Evening star., 1941-03-06
HyattsviIIe 10 Tackle
Mount Rainier for
Girls LaureIs
Blair and 9. w. Lose
Tough Decisions to
Piping Hot Rivols
BY BILL DISMER, Jr.

BY BILL DISMER, Jr.
Know where the class of high
school girls basket ball teams lies
within the 500 square miles compris-
ing what is known as the District
Metropolitan Area? Out on 2-mile
stretch of the Baltimore pike, before
you get even TO College Park-and
The Star tournament can prove it.
For, from a field of eight teams
from such widely-scattered points
as the District, Alexandria, Fairfax,
Bethesda, Silver Spring, Mount
Rainer and Hyattsville, only two re-
manned today and they were from
those last two spots, just up (or
down the road from each other.
Despite stubborn, game-long op-
position rendered them last night,
Mary Speake's Mount Rainier sex
tet and Agnes Turner's Hyattsville
lassies emerged as the winners of
semiflnal games at Ritchie Coliseum
to earn the right to meet each for
the metropolitan championship at
Tech High gym Saturday night.
A third-quarter offensive turned
the tide for the Mounts, who nosed
out George Washington of Alexan-
dria, 1914, while two field goals
by a substitute within the last min
ute of play provided the difference
of Hyattsville's .23-19 victory over
Montgomery Blair.
Sure-Enough Natural.
No journalistic fanfare is needed
to fan the flames of rivalry between
Hyattsville and Mount Rainier to
a fever pitch for their champion
ship game. The Mounts hold a 81
edge over HyattsVille this year, but
that's hardly the story. The salient
fact is that Mount Rainier has been
beaten only by Hyattsville and that
one setback cost the Mounts the
championship of the Hyattsville
Gold Cup tournament. 1t also
snapped 19-game winning streak
OF Miss Speake's gals. In turn, two
OF Hyattsville's only four losses were
at the hands of Mount Rainier. So
speculation is rife as to the outcome
of their game for The Stars dia-
dem.
On the basis of their two games
In The Star tournament there
| seems little to choose between them.
HyattSville possesses the better Of
fensive record with a total of As
points in two games to Mount
Rainier's 36, but the latter gave
two opponents only 21 points while
HyattSville yielded 80. Both boast
a trio of tall, leash-like guards who
appear to have molasses on their
hands when it comes to sticking
with opposing forwards.
Hildur Reeves High Scorer.
And although Hildur Reeves of
Hyattsville stands as the individ-
ual scoring leader of the two teams
in Star tournament competition
with 81 points, Betty OFT of Mount
Rainier is credited with only S less.
Each scored 10 last night to pace
again their teams attacks, and their
shooting was as sensational as it
was timely.
Two one-handed shots in Quick
| succession by Miss OFT Just about
cllnched last nights opening game,
giving her team a 1912 advantage
over G. w. with less than four
minutes to go. In girls basket ball
that's almost the same as a To-
point advantage for mans team
with the same time to play. As a
matter of fact, G. w. didn't narrow
the final margin from four to two
points until after the final whistle
had blown, Mary Lee Lynch ac-
counting for the losers 18th and
l4th points from the foul line after
regulation time ran out.
G. w. hoped off to a 60 lead
in the first quarter, at the end of
which it led, 6-5, and it wasn't
until Winnie Martin hooked in q
pretty shot that Mount Rainier
went ahead at 9-8 to stay. At hall
time the Marylanders led, liz
Wanda Giorni dribbled in for G. w
to leave her team only one point
behind at 12-13 in the second half
but that was the closest the losers
came to tying the score again.
Comes Through in Clutch.
Evelyn Alexander, who has PLAYED
as much as any HyattSville player
this year but who didn't start last
nights game, hadn't scored durins
the first 80 minutes, but the 4 point:
she dropped in against Blair with
the score tied at 1913 weren't Topped
in Importance by any she ever made
previously.
After losing an early SO lead
Blair had fought a desperate uphill
battle for nearly three quarters tc
tie the score on Kitty Cleveland.
free shot with minute and IS sec.
onds to play. And then Miss Alex.
ander broke loose. Rocing down the
floor with the throw in, she dumped
one in for a 20-18 lead and after 9
teammate had intercepted an enemy
pass she shared another to make il
22-l8. Another foul throw by Mis-.
Cleveland constituted Blair's lone.
counter threat.
Blair held a So lead at the end o1
the first quarter, but Hyattsvills
outscored it I'll in the second fol
9-6 lead at half-time. At the enc
of the third quarter the eventua
winners still were leading at 1912
Mt: Rainier. GF,Pts, Geo. Wash. GF.Pts
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