Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24

Many basket ball contests are sched
uled this week by fair tossers of the
| District Three seminary games and
one collegiate affair are carded in ad.
dition to an interplayground tilt and
heavy schedule of independent
| league games.
Friends School basketers will open
their interschoastic schedule Friday
afternoon. meeting Fairmont Semi
nary at Epiphany gym at O'Clock.
Last year Friends triumphed over
Fairmont and the | street squad is
being groomed to duplicate the vic.
| tory.
An unusually we'll balanced team has
been developed this season, according
to Virginia Brown, coach. and high
hopes are held out for the most sue
| cessful season in the history of the
school.
Ida Claggett has been chosen cap
tain of the Quaker seXtet and Helen
Ann Selecman, manager. Miss Brown
has not yet named the six who will
start against Fairmont. but expects
to do so early this week.
Eastman, Gunston Hall. Baltimore
Friends School and Rockville High
School are four of the teams that Miss
Browns squad will face during the
season, with the probability of one or
two additional games with local SEM
mary teams The complete schedule
has not been arranged yet, so no
dates can be announced.
GunstOn Halls sextet will test its
strength in the opener on its schedule
this week when it faces the Warren
ton Country Day School at Epiphany
gymnasium. Wednesday afternoon. at
$50 The third seminary clash will be
a midget game between the junior
teams of Holton Arms and Eastman
School This is scheduled for Satur-
day morning at the Epiphany gym.
Varsity squads of the two schools
will not get into action this week, but
the senior sextet from Holton Arms
expects to play one of the most inn
portant games on it's schedule sat
urday, February 5, when it faces the
National Park Seminary tossers in the
Church street gymnasium of the down.
town school, Last year Holton was
defeated by National Park at Forest
Glen and this year, playing on their
home court, the II. A. tossers hope TO
turn the tables.
Fastman's School squad has not been
announced yet by Elizabeth Collins,
coach nor have arrangements for the
schedule been completed, but it is eX-
pected that the Massachusetts avenue
aggregation will play the leading local
seminary squads. Excellent material
has turned out for practice, according
to the coach, and an interesting sea-
son is anticipated.
Marjorie Webster will play Gallau-
Diet in the only collegiate game OF the
week, slated also for Saturday, on the
Webster court.
Bethany and First Church tossers
will open the nine game schedule OF
the Independent Leagues this week,
when they meet tonight at the CO.
lumbia Heights Center gym In the
Wilson Normal School in a Columbia
Federation r. Y. p. u. contest.
Three games are listed tomorrow
night, three Wednesday, one Thurs
day and one Friday IN the three in
dependent leagues, as follows:
Columbia Federation Of the 3: Y. P: u
Tonight, Bethany vs.. First. Wilson Normal
Fymn, at pm: Tuesday. West Washing
ton vs. Metropolitan. Eastern High School.
at s pm. Wednesday, Betahany VS.. Second.
Hne Junior High. at pm.
Washington Recreation League, Seniors
m nGrfli Center at Wilson Normal at 7:i5
pm: Thursday Metropolitans VS.. Eagles.
Western High. at 9:15 pm: Friday Webster