Evening star., 1928-11-28

" ASTERN High Schools basket
l. ball team will play % games this
season, according to the Sched-
IL ule announced today by John
Paul Collins, faculty adviser.
The opening match will be against
George Mason High in the Eastern
gymnasium December IS. George Ma
son also will be met later in the sea-
son. Gonzaga, Catholic University
Freshmen and Bliss Electrical School
are teams that will be met twice out
side of those to be engaged in the pub
lie high school championship series.
Attractive out-of-town games have
been booked with Reading High at
Reading December % and Hagerstown
High at Hagerstown January 26. East
ern will close its schedule against
Hyattsville High at Hyattsville Febru-
ary IL.
Tech, to be met January 4, will be the
Lincoln ParkerS' first opponent IN the
public high series.
With Cappelli, Shapiro Fisher, Wood
Holland. Ryan and other seasoned play
ers at hand in addition to several new
coners of more than average promise,
Easterns prospects for strong team
are bright. H. P. Sanborn, former
Emerson coach, who has been highly
successful court tutor, IS handling the
Eastern bunch and probably will be able
to get from the squad all the ability 1t
possesses.
The Eastern schedule follows:
December 13-George Mason High:
December 14-Bliss Electrical School OF
1SS;ln December r 1e-catholic University Fresh
men at Brookland.
December 2l-Emerson. ,, -. p..a,,.
December 28-Reading High at Reaolns'
January 4-Tech.
January 8-Catholic University Fresnnen
yanuary yyanuary i-W9sdtT2H' i5-Western.
January 19-Central.
January 22-Tech. ,.
January 23-Episcopal at Alexandra.
January 24-Georgetown Prep.
January 25--Bliss Electrical School at Ia
AO January 2s-Hagerstown High at Hasers-
January January 2S Ss-sSon,zsss. sS.,ness
February 5-Central.
February 6-Alexandria High at Aie@ah-
February s-Gonzaga at Gonzaga. -
February 11-Hyattsville High at Hyatts-
vile.
There will be plenty of activity for
gridiron teams of the District scholastic
group tomorrow, but none on nome
fields. Eastern, Western, Gonzaga,
Dewitt and Georgetown Prep are all to
go out of town for engagements. East
ern, Western and Georgetown Prep Will
be closing their schedules.
Eastern will travel to York, Pa, 10
meet the high school eleven there,
Western is to engage Swavely School
at Manassas, Va; Gonzaga will en-
counter Staunton Military Academy at
Staunton, Va; Dewitt will try conclu-
sions with Massanutten Military Acad-
envy at Woodstock, Va, and Georgetown
Prep will meet Newman School at
lakewood, N. j.
Eastern will seek to even scores for
a 26-O trimming handed it by York
last Fall. The Lincoln Parkers Will De
strengthened by the addition OF jim
Munro, fiery center, who because OF an
injury and the fact that he had attained
his majority. was not able TO compete
| In the public high school title series.
Against Swavely Coach Dan Ahern's
| Western team will be handicapped
| through the absence of Eddie Brown
| field. clever little halfback, who received
| a shoulder injury in the game with
Central November 20. Eby will take
Brownfelds place.
Gonzaga and Stauntcn are expected
to wage a spirited battle. Both teams
have good records.
Dewitt vanauished Massanutten last
Fall. 7 to O, but whether the District
scholastics will be able to again turn
the trick remains to be seen.> It is
doubtful whether Dewitt has as good a
line as last year, though its baci1deld
is formidable.