Evening star., 1942-12-20
Perfect States Rare
Although Few TiIts
Have Been Played
6. w., St. Johns, Tech
Boost Best Records;
WI. Late Sturter
BY GEORGE HUBER.

ny OLohIE HUBER.
The high school basket ball season
hardly has begun, yet already it is
little chaotic. Sixteen teams have
played anywhere from one to four
games, and of those which have
played more than one only three
remain undefeated From the way
things have gone it's hard to tell
which are the good and which are
the not-so-good quints. This con-
dition easily could carry right on
through the season, which means
some real action when they get to-
gether in The Star Metropolitan
tournament at the end to decide
champion.
The undefeated quints are George
Washington High and St. Johns,
with three victories each, and Tech,
with two wins. Western and Bulls
also have started once and won once,
but this hardly can be regarded as
indicative of particular strength be-
cause of the caliber Of competition
involved
Two games are listed on Tuesday,
with Anacostia at Eastern and the
Alumni at Bethesda Chevy Chase,
after which the schoolboys put away
their suits until after the holidays.
From the way things have gone
so far the season promises to be an
exciting one with strength spread
rather evenly throughout the city
and suburbs. George Washmgton's
record must be regarded as the best
inasmuch as its three victories we're
over fairly good quints-Eastern
Wilson of Portsmouth and Coolidge
Coach Rasty Doran has several ex-
perienced boys on his team, among
them Calvin Bailey, Joe Hensley
and Chiffon Raiford, and off their
early showing the Presidents must
be considered real contenders for
the Northern Virginia title.
Generals Yet to Start.
Still to be heard from, though, is
last years Virginia winner and Met
ropolitan Washington champion,
Washington-Lee. 1t hasn't started,
but the Generals team practically
is the same as last years.
st. Johns also has proved capable
in gaining it's three victories, al
though the caliber of competition
wasn't as tough as that G.. w. has
faced. The same goes for Tech.
which beat Georgetown Prep and
National Training School. The
Maroons have team considered one
of the favorites for the high school
title. More will be known about it
after'its next game, which is against
Roosevelt on January in the pub
lie high championship series opener.
Roosevelt, favorite along with
Tech, lost its opener to Bethesda
Chevy Chase, which wouldn't have
been so bad except that Bethesda
later lost to Woodrow Wilson. Will
son wasn't supposed to have much
this season, even though it won the
District high school title last sea-
son. Coach Tony Kupka may spring
surprise with the Tigers, however.
Bill lavish, only holdover from
last years winning quint, holds the
team together and does a bit of
scoring himself to help things
along He's usually guard, stand
ing near midcourt to feed the ball
in to the others, and some of these
others, with more experience, may
prove good scorers. Windy Van
Dusen, a skinny lad who handles
himself we'll, is very promising. So
Is Stew Brown.
Bethesda Shows Promise.
Bethesda, despite its setback from
Wilson, is another of this sections
good teams and one of its players,
Bob Brewer has proven one of the
best all-around players to show so
far this season. The Barons are
making real bid for suburban
honors and are pointing for their
game against Washington-Lee early
next month. 1t was the Generals
who beat them out of the Metropoll-
tan championship last year,
Gonzaga, too, has earned spot
near the top in early-season play.
Coach Joe Kozik's crew includes
such experienced players as Elmer
Raba, Tony Tancredi and Joe HiX-
on The Eagles only setback in
four games so far was by one point
to the Alumni, while otherwise they
handilv disposed of National Train
ing. Anacostia and Blair.
Complete won and lost records
so far are: George Washington and
ST. Johns. three and none; Tech, |
two and none; Western and Bulls, |
one and none; Gonzaga, three and
one: Coolidge. two and two; Wilson, |
Central. Blair, Anacostia. Eastern
and Landon, one and one; Roose- |
welt, none and two, and George
town Prep, none and one.