Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
HIGH CUNTS PLAY
-FOUR TITLE T|LTS
Central and Western Hope to
Keep States Clean in
Coming Battles.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER. JR.


r. are expected to go far towar
settling the public high scf1oc
basket ball championship series
headline the big program carded TO
scholastic dribblers of the District are'
this week. Central now is leading tn
series race with two wins in as man!
starts. Western, the only other qutn
of the five yet to meet defeat, has wor
its lone start.
A total of 20 court games are SEIZED.
uled for the week In addition swim
ming meet is slated.
Tech and Western and Business and
Eastern will clash Tuesday, and West
ern and Central and Tech will have il
out Friday in the series games in the
Tech gym Action, as usual, will start
each day at $3.50 o'clock.
A host of other attractive court con-
tests are carded, with action scheduled
every day. Among the most interest
ing contests listed outside of the title
series are those between ST. Johns ano
Eastern tomorrow afternoon in the
Eastern gym at $3.50 o'clock, Swavely
and Business at Business, and Eastern
and Episcopal at Alexandria on Wednes-
day, George Washington Freshmen and
Gonzaga in the latter's gym en- Thurs
day, and Eastern and Georgetown
Freshmen at @. u and Dewitt and
Gonzaga on the Dewitt floor Friday.
Dewitt will open its campaign against
Georgetown Freshmen wednesday night
in the preliminary to the Hoya Varsity
washington College game
Centrals undefeated swimming team
will go to Port Deposit, Md, Saturday
TO engage the Tome natators.
Tech. defending public high cham
pion, which lost its opening series game
last Tuesday to Business, 81 to 26, will
be striving hard for win over Western
Tuesday to keep in the title race.
Western, which made its series debut
with 36-32 win over Eastern Friday,
will be battling Just as hard to keep
its slate clean.
Business, 1924 victim of Central
Friday, will put forth all it has to down
Eastern in the other half of Tuesdays
double-header. The Stenogs cannot af-
ford to lose if they would keep up with
the leaders in the flag chase. Eastern
will make desperate stand against the
StenogS, as one more loss will just
about remove from title chances the
Lincoln Parkers, who have lost their two
starts to date.
Friday is expected to prove highly at
tractive the Central and Western con-
test. also scheduled for that day, Is
bound to attract plenty Of interest.
Perhaps the outstanding game in
prep school circles during the week is
the Dewitt GonZaga clash. These
schools long have been bitter rivals IN
all branches of sports. Gonzaga has a
combination apparently of consider
able strength. just what kind OF a
team Dewitt will have is uncertain in
view of the fact that the quint repre-
sentinr that school is yet to show It's
wares in formal competition.
Tomorrow. the highest day of the
week. will see only two games. In ad-
dition TO the st. Johns Eastern tilt. st.
Adams and Silver Spring High are to
face at Silver Spring.
Aside from the Tech-western, Bust
ness Eastern games, five trays are slated
Tuesday.
Central will entertain Georgetown
Prep in the Central gym. Friends ana
Woodward Juniors will try conclusions
on the formers floor, and Ben Franklin
and Strayer will mix in the Langley
Junior High gym ct 8 pm, in en-
counters set for District floors.
Woodward is to go to Hyattsville TO
engage Hyattsville High on the National
Guard Armory floor in the Maryland
town, and Landon will journey to SANDY
Springs, Md, to meet Sherwood High.
Two games are on the books Wsdnes-
day aside from the Swavely- Business,
Eastern-Episcopal and Dewitt George
town University Freshmen matches.
Hyattsville High will come to town 10
meet Central in the Columbia Heights
Mount st. Mary's Prep at Enlmits-
burg, Md.
In addition to the George Washing
ton-Gonzaga encounter games are listed
Thursday between Straver and Potomac
Boat Club in the Langley Junior High
at pm, Ben Franklin and the Y. M.
c. A. Regulars at the Central "Y," also
at 8, and Episcopal Juniors and Wood
ward Juniors at the Central ~ In the
afternoon.
There will be deal of action Friday
aside from the Business western, Cen
tral-Tech, Eastern-Georgstown Fresh
men and Devitt-Gonzaga engagements
Four more games are slated, eight IN
all being carded for the day, the Dig
gest of the week.
Woodward and Friends will face at
Friends in the afternoon. Leonard Hall
and st. Johns are TO DatLle II OUT III
LeonardtoWn. Ben Franklin and Bliss
will face also at 8 pm. in Eastern High
gym, and st. Adams and Georgetown
Prep will come to grips at Garrett Park
in the afternoon.
The Ben Franklin-B Bliss game Will be
part of a program arranged by the
former school in celebration of the
birthday anniversary of Franklin.
SO far the Accountants have. been
going at fast clip. having won four
of five starts, and they will be out to
add Bliss as another victim Ben Frank
lin has scored to date total OF 1876
points against lib for their opponents
A trio of games is listed Saturday
Emerson will meet Bliss in the Silver
Spring Armory at 8 pm. in the only
match hereabout. Western will trek to
Manassas, Va, to match up against
Swavely and Strayer has an engage
ment with Shepherd College at Shep-
herdstown, w. Va.
Central likely will have to present its
strongest combination If 1t Is to add
Tome to its unbroken string of SWIM
ming victims this season. The Port
Deposit school usually is represented by
q stalwart tank team.
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