Evening star., 1947-02-23
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BY George Huber

There isn't a soft touch in The
Evening Stars 18th annual Metro
politan interScholastic invitation
basket ball tournament, opening
week from tomorrow night at the
University of Maryland's Ritchie
Coliseum. All eight teams in the
boys section have good records, and
play has been such this season that
any of them can come through as
champion.
An early favorite, II it plays, like
ly will be George Washington High
Of Alexandria. The Presidents have
the best record of any schoolboy out
fit in this area, with 18 victories in
81 games. Their recent setback by
Central shows, however, that they
can be beaten. Central isn't even in
the Metro tourney, having failed to
win a spot in this weeks District
public high title tourney which will
send the winner and runnerup into
the area championship.
G. w. to Seek State Title.
George Washington last Friday
clinched the Northern Virginia
Glass A title, and will chase after
the Virginia crown in the State tour
nament. Dates for that have not
been set, as teams in other areas
still are battling for sectional crowns.
G. w. is pardticipa
G.. WIS participation in the Metro
tourney will depend on whether it
can fit both engagements into its
schedule. It's likely the Presidents
will be able to do SO.
In addition to G. w. and the two
D. C. public high schools, other
schools in The Star tournament will
be st. Johns, Gonzaga, Bethesda,
Washington-Lee and Landon. All
have good teams, and the Johnnies
in particular have come up with a
much better outfit than last years
uuint. which bowed out in the first
round. They captured the District
Catholic School championship this
year without a league defeat and
have an overall record of II wins
in "a starts. Included among their
victims are Coolidge and Eastern,
two public high leaders: LaSalle and
Calvert Hall, top Baltimore quints,
and Woodward.
Landon has suffered only three
setbacks in IS games. At one time
the Brown Bears had a string OF
eight straight wins, a record topped
only by G. WIS string of IA in
schoolboy play. Ordinarily Landon
can't compete on an equal basis
with some of the larger schools. but
this year Coach Paul Nugent's out
fit can hold its own. 1t has two
particularly good players in Gil
Bogley and Don Amussen.
Pairings to Be Given Soon.
Pairings for The Star tournament
will be announced later this week.
Two frst-round games will be on
Monday, March 3, and two more the
following night. Boys semifinals
are Thursday, with the title game
on Friday night. There also is a
girls section. They'll play their first
round games on Wednesday night,
March S, and their final as a pre-
linn to the boys championship.
Washington-Lee High, winner for
the last two years, and Bethesda,
last years runnerup, already have
accepted bids to compete in the
girls section. The other two schools
are to be invited within the next
few days.
Student tickets for the tourney,
priced at so cents including Federal
tax, go on sale this week at all par
schools and at all District
public high schools. Schools keep
proceeds of these sales for their ath-
letic funds, so students planning to
attend are asked to help their own
school and buy ducats in advance.
No student tickets will be sold at the
gate. General admission on game
nights is 81, including tax. Par
ticipating schools also are aided
financially by splitting all profits
from gate receipts at the tourna-
menG