Evening star., 1940-03-04
WhirI for Metro Title
Throws Together
Natural Rivals
Attendance Record Looms
As Eight Outstanding
Quints Scramble
BY ROD THOMAS.


Shorn of its District inter-high
title but glorious in defeat, Eastern
today began preparation for defense
of another and, in the minds OF
some, more important throne-that
of metropolitan Washington.
BY the same token Roosevelt,
which defeated Eastern by three
points Saturday night to win the
Riders first championship in two
decades, was hungry for more laurel
and intended to gather it at the ex-
pense of the Lincoln Parkers, among
others.
Starting tomorrow night at Tech
the eight outstanding high school
quints of Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia will play for
the metropolitan title in the eighth
annual Evening Star tournament
eliminating season of surprises,
not the least of which was the
showing of Eastern late in the
inter-high series, the outcome of
the tournament is unpredictable.
DIAL 4
Little will be taken for granted
from the time Roosevelt and Mont
gomery Blair, runner-up for the
Montgomery County championship.
line up at 7:3O tomorrow night for
the opening contest until the
scramble is over.
Despite the odds against it, plucky
Montgomery Blair expects to have
on hand the bulk of its student
body plus numerous Montgomery
County citizens to cheer for it, but
they may constitute a small group
compared with the host expected
to turn out for the st. Johns Con-
zaga contest to follow Immediately.
In this battle the Johnnies and
Purple will shoot for the District
parochial championship. Each school
holds a decision over the other.
For years st. Johns has ruled
the parochial roost. but this time
the Gonzagans feel their turn is
here. Anyway, they won more de-
cisively than the Johnnies in the
two games they split. So important
to the arch rivals is tomorrow
nights game that the tournament
management has permitted Coach
Orrel Mitchell of Gonzaga and
Gene Augusterfer to name their
own officials. They chose Dallas
Shirley and Bernie Lieb, both of
whom, incidentally, played their
first basket ball at Eastern High,
Shirley later performing at George
Washington U. and Lieb at Cath
olic U.
A Couple Of Naturals.
On Thursday night Bethesda
Chevy Chase will meet Washington
Lee and Eastern will take on George
Washington of Alexandria In that
order. Both games are naturals.
BIC. c. and WI. have broken even
in two clashes, and a while back
Eastern was forced to play three
extra periods to gain an edge on
George Washington. Both teams
have made marked progress since.
Eastern, virtually counted out of
the District inter-high race, finished
a mighty close second and G.. w. is
IN a fair way of winning the first
Virginia State championship in its
history, already having captured the
Central District title. It will play
Newport News Wednesday night at
Alexandria and the victor will bat
tie Glass High of Lynchburg for the
Old Dominion crown. In this CON-
petition G. w. is the favorite.
In The Star tournament Roose-
velt, Blair, Bethesda Chevy Chase
and Washington-Lee are paired in
the upper bracket and Eastern
George Washington, St. Johns and
Gonzaga in the lower. Semi finals
will be played Saturday night and
the final on Monday evening. =
On Saturday afternoon four girl
teams, yet to be selected, will stage
a double-header at Tech, starting at
3 pm, and the winners will clash
for metropolitan honors in a pre-
hmnary to the boys final.
Rewards Are Bountiful.
Evening Star trophies will be pre-
sented to the champion and runner
up teams of both sexes, to the out
standing suburban boy team, the
outstanding player of each sex and
to the individuals of the winning
boy team to the number of eight
Judges in the competition for the
suburban team and the outstand.
ing player trophies will be Admira
Ross T. McIntire, personal physi.
clan to President Roosevelt, bas.
ket ball player and authority from
way back, and Bill Reinhart, G. w.;
Fod Cotton, C. u; Burt Shipley
Maryland, and Elmer Ripley, bas.
ket ball coaches of Washington!
big four.
They have served in similar ca.
pacity before, but the job this time
appears more difficult than ever
The tournament is sprinkled lib.
orally with brilliant individuals.
Thousands of tickets have beer
distributed among the schools, but
the admission fee of Is cents MAY
be paid at the door. All the Distric,
senior high and parochial school.
and the participating suburban in.
stitutions will split the profits anc
The Star tournament in this re-
spect, it is thought, is unique II
the country.
AS usual, the peppery Jack O'Con.
nell will be master of ceremonies
there will be band music and othel
trappings to make it the most color.
full basket ball show of the season
A record attendance for schooIboy
dribbling tournaments here is ex.
pected.