Evening star., 1942-03-10
Two Points in Extra
Period Win Thriller
From St. Johns
Generals Third Session
Drive Beuts 6. U. Prep;
Burons in Dixie Event
BY GEORGE HUBER.

Bethesda Chevy Chase and Wash.
ington-L both at peak form fol
the windup of big basket bal
season, meet tonight at Tech gym
to decide the metropolitan inter.
scholastic cage championship in the
final of The Evening Stars 10th an
nual tournament. Bethesda really
is hot and full of fight as it pre-
pares for its major effort in all it,
years of competing in the metro
tourney, but it can claim no favor
itism over the smooth, polished
Westinghouse quint which also
Is in its best form.
The title game originally was sci
for tomorrow night but was movec
up to accommodate Bethesda, move
in which Washington-Lee sportingly
acquiesced. Tomorrow night is
career night at Bethesda, and tour
ney officials do not want basket bal
to interfere with educational acti-
vities. The Barons also have ac-
cepted an invitation to the Duke
Durham Southern High Schoo
championship tournament at Dur
ham, N. c., this Friday and Satur-
day, and the extra day of rest will be
a big help.
Girls to Play Tonight.
The girls section of The Star tour
nament will be held as originally
planned, with first round play to-
night at Roosevelt beginning at 7:3C
with the final tomorrow night, also
at Roosevelt.
Tonight's boys program at Tech
will be a single game beginning at
o'clock, after which comes the
important ceremony Of presentation
of trophies by Maj. Mike Kelley
u S. M. c., former coach at Eastern
High School. Trophies will 60 to
the winning and runnerup teams, as
we'll as to the individual members
and coach of the champions. The
outstanding player of the tourney
also will receiYe ap award.
Of the style of hot, fast play pre-
sented last night in the semifinals,
tonight's title clash promises to be
a dream game. Both have been rep
resented in previous metropolitan
tournaments but neither has won
title, and they will take the floor
prepared for an all-out effort.
Washington-Lee moved into the big
game with a 1928 victory over
Georgetown Prep in a game which
was closer than that final score
would indicate, while Bethesda was
forced into an overtime session to
top ST. Johns, 41-39. in what was
one of the best schoolboy games seen
here for some time. 1t really de-
served more of an audience than
the good crowd of $500 on hand at
Tech last night.
Victory Brings Revenge.
In downing the Johnnies, the
Barors topped team which twice
before this season had turned 1t
back by 3-point margins. Much
the same setup is presented as they
60 against the Generals, as Wash
ington-Lee won two earlier games
between the two this season, once
by 5 points and once by only point.
After juggling the lead around for
the first five minutes, the Barons
went ahead, Ill, at the end of the
first period and maintained a mar
gin of from l to points for the
next 20 minutes. The Johnnies never
were able to catch Bethesda until
the final frame, but they were
scorching along neck behind all
the way until that last period of
regulation time provided schoolboy
cage fans with enough heart-stop-
ping action to spread over an entire
season.
With five minutes to go, Paddy
Mccarthy of st. Johns sank a long
side shot to send his team in front,
27-26. CARL Julien of Bethesda
matched this, but George Hughes
dropped snowbird and the John
nies went ahead again. Along came
julien again to push Bethesda
ahead, and he followed with an
other basket that should heve broken
the Johnny spirit, but it didn't.
Still fighting, ST. Johns kept pace
until in the last minute the Barons
apparently had the game locked up
with a 39-37 edge, only to see this
margin go when Hughes threw one
in from midcourt just before the
gun, to tie things at 1899 at the end
Of regulation time.
Difficult to Keep Order.
Master of Ceremonies Jack O'Con-
nell, the old maestro of the micro
phone, constantly had to break into
the. uproar to keep the fans in some
semblance of order during this latter
part Of the game, and he really had
his hands full The overtime was a
hectic session with neither team
able to break through the op-
ponent's guard until 20 seconds be-
fore the end, when Harry Phillips
OF Bethesda took a bounce pass
from Tom Kirby and swished
through layup shot for the Barons'
victory
To Julien, whose three buskets in
the last period helped stave off the
Johnny drive, went individual
honors with 20 points, while Hughes
with IA and Sleepy Thompson with
II, provided most of the st. Johns
punch.
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