Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-03
CENTRAL, EASTERN
FORMIDABLE FOES
TomorroW'S Games May
Create Four-Way Deadlock
in High School Series.

TECH'S basket ball team will have
opportunity tomorrow OF assur-
ing itself at least tie for the
public high school championship
which 1t won last Winter. The Gray
will face Central. its dearest athletic
foe. in the second game of title
double-header in the Tech gym and
should the Mckinley boys lower the
Blue they will have won FIVE games and
lost two. Then if they can contrive to
defeat Eastern Friday the Tech tossers
will be able to boast the undisputed
championship.
However, to turn in these victories
will be a big job for the Gray in view
of the demonstrated strength of both
Central and Eastern. To defeat the
Columbia Heights scholastics Tech will
have to conquer a team which in first
round play vanquished it, As to IS. The
Gray walloped Eastern, AZ to 81, in their
initial clash of the season, but Coach
Chief Guyon's boys have been playing
games and doubtless will offer the
Boyd-coached team plenty of argument.
Last Game for StenOgs.
Should Central again defeat Tech it
will gain three-way flrst-place tie
with Tech and Eastern. Western also
will enter this deadlock if it is able to
vanquish Business in the first game of
tomorrow's double-header, which will, as
usual, get under way at 3:45 o'clock.
However, Business win over the Red
would be body blow to Westerns title
hopes. It will be Business final series
game. The Stenogs already are out OF
the title picture.
There is question as to whether Tech
will employ the zone defense against
Central in view of the way the Blue
scored against it in the first game with
the Gray. Personnel of the combination
Tech will start against Central will
doubtless depend to some extent on
whether the zone or five-man type Of
defense is used. 1t would not be sur
priSing If George Brandt were to start
at center for Central for the first time in
series game, with Downey Rice, who
has been at the pivot post, going to a
forward post. and Eddie De Lisio, who
has been playing a forward job, going
to the bench.
In view Of his good showing in his
first series start last Friday against
Tech, it is thought probable that Milton
Chatlen will again begin at forward
in place of BuScher. Pete LOTUS, who
has been playing at guard, is listed
to replace Matte Newman, lost by gradu-
alton, at forward for Business, with
Freddy Finley taking LOTUS former
guard job.
Aside from the public high champion
| ship games two more matches in which
schoolboy quintS of the District group
will figure are.listed tomorrow afternoon
and a couple OF others tomorrow night.
st. Adams and Silver Spring High are
to meet at st. Adams and Friends and
Woodward at Woodward in afternoon
games, while Southeastern University
and Strayer are to face at the Central
Y. M. G. A. at $50 pm, and Emer-
son and Pontiacs at 9 pm.
Gonzaga will invade the Tech hard.
| wood to meet Georgetown Freshmen to-
night at 7:15 o'clock in the preliminary
to the @. U. Varsity-West Virginia
/ court game.
Games this afternoon were to bring
together st. Johns and Central at Cen
| trail, Business and Emerson and Epis-
copal and woodward in Prep School
Lightweight League game at woodward.
Both Central and Tech uuints put
up stalwart battles before bowling on
out-of-town floors Saturday night.
Central fell before Bethlehem, Pa,
High at Bethlehem, % to 26, and Tech
was beaten by Hagerstown, Nd, High,
at Hagerstown, rs to 20. Both the
Blue and the Gray made gallant bids
for victory in the closing minutes
For Central George Brandt and Rus
sell Lampson were high scorers, with
seven and six points, respectively.
For Tech George LaSsise and Everett
Russell were best OH attack. with IL and
! IL points.