Evening star., 1943-02-22
Picking Ace Of Star S
Court Event Looms
As Difficult Task
All Teams to Present
Strong Candidates;
Open I omorrow
BY GEORGE HI'BFR.


Selection Of the outstanding
player in The Stars llth annual
Metropolitan interscholastic basket
ball championship tournament.
opening tomorrow night at Tech
gym, looms as a difficult task for
the committee Of college coaches
handling the Job. A high caliber
OF play, craftsmanship and team
work has been shown all season by
numerous individuals on teams in
vited to this big event and they
are likely to continue the same
brand of play with so much at
stake.
The outstanding player will re-
Celve the Naval Cadet Aviation
Trophy, an award presented by the
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection
Board for this district, located at
1920 G street NV This is a sun
gold cup, more than foot high
which is certain to be a highly
priced possession Of the winner
Trophies also will 90 TO the vim
ming and runner-up teams to indi-
Vidual members Of the champion
ship quint and the winning coach.
Harder Valuable Player.
Certain to receive consideration
for the outstanding player award
Is Keith Harder, Tech center, whose
brilliant play last Saturday night
had much to do with bringing the
Maroons their first public high
championship since 1880. Bob
Brewer and Hank Pizza are Just two
Of the other Tech players who
have shown enough outstanding
ability this season to be on the list
of possible winners.
All teams will have their candi-
dates, however Eastern, runner-up
to Tech for the District title, can
present Bill Deck and Fred Seaton
as possible winners. While George
Washington High of Alexandria.
NortherS Virginia Glass A cham
pion and winner of Is Of 10 games
this season, too has an ace in Joe
HenSley, individual high scorer for
this area. Calvin Bailey is another
strong G, w. player.
Earl Elliott of st. Adams also
must be considered, along with Cot
ton Smith Buddy Cromelin. Gonzaga
and st. Johns, Co-leaders in the
local Catholic School League, have
their stars, among them George
Hughes. Sleepy Thompson and
Chuck Dudley of st. Johns and Bob
Smith, Tony Tancredi and Frank
Cantrel of Gonzaga. Bethesda
Chevy Chase can point with pride
to the play of such lads as Bob
Brewer and John Slaughter.
Admiral McIntire Officiates.
The Naval Aviation Cadet Trophy
and other awards will be presented
at the conclusion of the tourna-
ment by Admiral Rose T. McIntire.
surgeon general Of the Navy and
personal physician to the President.
Flrst-round double headers to-
morrow night and Wednesday night
beginning at 7:30 o'clock at Tech
gym Will open the tourney. The
first game tomorrow sends Tech
against the winner of the Prince
Georges County championship, to
be decided tonight in a game be-
tween Bladensburg and Mount
Rainier High Schools. The second
game tomorrow is between George
Washington High and ST. Johns.
On Wednesday Eastern faces Be
thesda- Chevy Chase and Gonzaga
tangles with st. Adams. All are
certain to be hot affairs.
Skipping a day to rest the players,
the semifinals will be staged on
Friday night. The G.. W.-St. Johns
winner meets the Eastern Bethesda
winner and the Tech Prince Georges
winner goes against the Gonzaga-
St. Adams victor. The two sur
viVors after that square off in the
title game on Saturday night.
Tickets priced at Is cents are on
sale at all competing schools and
at the eight District public high
schools, which have offices open this
week although no classes are being
neld. Admission at the gate with
out the ticket is 55 cents.