Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04
PUBLIC HIGH TITLE
. SET OPENS FRIDAY
Teams Seem Well Matched
for Annual TuSsIe-Many
Outside Tits.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

i ball championship series
opening next Friday, &C
cording to all signs. Eastern will
meet Tech, the defending cham
piop, in the first match, at $3.50
O'Clock, with Business and West
ern taking the floor in the second
game. AS usual, double-headers
will be played each Tuesday and
Friday on the Tech court.
Each one Of the I'VE teams appears
to have a first-rate chance at the title,
judging from their work in pre-series
games. Those who have followed
preciable time expect a knock down,
drag-out fight, with much depending
on the breaks.
Some believe that the public high
teams as a group are not up to the
standard of last season. Nearly every
one is convinced, however, that they
are unusually well matched and should
put on great series.
TN the opinion of some observers
i Western hardly can be figured to
show as Stoutly as in the past two
seasons. Coach Cliff Moore apparently
Is making the most Of his material, but
the loss of such crack performers as
Bob Freeman and Jimmy Thompson,
all-high selections, will, it is thought,
prove blow that the mentor Of the
Red squad cannot overcome for sea-
son or two.
Tech has lost a group of high-class
performers, but has retained several
Al 4kw 49,
high hopes of the team landing its
third straight title under Coach Artie
Boyd. Many favor Eastern, which has
group of seasoned players, to win.
Should Business get some breaks the
Stenogs will be right around the top,
1t Is believed by many. Central doubt
less has a club capable Of causing
plenty Of trouble.
WITH Eastern and Tech and Bust
w ness and Western facing the fire.
works should start with gusto Fri
day. The victorS will achieve big adj
vantage both On paper and psychology
cally, though a good start Is by no
means a guaranty Of success in the Sc
ries, as history shows not few in
stances in which teams after beginning
with a rush have faltered or after a
poor start have shown a reversal of
form. Almost anything can happen In
a series in which each team plays the
other twice.
Central will not make its series debut
until January IS, when it meets its
traditional foe, Tech.
Here's the complete series schedule
January eastern VS.. Tech, Bus1-
ness VS.. Western.
January 13-Eastern vs.. Western,
Central VS.. Tech.
January 16-Business VS.. Central,
Tech VS.. Western.
January 20-Business VS.. Eastern,
Central VS.. Western.
January 23-Business VS.. Tech, Cen
trail VS.. Eastern.
January 27-Eastern VS.. Tech, Bust
ness VS.. Western.
January 30-Eastern VS.. Western
Central VS.. Tech.
February 3-Business VS.. Central,
Tech VS.. Western.
February Cuisines VS.. Eastern,
Central VS.. Western.
February 10-Business vs.. Tech, Cen
trail VS.. Eastern.
WHILE the public high title games
w get most Of the spotlight, a host
OF other engagements, some of
them Of more than usual interest are
scheduled for schoolboy quintS during
the week. In all 16 games are listed,
with at least one carded every day as
the scholastics plunge into the post
holiday period.
st. Johns will face Tech tomorrow in
the Tech gym. The Gray had little
trouble downing the KaydetS shortly be-
fore Christmas, 80 to IL, but the latter
Is determined to furnish q better fight
tomorrow.
In encounters Tuesday Business and
Gonzaga will meet in the Stenog gym
nasium and HyattsviIle High viii face
Tech on the Tech court. The host teams
are favored to win.
Westinghouse High viii face East
ern at Eastern and business will have
1t out with Emerson at Business We'd
nesday.
Three games are scheduled Thurs
day. st. Johns and Central are to
clash at Central, Alexandria High will
battle Eastern at Eastern and George
Washington Freshmen and GonZaga
are to try conclusions on the Gonzaga
court.
Aside from the public high trays Fri
day, Landon and Woodward are down
for q tilt at the Central Y. M. c. A.
and Georgetown Prep and swavely are
to face at Garrett Park, Md.
Though four games are slated Satur-
day, only one is for District floor.
That will flnd Gonzaga meeting Catho-
lie University Freshmen at 7:15 pm. in
a preliminary to the c. U.-Geneva Col
lege game at C. u. Tech will go up
against Episcopal at Alexandria, Cen
trail will fill an attractive engagement,
facing Princeton Freshmen at Prince
ton In a curtain-raiser to the Princeton
Columbia game, and Emerson will go
over to Annapolis to engage Navy
Plebes.