ball team is to be elected at the annual
banquet In honor of the gridiron eleven
tomorrow night in the Columbia Heights
School.