Evening star., 1938-03-03
TWO KEEN JOUSTS
ARE DUE TONIGHT
MISUNDERSTANDING and
&c. C.-Mount Rainier
Enthuse Rooters.
By BURTON HAWKINS.


Christened tonight at Tech High
Gym with brace of attractive argu-
ments, The Evening Stars sixth an
nual Metropolitan scholastic basket
ball tournament this year will present
court wizardry on wholesale scale
1t will mark the most glittering ar
ray of schoolboy talent ever herded
together here and for the first time
will find the interhigh champion a
slight underdog.
st. Johns. generally regarded as
the most cohesive club appearing in
this sector in several seasons, will
clash with determined dark horse
of some caliber, Fredericksburg High
at 8 O'Clock. The nightcap of the
double -barreled bait will pit Bethesda
Chevy Chase, only scholastic con-
queror of ST. Johns in 81 games,
against the up-and- coming Mount
Rainier quint.
The lower bracket teams will swing
into action tomorrow night at the
same spot and time, with Eastern,
thrice winner of the Metropolitan,
facing Georgetown Prep, and West
ern, defending champion, squaring
off with Washington-Lee High.
St. Johns Relishes Role.
Despite its recent defeat by Bethes-
da-Chevy Chase. st. Johns has been
installed as favorite, and the cadets
relish the role. Eager to avenge the
blot placed on their record by the
Lelanders, the Johnnies hope to hur-
die Johnny Fenlon's Fredericksburg
outfit and bump into Bethesda in the
semi-flnal round Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock This will be realized
only if Bethesda Chevy Chase spanks
Mount Rainier, and that looms as no
small task, for the Mounts have i'm
proved vastly in recent weeks and
are poised for an upset.
st. Johns, with a student body of
only 425, several times this season has
performed before crowds of more than
2000 and deservedly so, for Coach
Gene Augusterfer has produced a
club which hopes to grasp more
prestige than ever has befallen a
local scholastic team. Following The
Star event ST. Johns will head for
the South Atlantic championships,
sponsored by Washington and Lee
University, at Lexington. Va, and
later will compete in the national
Catholic tourney at Chicago.
No less enthusiastic will be the
Bethesda Chevy Chase contingent, for
followers of that team have created
considerable din in concerted fruit
less effort to root the boys to the
Metropolitan title. Fredericksburg
and Mount Rainier also will import
sizable cheering sections.
Mount Rainier Is Improved.
Mount Rainier, which has remained
undefeated in county competition for
the last two years, has experienced
a rather mediocre season in the matter
of games won and lost, but has i'm
proved rapidly in recent games after
losing five tilts in December with an
inexperienced group Mount Rainier
since has captured five of eight games,
and Coach Perry Wilkinson is conf
dent his outfit has reached its peak
for The Star tourney,
Wilkinson will pluck his starting
lineup from Kenneth Taylor, Frank
Landolt. Robert Crump, Jack Glynn,
Chuck OConnor and James Miller.
Coach Allan Vogt of Bethesda will
rely on Carroll Hayden and Bill
Morell. forwards; Leon Vannais, CEN
ter; Bill Fuller and Pete kiGmel,
guards. Since the lineup is COM
posed entirely of seniors, the lads
are anxious to bow out of scholastic
competition with a flourish, and the
Metropolitan title is their goal.
st. Johns will stick to the same
lineup that has functioned smoothly
all season, with Jim Mulvihill and
Frank Battiste, forwards; Jim Giebel,
center, and Joey Gallagher and john
ny Swagart, guards.
Girls Open Play Saturday.
Girls will battle in preliminary
games Saturday night at the Uni
versity of Maryland mems gym, with
Sherwood lassies meeting George
Washington High tossers at 7:30
O'Clock and Bethesda Chevy Chase
and Mount Rainier colliding in the
nightcap. The final girls game will
be staged Monday night prior to the
boys championship fuss.
The Elks Boys Band will provide
music for the tourney Admission to
all boys cards will be 25 cents, but
there will be no charge for Witness
ing the girls preliminary games.