Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-01

Central will open its basket ball
season Tuesday afternoon, enter
tanning Strayer Business College
in the Central gym.
Western also will make its court
debut this week, travelling to
Hyattsville, Md, Thursday to en-
gage the HyattSville High five on
the National Guard Armory floor.
Landon School is another institution
of this city which will open its basket
ball season this week, meeting ST. An
thongs High at Brookland, also on
Thursday. Strayer, in its second court
game of the week, will play host to the
Potomac Boat Club in still another tilt
Thursday.
Hyattsville High basketers will enter
tain Charlotte Hall Military Academy
five in the Hyattsville Armory Friday.
Centrars court quint will play its sec
ond game of the week Saturday night
against the Georgetown University
Freshmen in a preliminary to the Hoya
Varsity Gettysburg College battle.
Followers of schoolboy athletics here
are gratified that it has been decided to
go through with the Devitt-GonZaga
game. Some doubt had been expressed
as to whether the contest would be
played.
Since 1924 Dewitt and Gonzaga have
fought their hearts out against each
other on the foot ball field, and the
game has taken rank as one of the claS-
sizes of the schoolboy gridiron season
hereabouts. The uptown scholastics
and the Purple have become bitter foot
ball foes.
the teams since the start of the series
and each will be particularly keen for
victory Saturday in order to get the
edge.
Dewitt defeated Gonzaga, SO to 0, in
1924 in the first game of the series, but
In 1926 after the teams failed to meet
in 1925, the I Streeters came back to
hang $50 defeat on Dewitt. Then
in 1927 Dewitt was a 60 victor, but the
Purple last Fall triumphed, IS to 6.
Judging from records this season Sat-
urday'S game should be a WOW. In view
of its impressive 1870 victory over the
Sturdy Central eleven Wednesday
Dewitt doubtless will enter the game
somewhat a favorite, but GonZaga has
shown plenty Of power, and real bat
tie probably will be in order
Dewitt has lost just one game this
season, though it has engaged in two
ties, while it has won four contests.
Gonzaga has been beaten just once and
has won four games.
The teams records to date this season
follow:
Dewitt Gonzaga
0 Mercersburg A. 13 81 Business -. 6
L VASE EassSFn II 3 "f st. freshmen q
Nevp't News H. Z GEORGETOWN Prep 0
IS Mt. st. NJ. Prep 0 80 st. johns. Z
o Geogetn Fresh. 0
IS Central ..-.....
Milton Abramson, feet quarterback,
and Kaspar Beazley, guard, have leg in
juries and it is not certain that they
will start for Dewitt against Gonzaga
Bits Schriyer will replace Abramson if
he is unable to play, and should Beaz-
ley be kept out his place will be taken
by either Venier or Imerie.
GonZagas squad is reported in fine
shape, despite the hard struggle in
which the Purple engaged against an
alumni combination Thanksgiving day.
Originally the Eastern Gonzaga foot
ball game was scheduled for November
%, but it was postponed because of adj
verse weather and ground conditions
until next Wednesday. Then it was
advanced to Tuesday to give Gonzaga
bit more rest before the Dewitt game.
Though GonZaga has a more impress
siye record for the season, Eastern has
a stalwart eleven, and 1t is generally
expected that the game will be hard