Evening star., 1939-01-01
Tech Beat St. Ma Called Best Chance Upset in Bowl Battles
Tech al South River,
n. J., for Basket
Till Tomorrow
6. W. High Primine for
17-Gome Schedule; Rice
Starring for Gonzoeo
By GEORGE HJBER.

Tech is the first local school to
resume basket ball action after the
holidays and the first to make an
out-of-town trip. Tomorrow night
1t plays South River High School at
South River, N. j.
Coach Bruce Kessler will leave
town tomorrow morning with about
dozen players, and they expect
to be back with victory in time
for school Tuesday. All last week
they were busy drilling with two
scrimmage sessions each day.
Several other schools held prac-
tices during the holidays, among
them Woodrow Wilson, Western
and Anacostia. Coach Tony Kupka
of Wilson tried a new lineup in
several sessions against Georgetown
freshmen, using Julian Columbus in
place of Malcolm Mcdonald. Colum-
bus made good showing as a
substitute against Gonzaga just be-
fore the holidays.
Roosevelt to Play Grads.
Roosevelt's court team and
graduate quint will clash Friday
night in the second annual feature
Of the alumni gathering and dance.
The alumni squad will be studded
with such former stars as Spero
Kolius, Sid Gordon, Harry Silver
man, Elwood Ey, Blain Wicklein,
Eddie Thompson, Harry Tregano-
wan, Bob Lucas, Hal Sinclair, Fran
ME Beamer, Huck Cananaugn.
Frank Bailey, Joe Conner, SherraQ
Robertson, the Coakley twins, BIZ
Fogel and Sid Esenstad.
Roosevelt's alumni already ha
played one game this season, Iosir
to the Eastern grads, 28-l8.
George Washington High of Ale;
andria is printing for a l7-gan
schedule which includes eight Viz
/ ginia Glass A Conference tilts. Ii
practiced all last week under Louis
(Nubby) Schreiner, athletic directo.'
of Buena Vista Va) High and a
former Alexandria High and Roa-
noke College cage star. The regula,
coach, Albert Doran, was out OF
town.
Bethesda-Ch Chase will re-
sumo its practices on Tuesday, none
having been held during the holi-
days. 1t has lost four games out
of six while playing about two Of
its stars, Pete Smith, forward, and
Francis Hughes. guard. Smith still
is suffering with an injured ankle
and probably will not be ready
until about January 90 Hughes
will be back with the squad, how
ever, as he was absent only for
trip to Florida and is in good shape.
Rice Big Help to Gonzaga.
One of Gonzaga's best and most
dependable players but who seldom
is noticed either at the games or
in the press is Fred Rice Coach
Orrel Mitchell. however, calls him
one of the teams greatest assets
a consistent scorer from his guard
position and a steadying influence
on other players. In two or three
games last year he was individual
high scorer for the Purple. and still
went practically unnoticed.
He's quiet chap for one thing,
and his method of play doesn't at
tract much attention This is his
third year with the team. and it
always seems that some of the other
players are more f1ashy and play
a more spectacular game. Two years
ago it was Jimmy Boyle and Tom
Hanley that attracted most of the
attention. Last year it was Francis
Collins and Jerry Conoley. This year
several others, such as Buddy
OBrien and Francis Councilman,
promise to outshine Fred.
Rice, incidentally, is one of the
five football players on the Gonzaga
basket ball team The others are
Bob Mulvihill, O'Brien, Ralph Pat
ton and Bill Gardner.