Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
THOUGH rules pertaining to
athletic team membership


siderably to their laurels during the
year just ended.
r Opsets were few Two of the four
major high school championships were
retained by winners of the previC4is
year while in another ma jor sport the
1925 victor had to do no worse than
share it's crown with a rival,
Eastern chung to its baseball title
and the track and field championship
could not be wrested from Tech. Cen.
trail, though, was tied in the basket
ball series by Eastern, while it lost
the foot ball Championship, Western
and Tech holding it Jointly at the con-
clusion of the campaign.
g'oot ball, the lone sport in which
the larger prep schools seem to see
a Championship, again found Gonzaga
1ii1mpnant
The struggle for the annual Basket
bali title IN the public high schools
IVES a hectic affair, with Central and
: Eastern conducting a spirited battle
all the way. In the regular series,
each lost but one game. that to the
Z otter A play-off of the deadlock was
attempted, but with the score at IT.
4 ALL, a dispute arose as to whether
Eastern had tied the score during
: regulation time. Some insisted that
PLAYING time was up before the East
: ern toss was started.
Tie i'm Basket Ball.
The officials ruled, though, that it
was a legitimate tie and ordered an
. extra period played. Hundreds OF
spectators had surged on the floor,
however, and finding it impossible to
clear the court the referee ruled the
3 game mo contest" After considerable
effort TO stage a play-off had been
wasted, high school authorities de-
cided TO let the series tie stand.
- rntn n
through the initial half of the series
without defeat, but hit tough shedding
later in the season, when 1t lost sew
erai Of its star players. The eastern
Quint was a great example OF
woodworking combination tnat
knew the value or teamwork. -,
Business finished the season Wen
above the cellar position for the nrst
time in years. Although three OF It's
dependab1eS were graduated IN mia
season. the team continued to make
trouble for the other quiT1ts. Iecn.
that finished fourth in the race ana
lust behind Business, simply nao 9
dearth of basket ball material ana
had 10 make out as best it could with
PATCHED line.lps. Western, with Ut
fle IN use. won only one one OF us
eight series engagements.
The 1926 An-High Team.
A. the conclusion Of the series, The
star selected the following for us an
high school team: ..oa.na1a
Councillor, Tech, and MACDONALD,
Central forwards; Heeke, Eastern,
center; Radice, Eastern, and Moser'
Central, guards.
All Of the public high school teams
did well outside their league, CenlFai
probably leading in this neld. II na s.i
a winning streak OF IL games uiien
If bowed to York Collegiate INSTITUTE
Z q Trastern's teaM entered the UnlVer-
.it1y of pannsvlvania's annual scho-
lastic tourney at Philadelphia ana
went to the seni-final round In when
q vas beaten by st. Joseph's Preps
of the Quaker City. -
lightweight teams of WoodWaru'
Friends, Dewitt and Episcopal Hign
school organized a league ana ENJOY,
ed q. bright season, with Wooo"aru
emerging as champion.
Good teams were put on the court
Nv C1onzaga and st. johns, the
/, former scoring several notable vic'
tories. but other than Dewitt the prep
schools did not give so much a1ten.
tion IA basket ball. And Dewitt had
moor season, as did st. Adams.
Eastern Diamond Champion.
AS in other wears, there was little
interest in base ball in the pubic
! high schools, although each OF the
fve entered a team for the champion
9 chin series. With four of its players
& anong the first 10 batters ana tho
leading pitcher of the circuit IN
Quinn. Eastern ronped to the tltle,
winning over all It's rivals Ia IeS . r...l
game schedule. Western ana Cen
fral finished in a tie for second place
9 each with two wins and as many
: losses. Business and Tech ended IN
. fourth place deadlock, with one
win In four starts each.
Quinn pitched Eastern to all Oh It's
victories and it was Waple. also an
Fastener, who really led the circuit
at hat. He hit for 576 In -FOUR games:
Shreve of Business. however patteu
for 500 in two games
Conzaga's nine engaged in a series
with Eastern and broke even In TWO
patnesg st. Johns and Dewitt also
mt out mines, but they met with IN
different success.
Track and field athletics We're gen
erously patronized by the scholastics
during the year. In addition 10 the
annual high school championships
ana the yearly CO. Club meet, the
larger schoolboys participated in
MANY dual contests and more pre-
tentious out-of-town games, both IN
door and outdoor, while the junior
high schools and the elementary
\ schools staged excellent title contests.
: Tech ard Dewitt Leaders.
Tech High School and Dewitt were
tho big guns in track athletics. The
Manual Trainers swept everything
!. before them in local high school
ranks, scoring impressive victories IN
! the annual District scholastic cham
3 pionships and the c. Club games.
= Dewitt did we'll both on indoor and
outdoor tracks with Palmer. its star
: sprintar showing the way TO host
of other fleet-footed youngsters.
I'm the &C" Club games held in vii.
son Stadium on May Is, Tech pointed
: the way to 20 schools from the Dis
trict Maryland and Virginia, to cap
ture the Emory Wilson Memorial Cup
!. and get a leg on the Cornell Alumni
CUP. 1t won with "a 13 points. its
A. nearest opponent, Episcopal, having
25 points.
y Vincent Conner Of Tech was one OF
the big stars of the games, with vic
tories in the century and furlone
dashes. Capt. John Macdonald OF
Tech tied with Motley Of Woodbury.
for the prize in the field events. The
Tech boy put the shot AZ feet ] "
inches for a new District scholastic
mark and was second in the discus
throw.
Hebb of Tech ran the quarter In
81 As seconds 10 beat the high school,
championship mark of SO seconds sci
by II. n. Claggett of Central in 1906
Jones of Central established a new
District schoolboy record when he
hurled the javeliu ISL feet
On May 81, Tech came back to score