Evening star., 1949-01-19
Five Of Eight Public
Schools Beaten by
Outside Teams

G1ght schools from the District
(inlc Eigh Basket Bali League saw
outside competition yesterday and
five of them were defeated. This
seems to tell the story of just where
most of the court power is centered
this season. In years past the Dis
trict public highs consistently were
atop the heap, but this year they
have been occupying spots below
some of the other schools
Only three teams remain in the
cnbeaten class-Bethesda, GonZaga
and George Washington. Bethesda
has won 10 straight, Gonzaga, g.,
and George Washington, 7. Unfor-
tunately, the regular season sched-
ule doesn't call for meeting be-
tween any two of the three.
The District public highs beaten
yesterday were Coolidge, cooled by
Bethesda, 1885; Central, swamped
by st. Johns, 45-27; Tech, defeated
by Episcopal, 1895, and Roosevelt,
nipped in overtime by Blair, 46-45.
Eastern played host to Patterson
Park of Baltimore and, as expected,
bowed, 60-39.
Bethesda Strong on Stamina.
Bethesda seems to be fielding
quintet of ironmen. More than once
this season the Barons have de-
pended on their original starters to
carry the game and yesterday was
no exception. Only five players saw
action, with Fred Genau leading
the assault with Is points, almost
half his teams total. The score
was tied at 20 at half-time. Jim
Barrett led the Colts with nine
points.
st. Johns easy victory over Gen.
trail came as surprise. The
Vikings, regarded in early season
predictions as one of the teams to
watch in the title race, never had
a chance. The Johnnies, led by Joe
Cardaci and Don Kokes, ran up AL
trst-quarter lead of 90 and held
a 32-17 margin at intermission.
CentraPs Jimmy Pantos, Cardaci
and Kokes shared scoring honors
with 10 points each.
Episcopal's victory over Tech was
due in part to the bottling of Tony
6gro, Techs scoring ace. Sgro had
his poorest day Of the year, col
lecting only two points from the /
foul line. Tech led, 10-l, after one
period, but Bailey Dixon and Chops
Attwell, Episcopal's leading scorers
at II and 9 points. respectively,
led their team to a 17-13 half-time
command. Billy Curtis of Tech led
all scorers with 13 points.
Riders, Blazers Nip and Tuck.
Roosevelt's loss to Blair comes
under the heading of zone OF those
things" The game could have gone
either way. The lead bounced back
and forth throughout with Bill Lar
llore's tap-in in overtime deciding
the issue. Ed Graham of Roose-
welt took individual honors with
six field goals and foul for IS
points.
The Patterson Park af-
fair followed the same old pattern. |
The Baltimoreans always field a /
high-scoring contingent and yester-
days game with the Ramblers was
Just a mild workout.
Western High didn't have any
trouble in winning over Dewitt, 61-
2e, while Wilson routed ST. Adams,
1926. and Anacostia trounced
Maryland Park, .60-37.
Gonzags just did keep its victory
string unbroken, winning over Hy-
attsyille, 1884. 1t was the closest
call of the season for the Eagles,
who began the last quarter with a
1928 advantage Paul MCGOWAN led
Gonzaga with II points, while
Wayne Adams scored 16 for Hyatts-
vile.
Sixth in Row for Priory.
Priory scored its sixth straight
victory and its 18th in II games
with a 1885 win over Kendall. Jack
Duchesne led Priory with 10 points. ,
Woodward scored a 1876 victory
over Kendall. Jack Duchesne led
Priory with 10 points. /
Woodward scored a 1916 victory
over Longwood in a Tri-State
League game. The Olney CMd) |
basketers had trouble finding the
target and ended up with only one
field goal.
In other games yesterday st.
Anthony's whipped Fairfax, 5S-43;
Charlotte Hall downed Washington
Lee, 53-40; Landon edged Baltimore
Friends, 27-25; Damascus beat
Montgomery High, 1926; Gwynn
Park defeated Oxon Hill, 1922. and
Annapolis won over Greenbelt, /
1921.
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