Evening star., 1941-02-27
Four Games Slated
For Next tuesday
On Terps' Court
Fair DribbIers Promise
Serop as Exciting as
That in Boy Section

interScholastic basket ball tourna-
ment will have peaches -and-cream
complexion this year. It's going
coed on a major scale with the
eight leading girls teams in this
bailiWick added to the annual cham
pionship scramble. And all indica-
tionS are that the boys will have to
look to their prestige when the star
spangled affair gets under way next
week.
Beauty and basket ball didn't mix
very we'll a few short years ago.
The girls slow, deliberate style and
lnfrequent shots rocked the custom
ers to sleep or kept them away from
the gym entirely. But all that is
changed. They play a faster. smart
e" same that packs plenty of excite
II rent.
The tournament shapes up as the
lo2lcal place to settle rivalries that
have fouriShed during the season,
rivalrieS as strong and intense as
any existing between boys. And the
committee has seen to it that these
feuds will receive proper attention
by listing a quadruple-he lder Tues
day night at the University of
Maryland'S Ritchie Coliseum.
Mount Rainier plays St. Cecilia
at $50, Blair meets Fairfax at 7:3O.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase tangles with
George Washington an hour later
and HyattSville and Sherwood will
manufacture the final.
Girls Field Is Doubled.
This is twice the number that
competed last year and tournament
officials confidently expect twice as
much excitement, color and good
basket ball.
Sectional rivalries are expected to
reach white heat during the tourna-
ment and should add to the excite
ment. Mount Rainier. for example.
has compiled the envieble record
OF II consecutive victories under the
guidance of Coach Mary Speaks and
intends to add to that streak. But
IN st. Cecilia it meets the Wash
lngton parochial school champion
and that is no hollow title.
Hyattsville and Sherwood are
fairly itching" to get at one another
after playing stalemate in their
nrSt engagement, while Blair, cham
plon OF Montgomery County. is lust
as eager to match skill with Fair
fax, titlewinner in its county.
Fifteen teams are going to the
firing line in this, the greatest
scholastic tournament ever staged
IN Washington. Bethesda CHEVY
Chase has the distinction of being
represented by both soSes and the
Earons harbor public ambition to
ccp both titles. Boys teams entered
ere Roosevelt. Lcr[c0. Coolidge.
CONC o.. Geo.g .getoyn Pen. Tastorn
and Virginia school .ct to be Sc
lected.
NirginianS Clash Tomorrow.
Disposition of the last remaining
place hinges on the outcome of the
George Washington Washington
Lee series. which may be decided
tomorrow. The Generals are one
up on their Alexandria rivals and
can cop the Northern Virginia
crown and berth in the tourna-
ment by winning tomorrow. Should
George Washington win, however.
the rubber" game will have to be
played and there is a strong DOS
sibility it will be added to Monday
NIGHTS tournament card.
Boys games will be played Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
Gay nights at Tech High with a
ooubleheader each evening. The
first round program Monday pairs
Coolidge's dark horse quint with the
potent Bethesda-C Chevy Chase squad
and Eastern with Georgetown Prep.
Tuesday Roosevelt tackles a spirited
Landon aggregation and Gonzaga'S
crack toSSerS match shots with the
Virginia representative.
Seminal games Thursday will pit
the Gonzaga- Virginia winner against
the Eastern Georgetown Prep victor
with the winners of the other two
games meeting in the other half of
the twin bill.
Saturdays card will be strictly
of championship caliber. The girls
finalists will play the preliminary
with the boys game following i'm
mediately.
Trophies will be distributed to
virtually everybody but the ticket
takers The winning teams and
runnersup get trophies, of course,
and ditto for their coaches. Out
standing players of the tournament
will be awarded special trophies and
members of the boys winning team
will receive individual awards.
Tickets for the tournament (25
cents a session. are on sale at all
schools participating. Profits are