The Washington times., 1936-12-21

Western Five
Appedrsds
Threat
By GARRETT WATERS

BY GAhREII WATERS
Early week school memos: The
interhigh boys have only little
more time to prepare for the an
nual basketball series . starting,
January 8.
A scattering Of games will be
played this week followed by
a few the first week in January
:. then the battle for supremacy
will begin.
The series promises to return to
it's former palpitating stage this
winter at least in part, since
double-headers are to be played
on the Friday dates.
Then there will be that night
game experiment which if
successful, will find several other
night attractions on schedule.
Even though single games are
still to be followed on the. Tues
day dates, the series, all in all,
should be the best in three years
and this contention is taken
regardless of the strengths of the
various teams.
western Looks Best
Western has played the best ball
thus far in outside games the
Moore-coached crew is blessed with
the presence of many veterans, in
Guiding Burns, Lomax, Schulz, and
nnWitt lNnI1oc the
big scorer, though the others
know their way about and will no
doubt make trouble for opponents.
Central's situation promises not
to be as dark as first pictured
Coach Jack Ray was handed a
severe jolt when his ace center,
Bill Thompson, was declared in.
eligible and then another set
back came when Dewey Poole, ex.
perienced forward, failed to meas.
ure up ScholaStically.
But even with these unhappy
happenings, the team is quickly
rounding into shape . Sam Fox
is at center and promises to be a
good one. Ralph Matera, who
looked so good in the latter days
of the 1886 series, is at one of
the forward positions and Billy
Vermillion, at guard, is better
than ever before.
Don't Overlook Eastern
And you cannot overlook East
ern Coach Mike Kelley is direct
ing there now, in the absence Of
Charlie Guyon. and if you'll look
back a few years, you'll remember
Mike always had pretty good bas.
ketball teams.
This year he is fortunate in hav.
ing Clinton Quantrille, center, and
Claude Colley, guard, from last
seasons championship five. both
are in tiptop shape for the present
campaign and their talents,
coupled with the experience both
have gained over the years, should
help Eastern immeaSureably.
i And Quantrille and Colley
arents the only "comers" under
Kelley Art Miller knows what
it's all about while two new
comers, Golfer and Lnmbardi, have
looked good both in practice and
outside games.
Wilson's May Surprise
Very little is known of Wood
row Wilson, but If the team,
under Coach Carl Heintell, plays
anywhere near the form Of the
schools grid team, it will create
opposition of the first order for
series opponents.
Tech? Well, the old grapevine
reports say to watch a young fell
low by the name of Dick See
who halls from sunny California
:. and who is a basketball player
of top rank. See has done a
deal of timely scoring for the
Techites to date and may be the
series sensation.
Familiar names comprise the
remainder of the lineup. {.
they include Jimmy Vermillion.
Walton Merchant, Bernie Pickett,
Bill Myers and Tommy Dobyns
all played well last year and
are expected to be ready to go
under George Freilicher, new
coach, and a star in his own
right at George washington Uni
VerSity,