Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-21
HOUSTON TO PLAY
FOR VIRGINIA A. c.
Will Perform in Game With
WaverIys-CeItic Fans to
Follow Team Here.
LEXANDRIA.

LEXANDRIA, Va, November
" 2l-"Buddy" Houston, former
IA Alexandria High School and
4 \ Fort Humphreys Engineers foot
ball star, has been signed by
Manager Pat German to play with the
Virginia Athletic Club the remainder OF
the season and he will be seen in action
here Sunday when Germans eleven en-
| tertains the Waverly Athletic Club OF
Washington on Shipyard Field. Hous-
| ton is a halfback.
! A preliminar, game between the Roa-
mer Athletic Club, local colored foot ball
champions, and the Tigers, champions
of Washington, has been arranged and
will get under way at l o'clock.
German has also announced that
George Beach, former Virginia Athletic
Club center, will be in the lineup
against Hose Co. No. 5 Of Martinsburg,
w. Va, when the locals meet the West
| Virginia eleven here on Thanksgiving
day. Beach has been playing center for
Hargrave Military Academy this Fall
and is ranked as one Of the best pre-
paratory school pivot men in Virginia.
A colored preliminary will also be
staged before the Turkey day contest
with the Roamers playing a colored
team from Richmond. Negotiations for
the game are under way and are Ger
tain to materialize, German says.
More than 500 Alexandria foot ball
followers will accompany the strong
st. Mary'S Celtics eleven to Washington
Sunday to see the Green and Gold in
action in its game with the Mohawk
Athletic Club, District grid champions,
in Griffith Stadium at 2:30 o'clock.
While the Mohawks have been travel
ing at a fast pace this season the Celtics
have yet to be defeated and their record
compares favorably with any team in
this vicinity.
One lad who the Washington eleven
must watch is Dick Allen, former
George Mason High star. who is the
ace of the Celtic backfield. Allen has
yet to be stopped, and he has uncorked
many sensational runs for touchdoWns
this season, including one of 81 yards
and another of IS yards in Sundays
game with the Ginter Park eleven of
Richmond. He was in action only four
minutes of the game, being saved for
the Mohawks.
Marshall Baggett, former Alexandria
High School track captain. is captain
of the William and Mary College team
this year and has been serving as coach
in the absence of Scrap" Chandler,
who has not been able to take over
the track coach's duties as yet Baggett
is now whipping his squad into shape
for the indoor season.
The former Maroon and White star
held the South Atlantic scholastic hurdle
record for the 220-yard distance for sew
eral seasons while at Alexandria, estab-
fishing his mark in the South Atlantic
games at the University of Maryland.
Bill Entwisle has been named to ref
cree the championship game between
the Iroquois A. c. of this city and the
Del Ray A. c. Of Potomac Sunday after
noon on Edward Duncan Field, when
the two teams will settle the controversy
over the Northern Virginia 135-pound
title.
Entwisle. a local arbiter, will be as
sisted by Lefty Allen, also Of Alexan-
dria. who will umpire. and Ray Cobean
of Potomac, who will serve as head
linesman.
The Iroquois team has called drill
for Z o'clock tonight at its drill field
near Union Station.
Six teams are competing in the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows Duck
pin Bowling League, a newly organized
loop
The teams, with their members, are
as follows:
Robbers No. Nv H. Scott, Cunningham,
Posse No. 6-Schroyer, E. Simpson, N.
Simpson, Twilley, Butcher.
Jonsthan-Smith, Evans Baker, German
GolistsvoMudd, wakeman. Bartlett. Car
i, smYrtar@Patterson. Huntington. viands,
DavidMElmore, Beckman, Reynolds, Smith,
Johnson.