Evening star., 1936-02-19
PLAySLELANDERS
| IN METROPOLITAN
Sherwood Girls Win Place
on Stars Program to
Open Tomorrow.
BY ROD THOMAS.

- over its hottest rival, Mount
Rainier High School today
- was named to represent Prince
Georges County in the fourth annual
Evening Star basket ball tournament
for the interscholastic championship
of Metropolitan Washington.
Hyattsville High, which bowed to
Mount Rainier yesterday, 27-13, in a
slashing battle in the Hyattsville
armory, gracefully ceded its conqueror
the right to carry the county's stand
ard into the Metropolitan scrap, which
will open tomorrow at 3:45 o'clock in
the Tech High gym. An admission fee
of a quarter will be charged, with
all proceeds above expenses accruing
to the Community Center fund.
In the opening contest. George
Washington High of Alexandria. sport
ing the finest record of any public
school team ever to represent the
Old Dominion city, will meet the
District champion, Eastern, which is
in quest Of a third straight Metro
politan title. In spite of its excellent
record, however, George Washington
will be a long shot to turn back
team which some authorities hold to
be the strongest in Eastern's history.
Final Slated Saturday.
IN THE second game, Mount Rainier
will oppose Bethesda Chevy Chase,
which has been a finalist in each of
The Star tournaments. Representing
Montgomery County, Bethesda-Chevy
Chase was beaten in 1888 by Central
and in "a and '35 by Eastern.
The final will be played Saturday
at Tech, preceded by a contest be-
tween two brilliant girl teams, Fred
ericksburg, Va, High and Sherwood
High of Montgomery County. This
battle will start at 3 o'clock.
Sherwood was chosen today to op-
pose the famed Fredericksburg team
on the strength of an 1917 victory
scored yesterday at the University OF
Maryland over Hyattsville High. The
scores of recent games between fair
teams of the Old Line State leaves
little to choose among Sherwood, Hy-
attsville and Mount Rainier. In an
early-season contest Mount Rainier
defeated Sherwood by four points and
recently Sherwood scored over Mount
Rainier by two points.
And now comes Sherwood with
single-point triumph over Hyattsville.
Both teams. inspired by an opportun-
ity to perform against Fredericksburg.
went at it hammer and tongs and
except for the first few minutes, when
Sherwood ran up a 6-point lead, the
game was tight throughout. Hyatts-
vile closed the gap to 6-8 at the end
of the first quarter and took the lead
at the half at 1910.
Alice Brown Is Star.
brilliant guarding by Alice
Brown proved the winning factor
in the end. Due largely to her ef-
forts. Hyattsville was held scoreless
in the third period. But the Prince
Georges girls got going again In the
final and pulled up even at 1916.
They took the lead at 17-16 when a
technical foul was called on Sher-
wood, one of whose players, in a
moment of excitement, left the bench
and stepped onto the court illegally.
Just before the final whistle Dorothy
Cuff tossed in a field goal to give
Sherwood the verdict.
MANY more games like that, "
laughed the Sherwood coach, Cath
crime Barnesley, land we'll be in line
for the jitters."
Mount Rainier's victory over Hyatts-
vile was sweetened by revenge. A
while back Hyattsville defeated Mount
Rainier in an ra-period game. 1t
was the closeness of the first contest
and the decisiveness of yesterdays
that swayed the tournament manage
ment in the selection of Mount
Rainier, coached by Perry Wilkinson.
Holding the enemy to one goal. the
Mounts ran up IT'S margin by half
time.
Scott Is Big Gun.
IOUTSTANDING in the contest was
~ Tillman Scott of Mount Rainier,
who scored 10 points, including 8 field
goals.
Scott won a compliment from the
Hyattsville coach.
You'll see a finished basket ball
player in this boy" said Bill Yarnell.
who took over the HyattSville team this
season. Young Scott shot baskets from
all angles, and it seemed to make little
difference how far he was from the
hoop.
Mount Rainier may need scott at
his peak and something more to turn
back Bethesda Chevy Chase tomorrow.
Tony Kupka's Lelanders appear to
"rise above themselves" in Star tour
nament competition. Conceded little
chance to win in 1888, they put up a
terrific scrap before bowling to Gen.
tral and gave similar performances
against Eastern. The Mount Rainier
Hyattsville feud will be settled definite
4 ly when they meet in an extra game
| next Wednesday at Ritchie Coliseum.
| Mt. Rainer. G GFPts Hyattsville. G. Pts
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