Evening star., 1939-01-08
Blair Basketers Aim
To End LeIanders'
County Control
Montgomery Scholastic
RivoIs Meet Twice on
Court This Winter
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Cres Bride and his MONTGOMERY.
Blair players at Silver Spring are
making quiet plans to end Bethesda.
Chevy Chase's six-year reign as
king Of scholastic basket ball In
Montgomery County.
With an experienced team that 80
far has dropped but one game in
four, Bride believes that at last he
has the outfit to spill the Lelanders.
His players average feet In height.
a decided advantage on the court,
especially against a zone defense
such as employed by Bethesda.
Not since 1882 has MONTGOMERY.
Blair, or any county team for that
matter, defeated the Lelanders.
Games since then have been heart
breakers, all lost by the slimmest
OF margins. Last year, for example.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase won by
point scored in the last few seconds.
Never has more than points sep.
arated winner and loser.
They meet twice this year, at
Montgomery-Blair on January 27
and at Bethesda on February "a. II
the schools should split this series
they plan play-off game for the
county championship.
Teams Look Well Matched.
Bethesda's record this season is
not too good for team that last year
went to the semi finals in The Star
Metropolitan championship tourna-
ment and to the final OF the South
Atlantic tournament. 1t won its
first two games against Rockville
and Georgetown Prep, but since
has lost to Western, Tech, Eastern
and an alumni team.
BY comparing the scores against
the only team which they both have
played so far the two seem evenly
matched. Western downed the
Blairs, 23-15. and Bethesda, 26-ls,
an 8-point difference in both cases.
Richard Montgomery High Of
Rockville also is making bid this
year for honors in Montgomery
County under its new coach, Ralph
Keller, former Maryland player. He
has arranged a schedule that he
hopes will lift, the Orange Tide out
of county" competition. Friday it
plays st. Adams here, and the fol-
lowing Friday it plays host to Fred
erick High School.
This last game is of particular in
terest to Keller as he is a graduate
OF Frederick, and Warren Evans,
the coach there, played with him at
Maryland. Keller's greatest fame at
Maryland, however, was won as a
track star.
Both Here This Week.
Both Bethesda and Blair also have
games scheduled in Washington this
week, with the Blairs probably fac
ing the toughest competition to-
morrow afternoon at st. Johns.
Bethesda meets Tech on Tuesday
and Anacostia on Friday.
The outstanding local game of
the week promises to be the st,
Johns clash with Western at West
ern on Wednesday afternoon. Both
are sporting undefeated records and
both are giving promise Of leading
their respective championship races,
st. Johns in the Catholic prep Sc
ries and Western in the interhigh
championship series.
Gene Augusterfer, coach Of st.
Johns, last years city champion, has
seen most of the local high schools
and declares Western to be the best
of the crop.
Washington-Lee Highs young and
inexperienced squad is facing q
tough week, meeting Gonzaga,
Thomas Jefferson and Petersburg.
So far the Little Generals have won
but one game in four, and pros
poets for a successful season are
none too bright.
Buck Richardson is building for
the future out there in Arlington,
and every member of his squad ex-
cept one will be back next year. BY
then they will have plenty Of bas-
ket ball in their systems, as Buck
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