Evening star., 1942-03-18
Conquer Fairfax High
In Thrilling Final
OF Star Tourney
Peggy Matthews, Ace
Of Losers, Awarded
Individual Trophy
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School today rang down the curtain
on an eventful basketball campaign
with its girls team handing the bird
to the boys.
Carrying the standard of South
ern Maryland, the boys last week
finished second to Washington-Lee,
representing Northern Virginia, in
dingdong final of The Stars 10th
annual Metropolitan Washington
tournament, a contest settled by
one point.
In the same kind of battle at
Roosevelt High last night, the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase lassies squared
interstate accounts by OutpOlnting
but no outscrapping Fairfax High,
Northern Virginia's best, in the
championship game of the girls
section of the tournament, 1920.
Fairfax Comes From Behind.
- Trailing 9-14 at the half the Vir-
-ginians came back with furious
attack that almost swept the Mary
-landers from the court to gain a
lead that held until nearly the last
minute Of play. 1t was a case Of
somebody having to win and Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase, with an all
out effort at the finish, just did
click. Both teams won an ovation
as the gallery, forgetting partisan
ship for the moment, paid tribute
to two groups of game youngsters.
The contests matched in excite
rment anything the boys offered in
! the tournament. In the boys final,
.. ..Washington-Lee came from behind
in the last minute to win by 24-23.
. Of no small consolation to the
, Virginia team last night was the
, selection by a committee of tour
. nament officials of Peggy Mathers
as the most valuable player in a
: competition that brought together
, the leading girl teams of the Wash
tngton Metropolitan Area. Peggy re-
ceived the biggest ovation of the
evening when she was presented an
Evening Star trophy by Miss Maude
Parker, director of women's activi-
ties of the Community Center and
Playground Department, who Off
ciated at post-game ceremonies.
Miss Parker Makes Awards.
Marcia Boteler, Bethesda cap
tain and Peggy Mathers, Fairfax
captain, accepted trophies in behalf
of their teams and Alice Morgan,
coach of the champions received
one
The winning margin was supplied
with only 25 seconds remaining
when Betty Milne, Bethesda for
ward, dropped in a perfect shot
from mid -sidecourt, but that was
the climax of many exciting mo-
ments. With Carter Dawson sink
ing three baskets, Miss Milne two
and Mildred Stadtler caging one
goal and two foul shots, Bethesda
stepped into 14-9 edge during the
first half. Only consistent Fairfax
scorer during that session was Ella
O'Roark. the teams leading point
getter all season, who tailed three
times. During the second half, Miss
ORoark twisted an ankle and re-
tired.
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with a continuation of it's scoring
stride and had a lead Of 16-9 before
the Fairfax lassies began to click
Arlene Vernon tailed twice and
Maxine Proffitt scored to pull the
score to 1915. With five minutes
remaining, Miss Vernon pitched an
other goal that sent Fairfax ahead
for the first time at 17-16. Miss
Mathers. who started at guard, now
was playing forward with no loss
Of efficiency. She tossed a double
decker that boosted the Fairfax
edge to 1916.
B.-C. c. Keeps Swingin'.
It was whitfield to lone point
when Miss Stadtler tossed in a goal.
Fairfax nudged its total to 20 when
Miss Vernon made good with foul
shot, but almost Immediately the
game was tied at 1920 on another
shot by Miss Stadtler. The tally re-
manned deadlocked for nearly two
minutes and a tie seemed almost
certain until 25 seconds before the
end, when Miss Milne fired her win
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