Evening star., 1949-02-08
Two Doub|e-Headers
Al Richie Coliseum
Will |naugurate Play
By GEORGE Huber

Inc Quar- 1lGn annual DdSkeG
ball tournament. to determine the
best schoolboy team in the Wash
ington area. will be held in the
University of Maryland's Ritchie
Coliseum March 2, 4 and 7, the
Tournament Com mi ittee an
nounced today.
The tournament is sponsored by
the District Interhigh Athletic
Council in cooperation with The
Star. Hardy Pearce. chairman of
the Council, Is chairman of the
Tournament Committee which in
cludes representative school Of
ficials from all leagues and groups
generally competing in the tour
ney.
The tournament has official
sanction from all school sports
governing bodies such as the Ma
tional Federation of High School
Athletic Associations. the Board
Of Principals. D. c. High Schools.
Divisions 1-9: the Virginia High
School League and the Maryland
Health and Physical Education
Association.
Eight Teams to Play.
The tournament invitation list,
asin past years, will include eight
top schoolboy teams from the
Washington area. Indications are
that this years field will be just
about the classiest ever.
Invitations will be extended to
the winner of and runnerup for
the District public high cham
pionship. two leading teams from
the Northern Virginia Group I
League, one from Montgomery
County and one from Prince
Georges County of Maryland and
two from the private-parochial
school group.
Identity OF all the schools te
receive invitations can not be de-
cided at this point, but a number
are making strong bids George
Washington High of Alexandria
with a 14-game undefeated record
and Washington-Lee High appear
likely Virginia choices. Hyatts.
vile looks to be a leading con-
tender in Prince Georges County
while Bethesda and Blair are run
ming neck and-n in Motgomery
County. Gonzaga and st. Johns
the latter winner of the tourna
ment last year. are showing vel
in the private-parochial group
Five or six teams still are in TIN
race for District public high hon
ors.
The picture regarding any o
the teams mentioned might change
before tournament time. however
and the committee anticipate!
some difficult choices.
Financial Boon to Schools.
I The Star tournament not only
gives all schools a chance to de.
eide which is best IN this area
but is a. financial boon for those
entered in it. Profits from the
event. which generally are con-
siderable, are divided among the
competing schools.
Plans far the tourney. cab fol
foui.i mst.round games to be
played the first day, Wednesday
March 2; two in an afternoon ses.
sion and two at night. The foul
survivors will play in two semi
final games on Friday night
March 4. Losers of these viii
clash in consolation game be-
fore the championship final or
Monday night. March 7.
Members of the Tournament
Committee in addition to Pearct
are: Birch Bayh, head of the De-
partment OF Health and Physica
Education, District public schools
Divisions 1-9: Edgar G.. Pruet
principal of George Washington
High School, Alexandria, and sec
retary-treasurer of the Northern
Virginia Group l High Scnoo
League: c. Paul Barnhart. prin
cipal of Bladensburg High School
Vince Holochwost, chairman o
Maryland District 2 and super
visor of physical education il
Montgomery County, and tn
president of the Catholic Schoo
League, who has yet to be elected