Evening star., 1937-03-19
CHAMPIONS SCRAP
FOR METRO TITLE
Two Other Hot Games Back
Up St. john s-Western
Tilt Tomorrow.
BY BILL DISMER, Jr,


noon,
For when Western and St. Johns
public and private high champions
respectively, meet in the last game of
the triple header which will decide
three titles, it Will be one of the few
instances in local history in which
meeting of the best teams of each
group has decided the scholastic
champion.
Thus, for the first time since The
Star tournament began in 1888, the
final game will be something more
than an anti-ClimaX, for in the past
four years, Eastern and Central have
so overshadowed their final opponent
as to win the championship without
exertion. Neither of tomorroWS main
opponents are pronounced favorlteS,
each having decided hackers.
Two Other Titles at Stake.
pUT local fans won't be the only
~ ones at Tech tomorrow. Two other
championships will be fought over
among three schools. one Of which
has a finaliSt in two divisions,
Mount Rainier and BetheSda-CheVy
Chase, selected by Judges Jim PiXlee
and Fod Cotton as the best teams en-
tered from beyond District limits, will
stage a scrap for the title Of champion
of the suburban area. 1t is note
worthy that both were eliminated from
the major championship fight only by
tomorrow's fnaHSts Western having
defeated Mount Rainier and St. Johns
having whipped BIC. c.
Also. for what is believed to be the
first time a girls championship of the
suburban area will be at stake Again,
Bethesda Chevy Chase is represented
bv a clever outfit which will meet a
capable foe in the SeXtet of George
Washington High of Alexandria.
Both teams won their qualifying games
with plenty to spare, BIC. c. trOunc-
Ing Mount Rainier. 1920, and G. w.
Trlpling the score on its arch rival,
Washington-Lee of Ballston, 24-8.
The girls title struggle, incidentally,
will open the triple bill at o'clock.
All Will Get Trophies.
WIN or lose each OF tomorFo"
w contestants will receive hand
some trophy from The Star, which is
thus rewarding the finallstS in the
three divisions.
Before passing to the most I'M
portant game of the day. to local fans,
it is fitting to reflect upon the declSlon
which brings Mount Rainier and
Bethesda Chevy Chase together Tor
the suburban title Although a meet
ing of two other losing out-ot-toWn
CUNTS, George Washington and wash
ineton-Lee, would have been another
"n3tural" both PiXlee and Cotton
firmly believe their selections to be
the two best suburban teams IN the
tournament.
Probably no more scientific study
of anv basket ball teams ever was made
than that by PiXlee, who has
Charted record of the games in winch
the suburban entries played, NoI
merely a Score-by-sCore account Such
as kept by the average critic, but
court diagram showing positions from
which each and every shot was made
by every member Of the team. Inc
paper record clearly shows which team
got into the best position for scoring
which fooliShly wasted many chances
bv firing from afar and what spot
each player was most accurate from,
It is thought that such an analysis
enables one to judge, beforehand, the
outcome of game between TWO
charted opponents and the judges
were to be asked, in confidence, their
opinion of tomorroW's game before II
starts.
Johnnies Hard to Score On.
A S TO the Western-st. Johns game
no ballyhoo is needed to stir up
supporters of either. Seeing their
chance to establish themselves as the
official Schoolboy champions OF the
District. the Cadets are out to capl-
talize upon the opportunity. Although
thev had lost to Eastern twice preyi-
ously in the campaign, the Cadets de-
feated the Lincoln ParkerS Wednesday
night when the chips were down and
they are confident they will do the
same to the Red Raiders under SINH
lar circumstances. For Western
handed st. Johns one Of its few set
backs this Winter, winning by 1926
score incidentally, the Cadets great
defense has not yielded 80 points in
any game this year. those % by West
ern being the closest to that mark,
AS if the championship of the local
area were not incentive enougl- for
tomorrows rivals, the winner undoubt-
edly will get the local bid to partici-
pate in the annual Eastern States
tournament at GlenS Falls. N. Y,
yearly objective of the EaStS best
scholastic fiveS.
Opinion of the superiority of the
two quints is about equally divided.
Westerns capture of the lnterhlgh
championship from an Eastern team
which had monopolized it for three
years, gains its share of supporters,
who pronounce it the finest all-around
team in local circles Capt Gerald
Burns at forward and George De Witt
at center were unanimous all-high Sc
lections, but from his performance
in The Star tournament, George
Schulze appears to have been under
rated The crack guard has been one
of the Red Raiders main cogs in VIC
tories over George Washington and
Westinghouse. And Holloran and
JomaX, completing the first five, are
no slouches.
JChnnies Are Giant Killers.
IN ADDITION, Western has above
average reserve strength and their
progress has not been retarded per-
ceptibly by the insertion of substitutes
All of which would look bad for st.
Johns if it were not for the latter's
apparent delight in knocking off
champions. Last week, at the Wash
ington g. Lee tournament in Lexing-
ton, the Cadets eliminated John Mar
shall of Richmond, undefeated and
seeded No. /, in the first round.
Thursday they kicked Eastern, defend
ing champion of The Star tournament,
out of the running Now they are