Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
GAME TO FEATURE
BIG COURT WEEK
Blue and White Is Favorite.
Scholastic Basketers List
80 Clashes.
By EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

~ ENTRAL and Western. leader
and r7lnner-up, respectively, in
Y 4 the public high school cham
pionship basket ball series, will
fight 1t out Tuesday afternoon on the
Tech floor in the feature game of the
week among scholastic tossers of the
District area. The clash will end play
in the first round of the title set.
In ell. 80 games are scheduled for the
week, which will be the biggest of the
campaign SO far.
A game between Eastern and Tech
starting at 3:45 o'clock will precede
the Central-Western battle. This also
is likely to be a snappy fray as defeat
for either the Lincoln Parkers or Nc
Kinley will be just about fatal to their
title chances.
Central and Eastern and Business
and Tech will face In Fridays cham
pionship games.
A host of other encounters of note
are carded during the week. Games
promising sparkling action are booked
every day.
Central has so far conquered Eastern,
Business and Tech. the defending
champion. to head the series race with
three wins against no defeats and If 1t
can vsnquish Western, last Winters
rllnner-up will be a heavy favorite to
regain the crown 1t relinquished to
Tech campaign ago.
Western, with two victories and one
loss is Just a game behind Coach Bert
CogginS' fiashy Blue and White, and
will be battling for all 1t Is worth to
upset Central and gain a first-place tie
with the Columbia Heights boys.
SO far Central has been more impress
sive than Western. The Blue and White
drubbed Tech. as tn Is, Saturday, while
the Gray last Tuesday hunbled West
ern. IS to "a.
However, picking winners in this
series has proved extremely hazardous.
Who can say that there will not be
more upsets?
Headlining tomorrow's five-game card
will be battles Between Central and st.
Johns in the latter's gym and Emerson
and George Washington Freshmen on
the Colonial floor. The first engage
n1ent has been set for 80 o'clock and
the latter for pm.
In other contests. all afternoon af-
fairs. st. Adams will entertain Shen-
andoah Valley Academy, Eastern and
Hyattsville High will clash in the Ma
tional Guard Armory in the Maryland
town and lightweights Of Gonzaga and
Episcopal High will try conclusions on
the l street school court.
Aside from the Eastern-Tech, Cen
trsl-Western games Tuesday the most
attractive perhaps Is the Gonzaga- Bust
ness tilt to be staged In the Stenogs'
gym.
Recently Business squeezed out q "a
20 victory over the Purple and the lat
ter will be out to even the slate.
Five other tits are booked Tuesday.
TVAf to- - -fkN TH~s.
lin and Dewitt ar to clash at LANGLEY
Junior High and Landon and woodward
are to meet at the Central Y. M G. A.
Friends and Episcopal are TO meet in
Prep School Lightweight League game
at Episcopal, Woodward Juniors and
Rockville High are to have 1t out ct
Fredericksburg. Va, to engage Fred
ericksburg Collegians.
An encounter between Emerson and
Eastern in the Lincoln Parkers' gym is
the standout on Wednesdays schedule.
Eastern already has twice conquered
Emerson, and the p Etreeters will be
striving to get back at the Lincoln
Parkers.
Business and Maryland Freshmen will
meet at College Park. Friends and ST.
Adams at St. Adams and Georgetown
Prep and Lsndon In the Epiphany
Church gym in other afternoon fravs,
Ben Franklin will face GEORGETOWN
FRESHMEN in the Tech gym in night
game that will be a preliminary 10 @he
Hoya Varsity Johns Hopkins match.
Eastern and Ben Franklin are tb.
only qutnts listed for action ThursSev
the l1ghtest day of the week. Eastern
VII play host to the Cardinal yearlings,
while the Franklin quint will battle
George washington Freshmen on the
Colonials' court.
BY far the busiest day of the week
vii oe Friday, for which eight engage
n1ents are slated
In addition to the Central-Eastsrn
Susiness-Tech encounters, the card In.
oludes games here between Landon ana
FRIENDS at Friends and Leonard Han
and st. Adams at st. Adams.
Otner matches will find Western and
maryland freshmen facing at College
Park. Gonzaga and GEORGETOWN at car
rett Park, Dewitt and the Fredertcksburs
GoIeg1ans at Fredericksburg, Va, and
Cstonsville High and Hvattsville Hirh
in the Hyattsville Armory.
St Johns and Bliss will annesr I,
action on District courts Saturday. both
being slated for night games This
Cadets will face Georgetown University
freshmen in Ryan Gym in the curtain
raiser to the Hoya Varsity Mount St
Mays tilt and Bliss and Donaldson
school Of Baltimore will do battle in
the National Guard Armory at Silver
Spring.
Central will Journey to Annapolis %
meet NAVY Pleoes and Emerson viii 20
TO Richmond to hook up with Benedic-
tine College.
CENTRAL SWIMMERS
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