Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-27

6WO OF the nrSC three teams
in the public high school
championship basket ball
series will get action tomor-
row in the regular Tuesday
double-header in the Tech gym.
Western, which assumed first
place in the pennant parade Fri
day without going through the
motions of game, will face East
ern, while Central, which former
ly was setting the pace and now
is tied with Tech for second place,
will come to grips with Business.
The Blue and the StenogS will
open the program at 3:45 o'clock.
Both games are expected to be keenly
contested. Their outcome is certain to
be OF vital Importance in the race.
You can take your choice when it
comes to picking the winners. This
business of trying to dope 'em has
proved simply no go in this series.
Comparative scores have meant abso-
lutely nothing. The series has been
studded with upsets.
In their first-round meetings Central
conquered Business, "a to %, and West
ern overcame Eastern, SO to 80. There
was little to choose between the teams
in these games. There is not expected
to be much choice tomorrow.
Teams beaten in first-round engage
ments came back to defeat their con-
querors in opening matches of the sec
ond round Friday when Eastern and
Tech came through with triumphs over
Central and Business, respectively. Who
can say that Business and Eastern will
not contrive to even their f1rst-round
setbackS against Central and Western
tomorrow. Such a result would GER
tainly scramble the flag parade. But
then it is now badly scrambled.
Perhaps Western now is the choice
of most observers to win the champion
ship. The rangy Red team, led by
Capt. Jimmy Thompson, Sharpshooting
forward, and Bob Freeman, highly
capable center, is of championship class
in the opinion of many. Supporters of
Central and Tech, and Eastern for that
matter. are, however, by no means lack
ing, while Business, though in the cell
lar, has unquestionably a formidable
team, but one which has been consist
emily given the well known "ha, ha" by
Old Lady Luck.
All in all, it is some nifty series, with
every single game crammed with dra-
matte possibilities.
Our .tip to you is to take in all these
games If you possibly can.
Aside from the public high matches,
six Tits are listed tomorrow in which
Quints of the District schoolboy group
will figure.
These contests will bring together Ben
Franklin and Gonzaga in the Langley
Junior High gym at PM, Strayer will
renew its old rivalry with Strayer of
Baltimore IN st. Martins gym here at
$3.50 o'clock and Emerson will 60 to
Fredericksburg, Va, to meet the Fred
erickSburg Cohegians at pm.
A game between the girl sextets of
the Washington and Baltimore Strayer
schools, starting at 7:30 o'clock, will
precede the boys match.
Afternoon games are caroed between
st. Adams and Landon In the st. Al
ban gym, Hyattsville High and Wood
-sard at the Central Y. NJ. c. A. and
woodward and Episcopal Juniors at
Episcopal.
Headlining today's schoolboy court
card was the battle listed this afternoon
between Eastern and Gonzaga on the
Eastern floor. In other afternoon en-
counters Landon was to entertain Ray
mond Riordon School basketers of New
York in the Epiphany Church gym and
woodward and Friends were to match
baskets at Friends In a Prep School
Lightweight League match.