Evening star., 1936-12-20

SCneUuIeS CuTt8ue0.
loot BALL teams now may play
no more than eight games a sea-
son. basket ball teams may schedule
no more than 19 games, base ball
teams shall card no more than IL
games and track teams are allowed
to compete in only 5 meets. Birch
E. Bayn, director of physical educa-
tion, and E. B. Henderson, colored
athletic head. who formulated the
plan, believe this reduction will avoid
any athlete overtaxing his strength.
Eastern's veteran quint experienced
little trouble in winning the first title
of the year, sweeping through the
basket ball series undefeated as its
closest competitor, Roosevelt won four
games and lost four. Central and
Western tied for third place with
three triumphs in eight games, while
Tech finished in the cellar. taking
but two tilts.
Chick Hollidge. elongated Eastern
forward, set the scoring pace with
81 points, followed closely by his
crack teammate, Lavelle Dopey)
Dean, who scored II points. Both
Hollidge and Dean were named on
The Stars all-high basket ball team,
while Will Thompson Of Central was
honored at center, Bill Rea Of Tech
at. guard, and Donald Zones Of Gen.
tral at forward.
Eastern travelled to Glen Falls,
N Y, to defend its Eastern States
scholastic tournament championship.
but was eliminated in the semi-final
round by Brown Prep.
Western Nine Champion.
WESTERN won its first champion
ship in more than a decade by
capturing base ball laurels. The Red
Raiders. trimming Central. 5-4. in q
play-off for the title. finished with q
record of four victories and one de-
feat. Central took second place. Tech
grabbed third and Eastern and Roose-
welt tied for fourth.
Three Western players were named
on the all-high club. with Bill Ed
monston, second baseman. probably
Leaton Kushman, Western. pitcher;
Jimmy Wise. Tech. catcher: Gordon
Bartoo, Eastern, first base; George
Hahn, Tech. shortstop; Dick Lynham.
Western, third base; Gerald Tassa,
Roosevelt, left field; Joe Moran, Gen.
tral, center field. and Francis Coax
ley. Roosevelt, right field.
Scoring "a points. Tech won the
interhigh track crown. with Eastern
annexing the runner-up spot with SO
points. Central was third with 80
points. while Western and Roosevelt
finished fourth and fifth with II and
Z points, respectively.
The feature Of the scholastic cinder
meet was provided by Will Thompson
of Central, who tied / 34-year-old
record by covering 220 yards in 22:04
seconds. Thompson now holds the
mark with Dick Dear Of Central, who
set the record in 1902.
Locals Fail in &C" Club Meet.
7 OCAL schools failed to figure in
- the annual &C" Club track meet,
which was won by Episcopal, with
Newport News High capturing second
and Baltimore City College taking
third. Tech, finishing sixth. set the
pace for Washington high schools.
Strictly an in-and-out eleven,
Techs foot ball team combined its
best play Of the year to upset Central,
60, and coast to the championship
with a TO victory over Western
scoreless tie with Eastern and q 14-0
triumph over Roosevelt. Central and
Western tied for second place, while
Eastern wound up in fourth place and
Roosevelt ended in the cellar.
Named on the all-high team were
Jim King of Tech and Jim Farqu-
harson of Western, ends; Hugh Cra-
mer and John Swank, both Of Central,
tackles; Charley Jones Of Central and
Biff Ohphant of Western, guards: Bill
Kemp Of Eastern, center; Al Kidwell
of Eastern, quarterback; Bill Wooten
Of Central and Johnny Williamson of
Tech, halves, and Len Weinstein of
Western, fullback.
Prep school foot ball suffered some
what of relapse, with only Bulls and
Landon winning more games than
they lost. Gonzaga won the Little
Three" championship. with st. Johns
winning the basket ball title in the
same league.