Evening star., 1938-02-04
RIDERS THREATEN
T0UPSETEASTERN
BoIstered Basket Team Out
to Gain Lead Tonight
in School Series.
Bx BURTON HAWKINS.

~ UOYED by the addition Of q
- previously ineligible player and
recruit from junior high
- school who already has an
nexed a regular berth. Roosevelt High
Schools basket ball team envisions a
gilt-edge upset tonight when it tangles
with Eastern at Tech High gym with
the series lead at stake.
The doubtful condition Of Eastern's
Clint Quantrille. runner-up in scor-
ing honors to teammate Lee Lusby
has enhanced the chances Of the
Rough Riders. who currently are
knotted with the Lincoln Parkers and
Western in first place at four victories
and one defeat. The game will pre-
cede a rather inconsequential Tech
Central feud and will get under way
at 7:30 pm.
Quantrille, towering lad who has
aided Eastern considerably in snatch
ing blackboard rebounds in addition
to scoring heavily, has been confined
to his home for three days with a
severe head cold and Coach Mike
Kelley may be forced to insert a
substitute at center. Any replace
ment figures to handicap the Lincoln
Parkers, for Eastern's reserves are
weak.
Perlo Find" for Riders
ID OOSEVELTS rosy-hued ambitions
~ are bolstered by Hymie Perlo who
recently shifted his court talent few
yards from Mcfarland Junior High
to the Rough Riders, and Jack Smith,
a center previously ineligible. Tues
day against Briarley Military Academy
Smith and Perlo paced Roosevelts at
tack with IL and 9 points, respectively.
Perlo, a third semester lad, gen.
orally Is regarded as one OF the finest
scholastic court prospects in several
seasons and was eyed hopefully by
several coaches before hitching with
the Riders. The addition Of Smith,
coupled with Eastern's possible tenn
porary loss of Quantrille. greatly aug
ments Roosevelt's chances.
The game has f1ared into bitter
rivalry, since Eastern recently was
forced to forfeit its first triumph
over the Rough Riders. due to en-
ploying an ineligible reserve player
for brief session of the fourth
period. Since absorbing that 44-ls
shellacking, however. Roosevelt has
improved considerably and schoolboy
fans anticipate a keenly contested
affair.
Win Means Series Lead.
THE winner will grasp the serie.
= lead, with the losing quint being
nudged down to third place behinc
the idle Western outfit. Western viii
slip into second place regardless o.
the outcome, while the losing team
likely will be removed from titulal
consideration.
Coach Kelley plans to insert Ralph
Matera at center If Quantrille Is un'
able to play and shove either Stasull
or Cooksey into Matera's forWare
berth. Soup Hancock will perform
at the other forward post, with Lusoy
and Russ Lombardy at guards.
Coach Herman Littman OF Roose'
welt will start Louis West and Perlo
forwards; Smith. center. and Billy
Robertson and George Zuras. guards
Roosevelt's reserve strength may
prove a deciding factor, with Bill
Love, Harry Treganowan, Jimmy
Robertson and AL Miller available fol
duty.
The Central-Tech fuss mean!
nothing to the series standings, bu
is backed by years Of tradition ane
is the prize nugget Of the campaign
to each team. Tech trounced the Co.
lumbia Heights five, 1928, In the
first fray.
St. Johns After Crown.
WIN or lose, Tech still will cling t
w fourth place and Central. still
seeking its first series triumph, viii
remain in the cellar.
Meanwhile st. Johns was striving
to clinch the Catholic prep schoo
championship at Georgetown Prep''
expense this afternoon at Garrett
Park. Md, and was a prohibitive
favorite to annex the title for the
fourth consecutive season.
The Cadets have defeated botf
Georgetown Prep and Gonzaga, while
those schools have split in two games
with each other. and the Johnnie'
needed only to win today to clutch
the crown.