Evening star., 1944-02-13
Mount Rainier Quint,
81. john S Are Added
To Tourney Field
BY GEORGE HUBER.


Two nearby Maryland teams and
another from the District have ac-
cepted invitations to compete in
The Evening Stars 18th annual
Metropolitan interscholastic basket
ball tournament, bringing to seven
the total number lined up for this
midwinter court classic beginning
week from tomorrow night on
Monday. February 21, at Tech
gymnasium. The eighth and prob
ably final team to be invited will
be chosen within the next few days,
after which seedlings and pairings
will be announced.
Latest to accept bids are Bulls
School OF Silver Spring, Mount
Rainier High School and st. Johns
School. All have compiled excel
lent records this season and de-
serve places among those teams
competing in the tourney to decide
the best schoolboy quint in the
Washington area.
Previously named for the tourna-
ment are Eastern and Wilson, which
finished in a f1rst-place tie in the
public high school round robin
series; George Washington High of
Alexandria and Gonzaga High of
Washington.
More Teams May Be Added.
There's a possibility that neither
Eastern nor Wilson will win the high
school championship in the title
playoffs this Friday and Saturday
IN which case the champion also
will be invited.
st. Johns and Mount Rainier are
veterans of other Star tournaments
but this is the first time Bulls
school has received a bid. The Ad-
mirals usually are too strong for
high school quints in this area. but
this season they entered high
school ranks and played against
many quints in and around WASH
1ngton, winning 13 and losing 6
tilts.
Mount Rainier was selected to
represent Prince Georges County
after careful consideration of rec
ords Of other quints in that section.
Inc hot race still. is very much un-
decided there and won't be over until
early next month, too late for the
champion to compete in the tour
ney. The Mounts always have put
up good showing in the metropol-
1tan event, reaching the finals in
1884 Last year the game bid they
made before bowing to Tech, the
eventual tourney winner, in the first
round was one of the events fea-
lures and so impressed tournament
ofhclals that they presented special
trophy to Mount Rainier.
Tourney Starts February 21.
OF the other teams in this years
competition, Eastern, St. Johns and
Gonzaga are previous winners.
Eastern won the title in 1884. 1885
and 1886 and was runnerup to St
Johns in 1888 and Tech last wear
Gonzaga took the 194I metropolitan
championship. This Is the first wear
4Ol WILSON.
First-round games in the tourney
will be played Monday, February 2i
and Wednesday, February %. with
two games scheduled each night.
Semlfinals are scheduled for Fri
day, February Is, and the big cham
plonship game on Saturday, Feb
ruary 26. In case some team other
than Eastern or Wilson wins the
nigh school tile, making it neces-
sary to have 10 teams in the tour
ney, additional games will be carded
on Tuesday night, February %.
Student tickets, priced at Is cents.
including tax, go on sale this week
at all participating schools and at
all District public high schools.
These schools will keep proceeds from
sale of these tickets for their ath-
letlc funds, a very popular feature
OF tournament arrangements. Adult
admissions at the gate will be SIS
cents, including tax, as will admis-
sions for students who have not
purchased their tickets in advance
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