Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-21

| tBey won Ill 1873.
The Techites were able to enjoy
an undefeated season in this years
foot bail championship series, while
Central grabbed another title on the
| diamond and Eastern again rode on
top of the titular basket ball cam
paign. Western shared the gridiron
| laurels with Tech in addition to
| landing the scholastic tennis award.
The Manual Trainers furnished the
| greatest upset by bagging the cham
| pionship track and field meet.
Fost Ball Most ColorfuI.
Foot ball offered the most coIorful
| spectacle. Starting the season with
| only one veteran in the squad, the
Techites steadily improved as the sea-
| sen progressed and finally succeeded
! in doing what none of the dopesters
| had predicted. While the Tech Cen
trail game was much heralded, it re-
suited In a decisive victory for the
| Maroon and Gray and for the first
time in many years the Manual Train
| ers and Western met in the deciding
| battle, which ended in a thrilling tie
score. Those who watched that mem
| orable struggle saw the George
| town school generally outplayed, but
| possessing the will and determination
| to deadlock the issue at any cost
Tech and Western were easily the
class of the 1924 gridiron series.
Charley Hageage of Western proved
himself TO be the most feared broken
| field runner in the series, while Cor
don Kessler of the Techites impressed
| throughout as a clever field general
| Wondrack, Parsons and Minnick of
Tech and Dulin. CARRIER and Lamar
also did quite well, 8 did Munson of
| Business, and Hughes and Radice Of
Eastern.
Dewitt Props Prominent.
With a victory over Central in
| 1928, Gonzaga met the Blue and
| White again this season. but il was
| subjected to a severe beating. Dewitt
! Props, another prominent factor in
Preparatory school sports, faced the
| Columbia Heights aggregation, the
| game ending in a dispute with the
| officials giving the verdict TO Central.
After each team had displayed its
! championship qualities in the pre-
| paratory school competition, Dewitt
and Genzasa were opponents in a
| championship tilt, which the former
| won by 5s-to-0 count. Blinks john
son. former Central ball carrier, COW
! cred himself With glory for Dewitt that
| day,
st. johns College and Emerson
| institute developed emily average
| teams. but Alexandria High School
| had more than an ordinary eleven.
In the other sports there was no
| outstanding school An the prepare
tory class
Western also figured in the basket
| ball series. but lost to Eastern in
the deciding tilt. That hectic battle
| will long be remembered as one of
the most thrilling in the court his
tory of the high schools. The Light
| Blue and White combination, pos
sessing speedy and well drilled
bunch of youngsters. barely managed
to nose out the Georgetown school in
a 1s-to-17 engagement. Eastern added
/ more laurels when IL travelled to
Baltimore and routed the champion
1 Baltimore City College FIVE OF that
city.
Eastern Quint Takes Title.
Jack Smith, now attending the Uni
versity of Maryland, was regarded as
one of the most talented of the bas-
kst hall lot. Eastern copied the title
mainly through his efforts, although
the dininutive Bruce KesSier also aid
ed the East Capitol institution. La
mar, CARRIER and Dublin of Western
also will be remembered for their fine
| work in the series. Business figured
in the greatest upset, though, for II
beat a supposedly better Central quint
in a 2S-te-1s engagement.
But the Centralites enjoyed some
fame Entering in the University OF
Pennsylvania championship scholastic
basket ball tournament, the Blue and
White gave & much better account OF
itself than did Eastern. with Scruggs
i and Dean blazing the way, the Cen
tralites won game after game, only
to be downed- in the final match, Tech
produced only a fair quint, with Ham
| Adams and Morton Gooch as the
leading performers.
II II Coaches Guyon of Eastern and
Ahearn of Western develop as strong
teams this season as they had In the
last campaign, they will be quite
lucky. Hook, Bonnie, Smith, Kessler
and Thompson of Eastern against
CARRIER. Phillips, Lamar, Whelchsl and
Dulin of Western were the youngsters
who performed on two of the Desl
uuints ever seen in the high schools
Because of their brilliant efforts in
the court campaign, Bonnie, Smith
and Kessler of Eastern and Dulln and
Phillips OF Western were awarded all
high positions by The Star.
Central Diamond WINNER.
Although the base ball teams were
not generally as good as IN years
mast. there were some games that
must be mentioned Never will the
fans forget the day when Western
almost toppled Central, but threw the
game away in the ninth inning
through ragged fielding and what -
termed dumb base ball" Reams OF
COPY were written on the splendid
opportunity Tech had of whipping
the Centralites Had it not been Tor
Hank Slanker of the Blue and White,
Tech probably would have landed on
the top. The Central player knocked
n home run with the bases loaded
to awe his team q Stool victory and
the high school base ball champion
ship
Mike Gordon of Central stood out
as the best diamond athlete, while
MoGahey of Western and Phipps ana
\ Dezendorf of the Columb ia Heights
nine ranked with the leading box
men in the 1924 series. George Bur
dine of Eastern was one of the most
effective sluggers, while Williams and
ScPuggs of Central added much to
CentraTs strength.
Nine players were named on The
Star all-high base ball selection. Nc
tGahey. and Duiin of Western, Phipps,
Scruggs. Gordon and Williams of
Central, Burdine and Kessler of East
ern and Stott of Business were the
youngsters named.
Records In &c" Club Meet.
Several noteworthy records were
hung up in the &C" Club and the in
tersohoaistic championship track and
/ 6Ald Altar CaufrAI Naint e6