Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-07
HAS ANNEXED FIVE,
TIED FOR ANOTHER
Tech Also Has Won Quintet
of Championships in Ia
Series Staged.
BY EDWARD A. FULLER, JR.

o.oO " C1OCh buSy Will DC SIdIJlIlS
play in the fifteenth annual Dis
trict public high school basket
ball championship series. Yep,
the five schools have been meet
ing annually in title series since
1917. And what a lot of fun
they've had. It is generally ex-
pected that the impending set
will be just about as hard-fought
as possible, but it aSsuredly will
have to be sizzling series to
match some of those which have
gone before.
Looking back into the mists, It is
noted that Central has garnered the
most championships. The boys who
wear the Blue have won the title out
right five times and shared it once with
Eastern. Tech, which has captured the
crown the past two seasons, is right u
the heels of its dearest foe with five vic
tories. Eastern has won the champion
ship twice, in addition to sharing It
that one time with Central. Business
yes, we said BuSiness-achieved the
heights once. Western alone has never
reached the top, though it has had some
bang-up teams.
For several years prior to 1917--in
fact, starting, it appears, in 1910-therC
was an interscholastic league in which
several of the public high schools and
prep schools competed.
Series Started in 1917.
1t was not until 1917, however, that it
was decided to conduct closed Sefic
among the public high schools. Indoo.
track had claimed most of the scho-
laStics' attention in the Winter prior t.
that time. Tech had the honor of win
ming the first court title, defeating
Eastern, IS to 19, in the final game. In
reviewing the series, The Star notes
that 1t was a real success, creating
much more interest than was usual.
manifest in the games among the
school QuintS. 1t was real fight too
Tech won six games and lost two.
Business was second with five wins ant
three defeats, followed by Central with
four victories and four losses, Western
with three triumphS and five reversc.
and Eastern with two victories and 81.
defeats.
Central won the crown in 1918, win
ming seven games and losing one. Bus.
ness alone lowered the Blue, turning III
son. Eastern, Western and Busines
tied for second place, each with fou
wins and four losses, while Tech brough
up the rear with just one victory an.
seven defeats. The series was describe.
as a great success and as firmly estab
l1sheo as a part of the schools annlI;.
athletic program.
In 1919 business came through. Ar
how. The Stenogs swept the series, WI.
ming all its eight games. Tech, Centra
Eastern and Western finished in tn.
order.
Tech rang up its second champion
ship in 1920, winning seven games, ali !.
played. Central Western, Business All
Eastern followed
Again in 1921 Mckinley was the win
ner, gaining the honor of being the frs.
team to capture the title two seasons IN
row. In annexing its third flag since
1917 Tech won seven games and droppsa
one, its only loss being to Western
which finished second with six victor4l
against two defeats. Eastern. Centra
and Business were next in line.
Central Makes Sweep.
Central landed the bunting In 1922
winning the seven games it playe,;
Bushes was second, with Tech, West
ern and Eastern finishing in that order.
Eastern plainly felt the ignoniny of
finishing last in 1922, for the next year
1t lashed back at its opponents with
such determination that it won its first
nag. Boy, oh, boy, what a desperate
struggle the Lincoln Parkers had.
though. The regular series ended with
eastern and western in a tie. The .
school heads were in a quandary A
deadlock had never occurred before. IL
was finally decided to bring the teams
together in a one-game play-off. East
ern triumphed, &c TO IS, in an extra
period scrap that ran the ganut I'm
thrills. incidentally, this not only was
the frSt time that the end of the sched-
ule has seen flrst-place tie, but it has
never occurred since. Also it was the
nearest Western has ever come to a tie.
eastern won the crown in clean-cut
style in 1924, however, emerging yictori-
Gus In all eight of its games.
Central, under Coach Bert Coggins,
landed its third title in 1925, and then
went on to victory the next three years.
though in 1926 it had to share top
nonors with Eastern. That year a battle
between Central and Eastern was ruled
no contest as the result of a dispute
eastern wanted to play another game
but Central could not arrange for IL in
view OF heavy outside schedule that il
mao booked. 1t finally was decided that
Central and Eastern should share the
crown.
Another disturbance marked tine
1877 series, a dispute arising wher
central and Western met. The series
was halted and Central, which was wei
out In front in the race, was declared
the winner
After Central had added still another
title in 1928 Tech with Artie Boyd on
the job as coach, won its fourth ami
NTH championships in 1929 and last
Winter.
G. U. Prep Once Victor.
Georgetown Prep, it appears. was the
winner in the first scholastic league
championship race in 1910. George
town Prep again was strong in 1911, as
was Eastern, and it seems that both
Teams claimed supremacy. Georgetown
Prep, however. won indisputably in
1912. Army and Navy Prep, which
later moved to Manassas. Va, and was
the forerunner of Swavely School now
located there, won the flag in 1918. In
1914 Business triumphed without suf-
fering a defeat, downing Cathedral
School to win.
In 1915 Bryan Morse took up the
coaching reins at Western and the
boys began to be heard
rom at once, winning the title on a.
0lay-off with Business The Stenogs
n a previous game had surprised bv
Western to tie the George
own boys.
Western again landed the gonfalon
n 1916. From that year. however, the
Iuint that sports the Red has been I'M
lble to win a championship
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