Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-26
'Quiints RateEven
In Semifina|s
Of Title Play
@. w. Meets Eastern,
Then Tech Opposes
St. AIbons Tonight
By GEORGE HURFR

The Stars 18th Annual Metro
polltan 1nterscholastic Basket Ball
Tournament sweeps into its semi
final round tonight at Tech gym
with pair of choice games that
promise to bring out a capacity
crowd to witness the hottest high
school basket ball program of the
season here.
There will be no favorite as
George Washington High of Alex
andria, Northern Virginia class A
champion and winner of 10 in 20
games SO far this season. meets
Eastern High, runnerup for the Dis
trlct championship and St. Adams,
local private school champion. takes
on Tech, holder of the District pub
lie high title. All survived tough
flrst-round action. G. w. nosed out
st. Johns, Eastern shaded Be-
esda-Chevy Chase, st. Adams
topped Gonzaga and Tech downed
Mount Rainier.
Tonlght's first game will be at
7:30, with the windup beginning
about 6:45. The two survivors will
play for the Metropolitan champion
ship at Tech tomorrow night in
game preceded at 8 o'clock by a
big naval aviation cadet program
from Anacostia Naval Base. The
Naval Aviation Cadet Trophy. a
new award, goes to the Journeys
outstanding player.
It's Rubber Battle.
The G. W.-Eastern tilt will be
the rubber game between these two.
Eastern handed the Presidents their
only defeat this season, 1892. to
make up for an earlier G. w. vic
tory, 1920. Tonight they rate even
and both have numerous players
who are considered contenders for
the Naval Aviation Cadet Trophy
among them Joe Hensley and Calvin
Bailey of G. w. and Billy Deck and
Fred Seaton of Eastern.
Another clash on the same order
is the st. Albans-Tech game. Both
teams are champions and played
like champions in their flrst-round
games. The Saints topped Gonzaga
on Wednesday without the services
of Cotton Smith, one of its aces,
who was Ill, and if he is available
tonight they will be that much
tougher. st. Adams has a well-bal-
anced team with every member able
to score consistently, among the best
in this department being Earl FL
llott, Al Lucas, Jim Trimble and
Munro Magruder.
Techs team, too. is packed with
stars, such as Keith Harder. Hank
Pizza. Bob Brewer, Give Thomp-
son and Jim Kranking. Also we'll
balanced, 1t is the kind of team
that can't be stopped by Handwriting
one player.
Basket ball only is on tonieht's
program, but tomorrow night, when
only one game is scheduled. the
program will be headed by the big
naval Cadet show from Anacostia
under command of 1t. Rob Middle
ton, athletic director who formerly
coached at st. Adams. Music will
be supplied by the 40-piece Anacos-
TIA Naval Reserve Base Band.
Stage HaIf-Hour Program,
LII. M1ddleton's men have pre-
pared a half-hour program to dem
the results of q three
month physical education training
under the pre-f1ight program head
ed by 1t. Comdr, Tom Hamilton,
Inc schedule calls for tumbling,
hand-to-hand combat, boxing. Judo
and wrestling, all of which the ca
diets must master before undergoing
flight training, but the piece de re-
resistance may turn out to be the
performance of crack drill team.
Following the last game on Sat-
urday the Naval Aviation Cadet
Trophy for the outstanding player
and the other awards will be pre-
sented by Rear Admiral Ross T.
McIntire, surgeon general of the
Navy and personal physician to the
President.