Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-01

III IN Gl 4OSdl CROA SSW NAAeAA W~AA
center tomorrow night on the inter-
city basket ball classic to be staged
in Baltimore with the Eagle Ath-
letic Club of Washington facing the
Towson All-stars of the Oriole City Tor
the senior South Atlantic A. A. y. title.
While the strength of the Baltimore
rroup has not been tested on q Capital
court, and 1t Is reported to be a formld-
able contender for laurels, the Eagles
should be able to hold their own against
them. judging from their general per-
Torrance, which has been most impress.
sive throughout the season. They mold
a straight record Of victories to Date,
their most notable feat having been
their triumph over the jewish Com,
munity Center squad in the semi-nnal
round of the A. A. u. event, recently.
The Center team had been rated by
many as the strongest in this section,
and had scored more than 20 victories
during the year.
Eagles who will battle for the cham
pionship tomorrow night are Alys
Ewers. former George washington Uni
yersity star; Margaret Kuble. Mar
guerite Atchison, Camille O'Hara. Lu.
ellie Limbach. Grace Raynder ana
Roxelle Boeton.
Nearby Maryland court enthusiasts
will have q special interest in the junior
class s. A. championship tilt tonight az
the George Washington gymnasium AZ
8 80. when the Hyattsville High school
sextet will play the Baltimore A. =.
squad for the junior title.
Hvattsville will be led by Sarah Guoe,
who Is rated the most sk1llful point
eetter among the juniors in her county,
and perhaps In the entire South Allan
tic sector. Critics who have watched
her work say there is not guard IN her
class who can hold Miss GUIDE In cneck
once she gets her fingers on the ball.
Her teammates slated to inquire IN To-
nights contest include Leila Smith,
Marion Kerr. Isabel Craddock. Agnes
Gingell, Margaret Mead. Wnlfred
Hiser. Inez Gaylor and Ellen Held.
Two interschooI and three interclass
schlag bali circuits will be inaugurated
on the municipal Fairgrounds tmmedi-
ately after the Easter holidays, accord
ing to the schedules announced by the
playground department. Georgetown
and Happy Hollow will open their inter-
school schedules, the former on April
and the latter on April Is, while inter-
class circuits will be started at Slater
and Park View, with two leagues open
ing at the latter school, senior ana
junior.
On Tuesday, April Q, Addison and
Curtis-Hyde will play on the George
town playground field in the first inter-
scholastic game of the season. A week
later. on April is, e. v. Brown and
Morgan School squads will get into &C.
ton at Happy Hollow playground.
Leagues are being formed In the other
playground divisions also, where the
directors have beein visiting the schools
for the past week or 50, organizing the
groups and arranging for schedules.
It is estimated that, counting both
the interScholastic and interclaSs
loops, some 400 teams viii get into ac-
ton at the various play centers this
Spring, engaging nearly 1000 girls In
play. This testifies to the increasing
popularity of schlag ball among the
girls of primary school age, which is
doubly gratifying to washington play
ground directors in view of the fact
that the game is a local product and
has been. played but few years. It's
fame has spread aboard until practi-
cally every playground director in the
country has q copy Of the rules and
is organizing teams from either school
or independent groups. according to
recent reports.
Local schedules announced are:
| Happy HoIlew Intersehood Senior League
Miss Kathleen Fisher, director. All games
| to be played on Happy Hollow Playssronn nS
1 Apfg Ja m = a. oyster vs. Y. Brown: q,
! .Ienney Va, Morgan; &C. CkSke vs.. oyster;
sesa s9ttl s,ss N :