Evening star., 1940-03-09
Be. T.. and Conzaua
Confident Facing
Eastern, Riders
f
St. Johns Cadets Great
Help Handling Crowd;
Girls Sturt PIoy 49,.
BY ROD THOMAS.

Those spick and span st. Johns
Cadets, whose enterprise as ushers
made 1t possible to jam-literally-
Tech gym on opening night of The
Star basket ball tournament, prob
ably will be called upon for more
OF the same tonight when semi
finals are played. with Gonzaga
facing Eastern at 7:30 and Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase and Roosevelt
clashing an hour later. .e
With all the long shots eliminated,
the real struggle for the metro
politan Washington interscholastic
championship will start tonight and
each of the four schools is expected
to support its team with a sizeable,
spirited roofing section.
At the entrances and at intervals
before the stands the uniformed
cadets will point the spectators to
their respective groups. .'.t
Adding color to the show will be
the crack Elks' Boys Band, which
has borne down in rehearsals this
week to be at its best before prob
ably the largest indoor gathering to
hear it.
Bethesda Chevy Chase Hot.
Because of Roosevelt's ragged per-
formance against Montgomery Blair
IN the first round, its supporters are
apprehensiVe as the District inter-
high champion moves against Be-
.heSda-Chevy Chase, which trampled
all in its path in the late games of
It's regular season, including Mont
gomery Blair for the Montgomery
County title, and showed to particu-
lar advantage in crushing Washing
ton-Lee in the first round of The
Star tournament, BIC. c. is eager
to try its strength against the Rough
Riders.
Whether GonZaga can halt the
surging Eastern quint, which seems
to improve with each game. ap-
pears a question of whether the
Purple can hold off Bob Custer,
something few teams have been
able to accomplish. The issue to-
night will be put to Bobby Mulvi-
NH. who starred when Gonzaga de-
feated st. Johns in an uphill strug-
gle for the city Catholic school
title. It's a habit with Custer to
score 20 or more points game, but
the Gonzagans are confident he
won't do it against them.
Tonight's winners will plav the
final Monday night following 7:3O
clash between the girl finalists. The
latter were to be determined this
afternoon in a double -header at
Iech, starting at 3, with Bethesda
Chevy Chase meeting Mount Rain
Ter and Blair encountering Hyatts-
vile
All finalists will receive trophies.
So will the individuals of the cham
plonshlp boy team, the outstanding
boy and outstanding girl and the
best suburban team in the bows
division, They will be presented
Immediately after the finish of Mon
days doinRs.
The attendance has been the
largest by far in the eight-year
history of The Star tournament,
due IN great measure to the inclu-
sion of the rubber game between
Ganzaga and st. Johns for the
Catholic title but even without that
a record would be assured by the
exciting shows promised tonight
and Monday.
Tickets Still Available,
Tickets at 25 cents each still are
on sale at the District public high
schools and the institutions directly
involved in the tournament. but the
admission fee may be paid at the
door. This cash will be used to
defray expenses. with the schools
keeping the money from all tickets
they vend
incidentally, no school will be
permitted to sell the pasteboards at
Tech gym.