Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-10
CENTRAL, Dewitt
ACTIVE IN WATER
Public High Team to Open
Season Friday-St. Johns
Has Tank Squad.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, Jr.
. ONE on in fellows, the waters

bows mere 1eel ABOUT II. 11lCS
are taking to swimming with
D will.
Central again is active in the water
sport. Dewitt is to take it up after a
seasons lay-off and St. Johns plans to
put a team in the tank. Other schools
also may fall in line.
Central will open its season Friday
afternoon against Baltimore City Col
lcge In the Monumental City. Dewitt
will not become active until after the
holidays. st. Johns has been delayed
somewhat because of mechanical i'm
provements to its pool.
Last Winter Central had a strong
team and if it is not too hard hit
through losses by scholastic ineligibi-
lity the Blue and White expects to
again be represented by a formidable
combination. F. J. Drummer, veteran
coach, who has developed many fine
swimmers since he began tutoring
tankmen, is still on the job at Central.
Dewitt has fine swimming material,
according to Leighton Cornwell, pop
ular athletic head at the Upton street
school. Dewitt used to turn out sturdy
swimming teams. Henry Anding of the
schools faculty, will coach the Dewitt
natators He formerly was captain OF
the swimming team at Wisconsin OF
which he is graduate.
st. Adams School basketers, who will
open their campaign Thursday, enter
tanning Woodward's quint in the gym
at the Cathedral school, also will take
part in IA other games, according to
the plans of their manager, Joshua
Evans, Sd.
Another contest has been booked with
Woodward and home-and-home series
have been arranged with Friends,
frll
Georgetown Prep. Shenandoah Valley
Academy to be met at st. Alban Janu-
airy 20, Leonard Hall to be enter
tanned January "a Shenandoah VAL
ley Academy and Leonard Hall to be
met at st. Alban January 20 and "a,
respectively, and Donaldson to be en-
gagged February II on the Donaldson
court at Baltimore are among other
opponents listed for the Cathedral
school tosserS. Manager Evans is after
two games with Hyattsville High and
one with Forest Park High OF Baltimore
10 complete his schedule.
Thursdays game with Woodward will
be the only contest in which the st.
Adams boys will engage prior to the
holidays.
The st. Adams schedule:
Observation-Disclosures
January 10--Woodward at Woodward.
January 13--Silver Spring High at
Silver Spring. -.s -.--rr7
January 17--Georgetown Prep at Gar
Tett Park.
January 20 Shenandoah Valley
Academy.
January 22-Friends.
January 24-Leonard Hall.
January 28-Landon at Epiphany
gym.
February 4-silver Spring.
February 7-Open.
February 11-Open.
February 14-Open.
February 17-Donaldson at Donald
son.
February 21-Georgetown Prep.
February 25-Landon.
February 27-Friends at Friends.
Devitt's foot ball schedule for 1880
will contain as many District teams as
possible. Business may be a newcomer
on the card and it is hoped to line up
other elevens hereabout.
Central High basketers were to enter
tain Potomac Boat Club this afternoon
in a basket ball game in the Central
gym.
Emerson's quint will invade the Y. M
c. A. gym tonight for an encounter
WIFI VIC A4CWAy AScAAAGSA ave- ~ "a
college five.
A game between Western High and
! ST.. Mary's Celtics scheduled tonight in
Alexandria has been Cancelled, because
Western players are now engaged in
scholastic examinations.
There seems to be no question that
Business, If it does not lose too many
players through scholastic lneligibility-
a hurdle which has invariably proved
a tough one for Stenog players-wil
put up a great scrap for the public high
school championship series.
Coach Lynn Woodworths boys yes
terday polished of the Strayer five, so
to IA, for their fourth win. With their
trio Of sharpshooters, Capt. Artie New
man and Bob Lucas, forwards, and
Spencer Chase, center, dropped 'eni in
with almost monotonouS regularity
From the outset it was all Business.
Gaining an early lead the Stenogs were
out in front at half time, 26 to 6.
Newman found the cords for IA
points, Lucas for IS and Chase for IL
Pete LOTUS and Singman, Business
guards, exhibited fine teamplay in feed
ing the ball to their mates. Chase's
height enabled him to get the tap or
the opposing center time and again.
Barnsley, with five points, was mos
consistent on attack for Strayer. gettins