Evening star., 1946-02-18
Bids 10 Star Tourney
Go TO Gonzaga, G.W.,
Bethesda Quints
By GEORGE Huber

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nual Metropolitan Washington in
terscholastic invitation basket ball
tournament was half complete to-
day, with bids being extended to
Gonzaga, George Washington High
and Bethesda Chevy Chase High
Schools.
Woodrow Wilson, winner Of the
round robin series in the District
public high race, earlier had earned
a place among the select eight
schoolboy quints which will COM
pete for the Metro crown in the
tournament beginning next Monday
night and extending through Sat-
urday night at University of Mary
lands Ritchie Coliseum. Invitations
will be extended four other teams
shortly.
The girls section of the tourna-
ment is all but complete today, with
invitations going to Washington
Lee, last years winner; Maryland
Park and Richard Montgomery. All
are >undefeated so far this season.
Only one more school is needed to
fill the list of girl teams.
GOnzaga Lone Winner.
All of the three teams added to
the boys section today have COM
peted in previous tournaments, but
only Gonzaga has won the Metro
crown. That was in 194l, when the
Eagles topped a Roosevelt team that
had won the District public high
title and which later went on to win
the Duke-Durham tournament. Be-
thesda on numerous occasions has
come close. having finished second
in the Metro event four times. 1t
was behind Central in 1888. when the
event first was hello, it fell before
Eastern in the finals both in 1885 and
1886, and lost by one point to Wash
ington-Lee in 1912.
George Washington High of Alex
andrla also is an old tourney COM
petltor, but the closest 1t came to
winning the title was when 1t lost
to Eastern by 2 points in the hot
1914 final. The Presidents this sea-
son may be among the favorites
though, as they already have de-
feated Wilson twice. They are un-
defeated in the Northern Virginia
Glass A Conference race, and have
a chance to lock up the title to-
morrow night when they play Char
lottesville, the second-place team.
at Charlottesville. The Presidents
have won 16 games this season while
dropping nine against stiff competi-
ton.
Eagles Have Shining Record.
Gonzaga, coached by Joe Kozik.
who first entered The Star tourney
as coach of Bladensburg High entry
in 1912, has one of the best records
of any schoolboy quint in this sec
ton. The Eagles have won II games
and dropped only four, and are un-
defeated in Catholic League play.
Among their outstanding players are
John oKeefe, Billy De Chard and
Pat ONeil.
Bethesda, coached by AL Vogt, who
recently returned from three years
service in the Navy, presents a rec
ord of 10 wins in II games. being
undefeated in Montgomery County
Md competition. The Barons,
paced by Ken Poerstel, are playing
at the top of their form and only
last week defeated George Washing
ton to avenge an earlier G. w. vic
tory.
Student tickets for the tourney
priced at so cents. including Federal
tax, go on sale this week at all COM
peting schools and at all District
public high schools. Schools keep
proceeds from these sales, with ex-
penses of the tournament to be paid
from admissions at the gate, priced
at 90 cents. including tax