Evening star., 1940-02-27
Doran 5 Lads in Fair
Way 10 Snare State
And Metro Laurel
&c. c. and Blair Foce
Tonight With County
Grown at Stake
BY ROD THOMAS.

Rasty Doran, who won his athletic
spurs at Ohio University and now is
making fast headway as a coach at
George Washington High School,
called upon all his resources today
to meet problem unique in the
history of the flourishing Alexandria
institution, presided over by Mr.. H.
T. Moncure, an athlete from way
back who never lost the winning
spirit.
In molding this seasons G. w.
basket ball team, Doran came up
with more than he. or anybody else,
It seems, expected-and today finds
his charges facing two championship
struggles.
Next Friday and Saturday nights
George Washington will meet Wash
ington-Lee, its arch foe, first at
Alexandria, then in the enemy's lair
at Ballston and must win both games
to come out on top in the central
division of Virginia's State cham
pionship scrap. A split with the
Little Generals would tie G. w. and
Hopewel for the division title, and
q double loss would eliminate Doran's
team from the State contest.
Presidents Schedule Jammed.
Should G.. w. one-two Washing
ton-Lee, it will be called upon to
face Newport News, southern di-
vision champion, during the week OF
The Evening Star tournament and
the Alexandrians are counted upon
by Northern Virginia citizens to
carry high the sectors standard
against the best that Washington
proper and Southern Maryland
present.
There's the rub for Doran and his
lads. The Star tournament will be
played at Tech on March S. 7, 9 and
II. In the event of G. w. double
victory over Washington-Lee the
State schedule calls for a game be-
tween the Presidents and Newport
News on March 6. The winner Of
this game soon would play Glass
High of Lynchburg, eastern division
champion, with the Old Dominion
title at stake. G. w. never has won
this, nor has it come close to win
ming metropolitan Washington
honors. This time it rates unprec-
edented consideration for both,
which is something new in the his
tory Of the school.
If things 60 we'll for the Presi-
dents, here's the row they'll hoe:
March 1-Washington-Lee at
Alexandria.
March 2-Washington-Lee at Ar
Ington.
March 6-Newport News at Alex
andria.
March 7-First-round opponent In
Star tournament.
March 8-Glass of Lynchburg for
the State championship.
March 9-Semif1nal opponent OF
Star tournament.
March 11-Opponent in Star
tournament final.
e Scylla and Charybdis.
: Whether to bear down In the di-
tection of the State title or the
metropolitan is question with the
Presidents. Probably they will look
upon both alike. They've become
hardened to tight going, as witness:
They have lost four games this sea-
son, to Eastern, District and metro
politan champion last year, in three
overtime periods; to Western in two
overtime sessions, to Gonzaga in
two added stanzas and to John
Marshall of Richmond, which they
came back to whip decisively. G. w.
dropped its opening game of the
season to Marshall. Only the Presi-
dents hold two decisions over Hope
well, which they will play again If
they divide with Washington-Lee.
When last seen by this reporter,
Principal Moncure was headed for
Q neighboring school of G. w. to
ask the loan of gymnasium large
enough to hold the folk who want
to see the clash Friday night be-
tween the Presidents and Little
Generals. The G. w. plant wasn't
big enough to accommodate all who
tried to witness the G. W.-Hopewell
contest last Saturday evening.
Nearby Virginians are no more
excited than the adherents Of Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase and Montgom-
cry Blair in Montgomery County,
Md. If Blair downs Bethesda-C Chevy
Chase tonight in Ritchie Coliseum
they will be deadlocked for the
county championship and will shoot
1t out in a first-round game Of The
Star tournament. Hostilities will
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