Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-23


~ schoolboy basket ball season
~ hereabout will be almost over
In fact, there is a perceptible
falling of in activity now. Twenty-one
games are listed this week, considerably
fewer than have been played during re-
cent weeks. A rife match between Cen
trail and the Navy Plebes is carded for
Annapolis Saturday.
There are some attractive matches
remaining, however, before the scholas-
tics will call it a season. Fans also will
be interested in the Penn tournament, in
which Central, Tech and Western are
entered. District teams also may enter
one or two other tournaments, the
Washington and Lee competition being
likely to draw representation from this
area.
Action is scheduled every day this
week, with Tuesday and Friday as the
big days. Five games are listed each
day.
Contests of more than usual interest
are those scheduled between George
town Prep and ST. Johns at Garrett
Park, Ben Franklin and Emerson and
Western and Gonzaga at Gonzaga on
Tuesday; Tech and Georgetown Fresh
men, who will clash in preliminary to
the G. u. Varsity Western Maryland
game Thursday night at 1880 in Ryan
gym; Western and Georgetown Prep at
Garrett Park Thursday afternoon, and
Maury High of Norfolk and Central at
Central. Tech and Catholic University
Freshmen at Tech and Ben Franklin
and st. Johns at st. Sohn's at $3.50
pm. on Friday.
Only one game Is scheduled tonlor-
Episcopal Lightweights in the Episcopal
gym.
st. Johns defeated Georgetown Props,
80 to "a. in an early season game and ts
favored to repeat when these old rivals
face again Tuesday.
Emerson will be out to avenge q
1896 defeat handed it by Ben Frank
lin more than a month ago.
Gonzaga and western Will be meeting
for the first time and bang-up game Is
expected with the latter being given the
best chance for victory.
Iandon and st. Adams will face in
the Epiphany gym and Dewitt will en-
gage Swavely in other games Tuesday.
A trio of games is listed wednesday.
Mount st. Mary's Prep will engage st.
Johns at st. Johns, Emerson and
Episcopal will meet at Episcopal and
Hyattsville High and Rockville High will
clash at Rockville.
Georgetown Freshmen and Tech viii
be meeting for the first time this season
Thursday night. A spirited scrap Is
expected.
Western drubbed Georgetown Prep, 81
to IL, earlier In the campaign, and the
Dar mill he hat 70
scores.
In other games Thursday, Leonard
Hall, which gave Gonzaga hard str1g-
gle recently, will again meet the Purple
on the street school hardwood, Ben
Franklin and Columbus University will
have it out and st. Adams and Friends
will BATTLE on the Friends court.
Maury High defeated Central. "a to
ID, several weeks ago in Norfolk and a
worthwhile contest is expected when
these teams meet Friday.
In an earlier meeting this Winter
Catholic University Freshmen conquered
Tech, % to 26, and another lively game
is expected
Ben Franklin and st. Johns each
have shown strength and are expected
TO wage an interesting contest.
Other engagements Friday in which
District scholastics viii figure are listed
between Georgetown Prep and Friends
lightweight teams and Bliss and st.
Johns College Junior Varsity at An
napolis.
Central viii go over to Alexandria
to meet the Alexandra High uuint and
southeastern University and Bliss WIN |
clash In the Silver Spring armory at
$3.50 pm. in engagements Saturday.
Central would welcome nothing more
than victory over the Navy plebes in
their rifle match Saturday at Annapo-
lis. Western defeated the plebes re-
Gently and Central does not wish to |
suffer by comparison.