Evening star., 1942-03-03
Big Ticket Sale
Brings Switch
In Court Play
Stor Tourney Change
To Permit More Fans
To See 'NuturuIs'
By GEORGE HUBER.

Faced with a threatened seating
shortage because of the heavy ad-
vance sale of tickets for Thursdays
first-round double-header in The
Stars 10th annual metropolitan
invitation scholastic basket ball
tournament, officials today found it
advisable to make a shift in the
schedule. Originally programmed
for the opening night were Bethes-
a-Chevy Chase against Montgom-
ery-BIair at 7:30 and Gonzaga
against st. Johns an hour later.
All four of these schools have
large followings, and the Johnny
Eagle rubber game especially prom
ises to bring out crowd. With
the Blair Bethesda rivalry also re-
newed the same night indications
were that even the large capacity
of Tech gym would be taxed. Hence
the Blair Bethesda game Is being
shifted to the following evening at
$3.50, with the Washington-Lee and
George Washington meeting moved
up from that time to 7:30 on Thurs.
day.
No Other Changes MADE.
Otherwise pairings and brackets
remain the same, with survivors in
drst-round play to meet as originally
planned on Monday and Wednesday
of next week.
Here is the revised program:
Thursday, 7:30, Washington-Lee VS..
George Washington; $50, st. Johns
VS.. Gonzaga. Friday, 7:30, George
town Prep VS.. Bladensburg; $50
Bethesda Chevy Chase VS.. Mont
gomery Blair. Monday, 7:30, Prep
Bladensburg winner VS.. w. L.-G. w.
winner; $50. st. Johns -GonZaga
winner VS.. Blair-Bethesda winner.
Wednesday, $50, championship
final.
Tickets for these games are on
sale at all participating schools and
are priced at Is cents plus a Scent
Federal tax. The pasteboards are
good for any session.
Three of the first-round games
J figure to be unusually lively affairs
because of the traditional rivalries
involved, aside from the fact that
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wiz the Metropolitan champion
ship. There is no history Of tradi-
tional rivalry between Georgetown
Prep and Bladensburg as this will
be the first time these two have
tangled in any sport, but it detracts
nothing from their game on Friday.
During the season they demon
strated they have two Of the best
quints in this section with Prep
winning the Catholic League title
and Bladensburg taking the Prince
Georges County crown.
Both, incidentally. were operating
with new coaches this year, Orrel
Mitchell at Prep and Joe Kozik at
Bltlensburg. BladenSburg has the
best record on paper of any team
entered with Is victories in Is
games. including a 12-game win
ming streak, best enjoyed by any
school in the Washington Metro
politan Area.
Rivalries Particularly Hot.
Washington-Lee and George
Washington in Northern Virginia
have battled to an even break in two
games and both have the same
standing In the Virginia Glass A
Conference, having gone through
the same schedule with practically
the same record. They will decide
the Northern Virginia title.
Gonzaga, defending its MetropoI-
tan championship, evened matters
with the Johnnies only last Friday
when before a near capacity crowd
at Tech they won, 1924. st. Johns
shared the first game, 1926, so they
are not only even in games but in
points scored against each other.
Bethesda and Blair usually face
twice each season to decide the
Montgomery County championship.
Only one game has been played so
far, with Bethesda in front.